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The Delegation of the European Union to the United States, in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, hosts the EU-US Defense & Future Forum on June 22, 2022. The event takes place in person at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, DC (1001 14th St NW) and is also live-streamed.

The context and overarching theme of the Forum will be the response to Russia’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine and its implications for European defense and transatlantic security, including countering hybrid threats and addressing energy, climate, and food security issues. The Forum will also convene a series of high-level dialogues on the economy, the digital transition, and defending democracy.

This year’s Forum combines two of the EU Delegation’s flagship events dedicated to furthering dialogue on the transatlantic relationship: The second iteration of the EU-US Future Forum and the EU Defense Washington Forum, now in its 11th year.

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Flagship Event Wed, June 22, 2022 • 8:30 am ET

2022 EU-US Defense & Future Forum

Policymakers and experts from both sides of the Atlantic discuss how the EU-US relationship can further strengthen our collective prosperity and security.
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2021 related events

2021 EU-US Future Forum

In 2021, the Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, hosted the inaugural EU-US Future Forum. The Forum was a unique convening of leaders and stakeholders in dialogue to develop a new transatlantic agenda and momentum for EU-US cooperation.

The program included a combination of moderated discussions, interviews, keynote addresses, and storytelling highlights that shared expert insights, tackled problems, generated new ideas, and helped to identify policy recommendations. This high-profile event explored the most important elements of the EU-US relationship, including the coronavirus recovery, trade, foreign and security policy, technology and the digital transition, research and innovation, common values, and climate change.

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2021 EU Defense Washington Forum

On June 28-29, 2021, the European Union Delegation to the United States and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) convened the 2021 EU Defense Washington Forum, an annual symposium dedicated to strengthening EU-U.S. cooperation on security and defense.

The EU Defense Washington Forum brought together leading stakeholders and experts from the transatlantic security, defense and diplomatic communities for a timely analysis of critical issues, such as security implications of climate change including in the Arctic; strategic competition with China and Russia; emerging and disruptive technologies; security challenges and responses relating to Africa; and hybrid threats.

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