On December 9 and 10, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden will bring together leaders from 110 countries and governments for a virtual Summit for Democracy based around three key themes: defending against authoritarianism; addressing and fighting corrupt [...]
Europe is facing soaring gas prices. To avoid further crises, the EU should speed up its transition to renewables, reduce dependence on Russia, and formulate a coherent energy policy. Europe learned from the 2006 and 2009 gas cut-offs and put in pl [...]
U.K. and European natural gas prices have been swinging, but they abruptly decreased as Russian President Putin suggested Gazprom may increase its gas supply to Europe. Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined BBC Newshour to discuss. Listen at 18:18 [...]
Kristine Berzina, senior fellow and head of the geopolitics team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund, joins Julie Mason to discuss the results of the German elections and what to expect from Chancellor Angela Merkel's [...]
Foreign actors have demonstrated an interest in Germany’s federal election this year. Of particular concern is the fact that Russian state-backed media have developed a wide reach within Germany and are actively engaging in election discourse. Since [...]
The German Marshall Fund of the United States invites you to a timely virtual conversation with Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. The foreign minister is in Washington on September 15 for high-level meetings with senior U.S. offic [...]
RT Deutsch, the Kremlin-backed media outlet, has become a major player on social media just weeks before the polls open. A video on YouTube alleging anti-vaccine conspiracy theories in Germany was viewed more than a million times. A Facebook post p [...]
Germany’s ongoing election campaign is an alluring target for foreign and domestic actors seeking to influence and undermine the democratic process. The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) and the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the U [...]
Disinformation, especially coming from Russia, is a growing problem. The goal: destabilize democracy. Explore the German Election Dashboard. [...]
Germany’s upcoming federal election in September is not only important for the German people but can be an alluring target for foreign and domestic actors seeking to influence the future trajectory of the country or seeking to undermine democratic p [...]
What We’re Seeing on the 2021 German Elections Dashboard In June, as in previous months, foreign state-backed media and diplomatic accounts actively engaged in online German political discourses, at times manipulating information. Russian actors con [...]
President Biden’s trip to demonstrate “America’s renewed commitment to our allies and partners” and showcase “the capacity of democracies to both meet the challenges and deter the threats” culminates with a one-on-one meeting between Biden and Russi [...]
For years, Alexander Lukashenko has been a problem frequently discussed but easily forgotten. When Belarus forced Ryanair flight FR4978 to land in Minsk and arrested Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega, it took away the freedom and security not only [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to German outlet RND about our new German Election Dashboard and Russia's information manipulation operations in Germany around the election and the coronavirus. Please click the link below to read the full artic [...]
It was always going to be a difficult needle to thread. The Biden administration clearly views Russia’s Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline as a geopolitical project that threatens European energy security and that of Ukraine and eastern flank NATO a [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke on Latvian Radio's weekly foreign policy news show about the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, how it is different from the fuel shortages caused by conflicts in the Middle East in the 1970s, and whether something s [...]
Germany’s federal election in September this year will mark a critical change not only for Germany but for Europe as a whole. Chancellor Angela Merkel has led Europe’s largest country and economic powerhouse since 2005, long before the specter of th [...]
The V4 countries are only a political decision away of improving their digital infrastructure; they should be more ambitious, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina said in an interview with EURACTIV Czech Republic. The European countries are not united w [...]
In response to President Biden’s first foreign policy address of his administration, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina talks with Deutsche Welle about the speech’s reversion to an America before “the age of Donald Trump,” the embattled transatlantic re [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina moderated this GMF Face Off debate on the question "On 5G, is Germany selling out Europe to China?". She was joined by Reinhard Bütikofer (agree), a member of the European Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens, and Julia [...]
This was originally published on GMF's blog. It was written by Rachel Tausendfreund based on contributions from Kristine Berzina, Jessica Brandt, Peter Chase, Sam DuPont, Lindsay Gorman, Jacob Kierkegaard, Karen Kornbluh, Nad’a Kovalčíková, Ian Less [...]
This piece originally appeared as a chapter in the Latvian Institute of International Affairs' book Towards #NATO2030: The Regional Perspective of the Baltic States and Poland. Introduction The Baltic region’s geography has been the single most im [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined DAI Sachsen for a panel discussion on the future of transatlantic relations with Prof. Lora Anne Viola, Professor for North American Foreign Policy at FU Berlin and Dr. Maria Skóra, Head of International Dialogu [...]
Introduction Europe is on the cusp of a crucial technological and political transformation. This year, most EU member states will need to finalize plans for building 5G networks, which will overhaul the way their economies function. Only a handful [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to DW News on the state of democracy in the United States as the world awaits the outcome of the U.S. election. [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to Euronews about the EU's decision to keep the United States off its list of non-EU countries whose residents are allowed to visit the bloc. "This may be unpopular but it is very difficult to dispute the fact [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina explained that the Open Skies Treaty matters for U.S.-Russia bilateral relations, but the security concerns that the treaty was set up to address are also European concerns. [...]
Kristine Berzina joined Euronews to discuss President Trump's announcement to remove U.S. troops from Germany, the impact this decision will have on NATO, and NATO's posture towards China. [...]
In an op-ed for EUobserver, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman, and Fellow and Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova argue that TikTok's membership in the EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation risks prematurely [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to BBC about China's "wolf warrior" diplomacy during the coronavirus pandemic. China has dispatched an increasingly vocal cadre of diplomats out into the world of social media to take on all comers with, at tim [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina, EEAS East Stratcom Task Force Head Anneli Ahonen, and GMF Senior Fellows Noah Barkin and Peter Chase discussed foreign authoritarian interference in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic in this interactive webin [...]
While the EU is struggling to form a common strategy to combat the coronavirus, China has launched several initiatives across Europe to paint itself as a generous and reliable leader. “Good will and global cooperation in battling the virus are essen [...]
Introduction Europe has been at the forefront of confronting asymmetric attacks from foreign adversaries. Disinformation campaigns have been used against the European public since the Soviet era, and with the advent of social media platforms, they [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron's speech on nuclear deterrence last week was a show leadership from France on European security in the wake of Brexit, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina explained on Deutsche Welle. She also noted that Macron's tough nu [...]
The relationship between NATO's allies is in a different place than it was before, but we should not be concerned with the United States pulling away from the alliance, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina explained on Al Jazeera. [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina talks to Euronews about the three big personalities to watch at the NATO Summit in London. [...]
Austrian voters delivered a heavy electoral blow to the Austrian far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) this weekend. According to the final result, the FPÖ ’s vote share dropped almost ten percentage points since elections last year. The FPÖ’s poor showing [...]
Executive Summary In recent years, European democracy has been shaken by internal and external events. European nations and institutions are confronting numerous challenges like migration, nationalist extremism, and discontent with the political s [...]
On June 14, the European Commission released a report assessing the efficacy of the Action Plan against Disinformation and Elections Package in the context of the 2019 European Parliamentary elections. The report underscores Europe’s shifting postur [...]
Tesa Arcilla of Euronews' Raw Politics sits down with ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina and other European politicians and experts on Raw Politics for their insights and analysis on the latest in the political arena. On Wednesday the panel discusse [...]