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Feb 23, 2016

Stefanini in La Stampa: NATO, Ukraine, Sanctions: A Decisive Year for the Czar

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In the News

Feb 23, 2016

Stefanini in La Stampa: Migrants in the Mediterranean, Two Reasons That Make NATO’s Engagement So Important

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Event Recap

Feb 23, 2016

Europe’s Challenges: Migration, Economy, and Foreign Policy from the Greek Perspective

By Future Europe Initiative

On February 23, the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Ambassador Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos.

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In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Cohen in The Blaze: The Balkans Are Ground Zero for the European Refugee Crisis

By Ariel Cohen

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The Balkans

EconoGraphics

Feb 16, 2016

Dreaming Big: Size Matters

By Global Business and Economics

Why are Google, Apple or Facebook American-born but not European? Concerns about Europe’s lack of innovative start-ups prompted the European Commission (EC) to launch the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, aimed at bolstering entrepreneurship culture.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 12, 2016

Montanino Interviewed by Kathimerini on the Current Situation in Greece and the Obstacles the Bailout Program Faces

By Andrea Montanino

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Greece

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Questions to Consider as NATO Responds to Migrant Crisis

By Steven Horrell

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s February 11 announcement that NATO has agreed to a proposal from Germany, Greece, and Turkey to assist with the refugee and migrant crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas is an important response to a refugee crisis that has enormous implications for Europe. NATO’s naval response, however, opens up […]

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In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Montanino in La Stampa on Ongoing Negotiations Between Greece and the International Monetary Fund

By Andrea Montanino

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Greece

New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2016

Now is the Time to Put EU-NATO Cooperation Back on the Agenda

By Lauren Speranza

For many years, the European Union and NATO have straddled the bounds between cooperation and competition. Even with the formal establishment of the EU after the Cold War, NATO continued to serve as a defense guarantor for Europe. Yet, as the EU expanded its capabilities as a security actor, adding the military element of its […]

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Feb 1, 2016

Young Arrivals for an Ageing Europe

By Global Business and Economics

Refugees are pouring into the European Union (EU) at a scale not seen since the Second World War. In 2015 alone, 893.695 applied for asylum, up from around 250.000 in 2010, according to Eurostat. The magnitude of these influxes has rocked the EU boat, prompting yet another consequential crisis on top of last year’s Greek bailout and the incoming referendum on the UK’s permanence.

Economy & Business European Union

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