{"id":15514,"date":"2025-09-24T13:54:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?post_type=cu_event&p=15514"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:05","slug":"eetn-policy-roundtable-nato-at-a-crossroads-present-challenges-and-future-trajectories","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/event\/eetn-policy-roundtable-nato-at-a-crossroads-present-challenges-and-future-trajectories\/","title":{"rendered":"EETN Policy Roundtable: “NATO at a Crossroads: Present Challenges and Future Trajectories”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Date: <\/strong>November 7th, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time:<\/strong> 9:00am to 1:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Hotel Le Germain, 30 Daly Ave , Ottawa , ON , K1N 6E2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event brings together academics and policy makers to examine NATO\u2019s current challenges and future trajectory in light of shifting global security dynamics. Discussions will focus on the war in Ukraine, renewed great-power competition, the crisis of arms control, and debates over burden-sharing and European strategic autonomy. By combining scholarly and policy perspectives, the event will explore the alliance\u2019s evolving role in transatlantic security and its implications for member states, including Canada\u2019s commitments to defense modernization, Arctic security, and collective deterrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Schedule and Speakers List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:45 \u2013 9:00<\/strong><\/td>Registration and Coffee<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 \u2013 9:15<\/strong><\/td>Opening Remarks<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
9:15 \u2013 11:00<\/strong><\/td>Academic Perspectives<\/span>

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Dr. Benjamin Zyla, Professor, University of Ottawa<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Royal Military College and Queen\u2019s University<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. David Sichinava, Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald, Professor and Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Luca Ratti, Professor, University of Rome III (joining remotely)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Mihai Sebe, Head, European Affairs Department, European Institute of Romania (joining remotely)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Antonia Colibasanu, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute (joining remotely)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

11:00 \u2013 11:15<\/strong><\/td>Tea and Coffee Break<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
11:15 \u2013 12:45<\/strong><\/td>Policy Perspectives<\/span>

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Kerry Lynn Nankivell, Director, NATO and Europe, ADM(Pol), Department of National Defence<\/span><\/p>\n

H.E. Witold Dzielski, Ambassador, Embassy of Poland<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Laporte, Executive Director, Defence and Security Relations Division<\/span><\/p>\n

Brigadier General Scott McKenzie (Director General, Canadian Joint Operations Command)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

12:45<\/strong><\/td>Closing Remarks<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Registration is required. To register, and for more information (including the Teams meeting link), please see the event page<\/a> on EETN’s website. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[82],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-15514","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-82"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-11-07T00:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-11-07T00:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/15514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/15514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15582,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/15514\/revisions\/15582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=15514"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=15514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}