The second edition of the GLOBSEC US–Europe Forum convened in Washington, D.C. on 26 February 2026, bringing together senior policymakers, business leaders, defence officials, and strategic thinkers from across the Atlantic to confront the defining challenges of the transatlantic relationship.
Held at a moment of profound geopolitical turbulence, four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, amid intensifying US–China technology competition, and against a backdrop of a global systemic transformation in relations between Europe and the United States. The Forum was designed to move beyond day-to-day headlines and produce concrete, actionable policy directions. Across sessions combining closed-door Chatham House discussions and on-the-record public panels, participants examined the defining challenges of the transatlantic agenda: defence and industrial readiness, energy security, artificial intelligence and semiconductor supply chains, critical minerals, the path to peace in Ukraine, and the conditions for sustained economic competitiveness. The central conviction in the spotlight during the day was clear: the US and Europe are stronger together than apart, and the urgency of the competitive moment demands that this partnership be translated from rhetoric into deliverable outcomes.