Conscious Uncoupling? American Troop Withdrawals and the Future of the West

| Center for the Study of America and the West

About the Event

President Trump’s recent announcement that nearly 12,000 U.S. Troops will be redeployed from Germany was both an expected and surprising product of a mixture of leadership personalities, electoral politics, and strategic calculations. What does it all mean for American and European security? Join a trio of FPRI scholars for an urgent discussion of the President’s decision, as we consider its probable causes and possible long-term effects on German-American relations, NATO, and broader U.S. strategy.

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Speakers

Ronald J. Granieri

Ronald J. Granieri - Dr. Ronald J. Granieri is a 2024 Templeton Fellow and the Director of the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He also hosts People, Politics, and Prose, a monthly event series at FPRI.

Hajnalka Vincze - Hajnalka Vincze is a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

David S. Maxwell

David S. Maxwell - David Maxwell is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is a 30-year veteran of the US Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He served over 20 years in Asia, primarily in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. Colonel Maxwell served on the United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command / United States Forces Korea CJ3 staff where he was a planner for UNC/CFC OPLAN 5027-98 and ROK JCS – UNC/CFC CONPLAN 5029-99; he later served as the Director of Plans, Policy, and Strategy and then Chief of Staff for the Special Operations Command Korea. Following retirement, he served as the Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Colonel Maxwell is a fellow at the Institute of Corean-American Studies, and on the Board of Directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, the International Council of Korean Studies, the Council on Korean-US Security Studies, the Special Operations Research Association, the OSS Society, and the Small Wars Journal. He earned a B.A. in political science from Miami University, and an M.A. in Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and from the School of Advanced Military Studies, and an M.S. in National Security Studies from the National War College. Colonel Maxwell teaches Unconventional Warfare and Special Operations for Policy Makers and Strategists.