Europe & Eurasia

What I heard in Munich: A lot of bold words, but little bold action

By Anna Wieslander

As long as there are doubts about who belongs to Europe (and how), that means weakness and vulnerability for all.

Belarus joins Putin’s new Russian empire

By Brian Whitmore

Vladimir Putin appears to have succeeded in the unofficial annexation of neighboring Belarus with news that Russian troops deployed ostensibly for military exercises will now remain in the country indefinitely.

Fried in Foreign Affairs: Putin’s long game in Ukraine

Putin believes that time is on his side—that if he continues to squeeze Kyiv but avoids a large-scale invasion, the United States and Europe will eventually grow weary of a protracted struggle for Ukraine's freedom, write the Atlantic Council's Daniel Fried and CEPA's Alina Polyakova.

Time to go after the Kremlin’s wallets

By Doug Klain

Going after the Kremlin’s oligarchs who stash their illicit wealth in the West is an essential move that should happen now before Putin goes further in his campaign to end Ukrainian independence and revise Europe as we know it today.

AC Selects: Ecuador’s recovery, EU data regulation, and China’s latest digital currency

Week of February 18, 2022 Last week, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center sat down with Vice President of Ecuador, Alfredo Borrero to discuss post-pandemic recovery, and relations with the United States and China. The Europe Center looked at the future of the the European Union’s regulation of data through the Data Governance Act (DGA) […]

China and Russia are proposing a new authoritarian playbook. MENA leaders are watching closely.

By Ahmed Aboudouh

It’s on major Western democracies to make democracy appealing again by aggressively filling the gaps China and Russia exploit to make the world more accommodating to their political models and the new trend of rising authoritarianism.