D-10 Strategy Forum
With rising uncertainty about the future of the post-World War II international order, what role is there for democratic, capable governments in promoting global stability and norms? read more
View ArticleTTIP: The View from Germany
No doubt, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has lost momentum. On both sides of the Atlantic, negotiations on the U.S.-EU trade pact started with optimism. Now, pessimists have...
View ArticleThe Growing Transatlantic Divide on Israel
It is looking more and more as if the United States and Europe are about to go their separate ways on the best approach to Israel, the Palestinians, and the moribund peace process. read more
View ArticleDivide and Conquer
One of the most important stories in the ongoing confrontation between the West and Russia has been that of Western unity. Despite a wide array of different histories, interests and geography, the...
View ArticleWithout the US, Europe is fighting a losing battle
Henry Kissinger, Francis Fukuyama, Amitav Acharya: In addition to the former U.S. Secretary of State many other clever geo-strategists currently think about a new “world order” – as the title of...
View ArticleReligious Freedom vs. Gay Rights in Indiana
The U.S. state of Indiana seldom makes world news. But in recent weeks it drew unwanted attention, including an international campaign to shame, boycott, and sanction the socially conservative “Hoosier...
View ArticlePutin's Calculated Charm Offensive
As Russia’s economy reels from sanctions following its annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine, Moscow is doing its best to undermine European Union solidarity against Russian...
View ArticleFreedom vs. Equality: Religious Freedom Controversies Are Alive On Both Sides...
Europeans sometimes wonder about the “culture wars” in the United States.read more
View ArticleNew Report: Foreign Policymakers Must Factor In Religion, Should Welcome...
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2015) – Religion has reemerged as a major factor on both sides of the Atlantic. Religiously motivated terrorist attacks in Europe have renewed debate on the relationship between...
View ArticlePolicymakers Ignore Religion at Their Own Peril
WASHINGTON—There is awareness at some level in most Western capitals that religion matters in foreign policy. Violence linked to religion, most spectacularly the 9/11 attacks, has seemingly vindicated...
View ArticleU.S. and EU Engagement with Islamists in the Middle East and North Africa
On August 25, 2015, the Transatlantic Academy published a new paper by Fulbright-Schuman fellow Sarah Wolff entitled "U.S. and EU Engagement with Islamists in the Middle East and North Africa." The...
View ArticleRussia Bridges A Transatlantic Trust Divide
In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly called for international cooperation based on common interests, underlining that possible...
View ArticleThe Winners from Russia-West Conflict
On February 15, EU foreign ministers agreed to remove the sanctions first imposed in 2004 on Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials and companies, following the...
View ArticleMoscow, Washington, and Damascus: Is Cooperation Really Possible?
Since launching a bombing campaign in Syria in late September, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ended the West’s attempt to isolate Russia and has ensured that Moscow will have to be part of the...
View ArticleAfter Trump’s Super Tuesday: What Should U.S. Allies Expect?
Super Tuesday essentially sealed the deal. A more united party might have been able to defeat him a few weeks ago, but Donald Trump has gathered a sufficient lead in delegates and accumulated real...
View ArticleThe West’s Response to the Ukraine Conflict: A Transatlantic Success Story
On April 7, 2016, the Transatlantic Academy published a paper by Senior Fellow Ulrich Speck entitled "The West’s Response to the Ukraine Conflict: A Transatlantic Success Story," the fourth in its...
View ArticleNew Report: Europe and United States Must Prioritize Unity to Counter...
WASHINGTON – The European Union and the United States must continue prioritizing transatlantic unity and coordination in their response to Russia’s assertive foreign policy, a group of scholars from...
View ArticleRussia, China, and the West After Crimea
On May 13, 2016, the Transatlantic Academy published a paper by Senior Fellow Angela Stent entitled "Russia, China, and the West After Crimea," the eighth in its 2015-16 Paper Series.read more
View ArticleHolding the West Together Over Russia
The West has been tested by Russia in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and has passed the test to date. While much of the discussion both in Europe and North America has focused on various aspects of the...
View ArticleRussia Trying to Fill West’s Void in Serbia
Montenegro may be a tiny country, but its NATO accession is a landmark in the Western Balkans’ tortuously slow integration process into the twin pillars of the political West in Europe – the Atlantic...
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