Foreign Policy Institute

Fri 5/8 at 10:30 AM EDT, FPI will host a hybrid event with youth leaders from Southeast Europe, who will present clear, plausible recommendations for NATO in the Balkans, Baltics, and Ukraine. Hosted by Senior Fellow Edward P. Joseph as part of his "Seeing is Believing" project.

You can watch the discussion on our livestream!

The Future of NATO... According to Youth Leaders Is NATO dead? A 77-year-old alliance rent asunder by intense transatlantic mistrust? Not according to our young, emerging experts, participating in the 'Seei...

Mon 3/2 at 10:30 AM EST: FPI Sr. Fellow Edward P. Joseph will host four leading voices from Congress and Parliaments across Europe in an online discussion about Trans-Atlantic relations as the Ukraine war enters its fifth year. Watch our livestream on YouTube:

Ukraine, Russia, NATO, & Trans-Atlantic Relations: Leading Parliamentarians Join us online for a rare opportunity to hear leading voices from Congress and Parliaments across Europe discuss Trans-Alantic relations.US House: Keith Self...

Mon, Feb 16: FPI Senior Fellow Daniel Serwer leads a discussion with Eugene Finkel, Sergey Radchenko, and Lauren Van Metre.

As Russia's war against Ukraine ends its fourth year and enters its fifth, FPI Senior Fellow Daniel Serwer is convening a panel discussion with experts on the region to look at Ukraine's centuries long struggle with Russia, how the war is reshaping civil society in the country, and prospects for an end to the conflict.

This is a hybrid event. To attend in-person in DC, please use the link below:

Four Years On: Taking Stock of the Renewed Russian Invasion of Ukraine FPI Senior Fellow Daniel Serwer leads a discussion with Eugene Finkel, Sergey Radchenko, and Lauren Van Metre.

This coming Wednesday, February 11, FPI is honored to host Howard W. French for "Africa's Fight to Secure its Place in the World". Drawing on his decades of research and experience as a foreign correspondent, academic, and author, French will discuss insights from his latest book, The Second Emancipation, focusing on the extraordinary leadership of Kwame Nkrumah, the enduring role of Pan-Africanism, and the emerging challenges faced by African countries as they strive to play a greater role in world politics amidst intensifying Great Power competition.

Africa's Fight to Secure its Place in the World Howard French—career foreign correspondent and global affairs writer—will be the speaker for the 2026 Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture.

Upcoming event! Tuesday, Feb 3: FPI welcomes Ivan Vuković, MP in Montenegro and Chair of the European Integration Committee, for a conversation with Siniša Vuković and Daniel Serwer.

Montenegro, a small multi-ethnic Balkan state, is a frontrunner in the EU accession process. After joining NATO in 2017, the country has an ambition to become the 28th EU member-state by 2028. Yet, certain domestic political actors, supported by Serbia's increasingly autocratic regime and in line with Russian strategic interests in the region, seek to prevent the country's European integration. This makes Montenegro an important piece of a wider geopolitical puzzle and, from a theoretical point of view, a very interesting case study.

Montenegro: European Integration in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil Ivan Vuković, MP in Montenegro and Chair of the European Integration Committee, in conversation with Siniša Vuković and Daniel Serwer.

Upcoming event! Thursday, Feb. 5

As Albania advances on its ambitious goal of joining the EU by 2030, it must also adapt to a changing world order. FM Spiropali will discuss how Albania and its neighbors perceive the global tumult, and how the Balkans are affected. Can Albania continue its unprecedented EU accession progress? What role should the US play in the region? And how can Albania resist malign influence from Russia and China, as well as cyber attacks from Iran?

In conversation with FPI Senior Fellow Edward P. Joseph.

(This is an in-person only event.)

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Albania, the United States, and a Tumultuous World Elisa Spiropali, Foreign Minister of Albania, discusses how her country is adapting to a changing world order as it pursues EU membership.

When US officials call Chinese counterparts on a crisis hotline, they often get no answer.

FPI Director Carla Freeman and Alison McFarland look at how China understands the "red phone", and offer new approaches for better communications at moments of crisis.

Seatbelts for Speeders: Why Beijing Ignores Washington’s Red Phone In early November, after meeting China’s defense minister, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth performed a longstanding ritual in military relations

Thursday, October 16: Join us for the launch of China and the Global Economic Order, a new book by Gregory T. Chin and Kevin P. Gallagher, published by Cambridge University Press in its Global China series. The authors trace how China has transformed its role within the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs), from a “rule-taker” to a “rule-shaker” and ultimately a “rule-maker” shaping new financial institutions such as the AIIB and the New Development Bank. Through the concept of “two-way countervailing power,” Gallagher and Chin show how China’s actions both inside and outside the BWIs are reshaping global economic governance and provoking new responses from Western powers.

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Co-hosted with the SAIS China Research Center, the SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, and the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs. In collaboration with and special thank to the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University.

Book launch: "China and the Global Economic Order" FPI Senior Fellow Gregory Chin and co-author Professor Kevin Gallagher discuss their new book with Professor David M. Lampton.

As protests in Serbia enter their tenth month, tensions are intensifying amidst a crackdown on demonstrators and journalists. Is there a way to halt the slide into violence and, what some fear, even civil war?

Tue 9/9, FPI Senior Fellow Edward P. Joseph talks with leading Serbian activists and academics about the prospects for a peaceful resolution to the crisis.

Serbia's Worsening Crisis: Is There A Way Out? A conversation with leading Serbian activists and academics, hosted by FPI Senior Fellow Edward P. Joseph.

FPI Senior Fellow James Borton sat down with US-Asia Institute's Asia Unscripted podcast to share his expertise on "blue parks" in the South China Sea, and how working together on environmental stewardship is fostering diplomacy and conflict resolution within the region.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3p2q8Crc8vCJ0wYdiYqVD9

Harvesting the Waves: Environmental Peacebuilding in the South China Sea Asia Unscripted · Episode