The EU, the US, and the Crisis in Ukraine

Someone’s eventually gotta hit on the solution right?

The European Union and the United States have joined efforts to try to contain and resolve the crisis in Ukraine. This close cooperation has not been without its tensions. Speakers at this roundtable discussion will compare the EU and US approaches to the crisis and efforts to address it, and will also present their visions of possible outcomes to the conflict. (Event site)

Ah, well …

This is the first of two events this week featuring Pierre Vimont, the former secretary-general of the European External Action Service. He’ll also be at the French Consulate on Feb. 9. Other speakers include Columbia professors Tarik Amar, Alexander Cooley and Adam Tooze.

The title says it all, no? Almost sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: A faltering ersatz superstate and a dilettantish hegemon walk into a bar …

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