Upcoming Publication: Expanding Eurasia: Russia's European Ambitions by Janusz Bugajski Recent Events: New Allies and the New U.S. Administration: Priorities for CEE-U.S. Relations October 2, 2008 - Janusz Bugajski moderated an event that examined the strategic relationship between the United States and Central Eastern European states (CEE) with the purpose of generating concrete policy recommendations for the incoming U.S. administration.   Statemen's Forum: Achievements Since Independence July 22, 2008 - Janusz Bugajski moderated the Statemen's Forum hosting Kosova's President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi. Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence February 26, 2008 Recent Publications: Georgia: Epicenter of Strategic Confrontation August 12, Janusz Bugajski published a commentary on the Russia-Georgia conflict. Recent Testimonies: Kosova: The Next Phase March 4, 2008  - Testimony by Janusz Bugajski before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. NATO’S Next Steps March 4, 2008 - Testimony by Janusz Bugajski before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Critical Questions: European Commission Warns Romania and Bulgaria February 7, 2008

• Acknowledging the two most recent rounds of EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007, and seeking to advance the expansion and consolidation of security and democracy in neighboring states, the CSIS East European Studies Project was renamed to the New European Democracies Project (NED) and united with the CSIS Europe Program.


• The New European Democracies Project encompasses the broad region from the Baltic to the Adriatic and the Black Seas, and monitors both the most successful and the most challenged states that emerged from the defunct communist systems.


• The goal of the project is to help these countries to achieve their democratic potential, to strengthen their relations with the United States, and to stabilize their respective regions.


• All activities are undertaken with the goal of contributing to an informed public policy debate during this important era for the consolidation of democracy and security across a wider Europe.
  

Recent Publications

Janusz Bugajski. The Eastern Dimension of America's New European Allies