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Issue Brief

Sep 20, 2019

Securing Northern Europe: Toward a comprehensive approach

By Anna Wieslander and Elin Schiffer

As Northern Europe finds itself on the front line of systemic great-power competition it has the consider three main challenges: an assertive Russia, changing dynamics in the transatlantic link and the development of a European defense. This present a unique window of opportunity to develop a comprehensive regional approach, bringing together the Baltic Sea, the North Atlantic and the Arctic.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Issue Brief

Sep 18, 2019

A transatlantic agenda for the new European Commission

By Benjamin Haddad, Jörn Fleck

The new European Commission will take office on November 1, 2019, at a time of intensifying great power competition and new strain for transatlantic relations. This memo gathers the contributions of several Atlantic Council experts on a variety of issues such as defense, foreign policy, trade, and energy policy

Cybersecurity Economy & Business

Issue Brief

Sep 18, 2019

A transatlantic agenda for the new European Commission

By Benjamin Haddad and Jörn Fleck (Eds)

The new European Commission will take office on November 1, 2019, at a time of intensifying great power competition and new strain for transatlantic relations. This memo gathers the contributions of several Atlantic Council experts on a variety of issues such as defense, foreign policy, trade, and energy policy

Cybersecurity Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2019

A geopolitical European Commission: Can the incoming president make it work?

By Olivier-Rémy Bel and Jörn Fleck

The selection process and presentation have been received relatively well and signal a new Commission leadership adept at messaging and politics. But questions remain whether Ursula von der Leyen can make the complex Commission work

European Union Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Wieslander in Defense One: It’s Time for NATO to Engage in the Arctic

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Sep 12, 2019

US surveillance on trial in Europe: Will transatlantic digital commerce be collateral damage?

By Kenneth Propp

In this issue brief, Kenneth Propp, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative, examines the existing transatlantic data-transfer mechanisms, the landmark court case that could invalidate them, and the divergent US and EU approaches to data transfers across borders and privacy standards.

Digital Policy Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 6, 2019

Vajdich quoted in Foreign Policy on new US special envoy to the Balkans

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy The Balkans

In the News

Sep 2, 2019

Haddad quoted in The Economist on Macron reclaiming France’s international leadership

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia France

In the News

Aug 15, 2019

Vajdich in The Hill: A US-UK free trade agreement can hold the Kremlin to account

By Atlantic Council

Trade and tariffs

In the News

Jul 23, 2019

Vajdich quoted in Foreign Policy on possible Saudi Arabia bills

By Atlantic Council

Saudi Arabia