Sophie Roehse

Oct 24, 2024 | brookings.edu | Tara Varma |Sophie Roehse

In this 2024 “super election year,” a common concern across Europe and the United States has been the growing popularity and electoral successes of far-right movements and narratives. Though right-wing parties exhibit clear distinctions in different countries, they echo each other strongly in their nationalist orientation, their softness on Russia—and skepticism toward support for Ukraine—and their harsh anti-immigration stance.

May 28, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Tara Varma |Sophie Roehse

Between June 6–9, voters across the EU’s member states will go to the polls to select members of the European Parliament.

May 17, 2024 | brookings.edu | Tara Varma |Sophie Roehse

In this super-election year 2024, one key election to watch is the European Parliament election. From June 6-9, around 360 million eligible voters across the 27 European Union (EU) member states will elect representatives to the European Parliament. The past five years have been a turbulent time for Europeans, from the global pandemic and subsequent economic slowdowns to an energy crisis and a reckoning on defense and security precipitated by the first major land war in Europe since World War II.

Feb 29, 2024 | brookings.edu | Kemal Kirisci |Sophie Roehse

Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai in December 2023, two of our Brookings colleagues, Samantha Gross and Landry Signé, pointed out that the international community is failing to mobilize the resources to help countries improve their resilience to climate change. This is particularly pertinent as people in the worst affected communities are increasingly compelled to migrate in search of safety and stability.

Oct 25, 2023 | brookings.edu | Constanze Stelzenmüller |David Wessel |Alejandra Rocha |Sophie Roehse

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war follows on Russian territorial aggression against its neighbor that began in 2014 with the illegal annexation of Crimea and a proxy war in the eastern Donbas region. Tracking developments in the Ukraine war, the Brookings Institution — in partnership with The Washington Post — presents the Ukraine Index, which compiles security, economic, and political data presented in graphic form.