Jim Townsend

Evaluating NATO enlargement since the end of the Cold War

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pose for a picture during a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine January 17, 2022. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Germany’s approach to Ukraine

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jana Puglierin, Jim Townsend, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Brussels Sprouts

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures at the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Home Affairs in Tourcoing, France, February 2, 2022. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS

France’s monumental months ahead

Célia Belin, Tara Varma, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Jim Townsend

Brussels Sprouts

Friday, January 21, 2022

VENICE, ITALY- Members of health carry out disinfection tasks in the streets and public places of Venice, Italy on April 9, 2020. Until this Friday (10), 143,626 cases of infection with coronavirus Covid-19 were reported in Italy, 18,279 dead and 28,470 recovered in the country.

Europe responds to the COVID crisis

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Nathalie Tocci, Jim Townsend, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Brussels Sprouts

Friday, April 10, 2020

Russian jet fighters fly over a bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula after three Ukrainian navy vessels were stopped by Russia from entering the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea, Crimea November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov - UP1EEBP1HWGU7

On the Russian provocation in the Sea of Azov

Alina Polyakova, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Jim Townsend

Wednesday, November 28, 2018