New Voices “The Future European Security Order” Workshop

On June 13, 2025, Bridging the Gap and the Transatlantic Policy Center at American University hosted the New Voices in National Security workshop, “The Future European Security Order.” Expert panels featuring Sara Bjerg Moller, Susan Colbourn, Brittany Gittus, Zoltán Fehér, Suzanne Freeman, and Gesine Weber spoke the new reordering moment in European security, including the prospects for Europe to manage its own growing defense burden, the impact of a reduced role of the United States in Europe, and the ongoing challenge of responding to Russian aggression. There was also a featured conversation at the dinner with Ambassador Julianne Smith, former United States Permanent Representative to NATO. The workshop was convened by BTG Senior Director Jim Goldgeier and Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center Garret Martin, with support from New Voices Rapporteur Alayna Cicchetti. Cicchetti also developed this conference summary.

 

BTG 20th Anniversary Party

Bridging the Gap's 20th anniversary party was held in Washington DC at the Duke in DC Center in June! It was a wonderful evening spent connecting with program alumni, panelists, and BTG supporters of the last 20 years. Many thanks to those who could join us! We recognize it was not feasible for many to attend. We would very much appreciate gaining your insight on ways BTG can evolve to meet the needs of our network by completing a quick input survey here!

Updates from Our Network

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Sarah Bush

Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs, Cambridge

 

Sarah Maxey

Good Enough? Public Perceptions of Success in Military Interventions, International Studies Quarterly

 

Michael Kenwick and Sarah Maxey

Explaining Public Demands for Border Militarization, Journal of Conflict Resolution

 

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

History of Oil Spills in Nigeria, Oxford Bibliographies

 

Rachel Schoner

Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?,

International Studies Quarterly 

 

Scott Radnitz, Steven Karceski, and Yuan Hsaio

Disinformation claims and public opinion: evidence from a survey experiment in Georgia,  Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

 

Scott Radnitz and Yuan Hsiao

Responses to contested information amid polarized politics: evidence from the US and Taiwan, Information, Communication & Society

 

Madison Schramm

Why Democracies Fight Dictators, Oxford University Press

 

BTG IN THE MEDIA

Sarah Bush and Jennifer Hadden

The End of the Age of NGOs?How Civil Society Lost Its Post–Cold War Power, Foreign Affairs

 

Eric Keels

How the Blue Horizons Is Innovating the USAF from the Inside Out, The Innovations Storytellers Podcast

 

Skip Mark

Strengthening collective labor rights can help reduce economic inequality, The Conversation

 

Larry Rubin

The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon, War on the Rocks

 

Meicen Sun

Winners Can't Take All in AI, The Carter Center U.S.-China Perception Monitor

 

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