Channeling Brussels

What are the best practices for countering hybrid warfare? Where does responsibility lie in mitigating these threats? On this episode of Channeling Brussels, Teri Schultz speaks with Hanna Smith about Finland’s use of its history with Russia to help its partners address hybrid warfare concerns. Hanna Smith is Director of Strategic Planning and Responses for … Continue reading Helsinki and Hybrid Threats →

The title of Sir Peter Westmacott’s new paper, Turkey’s European Journey, does not indicate where he thinks the country stands on that path, whether he believes Ankara is still headed toward Europe or whether it has turned off that road permanently. In this episode, host Teri Schultz speaks to Sir Peter Westmacott, a distinguished ambassadorial fellow … Continue reading Westmacott: ‘Turkey’s European Journey’ Has Taken a Detour →

Even as the pervasive and destructive capacity of cyberattacks becomes ever more evident with the alleged Russian meddling in European and American politics, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, a former president of Estonia, marvels at the European Union’s under-performance in dealing with the threat. In this episode, host Teri Schultz speaks to former Estonian President Toomas Ilves … Continue reading A Decade After “Web War 1,” Former Estonian President Blasts EU Cyber Inertia →

Bearing a title that obligates him to manage evolving security threats, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Sorin Ducaru has his hands more than full.  With the threat landscape against the alliance changing constantly in unpredictable ways, many of them breaking new terrain in warfare, Ducaru and his staff have to be prescient, … Continue reading Sorin Ducaru, NATO’s Man with Many Helmets →

It’s not a secret that expatriate Americans, along with Europeans, tend to feel more closely aligned with the Democratic Party in the United States. However,  Michael Kulbickas, chairman of Republicans Overseas, says he has spent many years hoping a candidate as transformative as Donald Trump would come along. In this episode, host Teri Schultz speaks … Continue reading Lonely GOP Outpost in Brussels Sees Supporters Slowly Emerge →

Our guest this week for a special Women’s Day episode of Channeling Brussels is Ambassador Marriet Schuurman, NATO’s special representative for “Women, Peace and Security”, tasked with helping implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. The measure obligates UN member governments to elevate the concerns and well-being of women and children, to work to prevent … Continue reading Channeling Brussels: NATO Fights to Close the Gender Gap →

Join the “Channeling Brussels” podcast for a discussion with Yehor Bozhok, Ukraine’s acting head of mission at NATO.

While the entire world carefully watches how 2017 unfolds, especially developments between the White House and the Kremlin, the Baltics are among those with the most finely-tuned binoculars.  Worst-case scenarios may be simply hypotheses for debate in other countries, but in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania they are part of daily geopolitical calculations as the Baltics … Continue reading Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on the Baltics, Russia, and NATO →

We’re delighted that one of Europe’s top-ranked women joined us for this “inaugural” show: Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, also a vice president of the European Commission (EC). She agreed to speak to Teri Schultz, the host of this podcast, just a few hours after Donald Trump was confirmed as the next US president, … Continue reading EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini on 2016 US Presidents and EU Challenges →

When someone with the long-range perspective of Alexander “Sandy” Vershbow says relations with Russia are the worst he’s seen in his entire career, everyone should take notice. Vershbow has been a student of the Soviet Union and Russia for many decades, rising to the highest levels of the US State Department, the Pentagon and NATO.  Before … Continue reading Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander “Sandy” Vershbow on the challenge posed by Russia →