John Austin
jcaustin.bsky.social
John Austin
@jcaustin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Eisenhower Institute & Visiting Fellow Academy of International Affairs-NRW. Leading international work to strengthen economies, our alliances, our democracies, bringing new opportunity to neglected regions.
Wonderful to join Northeast England economic change makers in beautiful Redhills Durham Miners Hall-to share ideas for how older industrial communities across all our countries can find new life and social cohesion once again! @insightsnortheast.bsky.social @aia-nrw.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Heading to England's North to speak at Newcastle University's Insights Northeast conference, sharing inspiration around how very similarly situated industrial heartland communities can find new hope, optimism and prosperity!
June 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Terrific to travel across Germany with my delegation of US Midwest leaders and economic change makers. Sharing insights around new paths to prosperity for very similarly situated industrial heartland regions. With help from @aia-nrw.bsky.social, @dpzberlin.bsky.social @amerikahaus.de
June 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A beautiful sight! All across America, millions are taking to the streets to reclaim our country from damage-doing-dictator-wannabe's like Trump & Musk. Here in Lansing Michigan's Capitol & my home I joined tens of thousands to reclaim our democracy!
April 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Security tightening here around the Munich Security Conference. I am running a session Saturday, Eisenhower Institute and German Council on Foreign Relations are co-hosting: Strengthening Democracies Hand: Collective Security Through Collective Economic Transformation. We have to work together!
February 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Honored to be part of the program at the @Economic and Social Council of Greece International Conference on "Demographics - Migration - Labor Markets", here in Athens. I shared insights from our Heartlands Transformation Network work around how welcoming immigrants leads to community renewal!
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Honored to be with the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung & the Helmut Schmidt lecture series at the beautiful Museum of Communications in Berlin. Happy to pen essay for new BKHS magazine on how to strengthen democracy. You can read the essay here: www.helmut-schmidt.de/.../bkhs-mag....
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Looking forward to joining colleagues Elaine Dezenski, Diana E. Paez, & US-Mexico Foundation's Enrique Perret Erhard, April 24 briefing #Chihuahua economic development leaders on opportunities to grow their region's economy & help lead the global E-mobility industry through more robust #allyshoring!
April 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM