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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

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BALTOPS 22 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and executed by the NATO Naval Striking and Support Forces, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen the combined response capability, critical to preserving the freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.
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Achieving the Promise of NATO’s New Northeast Quadrant

As NATO adapts to its new strategic environment, the Baltic Sea region could be strengthened. Increased regionalization and specialization of capabilities could enhance the alliance as a whole.

  • Katherine Dahlstrand
· December 11, 2024
Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a press conference at the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Summit on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, on October 13, 2023
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The Joint Expeditionary Force: Deterrent, Defender, or Distraction?

Since Baltic and Nordic member countries remain invested in the force, they should ensure that it has realistic tasks, is resourced to perform them, and contributes to NATO activities in the region.

  • Ian Bond
· December 6, 2024
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Only China can now Lead the World on Climate

The US has an irretrievably split personality on global environmental issues.

· December 5, 2024
Financial Times
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A Chinese-Flagged Ship Cut Baltic Sea Internet Cables. This Time, Europe Was More Prepared.

Complex security challenges to undersea communications infrastructure are forcing NATO, the EU, and individual European governments to adapt, yet many efforts remain in their infancy.

· December 3, 2024
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Illiberal Eastern Europeans Look To Play Their Trump Card

Donald Trump’s taste for dealmaking will suit some EU members and candidate states more than others.

· November 25, 2024
Financial Times
Photograph of a Norwegian soldier participating in a NATO defense exercise along Norway's border with Russia.
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Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: Lessons from the Nordic-Baltic Region on Countering Russian Gray Zone Aggression

A coordinated multilateral response will be more effective than a national one.

  • Minna Ålander
· November 14, 2024
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Europe Does Not Have the Luxury to Panic Over Trump’s Election

It must work together to prevent the worst for Ukraine, NATO, and the European project.

· November 7, 2024
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Poor Nations Are Choking on Debt — We Must Grasp the Solutions

Hundreds of millions of people experience an exclusion of a more elementary and devastating kind than any protectionist tariff or tech sanction. They lack the means to join the world economy on anything other than abject terms.

· November 1, 2024
Financial Times
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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
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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