by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured Stories
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) is a European effort to boost economic development and expand transportation and infrastructure between countries from the Adriatic, Baltic and Black Seas. The 12 countries in support of this initiative are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia,...
by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 21, 2021 | Featured Stories
What Were the Results of the Summits, and Talks with President Duda? Last week, presidents of NATO and EU nations, including President Andrezj Duda of Poland, gathered for summits, with President Joseph Biden of the United States also in attendance. The summits...
by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 21, 2021 | Featured Stories
June 2021 The Nord Stream 2 is an underwater pipeline that would transport natural gas from Russia directly to Germany. The completion of this pipeline would lead to greater Russian expansion into Europe with increased dependence on Russian natural gas. The United...
by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 18, 2021 | Featured Stories
On June 16, 2021 President Biden and President Putin held a summit in Geneva, following a week of meetings between Biden and members of NATO and the G7. Before the trip, Biden stated in an opinion piece for the Washington Post that his intention was to strengthen...
by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 16, 2021 | Featured Stories
On June 15, 2021, The Brookings Institution hosted an event entitled “Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order,” based on Kathryn E. Stoner’s new book of the same name. Along with Stoner, panelists included Fiona Hill and Paul Poast, with...
by Małgorzata Margo Schulz | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured Stories
On June 15, 2021, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a virtual event entitled “Zapad 2021 and the Future of Russia’s Force Presence in Belarus.” Zapad, the Russian word for “west,” is a military exercise held every four years and the...