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In his 1950 essay 鈥�,鈥� Isaiah Berlin worried that politicians and thinkers had given up on wrestling with answers to life鈥檚 great questions, and that fascist, communist, and liberal states all peddled rival certainties about the basis of government, sources of legitimacy, and balance between order and freedom. Three-quarters of a century later, does Berlin鈥檚 theory still apply? How might liberals and conservatives in Europe and the United States refresh their accounts of political and social life amidst global turmoil, social and economic change, and renewed challenges from the progressive left and nationalist right?

On Friday, September 20, the Brookings Institution convened its inaugural Tony Judt Lecture on Europe with a keynote address by Charles King. After the address, Constanze Stelzenm眉ller, director of the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, joined King for a conversation, followed by a panel of distinguished experts.

King is a professor of International Affairs and Government at Georgetown University. He is an expert of comparative politics and international affairs and the bestselling author of author of eight books, including 鈥淢idnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul鈥� (W. W. Norton, 2014).

Tony Judt was a historian and essayist who served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University and director of NYU’s Remarque Institute. Author of many books including the critically acclaimed 鈥淧ostwar: A History of Europe Since 1945鈥� (Penguin, 2005), 鈥淭he Memory Chalet鈥� (Penguin, 2011), 鈥淚ll Fares the Land鈥� (Penguin, 2011), and 鈥淩eappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century鈥� (Penguin, 2009). Judt died in 2010.

The Tony Judt Lecture on Europe seeks to interrogate challenges and trends in European politics and society by featuring a prominent intellectual addressing these issues followed by a brief moderated conversation with the lecturer and a panel incorporating additional voices into the conversation.

Viewers can submit questions by emailing [email protected] or on X using #USEurope.