The three day Ambassadors Forum brought distinguished diplomats and policy experts to Ann Arbor for discussions on America’s role in NATO, the EU, and the future of diplomacy. U-M students, faculty, and Ann Arbor high schoolers had the opportunity to...
Former Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo shared his positive outlook for the future of transatlantic relations, despite stirred uncertainty from the Trump Administration in a community-wide discussion at the Ford School on April 15th, 2025, Du...
As the war in Ukraine approaches its one-year mark, legal scholars, historians, politicians, diplomats, civil society activists and intellectuals from Ukraine, Germany, Poland, the U.S., and the U.K. gathered in Berlin to address the issues of the Ru...
Greenland and the wider circumpolar Arctic are no longer peripheral concerns to observers of geopolitics, but are now central sites of geopolitical, economic, and environmental contestation.
This Ambassadors Forum explores the shifting dynamics of U.S. relationships with Europe, NATO, and Russia in a changing global order. Former ambassadors will reflect on transatlantic security, economic ties, and the future of American diplomacy in the region.
Jill Dougherty, author of My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin, examines the questions: Putin seems to think war is working for him. Is it? Or could it imperil his country's welfare and his own political survival?
This event will feature a conversation between noted Russian journalist and scholar Yevgenia Albats and Ambassador Susan Elliott, a recently retired U.S. diplomat, on the role of media and information in the evolving relationship between Russia and the United States.
A Ford School and WCEE student event with Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Professional Development Fellow Professor Peter Terem for a discussion on the political stability and international reputation of Slovakia.
