1、 TESTIMONY Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe,Eurasia,Energy,and Environment March 26,2019 Dr.Hal Brands Henry A.Kissinger Distinguished Professor,Johns Hopkins-SAIS Senior Fellow,Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments The Origins and Enduring Value of
2、 the Transatlantic Alliance Chairman Keating,Ranking Member Kinzinger,and distinguished members of the subcommittee,thank you for inviting me here.I am pleased to discuss the role that the transatlantic relationship,and the NATO alliance in particular,has played in advancing global security and U.S.
3、interests since World War II.This is a vitally important subject,one I address in my work at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.I should make clear,though,that my testimony here reflects only my personal views,and not the institutional position of Johns Hopkins
4、 University,CSBA,or any other organization.1 The modern transatlantic relationshipand the NATO alliance that represents the core of that relationshipemerged in the wake of World War II,during the early days of the Cold War.The creation of NATO marked a historic departure in U.S.foreign policy.It ref
