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Today, May 21

Syria; Germany; Russia; Bosnia

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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

  • NEW! The Transatlantic Economy 2013. Latest facts, figures, charts, and trends here. For a summary of The Transatlantic Economy 2013 in German in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, click here.
  • A Trans-Atlantic Deal for Africa. K.Y. Amoako, Daniel Hamilton and Eveline Herfkens comment here.
  • Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, discusses America's New Opportunity in the Global Economy. Click here for a video and here for the transcript of his talk at CTR.
  • TTIP -- Opening Markets or Building Walls? Berend Diekmann examines the opportunities and challenges here.
  • CTR Executive Director Dan Hamilton explains how the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership between the U.S. and Europe is much more than a Free Trade Agreement in this interview here.
  • TTIP and Central Europe. Visiting Fellow Judit Kozenkow explains the impact here.
  • Effects of a Transatlantic Trade Agreement. Munich's IFO Institute offers the following analysis here.
  • Finding Common Ground - An Industry Perspective on Transatlantic Trade & Investment Liberalization
  • Crafting a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: What Can Be Done. Jeff Schott and Cathleen Cimino from the Peterson Institute explain here.
  • Chlorine-rinsed Chicken and Geo-politics. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi and Fellow Per Augustsson comment here.
  • U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement: Global Game-Changer? CTR Director Dan Hamilton and Fellow Joe Quinlan discuss here.
  • Kevin Spacey and the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi urges watching House of Cards to understand US-EU free trade agreement negotiations here.
  • U.S., EU launch new Transatlantic Partnership negotiations. CTR Director Dan Hamilton assesses the possibilities in the Huffington Post here.
  • Comment by CTR Director Dan Hamilton and former Deputy Treasury Secretary and US Ambassador to the EU Stuart Eizenstat in the San Francisco Chronicle here.
  • Testimony by CTR Director Dan Hamilton, European Trade Commissioner Karel deGucht, and US Ambassador to the EU William Kennard before the European Parliament here.
  • Testimony before Congress by CTR Director Dan Hamilton here.

Europe's Financial Crisis

  • Mission (Im)possible and the Power of Soft Power. CTR Fellow Federiga Bindi comments on the Italian elections here.
  • Europe’s real problem lies with its army of idle hands. CTR Senior Fellow Joe Quinlan explains the issue here.
  • Showdown -- The US Bazooka vs. EU Austerity. CTR Fellow Elizabeth Pond dissects the debate here.
  • The Magic Flute. CTR Fellow Federiga Bindi comments on the Italian elections.
  • Can Germany Bail Out All of Europe? CTR Distinguished Fellow and former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton answers here.
  • What Cyprus tells us about the Franco-German Partnership. Senior Fellow Elizabeth Pond explains here.
  • Cyprus: A Test Case for Future European Banking Policy. CTR Distinguished Fellow John Bruton comments here.
  • U.S. Sequester could Hit Europe. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi explains for AFP here.

The Arab Awakening and Crises in the Broader Middle East: How Should the West Respond?

  • After the Holy Land: What Obama Should do Now. CTR Senior Fellow Robert Hunter, former Ambassador to NATO and NSC Director of Middle East affairs, comments here.
  • What Obama Must Do in the Middle East. CTR Senior Fellow Robert Hunter, former Ambassador to NATO and NSC Director of Middle East affairs, explains here.
  • Obama commits the US. Robert Hunter explains why here.
  • Syria: The case for military intervention in Syria. CTR Senior Fellow Kurt Volker argues the case in the Christian Science Monitor here.

The Future of Transatlantic Security

  • NATO's European Allies: Military Capability and Political Will. Former Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Janne Haaland Matlary and other authors examine allied capabilities in this new book. For an overview based on her CTR presentation, click here.
  • Rethinking U.S. Security Strategy. CTR Senior Fellow Hans Binnendijk comments for the New York Times here.
  • Less is More: Reducing American Nuclear Missile Defense in Europe. CTR Fellow Elizabeth Pond comments here.
  • Pivoting with Europe. CTR Senior Fellow Hans Binnendijk argues that the Obama Administration's ''rebalance'' to the Pacific is an opportunity for a ''transatlantic pivot'' in the San Francisco Chronicle here.

Redefining the Atlantic

  • CTR's Atlantic Basin Initiative is exploring how globalization is affecting the four Atlantic continents, and what this means in such areas as energy, trade, investment, human mobility, security and development. Click here for more.
  • "Shale" o no "shale"? CTR's Gulbenkian Fellow Paul Isbell comments for ABC.es here.

  • The New Atlantic Energy Landscape. CTR's Gulbenkian Fellow Paul Isbell charts the changing dynamics of Atlantic energy in a new book published by the German Marshall Fund and the OCP Foundation here.

Transatlantic Resilience

  • Post-9/11 Homeland Security Reforms. CTR Visiting Fellow Erik Brattberg comments here.
  • All For One, One For All: Towards a Transatlantic Solidarity Pledge. CTR Director Daniel Hamilton and Mark Rhinard make the case here.

Smart Power

  • Waiting for Sugar Man. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi comments for the Huffington Post here.
  • Cuba's Future Transition to Democracy Can Be a Success. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi comments here.
  • 'Nordic Cool Power in Wasington': What the Nordics Teach About Nation Branding. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi and Fellow Erik Brattberg explain here.
  • Embassy Row: 'Rock on,' ladies. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi comments on the role of rock music as a soft-power tool here.
  • Power as a mindset. CTR Managing Director Andras Simonyi discusses why separate toolboxes won't work for Europe and the United States here.

Featured Commentary


Little England, Smaller Europe?

  • What to Expect if the UK leaves the EU. CTR Distinguished Fellow and former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton considers the implications for the Huffington Post here.
  • What if the EU Broke Up? CTR Distinguished Fellow John Bruton speculates here.

Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

  • Central Europe's Pivot to Germany: What Does the U.S. Stand to Gain? CTR Fellow Kristina Mikulova comments here.
  • Serbia's Metamorphosis: From Bandit to Decent. CTR Fellow Elizabeth Pond comments here.
  • Croatia on the Verge of Joining the European Union: Outlook after the release of the latest EU monitoring report. TAPIR Fellow Dominik Tolksdorf comments here.
  • TAPIR Fellow Dominik Tolksdorf was interviewed by VOA News about the new round in the Belgrade-Prishtina talks here.
  • The EU’s Performance in Multilateral Crisis Management. CTR Senior Fellow Michael Haltzel comments here.
  • Kosovo's Independence: Dire Consequences or Benign Impact? CTR Fellow Edward P. Joseph comments here.
  • How Will Obama Approach Russia and Eastern Europe in his Second Term? Charles Gati reads the tea leaves here.
  • How to Finally End the War in Bosnia. Bruce Hitchner and CTR Fellow Edward P. Joseph comment here.
  • Moving Forward in the Balkans. CTR Senior Fellow Mike Haltzel discusses a post-Dayton roadmap for Bosnia and Herzegovina here; TAPIR Fellow Dominik Tolksdorf offers thoughts on the EU's pre-accession process for Balkan countries here.
  • Corporate America's Growing Footprint in Eastern Europe. Some east Europeans wonder about America's staying power -- but CTR Director Dan Hamilton argues that the U.S. presence in central and eastern Europe is growing in ways that are making a real difference in the lives of people in the region.


Click here for more analysis and insight on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

Where is Russia Heading? 

CTR Fellow Donald Jensen comments:

Transatlantic Energy Futures

  • The New Atlantic Energy Landscape. CTR's Gulbenkian Fellow Paul Isbell charts the changing dynamics of Atlantic energy in a new book published by the German Marshall Fund and the OCP Foundation here.
  • Transatlantic Energy Futures. Strategic Perspectives on Energy Security, Climate Change and New Technologies in Europe and the United States. How can Europe and the United States grapple with the energy questions of today and tomorrow? What drives energy policy decisions in Washington and in the capitals of U.S. states, in Brussels and in European countries? See contributions by European and American authors, edited by David Koranyi, here.
  • IEA Report: US to be World’s Top Oil Producer by 2020. CTR Fellow Donald Jensen comments for VOA's Crossfire here.

Other News

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The Transatlantic Economy 2012

Events

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Wednesday, May 15
2:00-4:00 pm
Room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW
The Day After: Emerging Security Crises and Western Capabilities