Events

Many Americans were shocked by Edward Snowden’s revelations of NSA snooping, yet US government surveillance of the internet pales beside its Russian equivalent, according to journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. Born out of the Soviet Union's ...


Events

From its ongoing aggression against Ukraine to its growing support for the Assad regime in Syria, Russia remains a powerful player in global politics. But each move that Moscow makes appears to further isolate it. Nevertheless, there is a strategic logic b ...


External Commentary

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&v... Ivo H. Daalder January 27, 2015 Financial TimesGlobal Security, EuropeGlobal SecurityEurope Ivo H. Daalder ...


External Commentary

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/inside-story/articles/2015/2/6/should-t... Ivo H. Daalder February 6, 2015 Al Jazeera AmericaGlobal Security, EuropeGlobal SecurityEurope Ivo H. Daalder ...


External Commentary

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/23/tick-tock-goes-the-greek-banking-clock-euro-... February 23, 2015 Foreign PolicyGlobal Economy, EuropeGlobal EconomyEurope ...


Events

2015 has seen an improvement in political stability in Kosovo, Europe’s youngest country. Relations with Serbia continue to strengthen while the EU recently signed a milestone pre-membership accord with the tiny country of 1.8 million. Yet Kosovo has also ...


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Europe is still facing a complex environment. The economic recovery is slowing, despite an ongoing European Central Bank stimulus package and low energy prices—and the euro zone is still a monetary but not a fiscal union. The internal dynamics of the Euro ...



Blog entry

eu_leaders.jpg Kim Heys's blog In a recent essay by Anne Applebaum, she writes that “dysfunction has sucked Brussels dry of any foreign-policy power or relevance.” Such a view is understandable given recent headlines—but I believe it misses the point ...


Events

We will also live stream this event at 6 p.m. CT   More than two years after the Kyiv protests, the crisis in eastern Ukraine threatens to settle into a frozen conflict between the central government and separatists. While the Minsk II ceasefire agreement ...