About CUSE
The Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) fosters high-level U.S.-European dialogue on the changes in Europe and the global challenges that affect transatlantic relations. The Center offers independent research and recommendations for U.S. and European officials and policymakers, and it convenes seminars and public forums on policy-relevant issues. CUSE’s research program focuses on three key areas: the transformation of the European Union; strategies for engaging the countries and regions beyond the frontiers of the EU including the Balkans, Caucasus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine; and European security issues such as the future of NATO, forging common strategies on energy security and transatlantic counter-terrorism coordination. The Center also houses Brookings' specific programs on France, Italy, and Turkey. For more information on the activities of CUSE, click here.
The substantive work of CUSE is carried out by an accomplished team of scholars on Europe, including Brookings President Strobe Talbott; Center Director Fiona Hill; Senior Fellows Clifford Gaddy, Robert Kagan, Steven Pifer and Justin Vaïsse; Nonresident Senior Fellows Pavel Baev, Jonathan Laurence, Richard Kauzlarich, Cesare Merlini, Andrew Moravcsik, Mark Parris, Daniel Speckhard, Angela Stent and Ömer Taşpinar; Visiting Scholar Michael Calingaert; a number of Visiting Fellows from Europe, including an annual visiting fellow from Italy; and other Brookings scholars from various disciplines.
Fiona Hill, Director
Fiona Hill is senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe. Dr. Hill is an expert on Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union. She previously served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, as director of strategic planning at the Eurasia Foundation and in a number of positions at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
CUSE Staff
Andrew Moffatt, Associate Director
Hannah Thoburn, Senior Research Assistant
Catherine Trainor, Center Coordinator
Funding
The Center sustains its activities through the generous support of private foundations, corporations, governments and individuals. These friends of the Center respect our scholars’ commitment to independent, nonpartisan research and publication, and to maintaining the highest level of integrity in pursuit of our mission.
Core sponsors of the Center and its varied research programs include the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Council for the United States and Italy, the Daimler Corporation, the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, the Embassy of France, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Sabanci University, the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), and a number of generous individual donors.
Corporations and individuals who provide significant support for the Center become members of the Brookings Council. This provides them with a variety of opportunities to be involved in the life of the Institution. A full list of Brookings Institution contributors is provided in the Brookings Annual Report. For more information about supporting the Center on the United States and Europe, please contact Associate Director Andrew Moffatt at amoffatt@brookings.edu.