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RESEARCH AREAS
Europe and Russia
AEI's research on Europe aims to strengthen transatlantic ties and to analyze its ongoing demographic, economic, political, and social transformation. AEI's Russian studies program examines that nation's key social, political, and economic trends, including U.S.-Russian relations, Russian foreign policy, and the implications of Russia's looming health and demographics crises. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Europe and Russia.
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Feature: Missile Defense
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Soon after Barack Obama's election, John R. Bolton noted crucial differences in Obama's and Polish president Kaczynski's understanding of the president-elect's position on missile defense. Not even a full year later, the United States has dropped parts of the vital program. Unfortunately proven correct, Ambassador Bolton has written further on the missile defense subject. "Washington has dramatically reduced its presence and isolated its own friends. In Russia and Eastern Europe, the basic political conclusion is straightforward and worrying: Russia, a declining, depopulating power, growled, and the United States blinked. This devastating reaction extends worldwide, especially among our Pacific allies, who fear similar unilateral U.S. concessions in their region." Three other scholars--Gary J. Schmitt, Thomas Donnelly, and Danielle Pletka--have also expressed concern about the administration's recent decision, fearing that it will chill relations with our allies in Central and Eastern Europe and make the United States more vulnerable.
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Scholars on Europe and Russia - Leon Aron
Russian domestic politics; Russian foreign policy; U.S.–Russian relations; - Frederick W. Kagan
Russian and European military history - Richard Perle
Defense and national security issues in Europe; Russia; Eurasia - Gary J. Schmitt
Strategic issues in Europe; transatlantic relations; NATO; counterterrorism
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Forgetting the Fall
President Obama's decision not to celebrate one of the seminal events of the twentieth century--the fall of the Berlin Wall--is replete with symbolism.
Berlin Wall Is Worth Remembering
To commemorate, after all, is to remember. And Americans need to remember, not just that the Wall fell, but why it fell.
Slipping Growth
With few born and far too many dying, Russia is caught in a demographic straitjacket.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, November 9, 2009
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Former Speaker of the House and AEI scholar Newt Gingrich will discuss how, in addition to the political, economic, and military factors that...
PAST EVENTS
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
A group of leading experts on Russian and U.S. policy toward Iran will address questions about Russia's stance on Iran, missile defense, and more.
Monday, May 11, 2009 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
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