Name: Truly a Turning Point? Europe’s New View of Transatlantic Security
Start: 2025-09-03T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-03T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Bass, Berry & Sims – New Location

Truly a Turning Point? Europe’s New View of Transatlantic Security

Wednesday, September 3 I 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

* Luncheon Event *

Three years ago, Germany’s leader said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked a turning point. Europe could no longer count on the framework of postwar international agreements to keep war from its borders. In February of 2022, it seemed Europe’s threat perception had changed for good. Three and a half years on, we’ll examine whether that holds true. How has Europe’s approach to security changed — and can European countries sustain it? How can we measure change in the years ahead? What will transatlantic security look like five years from now? Join us for a discussion about what changes we can (and can’t) expect — and what it means for the United States.

Venue:

Bass Berry & Sims

21 Platform Way S Suite 3500 Nashville, TN 37203

Speaker: Robin Quinville

Robin Quinville spent more than 30 years as a U.S. diplomat, serving primarily in
Europe. Her postings included two multilateral organizations (the Organization on
Security and Cooperation in Europe and NATO) and bilateral postings to Cyprus (2000-
2003), Bosnia (2004-2006), Greece (2006-2008), the United Kingdom (2009-2012), and
three postings to Germany (1988-89; 2012-2015; 2018-2021). She also spent a year
(2008-2009) in Baghdad, Iraq. In Washington, she directed the Office of Western
European Affairs at the Department of State and spent a year as a Wilson Center State Fellow. Quinville’s last diplomatic assignment was as DCM and then Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Berlin; she left the diplomatic service after returning to Washington in July 2021. Quinville then spent a semester as the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in the spring of 2022; she also taught for the Bush School of Government in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2022. She joined the Wilson Center as Director of the Global Europe Program in May 2022. A native of California, Quinville lives in Arlington, Va.