Europe and Eurasia

Europe

  • Development
    The G8 Summit: Three Things to Know
    The G8 meeting at Camp David will focus on food security and advancing political transitions in the Middle East and North Africa, while the debate over solutions to the eurozone crisis will largely shift to the G20 forum, says CFR’s Terra Lawson-Remer.
    Explainer Video with Terra Lawson-Remer May 17, 2012
  • International Organizations
    The G8 and Eurozone Clouds
    This weekend’s G8 summit will be dominated by negotiations over the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and limiting contagion to the global economy, says expert C. Randall Henning.
    Interview with C. Randall Henning and Christopher Alessi May 17, 2012
  • Economic Crises
    Greek Tipping Point on the Horizon
    Greece’s political turmoil is spreading fresh economic uncertainty. But it is wrong to assume an automatic exit from the euro or further sovereign debt contagion, says expert Iain Begg.
    Interview with Iain Begg and Christopher Alessi May 16, 2012
  • Economic Crises
    Restructuring Euro Debt and Latin Lessons
    Greece’s new prime minister is seeking crucial parliamentary support for an EU bailout package that will require restructuring its sovereign debt. Economist William Cline says Uruguay’s 2003 default offers a constructive model.
    Interview with William R. Cline and Christopher Alessi November 17, 2011
  • Europe
    Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Europe's Debt, America's Deficit: The Crisis of the Rich World
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    Session One: An Overview of the Global Debt Crisis Alan Greenspan, President, Greenspan Associates LLC; Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Presider: Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations 8:00 to 8:30 AM Breakfast Reception 8:30 to 9:30 AM Meeting Session Two: Addressing the U.S. Deficit Problem Jacob J. Lew, Director, White House Office of Management and Budget Presider: Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times 9:45 to 10:45 AM Meeting Session Three: The Future of the Eurozone Jacob F. Kirkegaard, Research Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics; Senior Associate, Rhodium Group Thomas Philippon, John L. Vogelstein Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations Presider:Frank Brosens, Founder and Principal, Taconic Capital Advisors 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Meeting 12:00 to 1:00 PM Lunch Reception  
    Event November 10, 2011
  • Europe
    The Future of the Eurozone
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    Experts reflect on the effects of the economic turmoil in Greece and Italy on the Eurozone and discuss the political dimension in resolving the crisis. This symposium is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and is made possible through the generous support of Stephen C. Freidheim.
    Event November 10, 2011
  • Europe
    ECB Limitations in Addressing Eurozone Crisis
    CFR’s Benn Steil discusses the ECB’s role and limitations in mitigating the eurozone debt crisis.
    Explainer Video with Benn Steil November 4, 2011
  • International Organizations
    Six Criteria for G20 Success in Cannes
    G20 leaders will be tested this week to act on sovereign debt crises and potential global economic upheaval. Stewart Patrick says a proper response would be for leaders to follow their own promises from previous summits.
    Expert Brief by Stewart M. Patrick November 2, 2011
  • Europe
    A Conversation with the Right Honorable Theresa May
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    Following the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 and the six-year anniversary of the London subway bombings, please join Theresa May for a discussion on counterterrorism strategy in the United Kingdom. The meeting will focus on the nature of the threat, its evolution, the impact of events like the Arab Spring, and the United Kingdom's response, particularly as it prepares for the 2012 Olympics.
    Event with Theresa May and Christopher Isham September 16, 2011
  • Europe
    A Conversation with the Right Honorable Theresa May
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    Theresa May discusses UK counterterrorism policy, as well as security cooperation with the United States and other international actors.
    Event September 16, 2011
  • Europe
    Calling for an EU Federal Budget
    The European sovereign debt crisis is compounded by a faltering U.S. economy, making the implementation of an EU-wide federal budget and coordination of nation-state budgets necessary to preserve the single currency, says economist Jacques Attali.
    Interview with Jacques Attali and Christopher Alessi August 11, 2011
  • Greece
    A ’Deepening’ European Union
    Though Standard and Poor’s ranks Greece as the world’s lowest-rated economy, calling into question the eurozone’s future, economist Iain Begg says the debt crisis will paradoxically have the effect of deepening EU integration.
    Interview with Iain Begg and Christopher Alessi June 14, 2011
  • Greece
    EU’s Rehn: Greek Aid Plan Days Away
    European Union Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn expects negotiations on a new Greek aid plan between the EU, IMF, and Greek government will conclude "in the coming days," ahead of the EU finance ministers’ meeting scheduled for June 20.
    Explainer Video with Olli Rehn June 1, 2011
  • International Organizations
    EU’s Rehn backs Christine Lagarde for IMF Chief
    European Union Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn says French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde "would make a very good managing director of the IMF for the whole world, not only for Europe." "The European Union and its member states see that Christine Lagarde, the finance minister of France, has very strong professional qualifications and has earned the respect of her peers as the chairperson of the G20," Rehn said.
    Explainer Video with Olli Rehn June 1, 2011
  • Budget, Debt, and Deficits
    C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: Debt, Governance and Growth: A Eurozone Perspective
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    Related readings: How to Save the Euro -- and the EU by Henry Farrell and John Quiggin, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2011 Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies Newsletter The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
    Event with Olli Rehn and Steven L. Rattner June 1, 2011