On June 8th, MLI had the honour of co-hosting a roundtable luncheon at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, presented by Michael Link, Member of the Bundestag and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Foreign Office. A discussion on enhancing the Canadian-German alliance covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO’s Eastern Front and Indo-Pacific flank, Arctic and energy security, and ambition in the bilateral relationship.
Notable attendees included:
- Michael Link, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation of the Government of Germany
- Hon. John McKay, Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Shuvaloy Majumdar, Director of the Foreign Policy and National Security Program and Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director of the Indo-Pacific Program and Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Martin Green, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
- Raquel Garbers, Director General Strategic Defence Policy, Department of National Defence
- Veronique Pepin-Halle, Deputy Director NATO/OSCE, Global Affairs Canada
- Trevor Kennedy, Vice President, Trade and International Policy, Business Council of Canada
- Annika Weikinnis, Project Manager, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada
- Jakub Urbanik, Policy Counsellor, EU Delegation to Canada
- Lennart Eisenträger, Political Officer, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Lucas Pisani, First Secretary, Embassy of France in Canada
