Transatlantic Responses to Critical Issues in European Security

"Transatlantic Responses to Critical Issues in European Security" is a two-year research and dialogue program jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute and the Brookings Institution.

The project will focus on two key priority areas of the transatlantic alliance. First, it will analyze EU and U.S. responses to major events with significant repercussions for regional and global energy markets, notably political turmoil in the Arab world and its impact on global oil markets as well as the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster  on European electricity markets and energy security due to moratoria and/or phase-out of nuclear power in European countries. Second, the project will examine new security challenges raised by U.S. and European defense cuts.

The project combines policy research with constructive and forward-looking transatlantic dialogue among researchers, industry experts and policymakers. It builds upon a project entitled "Common Goals – Different Approaches? Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation on Global Energy Issues" conducted by GPPi and the Brookings Institution during 2011 and 2012.