Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program addresses vital issues affecting the European continent, U.S.-European relations, and Europe’s ties with the rest of the world. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues: digital transformation, climate, migration, global governance. We also examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our program activities cover a wide range of topics, from the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE to European energy security, trade disputes, challenges to democracy, and counter-terrorism. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media.
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Highlights
NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting: A Conversation with Slavjanka Petrovska, Minister of Defense of North Macedonia
Watch the discussion between Global Europe Program Chair Ambassador Philip Reeker and Slavjanka Petrovska, Defense Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia on the latest NATO meeting in Brussels (15-16 June) and the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius (11-12 July).
NATO Needs an Island Chain Strategy for the Baltic Sea
As the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius (11-12 July) welcomes Finland as a new member and while Sweden awaits approval to join NATO, the article looks at how NATO should re-evaluate its approach to the Baltic Sea region, especially surrounding strategic assets.
The Wilson Dialogue on Euro-MENA Relations
This dialogue series convened by Wilson Center’s Middle East Program and Global Europe Program explores the future of Europe and MENA relations through the lens of energy needs, food security, and forced displacement crises.
It’s the Economy (and More): Why Macron and von der Leyen are in China – Expert Quick Takes
In the following compilation of expert quick takes, a diverse group of experts on Europe, China, international trade, and strategic competition offer a peek into what to expect and not expect from the visit of French President Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to China.
Europe After Putin
On the one year anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine the article looks at how the war could shift the geopolitical contours of Europe, transform the foundations of the transatlantic partnership, potentially hasten regime change in Moscow, and trigger a new stage in major power rivalries among the United States, China and Russia.
Finland’s Contributions to NATO: Strengthening the Alliance’s Nordic and Arctic Fronts
Foreign policy challenges facing the Sunak Government
A Strategic Compass: The European Union expands its toolbox
Sisters But Not Twins: Prospects of Finland and Sweden’s NATO Accession
Staff & Experts
Philip Reeker
Albright Stonebridge Group, Department of State (ret.)
Robin S. Quinville
Jason C. Moyer
Masa Ocvirk
Henri Winberg
Eric McLellan
Diana Villiers Negroponte
William Drozdiak
Author "The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron’s Race to Revive France and Save the World"
Steven Philip Kramer
Author "Jews, Muslims, and the French Republic" (Cambria: 2023)
Andreas Raspotnik
Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Tobias Gehrke
Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations
Jack Watling
Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute