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Growing and Shrinking

July 23, 2021
Growing and Shrinking
Growing and Shrinking

Growing and Shrinking

July 23, 2021
Jim Goldgeier, Alexandra Hall Hall, and Doyle Hodges

The admission of new NATO members from the former Soviet Union and Warsaw pact marked an expansion of European multilateral institutions.  The growth in membership of European institutions continued until 25 years later, when Britain decided to withdraw from the European Union.  In a session recorded at the Clements Center Summer Seminar on History and Statecraft in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Professor Jim Goldgeier and Ambassador Alexandra Hall Hall examine what common themes connect these two events, exploring question of identity, trust in institutions, and the use (or misuse) of history.

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