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Senior Economist Ben Carliner sits down with Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics, to discuss the global economic outlook and the Euro Challenge, the EU's academic competition for high school students in the United States. Rising trade tensions and geopolitical risks have weighed on business sentiment over the past year, damaging the manufacturing sector in particular. The question is where do things go from here? Have we hit bottom, or is the uncertain policy environment poised to spread from manufacturing to the broader economy?

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron talks to Brigadier General Fritz Urbach, the first-ever military attaché to be posted at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. In this conversation, Brigadier General Urbach talks about his experience serving under NATO and Eurocorps, why the EU and NATO strengthen each other, and what he seeks to achieve during his posting.

During his first visit to Washington, DC in his capacity of EU Trade Commissioner, Phil Hogan explained the EU's vision on how the EU and the U.S. could reclaim a shared trade agenda at a public event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Following opening remarks, he joins Bill Reinsch (Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business) and Heather Conley (Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, and Director of the Europe Program) on stage.

Cultural Affairs Officer Christine Vest asks AFI Silver Theatre film experts about the latest films to be shown in the European Union Film Showcase this December in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron talks to Lutz Guellner, Head of the Strategic Communications Division at the European External Action Service, on the EU's response to information operations from malign foreign actors in the margins of his visit to Washington, DC following the meeting of the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism in Ottawa mid-November 2019.

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Jacob Funk Kirkegaard from the Peterson Institute for International Economics to get his take on the latest European Commission economic forecast, why protectionist trade policies harm the economy, record-level employment figures in Europe, the readiness to deal with a major economic slowdown, innovative ideas for funding Europe’s ambitious climate agenda, and the view from the United States.

Senior EU official overseeing space policy at the European Commission, Pierre Delsaux, talks about the EU's efforts to boost space activities beyond 2020. He also speaks about the transatlantic and international dimension under the five components of the EU Space Program.

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron speaks to Vicki and Sylvester Schieber, the parents of murder victim Shannon Schieber, following the screening of the film documentary "In the Executioner's Shadow" at American University on the occasion of the 2019 European and World Day against the Death Penalty. Vicki and Sylvester explain why they opposed the death penalty for the murderer and the reasons behind their civic engagement against capital punishment.

Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union, talks about EU actions to address the state of un-peace (unrest, unease, uncertainty) at a Wilson Center event hosted by its President and CEO, the Honorable Jane Harman. Commissioner King lays out how the EU tackles terrorism, cyber and hybrid threats – including concerns about the security of 5G networks.

Estonian Minister of Defense Jüri Luik stresses that neither Europe nor the U.S. "has the luxury to question the transatlantic bond". He adds that "Europe’s aim to be stronger and more vocal in global affairs is absolutely normal." But "for the EU to be strategically more autonomous, a credible capability to conduct military operations is of paramount importance. Cultivating the culture of readiness should be part of Europe’s agenda."