Max Bergmann

Max Bergmann is the director of the Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies and the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, both at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a former senior advisor in the U.S. State Department.

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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
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
Max Bergmann, James Lamond
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