Ludwig Blaurock – Counselor for Political and Military Affairs, Security & Development Section in the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America

Laurent Bigorgne – Director, Institut Montaigne, Paris

Hakim El Karoui – Essayist

Dominique Moïsi – Senior Counselor, Institut Montaigne, Paris; Co-Founder, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)

Vincent Pons – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

Chair Daniel Ziblatt – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-Chair, CES

Benjamin Braun – Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University

Eva Marlene Hausteiner – Postdoctoral Lecturer and Researcher in Political Theory, University of Bonn; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University

Hanna Lierse – Postdoctoral Fellow, Jacobs University Bremen; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University

Eva Schliephake – Assistant Professor, Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics, University of Bonn; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University

Thomas Weber – Professor of History and International Affairs, University of Aberdeen; Director, Center for Global Security and Governance, University of Aberdeen

Moderated by Alexander Görlach – Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The European Magazine, The European; Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Berggruen Institute

Welcome Remarks by Marc Redlich – Director, Boston Warburg Chapter, American Council on Germany

Wolfgang Streeck – Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Society

Yascha Mounk – Lecturer in the Government Department, Harvard University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

Mary Elise Sarotte – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins-SAIS ; Research Associate, CES, Harvard University

Stephen Szabo – Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy

Heidi Tworek – Assistant Professor of International History, University of British Columbia; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University