About that Oil Spill … Welcome to Washington, Mr. Cameron
Q1: British prime minister David Cameron will visit with President Obama on July 20. What will they talk about? read more
View ArticleKosovo at the Crossroads: Impact of the International Court of Justice Ruling
Q1: What impact will the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo’s declaration of independence have on the country’s international standing?read more
View ArticleEconomic Transformation and the Future of Capitalism
“Economic Transformation and the Future of Capitalism: Lessons Learned from Poland’s Success in Economically Turbulent Times” was sponsored and organized by the CSIS Europe Program, the World Bank, the...
View ArticleDoing Less with Less? Assessing the Impact of the UK Strategic Defense and...
Today, the UK government released its much anticipated Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR), which sets priorities for national security spending over the coming decade in light of constrained...
View ArticleSomething Old and Something New? The European Perspective at the Seoul G-20...
Since the April 2009 G-20 gathering in London, Europeans have experienced a psychological roller coaster ride that began with the euphoria of President Barack Obama’s first visit to Europe and ended...
View ArticleThe U.S.-EU Summit: Hoping for a Single, Anticipating a Bunt
On November 20, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, President Obama will meet with leaders of the European Union. Dark and inauspicious clouds are forming on the eve of the summit as...
View ArticleG is for Grand: Presidents Obama and Sarkozy Talk G-8/G-20 Grand Strategy
In his second Oval Office visit in two years, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France will meet with President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss this year’s upcoming G-8 and G-20 Summits. Over a working...
View ArticleTurmoil in Libya: The View from Europe
Fallout from the continued violence and unrest in Libya—only 180 miles away from Italy’s Lampedusa Island—is now washing onto European shores. Muammar Qaddafi’s murderous crackdown has cast a bright...
View ArticleRebuilding the Euro or Disassembling the Union? Implications of the March...
Despite the fanfare at the time of its unveiling in 1999, the euro was a flawed monetary project of inharmonious fiscal policies and dissimilar economies void of fiscal unity. At the time, the euro’s...
View ArticleA Diminishing Transatlantic Partnership?
Over the past five decades, the United States, its NATO allies, and other European Union countries have been partners in maintaining transatlantic security and leading contributors to international...
View ArticleDebt Or Defense? Difficult Choices Of A Financially Constrained NATO
Imagine if the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan only consisted of 11 contributing nations as opposed to the 48 that contribute today. Imagine if ISAF had only 90,000...
View ArticleFading Sentimentality: German Assessments of U.S. Power
Void of emotion or fanfare, German elites assume that over the next ten years the United States will experience a period of relative decline (militarily and economically) as China, and to a lesser...
View ArticleWhen Democracy and Austerity Collide: A Guide to the European Sovereign Debt...
For the past several weeks, large-scale and at times violent demonstrations and strikes have erupted in Greece and Spain, fueled by unemployed youth (which in Greece stand at 36 percent and in Spain at...
View ArticleLove It or Leave It: The Future of the Euro in the Balance
International markets will turn their full attention to the outcome of the Thursday (July 21) emergency summit of European heads of state and government of the 17 eurozone countries. At stake is...
View ArticleGoing to Extremes: Can Norway and Europe Address the Growth of the Far Right?
On July 22, 2011, a right-wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik, attacked a government building in central Oslo as well as a political youth camp on the island of Utøya, killing 76 people including...
View ArticleConference Report: Planning for Post-Gadhafi Libya
On July 25, CSIS convened approximately 50 experts from the government, diplomatic and expert communities to analyze the way forward in Libya. Among the key conclusions of the speakers are:read more
View ArticleLeading from the Front: Europe and the New Libya
Libyan Endgame?After six months of inconclusive fighting accompanied by both criticism and adulation of Western support, Libyan rebels penetrated the capital city of Tripoli with NATO support on August...
View ArticleRussian Soft Power in the 21st Century
This study examines the current state of relations among Russia, Estonia, and ethnic Russians living in Estonia. The report pays special attention to the Russian Compatriot Policy, which seeks to...
View ArticleSo, What’s the Plan Europe? The European Sovereign Debt Crisis and the...
On Sunday, EU leaders will meet in Brussels for yet another high-stakes summit on Europe’s escalating sovereign debt woes, with the future stability of the global economy in the balance.read more
View Article“If the euro fails, Europe fails,” according to German chancellor Angela...
Fourteen summits in 21 months; the collapse of six eurozone governments; four bailout packages; and still we have an economic crisis on the verge of engulfing the world’s largest economies—this is the...
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