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Current U.S. Foreign Policy and Its Impacts on Europe

09:30 Uhr	Arrival, tea and coffee
09:45 Uhr	Official Welcome and Short Introduction Simone Schad-Smith, Evangelische Akademie Loccum
10:00 Uhr	Leaders of the Free World? Outlines of U.S. Foreign Policy and the Role of the U.S. within the International Order since the End of World War II Introduction Andrea Rotter, Akademie für Zeitgeschehen und Politik, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, München
11:00 Uhr	Coffeebreak
11:15 Uhr	Ambivalent and Unpredictable? Trump’s “America first” Policy and its Impact on International Relations Andrea Rotter
12:30 Uhr	Lunch and check-in
14:00 Uhr	“Restoring the Role of the Nation States in the Liberal International Order” - Outlines of U.S. Foreign Policy Towards NATO and EU Analyzing Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo’s re-marks at German Marshall Fund in Brussels in Decem-ber 2018 and Selected Reactions of Partners at Munich Security Conference 2019 (small groups)
15:30 Uhr	Coffeebreak
16:00 Uhr	Undermining International Institutions and Multilateral Agreements to Build a New Liberal Order? Selected issues of President Trump’s Foreign and Trade Policy and its impact – Part I
-	Terminating Nuke Deals. The new U.S. Nuclear Weapons Strategy and its Impact on Europe Jerry Sommer, Journalist und Rüstungsexperte, Düsseldorf
18:00 Uhr	Break
18:30 Uhr	Dinner
19:30 Uhr	Film night

08:15 Uhr	Morning prayers, breakfast
09:30 Uhr	Undermining International Institutions and Multilateral Agreements to Build a New Liberal Order? Selected issues of President Trump’s Foreign and Trade Policy and its impact – Part II
-	WS 1: A Matter of Credibility? U.S. Foreign Policy towards Russia and the role of NATO and the EU Dr. Marco Overhaus, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
-	WS 2: Facing Trade Wars? Protectionist Strategies for the U.S. Economy and Consequences for Europe PD Dr. Thomas Greven, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
-	WS 3: “Decoupling” from an Economic Partner? Trade conflicts between the U.S.A. and China Maximilian Kärnfelt, Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics), Berlin
-	WS 4: Multilateralism in Crisis? The Difficult Relationship Between the U.S.A. and the United Nations Dr. Patrick Rosenow, Leitender Redakteur der Zeitschrift VEREINTE NATIONEN Berlin
11:00 Uhr	Coffeebreak
11:15 Uhr	Workshops continue
12:30 Uhr	Lunch
13:30 Uhr	Preparing the Final Discussion in small groups
14:15 Uhr	Revitalizing Transatlantic Relations – How to deal with Trump’s way of treating friends and allies? Discussion with Sudha David-Wilp, Senior Transatlantic Fellow and Deputy Head of German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin
15:30 Uhr	Coffee and Cake
16:00 Uhr	Feedback on the Conference, Closing Remarks
16:15 Uhr	End of Program and Departure to Wunstorf