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Guest: Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook
Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Harvard Kennedy School, joined the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a Foreign Policy Forum in March of 2019. Cathryn spoke about Brexit and the future of the European Union in the midst of Brexit deadlines fast approaching and the UK continuing to be at a crossroads. Throughout Q&A, Cathryn addressed global election trends, NATO, and potential Brexit scenarios.
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