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European Union

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Save to My PortfolioGeorgia: Between Bucharest and Brussels

Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Washington, DC

On May 7, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host Nino Burjanadze, speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, to discuss issues likely to arise in the next six months, including Georgia’s bid to enter NATO and other Euro-Atlantic institutions, its democratic transformation, the upcoming parliamentary elections and escalating tensions with Russia over the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Read More

NATO, European Union

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Save to My PortfolioCompound Democracies: The Growing Similarities Between the U.S. and Europe

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Francois LenoirAccording to Sergio Fabbrini, professor of political science at Italy’s Trento University, the differences between U.S. and European democracies are diminishing—the result of regional integration in Europe over the last 60 years. The political systems of the European Union and U.S. now represent two species of the same political genus: the compound democracy. On April 29, the Center on the United States and Europe will host Professor Fabbrini for a discussion of compound democracies and the growing similarities between the U.S. and Europe. Read More

Europe, European Union, Governance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioItalian Elections and Silvio Berlusconi

Federiga Bindi, Spring 2008, U.S.-Europe Analysis Series

Federiga Bindi analyzes Silvio Berlusconi's recent return to power following elections where he won with an overwhelming majority. Bindi argues that the elections will have a lasting impact on Italy's future. Read More

Italy, Elections, Europe, European Union, Democracy Promotion

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Save to My PortfolioWhat’s Wrong With the European Union and How to Fix It

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioRecent Developments in Turkey’s Economy

Friday, April 11, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNicolas Sarkozy’s Foreign Policy: Gaullist by Any Other Name

Justin Vaisse, April 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioChallenges of Stabilization and Reform in the Caucasus

Monday, April 07, 2008
Tbilisi, Georgia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLe pari de la défense européenne mérite d'être tenté

Justin Vaisse, April 06, 2008, Rue89.com

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSarkozy, le gaulliste décomplexé

Justin Vaisse, April 03, 2008, Rue89.com

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPolitical and Strategic Consequences of the French White Paper

Christopher S. Chivvis and Etienne de Durand, March 28, 2008, U.S.-Europe Analysis Series

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNegotiating European Union Law: Which Decision Making Model?

Federiga Bindi, March 2008, ISA 2008 Conference

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLe revirement de Nicolas Sarkozy sur l'Europe

Justin Vaisse, March 19, 2008, Mediapart.fr

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioProductivity and Potential Growth in the United States and Europe

Martin Neil Baily, February 08, 2008, Presentation at the European Central Bank

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Save to My PortfolioChallenges in French-Turkish Relations from Chirac to Sarkozy

Justin Vaisse, January 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioGermany and Iran after the National Intelligence Estimate

Philip H. Gordon, January/February 2008, E!Sharp

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe 'China Honeymoon' is Over

David Shambaugh, November 26, 2007, International Herald Tribune

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRecipe for European Climate Leadership

Nigel Purvis, November 17, 2007, Financial Times Deutschland

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Michael Calingaert

Michael Calingaert

Visiting Scholar, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Michael Calingaert is an expert on European economic integration, the European Union, Italy, transatlantic relations and Western Europe. He is a former senior foreign service officer specializing in economic affairs.
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Johannes F. Linn

Johannes F. Linn

Executive Director, Wolfensohn Center for Development

A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Johannes Linn is the executive director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development, and focuses on international development and global governance issues.
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