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.

Articles by 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.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses in 2014. (Kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons)
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses in 2014. (Kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons)