Europe
Whither Pax Atomica? - The Euromissiles Crisis and the Peace Movement of the early 1980s
Feb 22, 2012
As the failure of Pax Atomica seemed more and more imminent, the soaring anxiety, alarm, apprehension and mistrust of the national governments across Europe contributed to the success of the 1980s peace movement. more
Germany’s Historical Euro Responsibility
March 01, 2012 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Over the past two decades, united Germany has accepted its political EU integration responsibility to move toward a European Monetary Union, to introduce the euro, and now to resolve the current Eurocrisis. There is little doubt, Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel argues, that Germany is obligated to support EU integration, constitutionally, historically, and morally. more
Who “Owns” The Arctic?: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference [Chapel Hill, NC]
March 28, 2012 // 1:45pm — 6:45pm
The Wilson Center’s Canada Institute and Kennan Institute, with the Center for Canadian Studies at Duke University, join UNC Chapel Hill’s Center to host Who “Owns” The Arctic?: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference on March 28, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The conference will bring together policymakers, academics, students, and environmentalists to explore diverse issues related to Arctic resource and energy management from Russian, Canadian, American, and other perspectives. more
Democratic Reforms in the Western Balkans Can Benefit from the EU and NATO Accession Processes
Feb 07, 2012European Studies Senior Associate Nida Gelazis was recently quoted in the Italian on-line newspaper Affaritaliani assessing the benefits of European enlargement in the Western Balkans. In an article by Massimiliano Santalucia titled "The Balkan countries break into Europe. Montenegro and Serbia in the EU Soon," Gelazis discussed the pros and cons of admitting the former Yugoslav countries to the EU.
Call for papers: France and the German Question
Feb 06, 2012Call for papers for "France and the German Question, 1945-1990," February 7-9, 2013
Germany’s Historical Euro Responsibility
March 01, 2012 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Over the past two decades, united Germany has accepted its political EU integration responsibility to move toward a European Monetary Union, to introduce the euro, and now to resolve the current Eurocrisis. There is little doubt, Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel argues, that Germany is obligated to support EU integration, constitutionally, historically, and morally.
Who “Owns” The Arctic?: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference [Chapel Hill, NC]
March 28, 2012 // 1:45pm — 6:45pm
The Wilson Center’s Canada Institute and Kennan Institute, with the Center for Canadian Studies at Duke University, join UNC Chapel Hill’s Center to host Who “Owns” The Arctic?: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference on March 28, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The conference will bring together policymakers, academics, students, and environmentalists to explore diverse issues related to Arctic resource and energy management from Russian, Canadian, American, and other perspectives.
Documentary History of Greece: 1943-1951, Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
March 08, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Whither Pax Atomica? - The Euromissiles Crisis and the Peace Movement of the early 1980s
As the failure of Pax Atomica seemed more and more imminent, the soaring anxiety, alarm, apprehension and mistrust of the national governments across Europe contributed to the success of the 1980s peace movement.
e-Dossier No. 29 - The Soviet-Romanian Clash over History, Identity and Dominion
CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of seven new documents to its online Digital Archive. The documents released today shed new light on Soviet-Romanian relations and conflict during the late 1970s.
Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans
In this volume, Cohen and Lampe offer a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 until the present.
The Future of U.S. Forces in Europe
With guests Mark Hertling, Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Robert Litwak, Vice President for Programs at the Wilson Center
Democracy: Belarus and the Accidental Activist
Anatoli Mikhailov, rector of the European Humanities University and recipient of the 2007 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture award
New Tools in the Struggle for Democracy
Oleg Kozlovsky, a Russian democracy and human rights activist. Kozlovsky is cofounder of the Solidarnost United Democratic Movement. Christian Ostermann is the director of numerous programs at the Wilson Center including the History and Public Policy and European programs.
A. Ross Johnson
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution; Adviser to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Project, Hoover Archives; Board of Directors of the Freedom Broadcasting Foundation (Washington) and the Institute of Transnational Studies (Munich); Senior Advisor, RFE/RL
A. Ross Johnson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, adviser to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Archive Project at Hoover, senior adviser to the president of RFE/RL, and senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.Johnson was a senior executiv...
Alexandros Petersen
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Alexandros Petersen is Advisor to the European Energy Security Initiative (EESI) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. An internationally recognized scholar of grand strategy and energy geopolitics, he is the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the Wes...
