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Eastern Partnership: Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Way Forward After Riga

New Atlanticist
Jul 5, 2024

Dispatch from Warsaw: Poland’s military and economic rise is coming just in time, as the West wobbles

By
Daniel Fried

Its rise at home and its strategic clarity about Russia have placed Poland in the first rank of European powers for the first time in centuries.

NATO
Poland

Eastern Partnership: Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Way Forward After Riga

EnergySource
Apr 3, 2024

Central and Eastern Europe needs to rethink its approach to energy security

By
Pawel Czyzak and Nolan Theisen

The upcoming Three Seas Initiative Summit is an opportune time for Central and Eastern European leaders to pivot toward clean, affordable, and local renewables to build energy security.

Central Asia
Central Europe

Eastern Partnership: Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Way Forward After Riga

New Atlanticist
Mar 6, 2024

NATO enlargement at twenty-five: How we got there and what it achieved

By
Jerzy Koźmiński and Daniel Fried

Two and a half decades after Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic joined NATO, their membership continues to protect them from Russian aggression.

Central Europe
Hungary

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Jun 4, 2015

Eastern Partnership: Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Way Forward After Riga

Please join us on June 4, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for a discussion with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on the EU’s efforts to move forward after Riga and an outlook on what was achieved at the Eastern Partnership summit. Note: Due to technical difficulties, we will not […]

Poland
President Barack Obama in Warsaw, June 3, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2015

The European Reassurance Initiative’s One Year Anniversary: Mixed Results

By Ian Brzezinski

On June 3, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the European Reassurance Initiative, ERI, a key element of his Administration’s strategy to counter Moscow’s provocative military actions, including Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, launched just three months earlier.

NATO Northern Europe
General Petr Pavel, Sept. 10, 2014

NATOSource

May 28, 2015

Russia Able to Occupy Baltic Republics in Two Days, Czech General

By CTK

Russia would be able to occupy the Baltic countries in two days, a period during which NATO would not be capable of reacting adequately, Czech general Petr Pavel

Central Europe NATO
Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Oct. 31, 2014

NATOSource

May 21, 2015

Polish Defense Minister Forecasts NATO Reboot

By PAP

Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak outlined the need for ‘a new NATO’ during a speech in Washington on Tuesday, looking ahead to the organisation’s 2016 summit in Warsaw.

NATO Poland

Event Recap

May 19, 2015

A Discussion with Czech Republic’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Jan Mládek

By Global Energy Center

The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center hosted the Czech Republic’s Minister of Industry and Trade, H.E. Jan Mládek, on May 14, 2015 to deliver remarks on the state of Czech energy and economic affairs, with a particular focus on the newly announced European Energy Union and the future of nuclear energy in the Czech Republic. […]

Central Europe Energy & Environment
Estonian Defence League mortar platoon, Oct. 30, 2013

NATOSource

May 18, 2015

Paramilitary Groups Surge in Popularity in Eastern Europe

By Felicity Capon, Newsweek

Thousands of ordinary civilians, including doctors, carpenters and teachers, are flocking to join volunteer paramilitary groups in several European countries, with some doubling in size since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Newsweek has discovered.

NATO Northern Europe
The success of TTIP has geostrategic value

NATOSource

May 18, 2015

The Strategic Imperative of TTIP

By Jiří Šedivý, Project Syndicate

As negotiations between the European Union and the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) move toward a final agreement, opponents of the proposed pact are becoming more vocal.

Central Europe Economy & Business
Romania seeks to be a regional leader in cyber security

NATOSource

May 15, 2015

Romania Helping Ukraine Fight Russian Cyber Espionage

By Alison Mutler, AP

Ukraine says Russia’s Federal Security Service is coordinating attacks on government offices as part of a proxy war against Ukraine’s government, amid real fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east. Ukrainian security operatives say that, with Romania’s help, they have foiled attempts to spread malicious software

Central Europe Cybersecurity
German Leopard tanks, Aug. 17, 2010

NATOSource

May 14, 2015

Poland Considering Formal Request for Permanent NATO Bases

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

Poland and the Baltic states said on Thursday they were seeking permanent NATO deployments on their soil to counter increased Russian military activity, and a Polish internal document suggested the matter may be raised at a Warsaw summit next year.

NATO Poland
Members of Polish, Croatian, and US special forces, April 21, 2008

NATOSource

May 7, 2015

Best of Friends: Why Reassuring European Allies is a Job for Special Forces

By Magnus Nordenman

US and European special forces have been incredibly busy over the last decade in global hot spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. But as major counterinsurgency operations recede, there is still work for them to do, not least in Europe

Central Europe NATO
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David Dorosz

Deputy Mayor of Budapest for Climate and Development, City of Budapest

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Climate Change & Climate Action

Millennium fellow

Katrin Eggenberger

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Eastern Europe

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Zoltán Fehér

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

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Jonah Fisher

Senior Director

Millennium Leadership Program

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Staff

Denise Forsthuber

Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement and Operations

Europe Center Transform Europe Initiative

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Daniel Fried

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