Transatlantic Topics | Central Europe
- Hungary's Backward SlideCharles Gati, SAIS Professor and interim Director of SAIS's Russian/Eurasian program, comments on Hungary's declining democracy for the New York Times here.
- CTR Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow Tim Haughton wrote an op-ed for the Slovak daily 'Pravda' on the rejection of the euro bailout and the fall of the Radicova government in Slovakia. An English language version of the article can be found here.
- Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow Tim Haughton published a joint-authored article on the partial cartellization of party politics in Slovenia in September 2011's issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies. To read the full-text click here.
- Hungary's new Law on Churches. View a video of the CTR videoconference with Dr Bence Rétvári, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, Hungary and CTR Managing Director Kurt Volker on September 6, 2011.
- U.S. Congressional Engagement with Central and Eastern Europe since 1991: the Balkan Wars and NATO Enlargement
CTR's Michael Haltzel shares insights on the Balkan Wars and NATO enlargement for the American Hungarian Federation. Click here to view the full text.
- A Strong Europe in a Globalized World: From the Hungarian to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
CTR hosted a conference on June 17 on this topic. Click here for more information. - The Western Balkans: an Austrian Perspective
H.E. Wolfgang Waldner, State Secretary for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria comments here at the CTR conference in Sarajevo. - The Balkan Summer of 2011
CTR's Michael Haltzel argues here that several of the countries of the Western Balkans face critical choices in the summer of 2011, as does the European Union, and to some extent, the United States. Click here for a summary in BH Dani (in Bosnian). - Bosnia Flounders as Powers Argue
The New York Times' Matthew Brunwasser writes here about the CTR conference in Sarajevo. - EU Mission in Kosovo: Constructing Ambiguity or Constructive Disunity?
CTR’s David Cadier analyzes here the EU’s role as a regional security actor through the case of EULEX, in the CTR-FRS Transatlantic Security Papers series. - Tough Love for Bosnia
European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon gives a tough love message to Bosnia-Herzegovina here. U.S. Ambassador calls for New Political Energy in Bosnia-Herzegovina here. - U.S. Warns Bosnia It Risks Being Left Behind
The New York Times' Matthew Brunwasser writes here from CTR conference in Sarajevo. - U.S. and Poland: Mutual Interests?
As President Obama travels to Poland, Bart M.J. Szewczyk looks at the bilateral relationship here. - Obama's crucial moment in Poland
CTR Senior Fellow Kurt Volker, together with Ivan Vejvoda and Damon Wilson, argue that the President has an opportunity to renew progress on a Europe, Whole, Free and at Peace in an article for the Christian Science Monitor here. - The U.S. intervened successfully in the Balkans twice, not once
CTR's Mike Haltzel writes a letter to the editor in the Washington Post. - Hungary: A Second Change of the System?
CTR hosted an event on February 9 on recent developments in Hungary. Click here for the remarks of The Hon. Pamela Quanrud, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe. - Dealing with ethnic diversity in the Western Balkans
CTR's Vedran Dzihic discusses the problems of ethnic minorities in the Western Balkans in a feature broadcasted by the most renowned Austrian radio 1 (Ö1) here (in German). - Kosovo - an Unfinished State?
CTR's Vedran Dzihic comments for Die Presse (in German) on the outcome of the elections in Kosovo here.
- "Sanadarization" and the State of Democracy in the Balkans
CTR's Vedran Dzihic discusses for TPortal (in Croatian) major challenges for democracy in the Balkans here. Dzihic's comments on "Sanadarization" provoked a number of media reactions in the region, including major Serbian daily Politika. For more info see here.
- Sanader case reveals Balkan democracy crisis
CTR's Vedran Dzihic's comments for Der Standard (in German) on the arrest of former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is quoted in the European Press Review.
- Kosovo: The Next Steps
CTR Senior Fellow Dan Serwer explains here in a contribution for the U.S. Institute for Peace (November 2010).
- The Balkans Can Still be Lost
CTR Senior Fellow Dan Serwer and Soren Jessen-Petersen tell us why in the International Herald Tribune here. - Secretary Clinton's Balkans Diplomacy Tour
CTR Senior Fellow Michael Haltzel's comments on Voice of America T.V. were carried by a wide range of regional media outlets in the Balkans: Kurir-info.rs, Vesti.rs, smedia.rs, naslovi.net, dnevniavaz.ba, vestisrbija.info, beta.co.rs, glas-javnosti.rs. CTR's Kurt Volker also comments for Voice of America. CTR's Vedran Dzihic is quoted in Die Presse here. - Serbia-Kosovo-Europe: New Possibilities or More Dead Ends?
CTR Executive Director Dan Hamilton comments on the EU-U.S. push for new talks between Serbia and Kosovo here (in Serbian). Hamilton's comments provoked considerable Serbian media reaction, which can be found here: sada.rs, b92.net, blic.rs, nspm.rs, emg.rs. - Will Ruling on Kosovo Entice Other Regions to Declare Independence?
CTR's Kurt Volker is quoted in a Voice of America article here. - Rebuilding Central Europe: Political relationships still have time to cement
CTR's Kurt Volker comments here in The Washington Times. - The United States and Central Europe: Looking to the Future
CTR's Dan Hamilton offers some suggestions here. - New Initiative on Central Europe
Beginning in 2010, two outstanding scholars will conduct research during a nine- month period on important issues related to Central Europe at CTR. Click here for information about the collaboration. - Unfinished Business in Southeast Europe: Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Balkans
CTR Managing Director Kurt Volker testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 14th - click here for more. Read his op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor here. - Central and Eastern Europe Two Decades after the Collapse of Communism
Foreign Minister of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák spoke at CTR on April 29. Click here for his prepared remarks. - CTR Director Dan Hamilton discusses US relations with Central Europe with Czech Pravo Daily (in Czech) here.
- The Rise of Central Europe's Far Right
CEPA analysts Eva M. Blaszczynski and Peter B. Doran discuss here. - 20 Years of Economic Transition in Central Europe
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI's Krzysztof Bledowski discusses here. - Kosovo 2009: Uncertain Future
What to do? CTR Senior Fellow Elizabeth Pond tells us here; Johanna Deimel and Armando García Schmidt here. - The EU’s Test in Kosovo
By CTR Senior Fellow Elizabeth Pond here. - EU Split on Kosovo Independence
The UN's decision to transfer the case of Kosovo's independence to an international court exposes EU disunity and structural weakness argues CTR Visiting Fellow Michael Harsch here in ISN Security Watch. - Clio in the Balkans
As tensions mount again over Kosovo, CTR Fellow Beth Pond reports on "perhaps the boldest effort at fundamental reconciliation the region has ever seen," a collaborative project by historians and educators from a dozen Balkan nations to review and present their history. Click here for her article. - Western Balkans: What to Do?
Despite 15 years of international engagement, the Western Balkans are still beset with major security challenges that will severely test NATO, the EU and transatlantic cooperation. What should be done? Read the analysis by Jeffrey Simon here. - Kosovo Countdown: A Blueprint for Action
As the Troika presents its final report on the failed talks between Belgrade and Pristina draws closer and a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo appears imminent, the EU and U.S. should prepare to make its 'conditional' independence operational, a new International Crisis Group (ICG) paper suggests here. - Seize the Opportunity with Russia on Kosovo
SAIS scholar Edward P. Joseph and Janusz Bugajski of CSIS argue that Kosovo offers an opportunity to work with Russia, despite growing difficulties between the West and Vladimir Putin. Read their article from the Washington Post here. - What Future for Kosovo?
Serb and Kosovo leaders failed to agree on a UN plan to settle the future status of Kosovo. The UN Security Council is now set to make a decision. For details, click here and here. For commentary by Vladimir Socor, click here. - Why did Biden go to Bosnia?
CTR's Edward Joseph tells us here, or click here for commentary from Gulnur Aybet and Florian Bieber. - What's Next for Czech Foreign Policy?
Read the latest here from CTR fellow Jan Jires in the Central Europe Digest. - EU Ignores Eastern Europe at its Own Peril
says Katinka Barysch here. - Poland's Anti-German Launch
German-Polish relations have hit a rough patch comments CTR Fellow Elizabeth Pond - click here. - Central European Digest
The latest from the region from CEPA here, including an interview with CTR's Dan Hamilton. - European Future of Serbia and the BalkansSpeech by Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - click here.
- What Has the Hague Tribunal Accomplished?
- The Contest between Serbia's European and Slavic SoulsAnalyses of the January 21 Serbian election effect on prospects for Kosovo and Serbia's own
- Central Europe: from Communism to CapitalismHow have central European nations weathered the transition? Click here for an analysis by Leszek Balcerowicz, President of the National Bank of Poland.
- The West's Failure in Eastern EuropeBruce Jackson argues that the West is failing in Europe's East here.
