Donald Trump returns to the White House. What does this mean for Europe's security?

Watch the conference "After the US Elections: The Futures of European Security and Transatlantic Cooperation" organized by "Wyborcza" and the American Studies Center of the University of Warsaw as part of the TEFI project.

Aleksander Kwasniewski, former president of Poland, Prof. Bohdan Szklarski, an insightful researcher of American politics are among distinguished speakers of the conference. We also invited experts from important European think-tanks: Joanna Stolarek, head of the Warsaw office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Piotr Buras, head of the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Bartłomiej Kot from the Pulaski Foundation. And last but not least well-known scholars and well-known journalists not only from Poland.

We tackle the topics that have been bothering us since the night of 5-6 November, when it became clear that Donald Trump would return to the White House. Is the world in for a roller-coaster ride, or will the new administration merely change foreign policy accents? Is the end of NATO imminent, or will the alliance become even stronger thanks to Trump? What support can Ukraine count on? Will America under the new leadership stand up for human rights?

These are all pressing questions, and three months before the change of command in Washington D.C., we are navigating in the dark. I am counting on our panellists to at least lighten up a little of the gloom that has fallen over the world. We are living in such times that the slogan ‘it won't be so bad’ contains a large dose of hope.

The conference will be held at the headquarters of the Centre for American Studies of the University of Warsaw. We invite you to watch the broadcast on TEFI site.

AGENDA

10:00-10:10 Dr hab. Paweł Frelik, Director of American Studies Center and Bartosz Wieliński, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza – opening of the conference

Panel 1.
10:10-11:40
Autonomy or harmony. How to rebuild relations between the US and Europe
Moderator: Bartosz Wieliński (GW)
Panelists:

Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Former President of Poland (1995-2005)
Prof. Bohdan Szklarski, Associate Professor of Political Science at the American Studies Center
Joanna Maria Stolarek, Director of Heinrich-Böll Foundation, Warsaw office

15 minute break

Panel 2.
11:55-13:25
Stopping the Twilight of Democracy. US Elections and Human Rights Around the World
Moderator: Dr Jan Smoleński (ASC)
Panelists:

Aleksandra Sobczak, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza
Piotr Buras, Head of the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations
H. E. Paweł Łatuszka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus

60 minute break

Panel 3.
14:25-15:55
Is Kiev Burning? The New Administration and Aid for Fighting Ukraine
Moderator: Dr Jan Smoleński (ASC)
Panelists:

Michał Olszewski, Foreign Editor of Gazeta Wyborcza
Agnieszka Lichnerowicz, Journalist of TOK FM radio
Bartłomiej Kot, Resident Fellow at Pulaski Foundation and Program Director of the Warsaw Security Forum

15 minute break

Panel 4.
16:10-17:40 (including approx. 20 minutes for questions)
The New War. The USA and Europe Facing Global Threats
Moderator: Bartosz Wieliński (GW)
Panelists:

Dr hab. Elżbieta Korolczuk, Associate Professor in Sociology at Södertörn University and American Studies Center
Roman Imielski, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza
Michaela Terenzani, Foreign Editor of the SME
Dr Alicja Fijałkowska-Myszyńska, Assistant Professor of Political Science and IR at the American Studies Center

This event is co-organized by Gazeta Wyborcza, the American Studies Center, and the Leadership Study Group at the ASC in the framework of The Eastern Frontier Initiative (TEFI) project co-financed by the European Union.