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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.
27.10.2026
“The US plays an important role in shaping energy policy”
Jennifer Morgan answered our questions on energy policy in a short interview
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26.10.2026
Our journey from Washington to Philadelphia
The New Bridge to the U.S. program led this year's group from the corridors of power in Washington to a historic cottage in Philadelphia. There, a civil rights activist explained why she refuses to give up. Report by NBP alumna Narîn Şevîn Doğan.
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23.10.2026
“Private capital is essential to sustainably scaling Europe’s defense industrial capacity”
Benedetta Berti, Secretary General of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly, speaks about investments in Europe's defense industrial base, the importance of dual use innovation and partnerships beyond the Alliance.
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15.10.2026
A City of Extremes, a Community that Shows Up
Our alumna Iqra Adan shares her impressions and key takeaways from the New Bridge to the U.S. trip in a new article. Read about the new perspectives she gained in Philadelphia.
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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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