International Organizations

Following the Second World War, the United States and its democratic allies sought to create a rules-based international order to guarantee stability and prosperity for their societies. Understanding that international cooperation was crucial to tackle global issues and ensure peace, multilateral organizations were created to facilitate discussion, pool resources, mediate conflict, and coordinate joint action. Whether focusing on security, economics, health, the environment, or energy, these organizations are vital forums of international engagement and global problem-solving.

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Jun 27, 2014

EU Leadership Change: What’s at Stake for Europe and the US?

By Marten Van Heuven

Sometime soon, the prospect of the European holiday calendar will force the pace, and the European Union will have a new management team. A new European Commission will alter relations among member states and between them and the European institutions in Brussels. Of course, it will not put an end to the tug and pull […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

In the News

Jun 26, 2014

Hansen: Securing Georgia and Using the West’s Capital Wisely

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for the Huffington Post on the importance of securing a strong liberal democracy in Georgia:

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In the News

Jun 19, 2014

Saab: Why the Persian Gulf Isn’t Ready for Joint Security

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for Defense One on why defense cooperation in the Gulf will remain elusive until greater trust and closer political relationships are built among the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jun 9, 2014

Greene on the European Central Bank

By Megan Greene

Global Business and Economics Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Megan Greene writes for Open Markets on the new measures announced by the European Central Bank during its executive board meeting on June 5: 

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NATOSource

Jun 5, 2014

Europe’s Dangerous Neighborhood

By Javier Solana, Project Syndicate

Europe’s eastern neighborhood is marked by the crisis in Ukraine.

Europe & Eurasia European Union

In the News

Jun 3, 2014

Brattberg on European Union Elections

By Erik Brattberg

Deutsche Welle quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg on the leadership vacuum in the European Union following recent elections:

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Article

May 29, 2014

A Tale of Two Countries: The European Elections, Britain and France

By Nicholas Dungan

On the surface, the European Parliament election results in France and the United Kingdom look quite similar. In both, a maverick right-wing Euroskeptic party won a comfortable quarter of the votes, polling ahead of the leading opposition party and leaving the party in power in third place. In both, gains by those nationalist protest parties […]

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In the News

May 28, 2014

Wilson: EU Parliament Foreign Policy Will Mirror National Parliaments’ Foreign Policy

By Damon Wilson

Carnegie Europe, a part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, quotes Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson on what to expect from the newly elected European Union Parliament:

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May 28, 2014

Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf

In his commencement address to West Point graduates today, President Obama described his vision of a foreign policy that is founded not only upon a strong military but also by a web of alliances and partnerships that better position the United States as a global leader. Allies and partners, like those of the GCC countries, […]

International Organizations Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

May 28, 2014

EU’s Strengthened Political Parties May Soon Be the ‘Leading Instrument’ of Putin’s Europe Policy

By New Atlanticist

Now that Europeans have given more seats in their continental parliament to the far-right and far-left parties that want to significantly weaken the European Union, there will be some changes in Brussels, writes Damon Wilson in a posting today. “Will the EU Vote Bury Foreign Policy?” asks Judy Dempsey, European affairs analyst at Carnegie Europe, […]

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