March 2008
Italy’s Choice: Reform or Stagnation
by Michael Calingaert
"Probably the best hope for Italy is . . . a reorientation of the political landscape, in which the center-right and center-left coalitions shed some of their more troublesome supporters and move toward the center, whether together or not."

March 2008
Ukraine’s Orange Evolution
by Mark Kramer
"Democratic progress in Ukraine is still precarious, but the gains of the past few years mark a dramatic turnaround."

March 2008
The Baltics: Still Punching Above Their Weight
by Daniel S. Hamilton
"Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians . . . have stopped being recipients of aid and advice and have become innovators and contributors in their own right."

March 2008
European Politics Gets Old-Time Religion
by Timothy A. Byrnes
"The reintroduction of religious diversity into European society . . . is also reintroducing religion, and religiously motivated conflicts, to European politics."

March 2008
Energy and Democracy: The European Union’s Challenge
by Steve Wood
"Energy requirements could end up compromising a central feature of the eu's self-understanding and projected image: its role as a committed promoter of democratization and civil freedoms. . . ."

March 2008
The Transatlantic Turnaround
by Charles A. Kupchan
The Transatlantic Turnaround

March 2008
France Returns to Center Stage
by Ronald Tiersky
"Sarkozy's calculation is that France and Europe will achieve more by working with Washington than by working against it."