mh_putin-obey-russia_870x480.jpg Bernie Reyes's blog A sticker with the word "Obey!" during an opposition protest on Revolution square in central Moscow February 26, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov In late 1991, as the Soviet Union was disint ...
Europe has been rocked by several crises in the last few years—the global financial crisis, the eurozone crisis, rising migration, nationalism, and populism, among others. And now Brexit seems to threaten the very existence of the European Union. Joseph S ...
https://charlierose.com/videos/29534 Ivo H. Daalder December 5, 2016 Charlie RoseEurope, Policy & PoliticsPolicy & PoliticsEurope Ivo H. Daalder ...
Laura Lucas Magnuson's blog mh_angela-merkel-statement-alone_870x480.jpg By Iain Whitaker, Assistant Director, Leadership Programs Last November President Barack Obama traveled to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Although the meet ...
Forged from the ruins of WWII, the European Union was born in a time of crisis. Yet the crises the bloc has faced in recent years have shaken it to the core. From the large-scale refugee flows to the persistent threat of deadly terrorist attacks, from the ...
Evan Fazio's blog A flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine following a call between presidents Putin and Trump has many wondering what’s next in the highly combustible situation. On this week's Deep Dish podcast, former US Ambassador to Ukraine ...
In an interview a few days before his inauguration, Donald Trump called NATO “obsolete” and said Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome more than a million refugees to Germany was “catastrophic.” He has also praised Brexit and spoken out in support of other ...
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, some observers opined that Russia would have the opportunity to be freed from the grip of authoritarianism that prevailed under communist rule. Yet recent years have seen media censorship on the rise and incr ...
Kim Heys's blog Brexit is coming. The House of Commons and House of Lords just cleared the way for Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and formally exit from the European Union. Rebalancing the country's economy will be no small task – and to expl ...
In 2017 the European Union entered its sixtieth year with a sense of apprehension. A populist surge that had propelled the UK’s vote for Brexit and President Trump’s election in the US now ominously stalked the EU, as the Bloc faced a succession of crucia ...
