Andrew A. Michta

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  • Oct 27, 2025
    It is painful to admit, but it needs to be said: Europe is increasingly at risk of a major system-transforming war, while China is moving steadily forward to establish hegemony in...
  • Aug 2, 2025
    Four years ago, it would have been hard to believe that U.S. relations with its European NATO allies would reach another inflection point. Much of the current flux stems from the...
  • May 29, 2025
    The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. 
  • Apr 29, 2025
    The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or Ukraine/Russia.
  • Mar 27, 2025
    Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the United...
  • Mar 12, 2025
    Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter...
  • Feb 17, 2025
    Since the COVID pandemic, Europe has fallen on hard economic times, and the continent’s absolute and relative economic decline has deepened over the past several years.  
  • Jan 24, 2025
    As Donald J. Trump takes office as the country’s 47th President, American foreign and security policy are at an inflection point.