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Eastern Europe

- Strategic Europe
Ukraine: What Comes After the Presidential Election?
- Gwendolyn Sasse
- March 07, 2019
It is high time for Europe and the United States to pay much closer attention to Ukrainian politics and the whole range of possible outcomes of the elections ahead.
- Op-Ed
Patriotism, Pressure, Populism: How Poroshenko Can Win
- Balázs Jarábik
- March 06, 2019
- Euractiv
The current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seems to have enough campaign cards up his sleeve to win the upcoming Ukrainian election, despite the damage caused by a fresh corruption case in the defense sector.
Chinese Investments in the Baltic Sea Region
- Erik Brattberg
- February 28, 2019
- Baltic Rim Economies
As great power competition between the United States and China likely intensifies in coming years, it is essential that the countries in the Baltic Sea region pay close attention to broader geopolitical developments and adopt strategies that aim to protect national interests and maintaining a rules-based international order.
- Event
EU Strategy in an Age of Great Power Competition
- Erik Brattberg, Sven Biscop, Benjamin Haddad, Jim Townsend
- February 25, 2019
- Washington, DC
Should the EU seek to become a more unified geopolitical bloc to better compete against other powers?
- Carnegie.ru Commentary
Moldova’s Critical Elections
- Denis Cenusa, Vladimir Solovyov
- February 22, 2019
- - Русский
On February 24, Moldovans vote in parliamentary elections, which are seen by many as critical to the country’s future. The ruling Democratic party and its de facto leader have been accused of abuse of power and facilitating corruption. The EU has suspended its financial assistance program. The party faces a challenge from the Socialist Party led by President Igor Dodon, who is more sympathetic to Russia, and a new pro-European bloc named NOW.
- Strategic Europe
Moldova Election: A Democratic Illusion?
- Balázs Jarábik, Leonid Litra
- February 21, 2019
Moldova’s parliamentary election may deliver a messy coalition, a Socialist government, or an attempt at manipulation. Brussels should put the legitimacy of the process ahead of the result.
- Strategic Europe
Wrecking a Summit: Poland, Israel, and the Past
- Judy Dempsey
- February 19, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t do himself or his country any favors by accusing Poles of cooperating with the Germans during the Holocaust.
- Op-Ed
The End of the INF Treaty
- Ulrich Kühn
- February 14, 2019
- International Politics and Society
After Trump's withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Europeans should cooperate with East Asia to prevent a new arms race
- Q&A
Is Russia Up to No Good in the Balkans?
- Paul Stronski
- February 13, 2019
The Kremlin has been flexing its influence in Southeast Europe. What is its ultimate goal?
- Strategic Europe
Poland’s Short-Sighted Military Dependence on the United States
- Paul Taylor
- February 12, 2019
It’s not too late for Poland to let go of the mirage of “Fort Trump” and pursue a more realistic security policy in collaboration with its European and NATO allies.

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James M. Acton
Jessica T. Mathews Chair
Co-director
Nuclear Policy Program
Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Cornelius Adebahr
Nonresident Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on European foreign policy.
Erik Brattberg
Director
Europe Program
Fellow
Erik Brattberg is director of the Europe Program and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. He is an expert on European politics and security and transatlantic relations.
Saskia Brechenmacher
Associate Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Saskia Brechenmacher is an associate fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where her research focuses on gender, conflict, and governance, as well as trends in civic activism and civil society repression.
Thomas Carothers
Senior Vice President for Studies
Carothers is a leading authority on international support for democracy, human rights, governance, the rule of law, and civil society.
James Collins
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program;
Diplomat in Residence
Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
Thomas de Waal
Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Judy Dempsey
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Editor in chief
Strategic Europe
Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.
Balázs Jarábik
Nonresident Scholar
Russia and Eurasia Program
Jarábik is a nonresident scholar focusing on Eastern and Central Europe with particular focus on Ukraine.
Ulrich Kühn
Nonresident Scholar
Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH).
Stefan Lehne
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Philip Remler
Nonresident Scholar
Philip Remler is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Eugene Rumer
Director and Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program
Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Maxim Samorukov
Deputy Editor of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Samorukov is deputy editor of Carnegie.ru.
Gwendolyn Sasse
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Sasse is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. Her research focuses on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, EU enlargement, and comparative democratization.
Natalia Shapovalova
Visiting Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Natalia Shapovalova is a visiting fellow at Carnegie Europe, where her research focuses on Eastern Europe, with particular focus on Ukraine and EU policy toward the Eastern neighborhood.
Christopher Smart
Nonresident Fellow
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Christopher Smart is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the interaction of global financial markets and international economic policy.
Dmitri Trenin
Director
Moscow Center
Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
Sinan Ülgen
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.
Andrew S. Weiss
James Family Chair
Vice President for Studies
Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees research in Washington and Moscow on Russia and Eurasia.