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EasternEurope.jpg Anonymous's blog  The news from Europe this week has reported the festivities in Berlin celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. But that event, undeniably spectacular, was only part of the drama sweeping through Ea ...


Events

  Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth The problems in Europe may look mostly economic, dealing with the future of the euro and Greek debt. But George Friedman told the Chicago Council Tuesday evening that, underneath, historical, and cultural demons are ...


Events

As the largest economy in Europe, and the fourth largest economy in the world, Germany occupies a central role in both European and global affairs. Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has assumed the lead in addressing Europe’s most pressing issues, chal ...


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US-Russia and West-Russia relations are at their lowest points since the end of the Cold War, says Steven Pifer of the Brookings Institution, and Ukraine has become the fulcrum in that tenuous relationship. Geopolitical ties are strained, and both sides ar ...


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Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth One year after Russia annexed Crimea, the Ukrainian crisis remains a vexed issue with no clear solutions but with deep implications for the West’s relations with Russia and Russia’s role in the world, an expert panel ...


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France is the United States' oldest ally, and France and the United States have re-energized their relationship, tackling instability in the horn of Africa, fighting terrorism in Iraq, supporting negotiations toward a U.S.-European free trade agreeme ...