SDC staffDiscussing public governance in Austria
In September, Eddie was invited to participate in Salzburg Global’s 78th annual American Studies Seminar on the topic of “What Next for the U.S.? What Next for America in the World?”
When Salzburg Global hosted its first session in 1947, the founders hoped that the free exchange of ideas, the ability to challenge and question the structures of power, and the practice of democratic principles in the post-war rebuilding process could support efforts to create a sustainable and lasting peace in post-WWII Europe. Today, the international system and many of the democracies that built and sustained it, including in the United States, are changing. This year’s seminar was the first time since 1947 that the seminar focused on the state of democratic backsliding in America.
Eddie represented SDC during sessions on public governance, state capacity, and diplomacy. He also highlighted the perspective of entrepreneurs and small businesses, discussing strategies to survive and compete in a newly turbulent American economy.
Update 10/27/25
Insights surfaced during the sessions were collected into the follwing report.
- Events