Central Europe
A collision of rhetoric: U.S. interests in Central Europe
February 01, 2010By Jakub Grygiel, CEPA Senior Fellow Do strategic anxieties in Central Europe suggest the need for a more serious American commitment? A relatively modest U.S. investment in the region now could yield long-term dividends. It is perhaps a truism...
Ukraine – the Neighbor and the Neighborhood
February 01, 2010By Edward Lucas, CEPA Senior Fellow Why does Ukraine’s presidential election matter for the United States and Central Europe? No blatant fraud. Diverse mass media. An election result that is not predetermined. Leading candidates who support...
Biden to Bucharest: Why Romania?
October 23, 2009By Damon Wilson Vice President Biden is visiting Central Europe this week as part of the administration’s damage control efforts in the wake of the botched roll-out of its missile defense decisions. The White House’s objective extends...
CEPA: Russian Strategy toward Central Europe
October 02, 2009By Jakub Grygiel, CEPA Summary Russia has never abandoned the desire to restore its influence over Central Europe – that belt of countries from the Baltic to the Black sea that has so often been the victim of Russian expansion in decades past...
U.S.-Poland Agenda: From Strategic Partnership to Velvet Divorce?
June 15, 2009By Olaf Osica Across the globe, the election of President Barack Obama engendered a wave of hope and trust in the U.S. foreign policy agenda. In Central and Eastern Europe, however, a dose of an anxiety has colored this sense of optimism. Vice President...
Central Europe’s Emerging Far-Right
June 12, 2009By Eva M. Blaszczynski & Peter B. Doran, Analysts at the Center for European Policy Analysis Executive Summary The June 2009 European Parliamentary (EP) elections highlighted a worrisome trend in Central European politics. Alarmed by the global...