Prospects for Transatlantic Relations: What Holds the West Together?

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International relations between the United States and Europe, especially Germany, have been particularly important on both sides of the Atlantic. However new and old problems are generating considerable tension. This short course will focus on resilience as a response to geopolitical and geoeconomic changes with regard to three topics: 1) The Global Economy Without a Benevolent Hegemon: Unpredictable Uncertainty; (2) Old Lessons from Economics: John M. Keynes's "National Self-Sufficiency" (1933) and Albert O. Hirschman's "National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade" (1945); (3) Policy for National Resilience: Innovation, Immigration, Investment. Meeting times: This block seminar meets from 9:00am to 11:00am in room 260-252 on Monday, November 2, Wednesday, November 4, and Friday, November 6 2026, as well as other occasional meetings TBD. Taught in English with readings in German and English (German reading knowledge not required).