Europe & Eurasia

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 […]

Stein on the Turkish Election

Bloomberg Business quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the serious tensions over political identity that divide the Turkish people along religious lines:

Philly Inquirer Features Atlantic Council Report Hiding in Plain Sight

By John Herbst

Philly Inquirer Opinion Columnist Trudy Rubin quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst and uses the Atlantic Council’s recent report, Hiding in Plain Sight, to make the case for further action on behalf of the United States and the European Union in the conflict in Ukraine: 

Aslund: How Oligarchs Are Losing Out

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for the Kyiv Post’s “Doing Business in Ukraine” guide on why Ukraine’s once powerful oligarchs are rapidly losing money and power:

International Policy Digest Reviews Anders Åslund’s Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

By Anders Åslund

International Policy Digest reviews Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Anders Åslund’s new book Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, which identifies the causes of Ukraine’s precarious economic position, and the radical steps necessary for improvement: