Turkey’s Presidential Elections 2014 - What do they mean for Turkey’s...
Turkey’s Presidential elections in August 2014 offer an opportunity to evaluate the country’s progress under the rule of Mr. Erdogan for the past 12 years and to discuss Turkey’s political, economic...
View ArticleTurkey after the Elections: Identity, Democracy and Foreign Policy
Turkey has had two important elections in 2014 and general elections are expected in June 2015. Turkey’s long time Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan is now the first popularly elected president in the...
View ArticleEastern Europe’s Most Difficult Transition: Public Health and Demographic...
Dr. Murray Feshbach was one of the first scholars to point out the devastating political and socio-economic effects of state communism’s failure to seriously address decaying public health and...
View ArticleMidnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
In beguiling prose and rich character portraits, former Wilson Center Fellow Charles King, author of the newly released book "Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul," brings to life...
View ArticleHearing of the European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
On September 10, The President-elect of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker presented his new team of 28 Commissioners. They will now all be scrutinised by the European Parliament, through...
View ArticleISIS and the End of the Middle East as We Know It
While Western attention is caught by the rise of the so-called "Islamic State", the real story may be the dissolution of order in the Middle East. How do we understand ongoing political and...
View ArticleTransatlantic Relations at a Time of Crisis: Common Threats, Different...
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View ArticleFrom Sarajevo, 1914 to Southeastern Europe, 2014: Wars, Transitions and...
In Balkans into Southeastern Europe, 1914-2014, A Century of War and Transition (Palgrave, 2014), John Lampe revises and expands his 2006 volume to reconsider the region's full century since the...
View ArticleOECD Perspectives on Global Development
Since its first edition in 2010, the annual OECD Perspectives on Global Development report has investigated the increasing economic weight of developing countries in the world economy. The rise of...
View Article15th Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture: Slovakia’s Road to Freedom and...
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View ArticleBetween Alignment and Competition: Europe’s Pivot to Asia and Implications...
President Obama used his recent trip to Asia to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the centerpiece of the US rebalance to the region. The US pivot represents a significant shift in the...
View ArticleWhither the World: The Political Economy of the Future
How will global forces impact Europe’s economic future? Dr. Grzegorz Kolodko joins us to discuss his new book Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future, which addresses the challenging...
View ArticleTurkey’s Troubled Democracy and Foreign Policy
In the aftermath of the 2013 corruption probes, Fatih University scholar Savaş Genç argues, Turkey has taken a sharp turn towards a new era under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Professor Genç...
View ArticleSecurity Challenges in Europe in 2015
The program will take a broad view of European security challenges in 2015. Particular emphasis will be placed on the priorities of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and...
View ArticleUkrainian Democracy After the Maidan: Threats and Opportunities
The Global Europe Program is pleased to host the 10th Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop on Ukrainian Democracy After the Maidan featuring keynote remarks the 2014 recipient of the Ion Ratiu...
View ArticleCreating Kosovo: International Oversight and the Making of Ethical Institutions
In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? Elton Skendaj’s investigation into Kosovo based on national survey data,...
View ArticleUkraine and the Crisis of Euro-Atlantic Security
Tensions over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new cold war, according to Mikhail Gorbachev. In the past twelve months relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated rapidly...
View ArticleA Global Problem: the European Parliament’s Effort to Combat Tax Inversion
Legislators on both sides of the Atlantic have expressed growing concern about tax inversion and its impact on both investment and tax revenues. In recent years, the practice has been the subject of...
View ArticleSouthern European Energy Corridor: Status, Prospects and Geopolitics
New pipelines are carrying natural gas and oil from the Caspian and Russia to Turkey and beyond to Europe. In this southern European landscape, pipeline proposals like Nabucco and South Stream have...
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