Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal and the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. He is also a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia. Before joining Hudson, Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations as the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy. He has authored numerous books, including the widely-recognized Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004). Mead’s most recent book is entitled The Arc of A Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022).

After the lecture and discussion, you are invited to a reception.

Please register via Eventbrite here.

Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We kindly ask you to only reserve the number of seats that you will definitely use.

The nearest parking garage is the Tiefgarage Rheinauhafen. Please drive up to "Kranhaus Mitte." The building entrance is located in the blue area on the crosswalk.

We cordially thank the Otto Wolff Foundation for their cooperation and support.

This year, we are also grateful to CMS Hasche Sigle for their generous hospitality.