This report explores U.S.-Russia relations and the broader question of U.S. national security and interests in the European region.

A statement signed by 16 Russian, Ukrainian & international business leaders, calling for an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Foreign policy expert and Brookings Institute President Strobe Talbott and former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter joined the Fellows to offer their thoughts on the situation. Both Talbott and Carter seemed confident that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a predictably expansionist approach regarding Ukraine and remains entangled in misguided perceptions about what’s best for Russia’s modern society.

Aspen Institute Italy continues to demonstrate its enormously influential role in Italian government and culture.

The Institute’s Manufacturing and Society Program’s Executive Director Thomas J. Duesterberg addresses the application of the German Model to the Ameri ...