America is undergoing rapid demographic change. By the mid-21st century, European Americans, long the country’s largest demographic group, will be roughly equal in numbers to Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans.
In this lecture, Anne-Marie Slaughter considered the possibilities and challenges this shift poses for the Atlantic Hemisphere and the future of transatlantic relations.
Please note that this event is part of the America's Changing Role in the World lecture series, taking place over the 2025-26 academic year.
Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM) is a global leader, scholar and public commentator. She is CEO of New America, a think and action tank dedicated to renewing the promise of America in a period of rapid global change. She previously served as a professor of international, foreign, and comparative law at Harvard Law School; dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; and as the first woman director of policy planning for the United States Department of State.
Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is is Professor of International Relations, and Director of the Phelan US Centre at LSE and Associate Fellow at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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This event was held on 12 November 2025