The Weimar Triangle, the U.S. and the Future Security Order in Europe
24.04.2024, 15:00
24.04.2024, 16:30

The Weimar Triangle, a consultation framework between France, Germany, and Poland created in the 1990s, has been recently reinvigorated, with the meetings of Foreign Ministers and Heads of Governments. Russia’s intensifying war of aggression against Ukraine, its far-reaching implications for the European security order, and developments in the United States reduced some of the previous obstacles to cooperation and increased the sense of urgency for the major continental European powers to act together. The question however remains open if the Weimar Triangle countries are both willing and able to permanently take on more responsibility for assuring security order in Europe.

Against this background, the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) have recently published a report, based on a scenario-based workshop organized in Warsaw, which focused on charting the policy of the Weimar Triangle towards Ukraine and Russia. We would like to cordially invite you to a closed-door session to present the main findings of the report, and to discuss the recent developments in the security policies of Germany, Poland, and France and their impact for the U.S. and transatlantic relations.

For questions or more information, please contact dcoffice@pism.pl

 

April 24, 2024

3.00 – 4:30 PM

Venue

Polish Institute of International Affairs – Washington DC Office

1001 Connecticut Ave NW – Suite 607

 

Agenda

15.00 – 15.10

 

Welcome Remarks

15.10 – 15.30

Presentation of the Report: The Weimar Triangle and the Future Security Order in Europe

Łukasz KULESA

Deputy Head of Research, PISM

Andrea ROTTER (VTC)

Head of the Foreign and Security Policy Division, HSF

15.30 – 16.30

Commentary

French perspective

Olivier BLAREL

Visiting Scholar, Europe Program  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

U.S. perspective

Max BERGMANN

Director – Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Discussion Moderated by

Marcin Terlikowski

Deputy Head of Research, PISM