2025 CSIS-CSDS Transatlantic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific

With President Trump’s return to the White House in 2025, US allies and partners face a bevy of questions about future security and economic scenarios arising in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. How should US allies deter further aggression in Europe and contend with contingencies in Asia? What will be the resolution to US efforts to rebalance trade and to negotiate reciprocal tariffs? How should allies and partners in Europe and the Indo-Pacific meet the new challenges arising from the cohesion of autocratic actors including China, Iran, Russia and North Korea?

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) of the VUB have been co-organising the Transatlantic Dialogue on Indo-Pacific since 2020. Please join us for the Dialogue’s 5th meeting at CSIS to explore how America’s NATO and Indo-Pacific allies navigate the evolving geopolitical landscape in 2025. Experts, practitioners, and scholars in the CSIS-CSDS Dialogue will discuss key issues in diplomacy, military alignment, and defence technology in an era of US-China competition.

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