Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is Senior Advisor in the Future of Europe Programme at Bertelsmann Stiftung and a Member of the Scientific Council at Das Progressive Zentrum. She is an expert on EU-US relations and holds both citizenships. Ashbrook studied international relations at Brown University and European studies at the London School of Economics and public administration at Harvard Kennedy School. She held research positions there from 2011 to 2021, including Co-Founder and Executive Director of the “Future of Diplomacy” project.