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Is NATO a Good Deal? Making the Case for the Alliance to the Public

Tue. July 9th, 20248:00 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Washington, D.C.
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On July 9, representatives from NATO’s thirty-two member states will arrive in Washington, DC, for this year’s summit. Together they’ll mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the most successful military alliance of all time. Despite its pivotal role in regional cooperation, defense, and deterrence, NATO is often poorly understood by the citizens of its member states. In the last decade, politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have maligned NATO’s function and fairness. Today, many in Europe and the United States wonder if the alliance is a “good deal” for their country. In a year of seminal elections on both sides of the Atlantic, voters are reassessing their views on investments in Ukraine and in transatlantic security more broadly.

Join the Carnegie Endowment’s Europe Program to begin NATO Summit week with a discussion of how leaders in Washington and beyond might make a stronger case for NATO, including to those wary of military engagements overseas. CNN’s Bianna Golodryga will moderate a conversation between Senator John Hickenlooper, Janet Napolitano, a President’s Intelligence Advisory Board member and former U.S. secretary of homeland security and Governor of Arizona, and Tobias Billström, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden, the newest NATO ally, about communicating the financial and military responsibilities of member states and the role of the alliance in citizens’ personal security and prosperity.

A light breakfast reception will be held at 8:00 a.m. before the fireside chat begins.

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event speakers

Tobias Billström

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Tobias Billström serves as the minister for foreign affairs of Sweden. Before assuming the position in 2022, he served as the group leader of Sweden's Moderate Party in the Riksdag.

Bianna Golodryga

Bianna Golodryga

CNN anchor and Senior Global Affairs Analyst

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York, she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max, a new seven-day-a-week/24-hour service on Max, Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform.

John Hickenlooper

U.S. Senator

Senator John Hickenlooper represents the state of Colorado. He previously served as the state's governor from 2011 to 2019, focusing on economic, health care, and climate reform.

Janet Napolitano

Founder, Center for Security in Politics at U.C. Berkeley

Janet Napolitano is the founder of the Center for Security in Politics at U.C. Berkeley. Napolitano served as the president of the University of California from 2013 to 2020, as the U.S. secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013, as governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, as attorney general of Arizona from 1998 to 2003, and as U.S. attorney for the district of Arizona from 1993 to 1997.