Center for Transatlantic Relations

EABC's 2007 Transatlantic Leadership Award

Amcham EU's 2006 Transatlantic Business Award

EU Center of Excellence, Washington D.C.
Johns Hopkins University, Secretariat
American University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University

New Book! Combating Climate Change: A Transatlantic Approach to Common Solutions by Lisa E. Svensson
This report outlines current action in Europe and the U.S. and lessons that can be learned to advance a transatlantic consensus on climate change. It also serves as a roadmap for a post-2012 framework when the Kyoto Protocol expires. The volume is based on recommendations from a symposium of climate change experts, business leaders, and government officials at the 2007 conference "California-European Dialogue on Climate Change." CTR worked closely with the Heinrich Boell Foundation on the conference and project leading to this book. More information about the Foundation is available here. The book is available here through the Brookings Institutions Press.

New Book! France and Globalization by Daniel S. Hamilton and Joseph P. Quinlan
Overall, France has been a great winner from globalization. Yet perhaps nowhere in Europe is globalization greeted with such concern, even fear. How has globalization affected France? In this new study CTR Director Dan Hamilton and CTR Fellow Joe Quinlan offer a balanced, up-to-date look. They map changing flows of trade, investment, people, money and ideas. They explain globalization's effect on French consumers, workers, companies and the French nation. Who wins, who loses, and why -- in English here and in French here.

New Book!
The Wider Black Sea Region in the 21st Century: Strategic, Economic, and Energy Perspectives edited by Daniel Hamilton and Gerhard Mangott
The Black Sea region, once on the periphery of European consciousness, has become the next frontier in transatlantic strategic thinking in terms of energy security, trade, migration and other key policy areas. In this volume leading international experts examine the new dynamics of the Black Sea region, including perspectives from the region, transregional issues such as energy security, cross-border conflicts, democracy, civil rights, the rule of law, and future relations with Russia, the EU, NATO and other key actors. Available here through the Brookings Institutions Press.

CTR News and Commentary

A Ready Response to Moscow
Read CTR fellow Edward Joseph's
article in the International Herald
Tribune here.

A Kennanesque Vision?
CTR fellow Jeffrey P. Bialos
analyzes the new National Defense
Strategy here.

A New President Will Ask More of Europe
CTR Director Dan Hamilton makes the case in Europolitics here.

How the Union for the Mediterranean will work
CTR's Fabrizio Tassinari comments in the EU Observer about possible configurations of a Mediterranean Union here.

Europe: Magnet for the Unskilled
CTR's new book Globalization and Europe is featured in an article by the German weekly Die Zeit on Europe's migration problems (in German) here.

Serbia's Odd Couple
Can Serbia's odd leadership couple reconcile their nation with Europe? Click here for commentary by CTR Fellow Elizabeth Pond.

Is the United States a "Normative" Power?
How does the US balance its realpolitik interests with its dedication to international norms? Click here to download this chapter by CTR's Dan Hamilton in CEPS's publication Who is a Normative Foreign Policy Actor? The European Union and its Global Partners by Nathalie Tocci. Order the book on the CEPS website.

Ideas for America's Future
On June 26, 2008 Gen. Wesley Clark (ret) spoke at CTR at the release of the new book Idea's for America's Future: Core Elements of a New National Security Strategy by CTR Fellow Jeffrey P. Bialos. Click here for the Executive Summary. Click here to listen to the event audio.

Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb: A “Glocal” Organization
CTR visiting fellow Jean-Luc Marret published an article in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Read it here.

Release and Review of the Report: “The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?"
On June 11, 2008, CTR's Esther Brimmer testified to the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight - click here for her testimony.

Making Bosnia Work
Bosnia is drawing closer to the EU, but CTR Fellow Ed Joseph and Bruce Hitchner argue that EU accession is not enough in a USIP policy brief here.

"The Most European of Americans"
Click here to read a portrait of CTR's Esther Brimmer (in French) in La Revue.

Could France Bring NATO and the EU Closer Together?
Options for the French EU Presidency
Read this new SWP commentary here by Ronja Kempin.

Russia-NATO Relations
Stagnation or Revitalization?
Read this new SWP commentary here by Hannes Adomeit and Frank Kupferschmidt.

"On a Winning Streak"
Europe has gained far more that it has lost from globalization argue CTR's Dan Hamilton and Joe Quinlan here in the May 2008 E-Sharp magazine.

Wanted: An EU Iraq Strategy
Europe has failed to develop a common strategy for building peace in Iraq - but it is vital to do so, says GPPi's Thorsten Benner here.

Wider Europe, Click Here
Ukraine: For latest developments and commentary, Click Here

Transnistrian Conflict: For latest developments and commentary, Click Here

Georgia: For latest developments and commentary, Click Here

Friends of Belarus: For latest developments and commentary, Click Here

Announcements

Events:

Thursday, September 11, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: Edouard Balladur, Former Prime Minister of France, will discuss his new book, A Project Of Union Between The United States And E.U.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: The Future For E.U.-U.S. Economic And Political Relations with John Bruton, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States and former Prime Minister of Ireland

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: The French Presidency Of The European Union: A Mid-Term Assessment with Pierre Vimont, French Ambassador to the United States

Monday, October 20, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: Carl Tham, Former Swedish Ambassador to Germany will speak about his new book Berliner Republic – United, Divided, European

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: Jeffrey Anderson, Graf Goltz Professor and Director, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, will discuss his book The End Of The West: Crisis And Change In The Atlantic Order

Wednesday November 19, 2008
European Studies Lecture Series: All-Day Conference on The New Battle For Central Europe, Co-sponsored with the Center for European Policy Analysis

Opportunities:

Center for Security Studies seeks Risk Analyst

Center for Security Studies seeks Researcher

ACES Students PhD Pre-Dissertation Awards

ACES Research Seed Grants and Working Papers

ACES Certificate in European Union Studies

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Seeks Office Manager

2008-2009 Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowship at CTR!

Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue Seeks a Graduate Intern

Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR)

The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program

Other:

Launch of the SAIS German Club!

New Project: "Raising the bar: Towards enhanced cooperation and coherence in transatlantic governance of natural disaster relief and preparedness" in partnership with The Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin (GPPi).