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Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Turkey Project

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Fiona Hill

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

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Director - Center on the United States and Europe

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

Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations

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Blog Posts

Displaced people from the earthquake in shelters and temporary camps on the outskirts of Jenderes, northwest Syria, on February 13, 2023.

Order from Chaos

After the earthquake: Refugees must be included in Turkey’s reconstruction

Kemal Kirişci

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Ukrainian family waits for their relative after crossing into Poland

Order from Chaos

Refugees must be central to the reconstruction of Ukraine

Kemal Kirişci and Sophie Roehse

Friday, January 6, 2023

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters during a rally to oppose the conviction and political ban of himself, a popular rival to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, in Istanbul, Turkey, December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Order from Chaos

As a Turkish court bans Istanbul’s mayor from politics, has Erdoğan miscalculated?

Kemal Kirişci

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

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Multimedia

A banner with a portrait of Presidential candidate Chairman Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu seen in front of the headquarters of the Republican People's Party (CHP). The Republican People's Party (CHP), IYI Party (IYI), Future Party (GP), Felicity Party (SP), Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) and Democrat Party (DP), which formed the Nation Alliance in the presidential elections, will be held on May 14, 2023. In the presidential election, press release at the Saadet Party Headquarters, it was announced that the joint candidate is CHP Chairman Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu. (Photo by Tunahan Turhan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

What’s at stake in Turkey’s elections?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 10, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron at the entrance of the Sorbonne during the Franco-German summit for the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, in Paris, 22 January, 2023. (Photo by Andrea Savorani Neri/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

60 years later, can France and Germany fulfill the ambitions of the Treaty of Élysée?

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Tara Varma, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, looks at a map with Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022. On a visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat said Ukrainians should prepare for difficult days. He said Washington would keep providing defence assistance to Ukraine and renewed a promise of severe sanctions against Russia in the event of a new invasion.

Podcast Episode

Ukraine in the age of unpeace

Mark Leonard, Fiona Hill, and Jason Cowley

European Power

Friday, July 15, 2022

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Research

Ukraine

Ukraine Index

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and David Wessel

Friday, February 24, 2023

Passers-by walk past tank barriers in front of an entrance to the metro in the Ukrainian capital in the morning. Feb. 24, 2023, marks the first anniversary of Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine.

Essay

Lessons from Ukraine

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Fiona Hill, Steven Pifer, James Goldgeier, Tara Varma, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Patricia M. Kim, Suzanne Maloney, Tanvi Madan, Bruce Jones, Caitlin Talmadge, Melanie W. Sisson, Michael E. O’Hanlon, David Wessel, Samantha Gross, Sophie Roehse, and Kemal Kirişci

Friday, February 24, 2023

European Council President Charles Michel and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speak with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chinese President Xi Jinping via video-conference during an EU China summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium April 1, 2022. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS

China

China’s relations with Russia, India, and Europe

Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Tanvi Madan, and Angela Stent

December 2022

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Events

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the international legal order

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The Russia-Ukraine War: Year two and strategic consequences

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Ukraine’s economy: Today’s challenges, tomorrow’s needs, and lessons from past reconstruction efforts

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM EST

Online only

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Books

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By Fiona Hill

2021

Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order

By Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl

2021

Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest

By Angela Stent

2019

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Op-Eds

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Russia, Ukraine, and existential war

Steven Pifer

Monday, March 6, 2023

Germany

Germany’s Zeitenwende zigzags: A view from the United States

Daniel S. Hamilton

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

A traffic light in front of the dome of the Reichstag building shines in all three phases in a long exposure. The party executive of the SPD has approved the start of coalition talks with the Greens and the FDP. The decision was made unanimously on Friday afternoon, as the German Press Agency learned. The Greens and FDP plan to make their decisions on Sunday and Monday. (Long exposure recording)

Germany

Germany’s policy shift is real but still falls short

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, February 13, 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video link, dedicated to the start of natural gas supplying from mainland Russia to Crimea, in Moscow, Russia, December 27, 2016. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

The Kremlin’s grand delusions

Fiona Hill and Angela Stent

Foreign Affairs Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Syrian civilians inspect a destroyed residential building after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit northern Syria.

Turkey

Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Monday, February 6, 2023

The South Korea and U.S. alliance fired eight combined surface-to-surface missiles ATACMS into the East Sea in response to North Korea multiple ballistic missile (SRBM) provocation from around 4:45 p.m on June 6, 2022. The allies live-fire exercise involved eight Army Tactical Missile System missiles one American and seven South Korean that were fired into South Koreas eastern waters across 10 minutes following notifications for air and maritime safety, according to South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Forces in Korea. The action demonstrates the capability and readiness to carry out precision strikes against the source of North Korea's missile launches or the command and support centers, the South Korean military said in a statement. (SOUTH KOREA MND/EYEPRESS)

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

No time for timidity in Ukraine

Steven Pifer

Monday, January 23, 2023

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