RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlo Bastasin and Cesare Merlini, February 07, 2012, The Brookings Institution
Carlo Bastasin and Cesare Merlini discuss prospects for Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's February 9 meeting with President Barack Obama. According to the authors, the two leaders will discuss both the current economic climate in Italy and broader European policies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hakan Altinay, February 06, 2012, The Brookings Institution
Hakan Altinay examines the current state of international cooperation and global governance patterns, arguing that a vast range of rules and mechanisms is needed to facilitate the increasing movement of ideas, people, and goods across borders. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Pifer, February 01, 2012, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Steven Pifer outlines the democratic regression that has taken place within Ukraine during the two years of President Yanukovych’s tenure in office and the negative impact it has had on Ukraine’s relations with Europe and the United States. Pifer concludes with recommendations for U.S. policy going forward. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Jones, February 01, 2012, The Brookings Institution
Bruce Jones, coauthor of The Arab Awakening, explains that achieving a stable democracy is still far off for many countries in the Middle East, and argues that an ever-changing international order means global leaders are unable to push the region toward this goal.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khaled Elgindy, February 2012, The Brookings Institution
Ten years after its formation, Khaled Elgindy takes a critical look at the Middle East Quartet: the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations. Elgindy examines the group's record on the Middle East peace process, and questions whether bringing the Israelis and Palestinians together is doing more harm than good. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jonathan Laurence, January 23, 2012, The New York Times
Jonathan Laurence discusses ways in which European governments have failed to integrate European Muslims, arguing that this failure has increased friction among religious communities and explaining why now is the time for Europe to incorporate Muslims into society. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, January 20, 2012
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
The current crisis in the eurozone—arguably the most difficult test Europe has faced in the past sixty years—has exposed serious structural and macroeconomic challenges and poses a critical risk to worldwide economic recovery. On January 20, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) hosted Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle for an address on the future of Europe in a globalized world. In his remarks, the foreign minister made the case that the EU has what it takes to emerge from the sovereign debt crisis as one of the world's shaping powers and will argue that Europe and the United States must continue to develop their strategic partnership. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Kagan, January 05, 2012, The Washington Post
Although current problems facing the international community may seem new, Robert Kagan argues that the new year’s most pressing issues—military force, regime types, and happenings in Europe and the United States—will be remarkably familiar to foreign policy observers. Read More
BOOK
Carlo Bastasin, January 01, 2012
Saving Europe reveals how the nexus of international economics and national politics pushed monetary union to the brink of extinction, how that disastrous development was avoided, and why the long-term viability of a common currency challenges politics as we know it. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clara M. O'Donnell, December 2011, European Institute of the Mediterranean
Clara O’Donnell writes that the Arab Spring brought to light serious shortcomings in the European Union’s policy toward its southern neighbors, and that EU member states must work hard to reach consensus on how to address security challenges in light of sweeping changes in the Middle East and North Africa. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Pifer, December 26, 2011, The Ukrainian Weekly
Steven Pifer argues that Ukrainian Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych must reconcile his desire to tighten political control, reduce the democratic space for the opposition, and keep former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko out of the political arena with his desire for closer relations with the European Union. Pifer says failure to secure a solid relationship with the West will cause disbalance in Ukraine’s foreign policy, leaving Kyiv more isolated and susceptible to pressure from Moscow. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ömer Taşpınar and Jonathan Laurence, December 21, 2011, World Politics Review
Omer Taspinar and Jonathan Laurence explore whether the Arab Spring could change the European Union’s approach to the southern Mediterranean and lead to greater European support for democratization in the region. Taking into account the eurozone crisis, the success of Islamist parties in post-Arab Spring elections, and the EU's reluctance to embrace Turkey, the authors argue that European foreign policy toward the region will likely remain “business as usual” with only minor adaptations. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Douglas J. Elliott, December 20, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Douglas Elliott writes that if Europe doesn't solve its debt crisis in 2012, it could lead to depressed economic conditions globally. Despite the myriad paths to disaster, Elliott explains why a major crisis is likely to be averted in spite of an unimpressive resolution process thus far. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Anne W. Kamau and Jessica Smith, December 19, 2011, The Brookings Institution
As policymakers work cautiously on the integration of the East Africa Community (EAC) and the adoption of a single monetary union, Anne Kamau and Jessica Smith discuss the lessons that East Africa can learn from Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Raj M. Desai, December 19, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Former Czech Republic president and anti-communism revolutionary, Václav Havel, passed away on December 18. Raj Desai examines the legacy of the Velvet Revolution leader and his efforts toward political and economic liberty. Read More