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With the Minsk II ceasefire in eastern Ukraine looking increasingly shaky, Europe risks a frozen conflict for years to come. However, is Putin finished in Ukraine? Can the United States in Europe expect more aggression from the Kremlin or is consolidation Russia’s strategy now? What do the future of Russian relations with the European Union and Germany look like and what role do sanctions play in this calculation? Perhaps nobody in Brussels is in a better position to answer these and other question about Europe’s relationship with Russia than Elmar Brok, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Elmar Brok is the Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). A member of the European Parliament since 1980, Brok is also a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, the Conference of Committee Chairs, a member of the Delegation for Relations with India, a deputy member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States, and a Co-Chairman of the Transatlantic Legislator’s Dialogue. A German Christian Democrat, Brok is the spokesman on external affairs for the European Parliament’s Group of the

European People’s Party (EPP) and a member of the Federal Committee of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Brok has received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of German and was recognized as “Commander of the Gregorius-Order” by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

Dr. Stephen F. Szabo is the Executive Director of the Transatlantic Academy (TA). As Executive Director, Dr. Szabo works with the partners of the TA to shape the research content of each term, to assist in the recruitment and selection of Fellows and to manage the Academy. Prior to joining GMF, Dr. Szabo had been with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, where he served as Academic and Interim Dean as well as Professor of European Studies. Prior to that he had served as Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University and Chairman of West European Studies at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State. He has written on German foreign and security policies, generational politics in Europe, and transatlantic security and political relations.

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