From June 12-14, 2019, the Aspen Institute Germany held its fifth Transatlantic Workshop. This year’s workshop inaugurated the Aspen NEXT initiative, a dedicated effort to engage the next generation of Atlanticists.
2019 marks the thirtieth anniversary of an exceptional moment in history: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the invention of the world wide web and the violent suppression of the pro-democracy student protests on Tiananmen Square.
The two-day workshop brought together a group of young professionals between the age of 25 and 35 from Germany, the US and throughout Europe to discuss how value systems have changed in the last thirty years and which lessons can be drawn for the future of the transatlantic relations.
Shabka’s Co-Director Lukas Wank had the honor to open the second workshop day with an input on wheter there has been a change in what we understand as transatlantic values and its implications for policy and institutions.
Aspen NEXT Transatlantic Workshop, June 2019, Berlin. Pic: © Aspen Institute Germany. 
Aspen NEXT Transatlantic Workshop, June 2019, Berlin. Pic: © Aspen Institute Germany. 
Aspen NEXT Transatlantic Workshop, June 2019, Berlin. Pic: © Aspen Institute Germany. 
Aspen NEXT Transatlantic Workshop, June 2019, Berlin. Pic: © Aspen Institute Germany. 
Aspen NEXT Transatlantic Workshop, June 2019, Berlin. Pic: © Aspen Institute Germany.
