The Euro: More than Money, by Nicoletta Mueller-Vogg
Europe has a new currency. Or, the European Union now has its own currency. Or, 12 member states of the EU have a new common currency. But others use the currency as well: The various principalities lying within the EU, such as Monaco and Lichtenstein, the Vatican and other territories connected to one of the twelve members use it, as do a few countries outside of the EU and without a connection to a member country, such as Kosovo and Montenegro. more >>
European Anti-Americanism: Some Considerations, by Matteo Giglioli
On February 15th, 2003, millions of Europeans took to the streets throughout the continent in a massive expression of opposition to the policies of the Bush administration on Iraq and the risk of a new Gulf war they entailed. Such large scale mobilization, which has continued after the outbreak of hostilities and up to the present time, has taken many in America by surprise. more >>
Rapid Reaction Force: Don’t Hold your Breath, by Matthew Gold
The appeal of mutual military defense within the European Union is understandable. The ability to enforce and project the mandates of European nations into both lawless areas of Europe and distant corners of the globe would appeal to leaders as ideologically opposed as Silvio Berlusconi and Lionel Jospin.more >>
Anti-Semitism in France, by Pablo Kapusta
Following the bitter debate over the war in Iraq and the subsequent deadlock in the Security Council, it seems that relations between France and the United States have reached their lowest point in recent memory. more >>
France and the EU, by Alexander Lewko
On March 17, the leaders of the United States and Britain agreed that the time for diplomacy regarding Iraq was over. In the United Nations Security Council, US President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair put themselves in direct confrontation with the leaders of France, Germany, and Russia over the nature of the inspections program as well as possible military intervention. more >>
Poland and the EU Enlargement, by Barnaby Lyons
With a total surface area of approximately 126 thousand miles and a population of 40 million people, Poland is by far the largest country due to enter the European Union as part of its planned enlargement in 2004. more >>
NATO's Recent Evolution and Future Direction, by Jordan Tama
At the end of the Cold War, John Mearsheimer and Kenneth Waltz, two of America's leading realist scholars, famously predicted that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would soon wither away and ultimately cease to exist more >>
