After a late-summer hiatus, we’ll convene again on September 22 at 10:00am to see what topics are of interest for productive discussion.
We hope to see you there, in person or remotely; think about what you’d like to discuss.
Late-summer hiatus
At last Monday’s meeting, we decided to take a few weeks off to enjoy the rest of the summer and “recharge” our enthusiasm for discussing “issues of the day.” Keep a few notes of topics you’d like to discuss when we restart our weekly meetings on September 22, 2025.
We look forward to seeing you then!
7/28: EU Defense Strategy?
Having spent the last two meetings discussing national (US) politics, I thought we could turn our attention to Europe:
- Given the Trump Administration’s uncertain support for the NATO alliance, how should Europe react?
- Are the European members of NATO sufficiently aligned in their policies/objectives to coordinate well without strong US leadership, or are countries like Hungary likely to cause decision-making gridlock?
- Can Europe really achieve the 5% of GDP defense spending objective without undue political backlash? If they do, how? Higher taxes? Adjustments to social spending? What will these moves do to economic growth?
- Can Europe establish a unified front vis-a-vis Ukraine? Russia? China?
- What will be the implications for US policy (and the US economy) if the Europeans do become more independent and self-sufficient?
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