Publishing Institution: Council on Foreign Relations / Political Geography: Europe

Author:: Scott M. Thomas
Publication Date:: 11-2010
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Religion is on the rise around the world. If the United States fails to confront the implications of this growth properly the potential for religiously motivated violence across the globe may increase dramatically over the next century.
Topic:: Islam
Political Geography:: United States, Europe, and Middle East

Author:: Hugh Pope
Publication Date:: 11-2010
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Turkey's ruling party is sometimes criticized for being Islamist or ideological, but its policies remain essentially nationalist and commercially opportunistic.
Topic:: Islam
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Europe, Turkey, and Middle East

Author:: Ian Bremmer
Publication Date:: 05-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Across the world, the free market is being overtaken by state capitalism, a system in which the state is the leading economic actor. How should the United States respond?
Topic:: Economics, Government, and Reform
Political Geography:: United States, China, and Europe

Author:: Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander J. Motyl
Publication Date:: 05-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The recent deterioration in relations between Russia and Ukraine should be of great concern to the West, because Ukraine's security is critical to Europe's stability. Ukraine must be placed back on the policy agenda as a player in its own right.
Topic:: Security and Economics
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Ukraine

Author:: Michael T. Osterholm
Publication Date:: 04-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The outbreak of a new strain of deadly swine flu, which has killed more than one hundred people in Mexico and spread to the United States and Europe, has global health experts considering whether this may be the start of a long-feared pandemic. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says there are a lot of unknowns about the new flu strain but so far it presents "a very different picture" from that of recent avian flu outbreaks and the 2003 sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. "Osterholm says it may be a matter of months before experts understand the disease. He cautions against international policy overreactions, citing some countries' travel warnings and bans on some imported foods from the United States and Mexico as "hysterical." He says the best way to deal with panics is to keep people informed and not create false expectations.
Topic:: International Relations, Globalization, Health, Human Welfare, and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: United States, Europe, and Canada

Author:: Jeffrey Mankoff
Publication Date:: 02-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: For two weeks in the freezing January of 2009, homes and businesses across Europe were left without heat, the result of a murky dispute over gas prices between Russia and Ukraine. When Moscow and Kiev failed to agree on a formula for calculating price and transit fees for the coming year, the gas simply stopped flowing. Europe, which gets a significant proportion of its gas through pipelines that transit both Russia and Ukraine, bore the brunt of this confrontation between the two feuding post-Soviet neighbors.
Topic:: Security, Energy Policy, Markets, and Political Economy
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, and Asia

Author:: Steven Pifer
Publication Date:: 01-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Ukraine faces a year of challenge in 2009. In the aftermath of the August 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, Kiev must cope with an increasingly assertive Russian foreign policy. The Kremlin regards Ukraine as part of its sphere of privileged interests, has made clear its unhappiness with Kiev's desire to integrate into the European and Euro-Atlantic communities, and will attempt to disrupt that course. The possibility exists, more real following the August conflict, of a serious confrontation between Kiev and Moscow over issues such as Ukraine's geopolitical orientation and the Black Sea Fleet.
Topic:: Foreign Policy and NATO
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Ukraine

Author:: Roger C. Altman
Publication Date:: 01-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The financial crisis has called into serious question the credibility of western governments and may precipitate an eastward shift of power.
Topic:: Economics and Government
Political Geography:: United States, Europe, and Washington

Author:: Harold James
Publication Date:: 01-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The current economic crisis may have one winner: the Chinese financial model, which -- together with the IMF -- holds the keys to fixing the problem.
Topic:: Economics and Globalization
Political Geography:: United States and Europe

Author:: Robert D. Kaplan
Publication Date:: 03-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Already the world's preeminent energy and trade interstate seaway, the Indian Ocean will matter even more as India and China enter into a dynamic great-power rivalry in these waters.
Topic:: Cold War and Politics
Political Geography:: China, Europe, and India

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