A. Wess Mitchell
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E-mail: wess.mitchell@cepa.org
A. Wess Mitchell is Co-Founder and Director of Research at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), where he leads in the conceptual development of the institute and manages output from CEPA analysts and external scholars. He has played a principal role in the formation of the Center, its core mission and intellectual profile from its inception in 2005.
The author of numerous publications, Mitchell is a regular contributor to leading U.S. and European newspapers and journals, including American Interest, Harper’s Magazine, National Interest, Los Angeles Times, Internationale Politik and Gazeta Wyborcza. He makes frequent appearances in major print and broadcast media outlets, and his articles and interviews have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His first book, The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable, co-authored with John C. Hulsman, was published by Princeton University Press in 2009.
Mitchell’s main research interests include U.S.-Central European security relations, the U.S.-Europe-Russia triangle, NATO and the European Union. In helping form CEPA, he has sought to place the study of East-Central European regional developments within the broader context of U.S. global interests and strategy. He is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of CEPA’s Central Europe Digest – Washington’s only periodical exclusively dedicated to Central Europe – as well as a member of the CEPA Board of Directors and the American Board of Directors of the Berlin-based Atlantic Initiative.
Mitchell holds a Master’s Degree from the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he was selected for the 2004 Hopper Award. He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation for a Ph.D. in political science at Freie University in Berlin, Germany.
Publications by A. Wess Mitchell
- Keeping New Europe, Central Europe Digest, 1 April 2009
- Central Europe Is Reshaping Global Politics, Der Spiegel, February 2009
- “Ich Bin Ein Berliner?” co-author with Ambassador Donald K. Bandler, National Interest Online, 22 January 2009
- The European Gas Crisis: Czech Presidency Sees Opportunity, 15 January 2009
- Obamas Hausaufgaben (in German), Internationale Politik, December 2008
- America's Europe Policy, 3.0, Limes, Winter 2008
- Perhapsburg:What the EU Is and Isn't, The American Interest, November/December 2008
- America's New Eastern Problem, Central Europe Digest, August 2008
- Radar shield quest, Washington Times, July 2009
- The Mice that Roared: How Small Powers are Responding to, and Shaping, the Transition to Multipolarity, Internationale Politik, July 2008. (Also available in German)
- Rice’s desperate throw at the basket (in Czech), Hospidarsky Noviny, 7 July 2008
- Why Missile Defense is Here to Stay, Central Europe Digest, August 2008
- NATO's Unhappy Warriors, Los Angeles Times, March 2008. (Also available in Russian)
- Missile Defense: Poland has Less Room to Maneuver, Atlantic Community, February 2008
- Radar Roulette, Washington Times, 24 February 2008. (Also available in Czech)
- The EU's Viennese Mirror, The Budapest Times, 18-24 February 2008. (Also available via Project Syndicate in Czech, Hungarian, German and Russian)
- The Polish lesson: America must give something in return for support, Christian Science Monitor, January 2008. (Also available in Russian)
- Kaiser, König, Komission (in German), Internationale Politik, October 2007
- The Case for Polish-German Rapprochement, Atlantic Community, July 2007
- Germany's Awakening, Washington Times, July 2007
- Merkel's Momentum: Grading the German EU Presidency, Atlantic Community, June 2007
- Who's Our Next Best Friend, Washington Times, May 2007
- Talking to Prague about Radar, Central Europe Digest, April 2007
- Czechs and Balances, Washington Times, February 2007. (Also available in Czech)
- Mending Fences: Repairing U.S.-Central European Relations after Iraq, October 2006
- No Ally Left Behind, Washington Times, January 2006
- Tipping the Scales: Why Central Europe Matters to the United States, February 2006
Recent Media Appearances
- Interview with Revista-22, "NATO at 60: Where from Here?", 1 April 2009
- Cited in Prague Daily Monitor, "Expert: Czech Cabinet's Fall Not To Sway US Position On Radar," 26 March 2009
- Interview with Money.pl (in Polish), "Obama Is Playing His Hand Well With The Russians In Terms Of Missile Defense, 4 March 2009
- Cited in Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), "Is Missile Defense Going To Be Postponed?," 14 February 2009
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcha (in Polish), "Obama Is Playing With Russia Regarding Missile Defense," 14 February 2009
- Cited in Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), "The Kremlin Begins a New Tough Game on Missile Defense," 29 January 2009
- Interview with European Courier/Georgia Times, "Obama and The Eastern Frontier," 20 January 2009
- Cited in Revista 22 (in Romanian), "The EU in 21st Century Geopolitics," 13-19 January 2009
- Interview in Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), "Poland's Position was Inflated," 16 December 2008. (Also available in English).
- Interview with Romanian magazine Revista 22 (in Romanian), "The US and EU in a Multipolar World," 9-15 December 2008. (Also available in English).
- Cited in Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), "Successful Attempt," 6 Decmeber 2008
- Cited in Voice of America, "Obama to Foster US-Europe Relations," 2 December 2008
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "Ukraine and Georgia Will Continue to Wait for NATO Membership," 27 Novemner 2008
- Interview in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "The Debate Over Ukraine's and Georgia's NATO Membership Could Reappear in 10 Years," 27 November 2008
- Interview in Voice of America, "Relations Between the US and Europe in an Obama Administration," 21 November 2008
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "Obama Cannot Say 'Pass' to Missile Defense," 15 November 2008. (Also available in English).
- Cited in Christian Science Monitor,"Obama's Emerging Foreign Policy Team Faces a Troubled World," 10 November 2008
- Cited in Onet.pl (in Polish), 6 November 2008. (Also available in English).
- Romanian magazine Revista 22 reports on CEPA Warsaw conference (in Romanian), 21-27 October
- Interviewed by Romanian magazine Revista 22 (in Romanian), 9-15 September 2008
- Cited in Krakow Post, “Poland’s Achilles Shield?,” 1 September 2008
- Interview with Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "America Becoming Weaker and Russia on the Offensive," 30 August 2008. (Also available in English).
- Cited in CS Monitor, "West Mulls Few Options in Russia-Georgia Crisis," 29 August 2008
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), “USA: May be Able to Work Things Out with Russia,” 29 August 2008
- Interview with Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "Russia: Missile Defense Interceptors Similar to Georgia," 16 August 2008
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), 19 July 2008
- Interview with Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), 10 July 2008
- Cited by Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), 8 July 2008
- Cited by Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), 5 July 2008
- Cited by Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), 5 July 2008
- Interview with BBC (audio), 3 July 2008
- Cited by Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), 3 July 2008
- Cited by Polish News Agency (in Polish), 27 June 2008
- Interview with Newsweek Polska (in Polish), "Anna Fotyga pursues the President's clever mission," 27 June 2008.
- Interview with Gazeta Wyborcza, "Only Obama or McCain Can Rebuild Relations with Europe" (in Polish),11 June 2008.
- Cited in Rzeczpospolita article, "Polish Army Under mMgnifying Glass" (in Polish), 14 May 2008.
- Cited in Polish paper Rzeczpospolita (in Polish) regarding missile defense 5 May 2008
- Cited in Rzeczpospolita article, "Poland: It must be somewhere in Europe" (in Polish), 11 April 2008
- Cited in CS Monitor on NATO summit, 2 April 2008
- Cited in Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), "Russia Plays Ukraine," 29 March 2008
- Interview with Nowy Dziennik (in Polish),"Meeting in the Middle," 16 March 2008
- Interview with Polish paper Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), 7 March 2008
- Cited in Czech news article "Radar without rockets?" (in Czech), 6 March 2008
- Interview with Czech paper Hospodarske Noviny (in Czech), 27 February 2008
- Cited in Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), 22 February 2008
- Interview with Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), 25 January 2008
- Interview with Christian Science Monitor, 18 January 2008
- Interview with German Council on Foreign Relations 15 June 2007
- Interview with Polish Newsweek,10 June 2007
Recent Speaking Engagements
- "Why NATO Must Bolster Its Eastern Flank," Pittsburgh World Affairs Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 7 April 2007
- Expectations vs. Reality under Obama in U.S.-Russia-Central European Relations," 12 May 2009, NATO Marshal Center Study Group, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington, DC
- "US Policy Priorities in Central Europe Under Obama" 10 November 2008, NATO Marshal Center Study Group, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
- "Perils of Multinational Statecraft in a Multipolar World?" 5 November 2008, SAIS Global Theory and History, The John Hopkins University, Washington DC
“Life After New Europe” presented at “Transatlantic Community and Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” Conference organized by the Czech Foreign Ministry and Masaryk University, Prague, 29 April, 2008
- "Europe on the World Stage" 8 February 2008, Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- "Europe and America: Managing the 21st Century Agenda" 14 June 2007, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, Germany
- "Governance in the 21st Century" 26 April 2007, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- "The Danger of Euroscepticism in the New Europe" 2 February 2007, Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC