Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose party won last week's parliamentary elections in Georgia, will forge a foreign policy based on pragmatism, not ideology, says RFE/RL's Elizabeth Fuller.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is facing the question of finding a middle ground between confrontation and capitulation with Russia.

Following Turkey's decision to authorize military action against Syria, CFR's Steven Cook highlights three reasons why tensions are unlikely to escalate to war.

As the center of the eurozone debt crisis shifts to Spain, it could signify a potentially decisive phase in the EU's management of the crisis, says economist Megan Greene.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti discusses the looming challenges of the economic crisis in Europe and the future of the eurozone.

Italian prime minister Mario Monti discusses his tenure in office and his country's participation in the eurozone.

The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Italian prime minister Mario Monti discusses his tenure in office and his country's participation in the eurozone.

The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has asserted that Russia is America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe;" a claim that has been heavily criticized, but may still be true.

CFR's James M. Lindsay reflects on the signing of the Munich Agreement on September 30, 1938 and how the United States can apply the lesson learned to potential threats in the world today.

Reuters details the negotiations that led from ECB President Mario Draghi's late-July speech to his recent announcement that the ECB stood ready to buy "unlimited" amounts of bonds by the most troubled euro members.

The dissolution of the euro zone is inevitable according to British economist Roger Bootle. Hastening its split, rather than forestalling it, is the most prudent way of resolving the crisis.

European foreign ministers outline policy proposals on restructuring the EU and pushing it towards more unity and integration.

After World War II, Europe began a process of peaceful political unification unprecedented there and unmatched anywhere else.

The euro's naysayers have it all wrong.

Germany seems like Europe's lone island of fiscal stability, but trouble lurks under its impressive export-fueled growth.

Moscow's anti-Putin protesters have captured the world's attention. But does their message resonate outside the big cities?

As a referendum on Scotland's independence looms, the question of the region's place in the United Kingdom has become the most pressing issue in British politics.

As Europe's central bank moves aggressively to staunch the continent's crisis, some critics are asking if it has exceeded its mandate by stepping into the breach left open by elected leaders.

Gregory Bovt writes that Russia is a low priority on the list of foreign policy issues for both Democratic and Republican candidates and advises avoiding excessive anti-Russian or anti-U.S. rhetoric from both sides.

Gideon Rachman comments that while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's recent promise of "unlimited" purchases of sovereign bonds will help save the beleaguered euro, it will also bring increased political and economic unhappiness in Europe.