The key to revamping the transatlantic relationship is simple: Europeans must do more. That means becoming more united and reducing their dependency on the United States.
As the 2014 football World Cup gets under way in Brazil, the host nation remains a country dogged by corruption, mismanagement, and underinvestment in public services.
As G7 leaders meet in Brussels, Europe is weak and divided, and the transatlantic relationship is in dire need of repair. Yet neither side seems capable of mending broken ties.
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Obama’s forthcoming visit to Poland is a reminder that Washington stands with its Eastern European allies. That is a stark contrast to the position of Western European capitals.
Barack Obama’s new foreign policy doctrine has left America’s allies confused. Europeans should respond by forging their own robust security policy.
Barack Obama wants the Ukraine dossier off his desk. This means relying increasingly on Angela Merkel, whose leadership in Europe is crucial for dealing with Russia.
The EU’s unwillingness to protect Ukraine confirms its hypocrisy over its values, principles, and borders. What good news for Russian President Vladimir Putin!
Every week a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Vladimir Putin is drawing new borders between Russia’s neighborhood and the West. Yet that will not deter the peoples of Eastern Europe from aspiring to Western values.
Every week a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
As Russia continues to redraw the map in Eastern Europe, it is time for the EU and NATO to speak out about how they plan to stop Putin’s land grab in Ukraine.
Today’s Ukraine crisis shows parallels with events of the early 1980s. Then as now, at the heart of the problem is an unstable Russia that clings to its former big-power status.
The Crimea crisis has refocused NATO’s attention on the alliance’s Eastern members. But what does that mean for those countries sandwiched between NATO and Russia?
Russia’s annexation of Crimea is indicative of a fundamentally weakened West. But could it also, paradoxically, give the West a stronger role in global affairs?
It would be folly for Europeans to interpret Russian actions in Ukraine or Barack Obama’s visit to Europe as marking a reset of the Cold War–era transatlantic alliance.
The West has limited options for dealing with Russian interference in Ukraine. The best way forward may be to accept permanent low-intensity rivalry with Moscow.
Every week a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
The West is scrambling to find a response to recent events in Ukraine. Military engagement is not an option, but there are other steps the United States and Europe can take.
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