Europe
Europe
About the Program

The Europe Program in Washington explores the political and security developments within Europe, transatlantic relations, and Europe’s global role. Working in coordination with Carnegie Europe in Brussels, the program brings together U.S. and European policymakers and experts on strategic issues facing Europe.

Projects

Baltic Sea Region Security Initiative

The Baltic Sea Region is a key pillar in Europe’s emerging security architecture. The potential for cooperation and innovation is substantial. This project examines the region’s approach to a broad array of security challenges, from maritime security to defense industrial cooperation, critical infrastructure protection, energy security and civil defense.

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Program experts

Dan Baer

Senior Vice President for Policy Research, Director, Europe Program

Sophia Besch

Senior Fellow, Europe Program

Olivier Blarel

Visiting Fellow, Europe Program

Anu Bradford

Nonresident Scholar, Europe Program

Alper Coşkun

Senior Fellow, Europe Program

Noah Gordon

Acting Co-Director, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program, Fellow, Europe Program

Garo Paylan

Garo Paylan

Visiting Scholar, Europe Program

Adam Tooze

Nonresident Scholar, Europe Program, Carnegie Europe

All work from Europe

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1377 Results
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Great Power Politics

Analyzing Bob Woodward's new book, War, and the end of Bidenism.

· October 28, 2024
London Review of Books
police and EMTs standing around outside a gate
commentary
Ankara’s Surprising Offer to the Imprisoned PKK Leader

But what are the chances of its success, especially amid new terrorism threats?

· October 24, 2024
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Türkiye, the EU, and Transatlantic Relations in a New Global Setting
October 22, 2024

In a series of four new cross-cutting studies, Carnegie scholars and affiliates examine Türkiye’s policy orientations and their impact on the United States, and by extension, the transatlantic partnership.

U Council President Charles Michel (R) arrives with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 9, 2020.
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Strategic Autonomy as a Dynamic of Convergence in Türkiye-EU Relations

Türkiye’s foreign policy has been deemed by analysts as a “re-orientation” and rupture with the country’s diplomatic past.

· October 22, 2024
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is greeted by China's President Xi Jinping (R) before the G20 leaders' family photo in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016.
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Transatlantic Policies on China: Is There a Role for Türkiye?

Türkiye is an important transatlantic actor in Sino-Western competition. It can add value to Western efforts aimed at synchronizing policies toward a rising China. And yet, at present, Ankara’s policies on China are not harmonized with those of its partners in the West.

· October 17, 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on July 3, 2024.
paper
Understanding Türkiye’s Entanglement With Russia

As the transatlantic allies adapt to Europe’s new geopolitical realities, maintaining unity against Russia will be critical. Türkiye will have a pivotal role to play in this long-term effort.

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Facing War in the Middle East and Ukraine, the U.S. Looks Feeble. But Is It Just an Act?

In China, Ukraine and the Middle East, Washington will say that it is responding to aggression. But rather than working consistently for a return to the status quo it seems to actually be raising the stakes. 

· October 10, 2024
The Guardian
in the media
The Old U.S. Economic Policy is Dying and the New Cannot be Born

Industrial rivalry and tensions with China frame a confused debate about the pressures of globalization.

· October 7, 2024
Financial Times
Two fighter jet planes parked on a runway. Lush green grass in foreground and large green trees in background
article
Reviving Nordic Security and Defense Cooperation

In the wake of Finland and Sweden’s accessions to NATO, the alliance’s northern military power will be greatly expanded—if the Nordic and Baltic states adequately coordinate to overcome risks such as overstretching and competition.

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  • Karsten Friis
· October 2, 2024
Yerevan, Armenia
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“Supporting Armenia’s Democracy and Western Future”

The political and security situation in the Caucasus has changed, and it would be a mistake to not ask ourselves, in a dynamic moment like this, whether there are any new opportunities to build a more promising future in the wake of a tragic past.

· September 10, 2024
Testimony before the Helsinki Commission