The mission of Brookings’s Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) is to offer independent research and recommendations for policymakers, foster high-level dialogue on developments in Europe and global challenges that affect trans-Atlantic relations, and convene roundtables, workshops, and public forums on policy-relevant issues.
CUSE’s research program focuses on:
- the implications of the war in Ukraine for Europe, the United States, and their relationships with third powers;
- Russia and its relations with the West;
- bilateral relations between the United States and key European states, including France, Germany, and Turkey; and
- transnational developments within and across the United States and Europe, including China’s increasing role in Europe, institutional and democratic crises, and the role of technology in the trans-Atlantic relationship.
CUSE scholars produce books, research papers, and commentaries for Brookings and other outlets. Together with the Strobe Talbott Center on Security, Strategy, and Technology, CUSE is currently co-producing a paper series on the implications of the war in Ukraine.
CUSE convenes public and private events throughout the year in conjunction with a range of European and U.S. partners, including the annual Raymond Aron Lecture, featuring a leading French scholar, the annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law, the Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs, a working group on the Russia-Ukraine War, and a high-level, biannual dialogue for leading analysts and government officials to inform policy decisions and strengthen trans-Atlantic relations.
Clara Marina O’Donnell Fellowship
CUSE supports the Clara Marina O’Donnell Fellowship, an opportunity for an early-career researcher with an interest in foreign, security, and defense policy to spend six months working at the Centre for European Reform (CER) in London, with a short residency at Brookings. The fellowship honors O’Donnell, a Brookings and CER scholar who passed away in 2014 at the age of 30.
The 10th Clara Marina O’Donnell fellow was Christina Keßler.
Applications are closed for the 2024-25 fellowship, beginning in October 2024.
Monthly newsletter
Our monthly newsletter—the Center on the United States and Europe Update—keeps you up-to-date on the center’s research, events, and publications so that you stay informed on the latest U.S.-Europe-related news and happenings.
An archive of previous newsletters is available below: