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2012

February
Central Europe Outlook 2012: Toward a Two-Speed Europe

January
Insider View - Minister Tamás Fellegi on Hungary’s Economic Woes
The Politics of the Euro Crisis
Is Orbánism Infectious or Hungary’s Ailment Alone?

2011

December
Václav Havel: No Ordinary Life
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Insider View: Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar on Central European Energy Security
Empty Pipelines
Sikorski’s Challenge to Germany: Lead
Central Europe Energy Horizons 2012 - Part I: Headwinds
Polish Shale Gas Prospects

October
Great Powers and Democracy Promotion
Busted Flushes and the West’s Eastern Strategy
Between East and South: Balancing Central Europe’s New Approach to the EU Neighborhood

September
Bad News for Our Allies
Alliances in the Age of Austerity: For Things to Stay as They Are, Things Will Have to Change
Why Europe Should Support America

August
Belarus After the Change
The Foreign Exchange Crisis in Belarus: Causes and Effects
Issue Brief No. 120: America and the Eastern Partnership Initiative: From Friend to Meaningful Contributor

July
Hungary and Poland: A Tale of Two Presidencies
Issue Brief No. 119: The Polish Position: Breakout Nation
Lost Momentum: The European Union in 2011
From Belarus to Benghazi: Europe Discovers Democracy Promotion
Insider View: State Secretary for EU Affairs Enikő Győri on the Hungarian EU Presidency

June
Insider View: Congressman Daniel Lipinski on the Future of U.S.-Polish Relations
Europe’s Democratic Transitions – The Lessons to be Learned
Obama in Poland: Substance and Symbolism
Reaping What We Sow

May
What the West Gets Wrong About Belarus
Ukraine: A Western Policy for the Long Haul
Insider View: An Interview with Enikő Győri, Hungarian State Secretary for EU Affairs

April
Out of the Woods? Reform for Central and Eastern Europe
Getting Past Central Europe's Low-Wage Legacy
Report No. 33: Post-Crisis Prospects and a New Growth Model for the EU-10

March
Getting Reset Right
The West and Russia: Real Rapprochement on the Horizon?
Essay: Russia’s Reset and Central Europe

February
Post Crisis: What Europe Can Learn from the Baltic States
Central Europe Outlook 2011: New Confidence, Looming Choices
Belarus: The EU’s Most Pressing Challenge
Insider View: An Interview with János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary
Hungary’s New Media Law: An Unnecessary Distraction

January
Hungarian Media Law: In Keeping with EU and International Standards
Hungarian Media Law: Tip of the Iceberg?

2010

December
Wrong Carrot, Wrong Stick
Issue Brief No. 115, Visegrád Defense Cooperation: Central Europe’s Answer to Lisbon?
Central Europe and Obama: Is the ‘Special Relationship’ Over?
A Ten Year Forecast: Russia’s Decline, Central Europe’s Ascent

November
Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus: Allies in Waiting
Central Europe, NATO and Homo Atlanticus: A Polish Military Perspective
Romanian-Ukrainian Relations: Investing in the Future

October
Issue Brief No. 114, Prague’s New Leadership: Small Expectations, Large Opportunities

September
Belarus: Europe’s Last Dictator Gets a Little Lonelier
Insider View: The Road Ahead, an Interview with the Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO Bogusław Winid
China’s Foray into Central Europe: Geopolitical Tourist or New Contender?

August
Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Time to Reaffirm NATO Solidarity
Wasting America’s Soft Power? Conflating Allies with Partners is Faulty Policy
Poland’s Future: Thriving in the European Union

July
Keeping New Allies: An Assessment of U.S. Policy in Central Europe
Polish Elections and Transatlantic Relations
Slovak Foreign Policy – Ready for the Big Leagues?
Insider View: An Interview with H.E. Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania

June
Hungary: Back to the Future?
Polish Presidential Election: The Perfect Storm
Assessing the Czech Elections
Issue Brief No. 113: The Slovak Elections: Bratislava Wakes up on the ‘Right’ Side of the Bed
Insider View: Reinforcing U.S.-Czech Ties, An Interview with Alexandr Vondra
Smolensk 2010: Tragedy, Not Conspiracy
Does Landslide Victory in Hungary Mean Landslide Changes in Hungarian Foreign Policy?

May
Issue Brief No. 112: After the Czech Elections: A Post-Havel Foreign Policy?
Issue Brief No. 111: The Visegrád Group Revival: Time for Washington to Take Notice?
Insider View: Hungary’s New Government, An interview with Zsolt Németh
NATO’s Balancing Act
Report No. 31: Countering Democratic Regression in Europe and Eurasia
Report No. 30: Putin, Power and History: Does the Past Still Matter?

April
Poland: Resilience in Tragedy
Condolences to the Polish People
Growing U.S.-Central European Ties
Issue Brief No. 110: Central European Atlanticism: Eroded by Russia?
Insider View: Europe’s Fiscal Discipline Crisis, An interview with Leszek Balcerowicz
Lithuania: Hung Out to Dry?
NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either-or Proposition

March
American ‘Decline’ Tested on Periphery First
Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
NATO’s New Strategic Concept: A View from Capitol Hill
Issue Brief No. 109: Missile Defense in Romania and Bulgaria: an End to the "Reset?"

February
A Collision of Rhetoric: U.S. Interests in Central Europe
Issue Brief No. 108: Counting the Costs of Insecurity in North Central Europe
Ukraine – the Neighbor and the Neighborhood

2009

December
Obama’s First Year
Insider View: An Interview with Radosław Sikorski

November
Poland Proposes Strategic Alliance
Picking Up the Pieces: Romania’s Governmental Collapse
Words, Deeds and America

October
Report No. 26: The Coming Golden Age of New Europe
Report No. 25: Russian Strategy toward Central Europe
Insider View: An Interview with Charles Gati
Issue Brief No. 107: Poland Reacts to New Missile Defense Strategy

September
America's Nervous Allies
The Perils of Losing Mitteleuropa
Why Europe Needs Star Wars
An Interview with Marcin Bosacki
After the Rebound: What Next?
Issues In Depth: The New Politics of History
Germany’s Eastern Temptation

August
CEPA Commentary: Don't Scrap Missile Defense
Issue Brief No. 106: Georgia’s Post-War Fallout
CEPA Commentary: Tbilisi’s Energy Future Dims

July
CEPA Commentary: Will Dr. Gloom and Dr. Doom’s Next Domino Fall?
Insider View: An Interview with Steve Hanke
Central Europe's Letter to Obama Cannot be Ignored
Issue Brief No.105: Populism Will Drive Bulgaria’s New Government
Mr. Obama Goes to Moscow
Issue Brief No. 104: Russia’s View of the ‘Reset’

June
From Strategic Partnership to Velvet Divorce? New Challenges in the U.S.-Poland Agenda
No Time to Waste: How Early Euro Adoption Could Prevent Further Shocks in Central Europe
Issue Brief No. 103: End of an Era? Poland’s Shipyards Hit the Auction Block

May
Issue Brief No. 101: The Czech Republic’s Caretaker Government
Issue Brief No. 102: Albania’s NATO Membership
Central Europe's Far-Right: Gaining Strength in Troubled Times
What's Next for Czech Foreign Policy?

April
Rethinking Global Finance: A Transatlantic Case for China
Insider View: An Interview with Leszek Balcerowicz
Keeping New Europe
NATO’s 60th Anniversary Summit: Defining Success
Insider View: An Interview with Daniel Hamilton

March
Mid-Term Assessment of the Czech EU Presidency
After the Gas Crisis: Europe Remains Vulnerable, Gazprom Gains
Cautious Optimism: The Next Phase in Transatlantic Relations
Central Europe’s Financial Storm: Harbors of Relative Stability Emerge

February
Missile Defense Tests Obama’s Pragmatism
Civil Unrest in Bulgaria: Elections Approach As Troubles Mount
Unlikely Bedfellows: Romania's New Cabinet Now Has To Govern
The Georgia and Ukraine Charters: Paper Promises or New Strategy for the Region?
Baltic Unrest: The "Riga Flu" Could Spread, But How Far?

January
The European Gas Crisis: Czech Presidency Sees Opportunity
The Czechs Take the Wheel, But Are They Ready?
The View from Central Europe: Interview with Czech Ambassador Peter Kolář
Perceiving the Russian Threat: How Idenity Politics are Shaping Central European Attitudes Towards Moscow
Slovenia: EU Presidency Adds to Full Domestic Agenda

2008

December
Rebuilding Georgia: A Look Beyond Foreign Aid
The Financial Crisis Hits Europe's Regulatory Environment
Arming Kaliningrad: Russia Makes a Counter Offer
Hungary's Financial Crisis: New Challenges and Opportunities for the Opposition

November
Romania's Autumn Fog: Looking Ahead to Parliamentary Elections
The Tussel with Brussels

October
Why Barack Obama is Better for Central Europe
Why John McCain is Better for Central Europe
The Polish Navy: Sunk By Missile Defense?
Making LNG Work for Poland
Moldova's Stalled "Reunification": Implications for the West
Slovakia's Roma: Ready for the Euro?
After Georgia: Reassessing the Geopolitical Scoreboard
Lithuanian Politics with a Russian Flavor?

September
Baltic Criminality Below the Radar
Central Europe: Why Self-Help is Best
Romania and Ukraine in the Hague
Romania's Black Sea Offensive

August
Russia’s Passportpolitik: Implications for the Baltic States
Russian Energy is Europe's Achilles' Heel
How to Respond to Russia?
Implications of the U.S.-Polish Defense Pact
America's New Eastern Problem
South Ossetia Crisis Shows that Georgia Needed MAP
Revisiting Territorial Defense for Central Europe?
Ukraine's NATO Accession: Politics as Usual
Missile Defense: American Arrogance and Polish Squabbling
The Eastern Partnership: Poland's (Potentially) Historic Opportunity
A Note on Education Policy in Central Europe

July
Principled Pragmatism: Germany and NATO Expansion
Germany's Baltic Betrayal
Lisbon Champions vs. Central European Grumblers
Nearing a Nabucco-South Stream Merger?
Romanian Reformers Isolated
A New Phase in Hungary's Foreign Policy?
Why Missile Defense is Here to Stay
The Missile Defense Distraction

June
Topolanek's Topple?
Putin's Peaceniks in Prague?
Role Models in 'New Europe'
Slovak Media Law Constrains Freedom of the Press
Hungary's Reform Deficit
Tusk's Missile Defense Dilemma

May
Lithuania's Lonely Gambit
The EU's Medvedev Moment
Bulgaria: Between a Pipeline and a Hard Place
Estonia: NATO's Cyber-Warrior
The Rise and Fall of Poland's Iran Option

April
Mid-Term Grade for the Slovene Presidency: "A"
Reaching the Caspian Through Ukraine
NATO Looks Towards the East

March
Kosovo's Independence and U.S.-Romanian Relations
Interview with Nabucco Managing Director Reinhardt Mitschek

February
Medvedev's Russia: The Business of Power and the Power of Business
Donald Tusk: Walking the Public Relations Tightrope
Poland: Addicted to Carbon

January
Romania and Russia's Selective Transit Policy
Romania and Russia's Selective Transit Strategy
Europe's Energy Policy Is A Strategic Issue
Kosovo Through Central European Eyes

2007

December
Pseudo-Democracy at the Gates?
Russia's CFE Moratorium

November
Lessons from Poland: Reflections by Leszek Balcerowicz
Romania's Political Turbulence
The October 2007 Elections: A Victory for Liberal Poland?

October
Elections in Poland: Victory without a Clear Sense of Defeat
Kaczyński's Lost Gamble
Continuity with New Accents: Poland's Foreign Policy after the Parliamentary Elections
Europe's Turkish Energy Gambit: Running Afoul of U.S. Policy on Iran?
Speaking to Moscow by Way of Tehran
Odessa-Brody: Poland's Entry into the New Great Game

August
The Case for Increased American Investment in Romania

July
The Case for German-Polish Rapprochement

June
Managing Eurozone Entry: Possible Policy Choices for the Czech Republic
America's Allied Love Triangle

May
Missile Defense and U.S.-Polish Relations
The Wrong Referendum for an Embattled President

April
Winds of Change in Sofia: The New Bulgarian Right

March
Life after Balcerowicz: The Uncertain Future of Polish Monetary Policy
Allies for Further Enlargement: Why Central Europe Supports Turkish Accession to the EU
The Hungarian Right: Life Beyond Orbán?

February
The Regional Impact of Slovenia's Introduction of the Euro
Czechs and Balances
Presidential Elections In Bulgaria: A Historic Opportunity

January
No Ally Left Behind

2006

December
Their Own Immigrants
"Post-Europeanism" in Central Europe?
A Pleasant Surprise: What Romania's EU Accession Means for Europe and Transatlantic Relations

November
Celebrating Failure: The Double Standard in Assessing Central Europe
Czech Debate on American Missile Defense

August
The Baltics Going Nuclear: Can a Regional Energy Strategy Work?

July
Concern over New Slovak Government
Visa Waiver for Some, Not All?

June
The Yanks Are Coming... to Bulgaria
Bye Bye Euro: Lithuania's Entry into the Euro Zone Delayed
Bienvenidos, Still Not Willkommen: Europe Split over Labor Mobility Restrictions

May
Whither Slovakia? Economic Reform and the 2006 Elections

April
Why Czechs Drink Cuba Libre