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Here you'll find the latest news from Atlantik-Brücke: reports on our events, guest articles, and interviews on key transatlantic topics, as well as insights into our programs for young professionals.
09.10.2026
“Xi has preferred relying on external demand for China’s expanding manufacturing base”
Brad Setser, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, elaborates on the reasons and consequences of the existential competition which German and European core industry sectors face vis-à-vis China.
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01.10.2026
Milan taught us a lot about entrepreneurship
Europe has no shortage of ideas. Nor does it lack remarkable companies. But we can become much better at getting capital and responsibility into the hands of people prepared to change them. Reflections from Atlantik-Bruecke's delegation trip to Milan by Moritz von Soden.
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28.09.2026
“People aren’t voting on the President’s trade policy”
Wendy Cutler, Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute, analyzes the possible influence of the US trade agenda with China, the EU and the rest of the world on the midterm elections.
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28.09.2026
How the Iran War Could Shape the U.S. Midterm Election
In their op-ed, Robert Greenway and Anna Gustafson of American Global Strategies argue for a reflection of the long-term foreign and security policy goals of the U.S. war in Iran.
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28.09.2026
Why U.S. Conservatives Want Europe to Buy American Arms
Europe's new money should buy the most capability in the shortest time, and in missile defense, advanced aircraft, space and secure cloud and AI, American firms often deliver what no one else can. Shutting them out would be a mistake, warns Kenneth R. Weinstein.
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23.09.2026
Local government is where trust in democracy is earned or lost
Democracy goes far beyond federal politics – it is enacted in county councils, municipal utilities and public reading
rooms. Three New Bridge Alumni share case studies of local democracy in action, from the role of public libraries
over Spandau's city council to local energy initiatives.
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15.09.2026
Crises, Compromise, and Karaoke: Inside the 2026 Young Leaders Conference
Fifty young Europeans and Americans gathered in Denver to tackle the toughest questions facing transatlantic relations — they didn't solve them, but they didn't shy away from naming them either, writes New York Times journalist Derek J. Arthur.
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09.09.2026
New Bridge to the US: Class of 2026
We are happy to introduce our next New Bridge to the US cohort.
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04.09.2026
“There is nothing US trade partners can do to prevent tariffs of 10 or 15 percent”
Trade law expert Peter Harrell assesses what effect the US tariffs based on forced labor have for the Turnberry agreement with the EU and how the trade conflict with Canada could evolve.
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28.08.2026
“We have to accomodate the U.S.“
In a short interview, Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann answers current questions on international security policy.
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