Broken embraces: is Central Europe falling out of love with the West?

Russia Tomorrow Dec 12, 2025

The Russian economy in 2025: Between stagnation and militarization 

By Elina Ribakova, Lucas Risinger

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines the Russian wartime economy.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Broken embraces: is Central Europe falling out of love with the West?

Issue Brief Dec 4, 2025

A stronger, safer, and more prosperous hemisphere: The case for investing in democracy in the Americas

By Antonio Garrastazu and Henrique Arevalo Poincot

This issue brief is the fourth in the Freedom and Prosperity Center’s “Future of democracy assistance” series, which analyzes the many complex challenges to democracy around the world—and highlights actionable policies that promote democratic governance.
Civil Society Democratic Transitions
Broken embraces: is Central Europe falling out of love with the West?

Issue Brief Dec 12, 2025

In Southeast Asia, the promise and pitfalls of tariff diplomacy are on full display 

By Amy Searight

US President Donald Trump’s high-profile intervention in the Thai-Cambodian border dispute delivered a cease-fire, but its violation exposes the fragility of tariff diplomacy and raises questions about the durability of coercive US diplomacy in the region.
Indo-Pacific Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

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Issue Brief

Nov 21, 2016

Broken embraces: is Central Europe falling out of love with the West?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jeffrey Gedmin, Simona Kordosova</span>

Throughout much of the 1990s, progress was the order of the day. NATO enlargement under the Clinton administration was part of a broader global strategy, presenting democratic and entrepreneurial opportunity. This process was coupled with the prospect of new cooperation with Russia to create an undivided, free, and prosperous Europe. A decade and a half […]

Central Europe

Issue Brief

Nov 21, 2016

Broken embraces: is Central Europe falling out of love with the West?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jeffrey Gedmin and Simona Kordosova Lightfoot</span>

Throughout much of the 1990s, progress was the order of the day. NATO enlargement under the Clinton administration was part of a broader global strategy, presenting democratic and entrepreneurial opportunity. This process was coupled with the prospect of new cooperation with Russia to create an undivided, free, and prosperous Europe. A decade and a half […]

Central Europe

Report

Nov 17, 2016

A path to US leadership in the Asia-Pacific

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Olin Wethington and Robert A. Manning</span>

 

Australia China

Report

Nov 15, 2016

The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alina Polyakova, Marlene Laruelle, Stefan Meister, and Neil Barnett</span>

“Since Putin’s return to power in 2012, the Kremlin has accelerated its efforts to resurrect the arsenal of ‘active measures’…” writes Dr. Alina Polyakova in The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu’s Eurasia Center. Western European democracies are not immune to the […]

Issue Brief

Nov 15, 2016

Toward a more flexible NATO nuclear posture

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Matthew Kroenig</span>

Over the past decade and a half, Russia has placed an increased emphasis on nuclear weapons in its military strategy and doctrine. Moscow’s assertive “escalate-to-de-escalate” nuclear strategy poses a distinguishable threat to NATO nations, and requires greater strategic thinking about NATO’s nuclear posture.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Issue Brief

Nov 15, 2016

Toward a more flexible NATO nuclear posture

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Matthew Kroenig</span>

Over the past decade and a half, Russia has placed an increased emphasis on nuclear weapons in its military strategy and doctrine. Moscow’s assertive “escalate-to-de-escalate” nuclear strategy poses a distinguishable threat to NATO nations, and requires greater strategic thinking about NATO’s nuclear posture. After a quarter century of reducing its reliance on nuclear weapons, NATO […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Report

Nov 2, 2016

The EU’s Capital Markets Union

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Zdenek Kudrna</span>

The European Union (EU) is facing numerous crises, including massive migration flows, the UK’s vote to leave the EU (Brexit), and rising support for anti-EU and populist parties. In “The EU’s Capital Markets Union—Unlocking Investment Through Gradual Integration,” author Zdenek Kudrna, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Salzburg, argues that these crises all share […]

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

Nov 2, 2016

NATO’s new frontlines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Elisabeth Braw</span>

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

NATO Northern Europe

Issue Brief

Nov 2, 2016

NATO’s new frontlines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Elisabeth Braw</span>

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

NATO Northern Europe

Issue Brief

Oct 31, 2016

Aftermath of the Arab spring in North Africa

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran</span>

At the outset of the political uprisings that began in North Africa in 2010, the four countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia faced similar economic and political challenges. Over the past almost six years, the countries have adopted different approaches to address these problems, however the overall economic picture today is grim amid varied […]

Economy & Business Libya
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