The Carnegie Europe Program in Washington provides insight and analysis on political and security developments within Europe, transatlantic relations, and Europe’s global role. Working in coordination with Carnegie Europe in Brussels, the program brings together U.S. and European policymakers and experts on the strategic issues facing Europe.
Current geopolitical trends are pushing the EU to increasingly prioritize security in its international action and outreach, including on democracy policy. The EU should ensure that this democracy-security nexus develops around a pervasive democratic security culture.
Despite embracing democracy, radical-right parties pose a significant challenge to the EU’s fundamental values. European leaders and institutions must address this challenge to safeguard democracy in the EU and ensure a more effective foreign policy.
To quell the revolt sparked by Mahsa Jina Amini’s death in 2022, Iran committed crimes against humanity, including gender persecution. EU governments must coordinate to advance judicial accountability of those responsible while protecting vulnerable groups and countering digital repression.
Erdogan and his aides have wasted no time offering three reminders of the president’s power.
While states acknowledge the need to better protect critical infrastructure against cyber attacks, national and international efforts have brought limited results. The solution could be a global treaty that strengthens cooperation on this matter.
With the global balance of economic and political power shifting away from Europe, the EU’s influence and credibility are in decline. To repair its image abroad and rebuild trust, the union should strengthen its international engagement and position itself as a force for reform of the international order.
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Dan Baer is senior vice president for policy research and director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Bechev is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where he focuses on EU enlargement, the Western Balkans, and Eastern Europe.
Sophia Besch is a fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on European foreign and defense policy.
Olivier Blarel is a visiting fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on transatlantic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Anu Bradford is a nonresident scholar in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Alper Coşkun is a senior fellow in the Europe Program and leads the Türkiye and the World Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
Csernatoni is a fellow at Carnegie Europe, where she specializes in European security and defense, as well as emerging disruptive technologies.
De Waal is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
Noah J. Gordon is acting co-director of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and a fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
Lazard is a fellow at Carnegie Europe. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of climate, the transition ushered by climate change, and the risks of conflict and fragility associated to climate change and environmental collapse.
Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
Sasse is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. Her research focuses on Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Ukrainian politics and society, EU enlargement, and comparative democratization.
Tooze is a nonresident scholar with the Europe Program and Carnegie Europe.