Max Bergmann

Max Bergmann is the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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A man in a uniform carries an American flag along a beach.
A man in a uniform carries an American flag along a beach.

How America Blew Its Unipolar Moment

Argument
Max Bergmann
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leans in to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they walk away from a press conference. They stand elbow-to-elbow and smile as they walk, von der Leyen wearing a blue suit jacket and Zelensky in a military-green polo shirt.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leans in to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they walk away from a press conference. They stand elbow-to-elbow and smile as they walk, von der Leyen wearing a blue suit jacket and Zelensky in a military-green polo shirt.

The EU Isn’t Ready for Ukraine to Join

Analysis
Ilke Toygür, Max Bergmann
A trompe l’oeil shows two workers painting the European Union flag on the side of a building in Paris on May 23.
A trompe l’oeil shows two workers painting the European Union flag on the side of a building in Paris on May 23.

Europe Is Back

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Max Bergmann
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses in 2014. (Kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons)
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses in 2014. (Kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons)

Trump’s Attitude Toward Russia Sanctions Makes a Mockery of the United States

Shadow Government 2017-2021
Max Bergmann, James Lamond
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