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Debate FT Weekend: Radka Denemarková, Amanda Sloat, Carlos Franganillo y Barney Jopson en conversación con Frederick Studemann
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For decades, the transatlantic relationship has been a cornerstone of Western stability, grounded in shared values and strategic interests. Today, diverging priorities, cultural misunderstandings, and shifts in global power threaten to turn that common ground into an ever-widening chasm.
This debate brings together Carlos Franganillo, journalist, television presenter, and former correspondent in the U.S. and Russia; Radka Denemarková, acclaimed Czech novelist and essayist, keen observer of democracy and human rights; Amanda Sloat, former Director for Europe at the U.S. National Security Council and expert on transatlantic relations; and Barney Jopson, Financial Times correspondent in Spain and Portugal with two decades of experience in geopolitical journalism.
In conversation with Frederick Studemann, literary editor of the Financial Times, they will discuss whether the U.S. and Europe are undergoing a necessary evolution or facing an irreversible divorce.
Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
Where
CAMPUS SEGOVIA
IE - Aula Magna
Calle Cardenal Zúñiga, 12, 40003 Segovia, Spain
Speakers
Carlos Franganillo
ES: Es un periodista y presentador de televisión español.
EN: Is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.
Frederick Studemann
ES: Editor literario del Financial Times
EN: Literary editor of the Financial Times
Amanda Solat
Dr. Amanda Sloat is Professor of Practice in the School of Politics, Economics, and Global Affairs. Prior to joining IE, she held several senior positions in the United States government. Most recently, she served in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the National Security Council. She also worked on European policy in the State Department and Congress.
In addition to her government service, Dr. Sloat has a strong academic background. She earned a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Theory from James Madison College at Michigan State University. She worked at the Brookings Institution, held visiting fellowships at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast. Dr. Sloat has published a book, Scotland in Europe: A Study of Multi-Level Governance (Peter Lang, 2002), as well as numerous policy papers and articles on European politics in academic and media outlets.
Radka Denemarková
Radka Denemarková is a Czech novelist, dramatist, TV screenplay writer, translator, essayist.
Denemarková is the only Czech writer who has received Magnesia Litera Award four times (in different categories – for prose, non-fiction, translation and Book of the Year). Her works have been translated into 23 languages.
Barney Jopson
Barney Jopson is the FT’s Spain & Portugal correspondent based in Madrid. In a 20-year career at the FT he has also been executive news editor in London and worked as a foreign correspondent in Washington, New York, Nairobi and Tokyo. He began his journalism career writing in Japanese at Nikkei in 2002.
Barney has been named as best foreign correspondent in Spain by the International Press Club and won the Leonor de Castilla prize from the Fundación Hispano Británica. His reporting has also been recognised with a SABEW Best in Business award in the US, a prize from the Society of Publishers in Asia and the Wincott Foundation’s young financial journalist of the year award in the UK. Barney graduated from Cambridge university with a double first in geography and speaks Spanish and French as well as Japanese.
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