Europe in 2015
Disclaimer: This section features a selection of noteworthy analysis and forecasts which reflect the opinions of their authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation for a World in Transition, nor of its members. The Foundation encourages the open exchange of opinion amongst its members yet does not take any institutional position.
Defending Europe? A stocktaking of French and German Visions for European Defense
By Barbara Kunz
French Institute of International Relations & IRSEM - September 30, 2015
Remarks by European Commission President Juncker on the State of the Union
By Jean-Claude Juncker
Council on Foreign Relations - September 9, 2015
Hungary under Orbán: Can Central Planning Revive Its Economy?
By Simeon Djankov
Peterson Institute for International Economics - July 30, 2015
Greece's Euro Future and U.S. Policy
By Narrow Path Forward
Council on Foreign Relations - July 29, 2015
Time to Act - The European Mainstream’s Obligation to Respond to the Rise of Populism
By Julian Rappold
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik - July 6, 2015
Economic Crisis: The Global Impact of a Greek Default
By Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Peterson Institute for International Economics - June 25, 2015
Opening up the Franco-German Dialogue
By Claire Demesmay & Hans Stark
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik - June 9, 2015
Europe Surrounded Not by a Ring of Friends - But by a Ring of Fire
By Carl Bildt
Center for Strategic and International Studies - May 8, 2015
Rising European Defence Budgets?
By Elizabeth Quintana & Dr Henrik Heidenkamp
Royal United Services Institute - May 1, 2015
Is Britain Retreating From the World?
By Richard G. Whitman
Council on Foreign Relations - May 1, 2015
A Transatlantic Approach to Keep the NPT Relevant
By Simond de Galbert
Center for Strategic and International Studies - April 30, 2015
Where in the World Is the EU?
By Stefan Lehne, Irini Tseminidou
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - April 28, 2015
From Putin, a New Tune on Ukraine?
By Stephen Sestanovich & George F. Kennan
Council on Foreign Relations - April 21, 2015
Greek Economic Crisis: Three Things to Know
By Robert Kahn & Steven A. Tananbaum
Council on Foreign Relations - April 16, 2015
The Future of Research and Development in the UK’s Security and Intelligence Sector
By Charlie Edwards & Calum Jeffray
Royal United Services Institute - April 15, 2015
How Trade and Security Became Europe’s Unhappy Couple
By Fredrik Erixon
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - March 24, 2015
Complex security and strategic latency: the UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
By Paul Cornish & Andrew M. Dorman
Royal Institute of International Affairs - March 10, 2015
Are Prime Ministers Taking Over EU Foreign Policy?
By Stefan Lehne
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February 16, 2015
Debt sustainability and economic convergence of euro-area Member States: Challenges and Solutions
By Paolo Mauro
Peterson Institute for International Economics - February 2015
Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy Options
By Jeffrey Mankoff & Andrew C. Kuchins
Center for Strategic and International Studies - January 29, 2015
Revisiting energy security in turbulent times
By Aurélie Faure Schuyer, Clémentine d'Oultremont & Marco Giuli
French Institute of International Relations - January 28, 2015
EU-China relations: rhetoric v. (a very different) reality
By Axel Berkofsky
Center for Strategic and International Studies - January 28, 2015
Emotional Intelligence for EU Democracy
By Heather Grabbe & Stefan Lehne
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - January 26, 2015
The Charlie Hebdo Massacre: Implications for Security Agencies
By Raffaello Pantucci
Royal United Services Institute - January 8, 2015