Wess Mitchell Archives

January 13, 2021

Panel: Wilson Center – Wess Mitchell

Wilson Center | Former German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell in conversation with Dan Hamilton about their independent Reflection Group report "NATO 2030: United for a New Era."...
December 28, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal | “China has become plank number one for the U.S. in our diplomatic conversations with Europeans,” said former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Wess Mitchell, who stepped down last year. “Our best ally in the effort to make China an issue is China’s own behavior.”...
December 18, 2020

Panel: Center for a New American Security – Wess Mitchell

CNAS | Wess Mitchell joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend on a special, live episode of Brussels Sprouts to discuss the “NATO 2030” report’s findings on the future of the NATO Alliance...
December 16, 2020

Panel: Center for European Policy Analysis – Wess Mitchell

CEPA | Wess Mitchell joins a panel discussion hosted by CEPA about the NATO Reflection Group....
December 10, 2020

Under what conditions will we open to Russia

Limes Online | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Limes Online about Western relations with Russia......
December 9, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in Washington Post

Washington Post | “Most Europeans know that beneath the headlines of European euphoria on Biden, the U.S. and Europe still have significant differences of interest that cannot be waved away,” said A. Wess Mitchell, a former assistant secretary of state for European Affairs. He cited long-standing U.S. opposition to a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, the U.S. push for Europeans to spend more on defense and an uneven playing field in trade....
December 2, 2020

Wess Mitchell Interviewed in la Repubblica

la Repubblica | Wess Mitchell is interviewed in la Repubblica about the NATO Reflection Group.....
December 1, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal | “The really big message is that NATO has to adapt itself for an era of great power competition that includes not only Russia, but also China,” said A. Wess Mitchell. ....
November 30, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The New York Times

New York Times | Our intention is to be candid about the challenges to NATO, with a tone of well-grounded optimism,’’ Mr. Mitchell said....
November 25, 2020

NATO 2030: United for a New Era

NATO | At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Meeting of Heads of State and Government in London in December 2019, Alliance leaders asked the NATO Secretary General...