This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report from February of 2017 looks at the EU's history, the major challenges it now face, and the possible implications those challenges may have for EU-U.S. relations.
Published in 2016, this report analyzes the response of the European Countries, United States, and partners (such as Canada and Japan) in addressing the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The European Commission has now produced a series of policy options for the best way forward, ranging from shrugging its shoulders to throwing up its hands in horror.
Europe does not know but less than three weeks' time, on 25 March, its leaders will gather in the Piazza del Campidoglio, the square designed by Michelangelo to try to answer those questions.
The United Kingdom has become the first country to vote to leave the modern European Union, but the debate over Europe and the Union is far from over. The Wall Street Journal explains four forces that will determine the future of the EU