European Security and Defense Policy

Our Research & Offerings on European Security and Defense Policy

Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Backgrounder posted January 5, 2012 by Sally McNamara The Failure of the “Russia Reset”: Next Steps for the United States and Europe
Abstract: The policies of the United States and the European Union should encourage and support Russian civil society and Russia’s democratic modernizers. And, if Russia continues to abrogate its international commitments to basic freedoms and human rights, the…
Testimony posted May 9, 2011 by Sally McNamara Overview of Security Issues in Europe and Eurasia
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Europe…
Backgrounder posted March 8, 2011 by Sally McNamara The EU–U.S. Counterterrorism Relationship: An Agenda for Cooperation
Abstract: After 9/11, the nations of Europe displayed extraordinary solidarity with the United States, and a decade later both sides of the Atlantic still know they need each other to fight the global threat of Islamist terror. But the EU–U.S. counterterrorism relationship has been marked as much by confrontation as…
Backgrounder posted February 16, 2011 by Sally McNamara How President Obama's EU Policy Undercuts U.S. Interests
Abstract: The European Union has not been working with the United States as a partner, but against the U.S. as a global counterbalance. One of the main features of the EU’s counter-strategy is its advancement of a non-NATO defense identity, the Common Security and…

View All

Find more work on European Security and Defense Policy

Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Backgrounder posted February 16, 2011 by Sally McNamara How President Obama's EU Policy Undercuts U.S. Interests
Abstract: The European Union has not been working with the United States as a partner, but against the U.S. as a global counterbalance. One of the main features of the EU’s counter-strategy is its advancement of a non-NATO defense identity, the Common Security and…
Backgrounder posted January 5, 2012 by Sally McNamara The Failure of the “Russia Reset”: Next Steps for the United States and Europe
Abstract: The policies of the United States and the European Union should encourage and support Russian civil society and Russia’s democratic modernizers. And, if Russia continues to abrogate its international commitments to basic freedoms and human rights, the…
Backgrounder posted March 8, 2011 by Sally McNamara The EU–U.S. Counterterrorism Relationship: An Agenda for Cooperation
Abstract: After 9/11, the nations of Europe displayed extraordinary solidarity with the United States, and a decade later both sides of the Atlantic still know they need each other to fight the global threat of Islamist terror. But the EU–U.S. counterterrorism relationship has been marked as much by confrontation as…
Testimony posted May 9, 2011 by Sally McNamara Overview of Security Issues in Europe and Eurasia
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Europe…

Find more work on European Security and Defense Policy

Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Backgrounder posted January 5, 2012 by Sally McNamara The Failure of the “Russia Reset”: Next Steps for the United States and Europe
Abstract: The policies of the United States and the European Union should encourage and support Russian civil society and Russia’s democratic modernizers. And, if Russia continues to abrogate its international commitments to basic freedoms and human rights, the…
Backgrounder posted March 8, 2011 by Sally McNamara The EU–U.S. Counterterrorism Relationship: An Agenda for Cooperation
Abstract: After 9/11, the nations of Europe displayed extraordinary solidarity with the United States, and a decade later both sides of the Atlantic still know they need each other to fight the global threat of Islamist terror. But the EU–U.S. counterterrorism relationship has been marked as much by confrontation as…
Backgrounder posted February 16, 2011 by Sally McNamara How President Obama's EU Policy Undercuts U.S. Interests
Abstract: The European Union has not been working with the United States as a partner, but against the U.S. as a global counterbalance. One of the main features of the EU’s counter-strategy is its advancement of a non-NATO defense identity, the Common Security and…

View All

Find more work on European Security and Defense Policy

For Members

Issues

Resources

European Security and Defense Policy

Our Research & Offerings on European Security and Defense Policy

Our Work

ABOUT The HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Our Initiatives

especially for

follow The heritage foundation

receive updates & newsletters