The EU’s fading interest in a Common Security and Defense Policy combined with the United States' shift toward Asia might be to NATO’s advantage.
Security experts have finally realized the scope of the threat presented by cyberwarfare and cybercrime. But as of now, there is no clear response.
Russia is stuck in a Cold War mentality, saying "No" to Western efforts to build security in the 21st century.
The United States is becoming self-sufficient in gas. Europe needs to change if it is to avoid a dramatic loss of competitiveness.
Europeans worry that in security affairs, the United States will no longer be the willing partner it used to be.
To become a world player, Europe needs to start defining its collective interests.
While the idea of creating a Transatlantic Free Trade Area has ignited the imagination of strategic thinkers in Europe and America, the project may still fail over mundane details.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe's role in the world.
Drones are becoming an essential part of modern warfare and civilian use. But international law has to be updated to take into account the use of this new technology.
Most international policy prognosticators seem to agree that 2013 will bring a decisive turn in the endless travails over the Iranian nuclear program.
At a time when much ink is being spilled over the alleged decline of the West, a U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement would provide a strong foundation for protecting the soft economic powers of the West.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe's role in the world.
Europe should not miss the chance of winning over Clinton’s successor by convincing that person that Europe does want to work with the United States.
Russia, Ukraine, and the EU’s other neighbors will have to learn that ultimatums are counter-productive and alienate the EU, forcing it to reject proposals coming from the east.
Europeans will struggle to have credibility with their neighbors unless they demonstrate a readiness to take the defense of their own strategic interests more seriously.
With the rise of China, and the election of a new communist party leadership that will oversee China’s development over the next decade, the world is drifting back toward a bipolar constellation.
The special relationship between Europe and the United States has come under strain in recent years,and has exposed deep cultural differences between both sides.
If Europeans want to be taken seriously as partners, have a modicum of influence on U.S. foreign policy decisions, and keep the United States interested in Europe, the homework is theirs to do, not America’s.
The re-election of Obama means one thing for Europe: the need for more Europe, not less.
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