European Union

A US Strategy for Europe’s East

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson testified before a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs, on November 14, 2013. The hearing was convened to examine the outlook for European Union Eastern Partners – Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Dutch Defense Minister: EU Countries Should Share Capability Plans

By Julian Hale, Defense News

Dutch Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has strongly urged greater EU cooperation in capability development to address the bloc’s military shortfalls in the run-up to a December summit of EU leaders.

Eastern Partnerships Pose Deep Challenges for European Union

By Sarah Bedenbaugh

On November 5, Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, was the featured speaker at the Atlantic Council’s event, EU’s Eastern Partnership: The Vilnius Summit and Beyond.  Minister Lajčák’s visit to Washington comes only three short weeks before the European Union (EU) and the six former […]

EU’s Eastern Partnership: The Vilnius Summit and Beyond

On November 5, Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, was the featured speaker at a public event hosted by the Atlantic Council. Minister Lajčák’s visit to Washington comes only three short weeks before the European Union (EU) and the six former Soviet countries designated as […]

NATO Condemns Violence During Elections in Kosovo

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the attacks on polling stations in north Mitrovica.

The Widening Gap Between France and Germany Over Defense

By Judy Dempsey, Strategic Europe

Steadfast Jazz takes place against the background of a widening gap between France and Germany over defense and security matters.

Eurozone at the Crossroads

By Jordan Smith

For decades, European Union nations have walked a constitutional tightrope, refusing to make the ultimate choice between their core sovereignty and the merging of powers necessary to construct a viable European polity. The recent financial hurricane unleashed by the dangerous combination of poor regulation, too much debt, and weak leadership has brought Europe’s constitutional balancing […]

Poland, NATO, and the Return of History

By John R. Schindler, National Interest

The reemergence of Russia as a traditional military power is now clear to all who wish to see.

The Need for Transatlantic Trust

By Brett McGee

On October 29, Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission, was the keynote speaker at “Towards a More Dynamic Transatlantic Area of Growth and Investment,” an event at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington. Her speech comes at a time where the transatlantic community is both increasingly cooperative and marred […]

Time for Germany to Step Up to Its Responsibilities

By Constanze Stelzenmüller, Financial Times

The country’s very existence as an export nation relies on globalisation. So it has an overwhelming interest in the health of the international order that enables global trade and communication networks to function.