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During the 2019 EU & Foreign Policy Magazine Defense Forum in Washington D.C., Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General for CSDP and Crisis Response at the European External Action Service, to discuss the EU's evolving security and defense presence, engagement with partners, the transatlantic security alliance, the interplay between soft and hard power, and the biggest threats to Europe's security.    

Cities emit 70 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide, and by the year 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Although they represent a significant part of the climate crisis, cities also have the opportunity to be a critical part of the climate change solution. In the context of the Climate Diplomacy Week, we gathered climate frontrunners from across the Atlantic at the House of Sweden, who showcased how they shape the sustainable and smart cities of the future.

Programs Officer Tim Rivera discussed protecting LGBT rights in the workplace with Drew Keller, the Global Program Director at Open for Business, a coalition of global companies making the economic and business case for LGBT+ inclusion. 

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen spoke with Estonia’s first Ambassador at Large for Cybersecurity Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar about global challenges to responsible state behavior in cyberspace, worries about election interference, Estonia’s lessons learned from the 2007 cyberattack against them, and transatlantic cybersecurity cooperation. 

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron sat down with Antoine Ripoll, head of the European Parliament Liaison Office (EPLO) to the U.S. Congress, to discuss what's at stake during the European elections (23-26 May 2019).

How to Prevent the Syrian Conflict from Becoming a Forgotten War? The EU Delegation to the US kicked off its 2019 #EUatSpringMeetings campaign with a policy talk on the future of Syria, featuring EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Kevin Baron (Defense One), Michael Koehler (European Commission), Mona Yacoubian (US Institute of Peace) and Jennifer Cafarella (Institute for the Study of War).

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation in the European Commission, to talk about drones in all shapes and sizes at this year's South by Southwest Festival.  Learn how this new technology will come to dominate our future, help us be greener, how the EU regulates drone-filled skies, and what happened to the concept of flying cars. 

Artificial intelligence was one of the hottest topics at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To get the big perspective on what our artificial intelligence future will look like, Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Professor Aleksandra Przegalinska at the EU's SXSW House to discuss the ethics of AI, how to create trust, and the EU's approach to this novel world.

Recorded at SXSW's official celebration for International Women's Day hosted by the EU and UN Women, Cultural Affairs Officer Christine Vest speaks with Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation. The two discuss women's economic empowerment, current issues in feminism, and how men can play a key role in achieving gender equality. 

At an event hosted by The Brookings Institution, the Secretary-General of the European Commission Martin Selmayr gave a speech on "Europe, Multilateralism and Great Power Competition" on 6 March 2019. The event was organized in the context of the Brookings – Robert Bosch Foundation Transatlantic Initiative. Following his opening remarks, Martin Selmayr was joined on stage by Thomas Wright (senior fellow and director, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution) and then took questions from the audience.