Europe

Steven Pifer, a senior adviser for the Russia & Eurasia Program, testified before the before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on March 4, 2008 on "Ukraine and NATO at the Bucharest Summit".

Janusz Bugajski, Director, New European Democracies Project at CSIS delivered testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the strategic challenges facing the United States and Europe in the aftermath of Kosova's independence.

Janusz Bugajski, Director, New European Democracies Project at CSIS delivered testimony before Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) on inviting Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia to become members of NATO.

Keith C. Smith, a senior associate with the Europe Program at CSIS, testified before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on Russian energy policy.

Julianne Smith, director of CSIS's Europe Program, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight. She examined the impact of extraordinary rendition on the E.U.'s perception of the U.S.

Janusz Bugajski, director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project, testified before the U.S. Congress Helsinki Commission on "Human Rights, Democracy, and Integration in South Central Europe".

Ambassador Keith C. Smith, a senior associate with the Europe Program, testified Tuesday, May 16, before a joint hearing of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy and Resources and the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations. He addressed Russian energy policy and its challenges to Western policymakers.

Robin Niblett, CSIS's executive vice president and director of its Europe Program, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs on April 5, 2006, on "Islamic Extremism in Europe."