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Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 1, 2016

Europe Needs a New Approach in a Post-Brexit World

By Ana Palacio

Of the many things that the British decision to leave the European Union has been called—earthquake, inflection point, game-changer, disaster—perhaps the most important is wake up call. If June 23 does not raise European leaders from their collective slumber, then hope is lost for this European project of ours. And yet, in the days since […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

In the News

Jul 1, 2016

Stein in Foreign Policy: Turkey Did Nothing About the Jihadists in Its Midst — Until It Was Too Late

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 1, 2016

Brexit’s Impact on UK Development and Foreign Policy in the Middle East

By Mirette Mabrouk and Tarek Radwan

As financial markets try to regain their footing in the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union (or “Brexit”), many wonder the effect the reverberations might have on the politics and economics of other parts of the world. For the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), this divorce-between-nations could potentially have […]

Middle East United Kingdom

In the News

Jul 1, 2016

Aslund Quoted by NewsDeeply on Russia’s Obstruction of Academic Visas

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

In the News

Jul 1, 2016

Atlantic Council Event with Arseniy Yatsenyuk Featured by Interfax

By Atlantic Council

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Russia Ukraine

Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 1, 2016

Slavin Joins Voice of America to Discuss Istanbul Terrorist Attack and Brexit

By Barbara Slavin

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Turkey

UkraineAlert

Jul 1, 2016

Worried About Brexit? No, Scared, Says Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

By Melinda Haring

“I’m not worried [about Brexit]. I’m scared,” said Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the Atlantic Council on June 30. In one of his first public appearances in Washington since stepping down as Ukraine’s prime minister on April 14, Yatsenyuk urged Europe to get its act together. Brexit, he said, is a “huge geopolitical crisis”: the United Kingdom’s […]

Ukraine
NATO exercise Capable Logistician in Slovakia, June 17, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Slovakia

By Marian Majer

In the case of Slovakia, the nearly two years that have passed since the last NATO summit in Wales, have been marked by a discrepancy between the official statements by government officials and the practical steps required to fulfill Bratislava’s political and military commitments to the Alliance.

Central Europe NATO
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Germany

By Tobias Bunde

Although some critics maintain that Berlin could and should do more, Germany’s renewed commitment to NATO and territorial defense has been a welcome surprise to many.

Germany NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2016

Brexit + European Energy Union = ?

By Thomas Cunningham

Brexit strikes a blow to the solidarity principle at the heart of the EU Energy Union project It is impossible to make a full assessment of the implications of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on the European Energy Union because there is uncertainty associated with both the so-called Brexit and the European […]

Energy & Environment European Union

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