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Order from Chaos

Is the tide turning against right-wing populism and nationalism in Central Europe?

Christopher Maroshegyi and Molly Montgomery

Thursday, October 17, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Brookings experts’ reactions to Turkey’s incursion into Syria

Amanda Sloat, Kemal Kirişci, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ömer Taşpınar, Jeffrey Feltman, and Suzanne Maloney

Thursday, October 10, 2019

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Order from Chaos

The US played down Turkey’s concerns about Syrian Kurdish forces. That couldn’t last.

Amanda Sloat

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Did Zelenskiy give in to Moscow? It’s too early to tell

Steven Pifer

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Experts

Thomas Wright

Director - Center on the United States and Europe

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

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Strobe Talbott

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Foreign Policy

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Alina Polyakova

Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

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Research

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Technology & Innovation

Exporting digital authoritarianism

Alina Polyakova and Chris Meserole

August 2019

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International Affairs

Hostile ally: The Trump challenge and Europe’s inadequate response

Constanze Stelzenmüller

August 2019

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Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Five observations on President Trump’s handling of Ukraine policy

Steven Pifer

Monday, October 7, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Democrats must act now to deter foreign interference in the 2020 election

Thomas Wright

Friday, October 4, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Watch: Explaining Brexit and the ‘backstop’

Amanda Sloat

Thursday, October 3, 2019

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Books

Turkey and the West

By Kemal Kirişci

2017

The Eagle and the Trident

By Steven Pifer

2017

All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power

By Thomas Wright

2017

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Op-Eds

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Op-Ed

What to expect when you are expecting a Trump “transcript”

James Goldgeier

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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Op-Ed

The death of the INF Treaty has given birth to new missile possibilities

Steven Pifer

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Germany

Merkel’s coalition is safe — for now

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

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Director - Center on the United States and Europe

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Foreign Policy

Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Ireland’s circles of connection — the EU, the UK, and the US

Protest and power: Britain’s Labour Party from Blair to Corbyn

Europe’s post-American future?