The Long Goodbye: Europe without America

The Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment and the European Studies Council will co-host a discussion with political scientist Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook.

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a German-American political scientist and a leading voice on transatlantic affairs. She has served as a CNN correspondent, directed the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, and led the German Council on Foreign Relations. Today, she works at the Bertelsmann Stiftung on transatlantic relations, U.S. politics, technology governance, and the future of democracy. Her latest book, The American Wake-Up Call, was published in January 2026.