The Unruled World
The Case for Good Enough Global Governance December 6, 2013 Stewart Patrick Summary: International cooperation is increasingly taking place outside formal institutions, as frustrated actors turn to...
View ArticleBelarus Wants Out
One of Russia's Closest European Allies Begins to Play the Field March 20, 2014 Andrew Wilson Summary: Belarus signed up early to join the Eurasian Union, but has started hedging its bets since...
View ArticleNATO Is Back
A Conversation with Anders Fogh Rasmussen March 21, 2014 Anders Fogh Rasmussen The secretary general of NATO speaks with Foreign Affairs about Russia and Ukraine, NATO enlargement, and the...
View ArticleBorderline Behavior
The Holes in the Swiss-EU Relationship March 26, 2014 Lukas Kaelin Summary: Earlier this year, Swiss voted to amend their constitution so that the government could regulate immigration from...
View ArticleThe End of The Arab League?
What the Organization Can Learn From the African Union March 30, 2014 Michael Bröning Summary: Expectations for the Arab League (which had never been high) are at an all-time low in the wake of last...
View ArticleNATO After Crimea
How the Alliance Can Still Deter Russia April 17, 2014 Michael O'Hanlon Summary: Should Russia march into eastern Ukraine, the best way to respond would be to set up a permanent brigade of American...
View ArticleNordic NATO
Why It's Time For Finland and Sweden to Join the Alliance April 30, 2014 Jan Joel Andersson Summary: Western leaders should start booking flights to Stockholm and Helsinki to make the case that Sweden...
View ArticleNATO's Biggest Mistake
The Alliance Drifted From Its Core Mission -- And the World Is Paying the Price May 5, 2014 Michael E. Brown Summary: For 20 years, NATO security policy has been guided by flawed assumptions about...
View ArticleNATO's Biggest Mistake
The Alliance Drifted From Its Core Mission -- And the World Is Paying the Price May 8, 2014 Michael E. Brown Summary: For 20 years, NATO security policy has been guided by flawed assumptions about...
View ArticleForget Me Not
What the EU's New Internet Privacy Ruling Means for the United States May 19, 2014 Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman Summary: The modern innovators of Internet human rights are not U.S. leaders or bold...
View ArticleA Russian Spy in Brussels?
The Case of “KGBéla” -- and What It Means for Europe May 29, 2014 Mitchell A. Orenstein and Péter Krekó Summary: Earlier this week, as Europe was preparing for continent-wide parliamentary elections,...
View ArticleLong March to Brussels
Why NATO and the EU Must Reopen Their Doors to the Balkans June 26, 2014 Edward P. Joseph and Janusz Bugajski Summary: To help contain Russia, Washington must use its influence to break the stalemate...
View ArticlePresident for the People
Can Jean-Claude Juncker Save the Union and Prevent a Brexit? June 30, 2014 R. Daniel Kelemen Summary: Last Friday, EU leaders voted to nominate Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Interdependence
How Global Ties Tied Our Hands in Russia August 5, 2014 Stuart Gottlieb and Eric Lorber Summary: Greater interdependence reduces the likelihood of conflict between nations or groups of nations by...
View ArticleA Grand Bargain with Russia
What It Would Take to Get the Kremlin to Cooperate August 8, 2014 Vladislav Inozemtsev and Anton Barbashin Summary: Neither the West nor Russia will benefit from further hostilities, but the Russian...
View ArticleFriends With Benefits
What the UAE Really Wants from NATO August 14, 2014 Bilal Y. Saab Summary: The United Arab Emirates has recently said and done all the right things to prove that it wants a stronger partnership with...
View ArticleWhy the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin August 18, 2014 John J. Mearsheimer Summary: Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong:...
View ArticleHigh Representative, High Expectations
What to Expect from the EU's New Foreign Policy Chief September 4, 2014 Jeremy Shapiro and Riccardo Alcaro Summary: A good high representative can move the EU in the right direction, as long as he or...
View ArticlePut It in Writing
How the West Broke Its Promise to Moscow October 29, 2014 Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson Summary: Russian leaders often claim the United States reneged on a promise not to expand NATO after the Cold...
View ArticleChina Scores
And What the United States Should Do Next November 23, 2014 Matthew Goodman and Ely Ratner Summary: Nearly two centuries after it lost its traditional place at the center of Asian affairs, Beijing has...
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