Kristine Berzina
Former Senior Fellow, US Defense and Transatlantic SecurityEnglish
Latvian
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Kristine Berzina is a former Senior Fellow, US Defense and Transatlantic Security at GMF.
Featured Commentary
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The US doesn’t need to own Greenland in order to support its presence there.
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Media Mentions
No Tomahawks for Ukraine: Trump spoke plainly with Zelensky behind closed doors
U.S Will Restore Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine | Kristine Berzina Joins BBC News
Trump's talks with Zelensky collapsed: Will China be the biggest beneficiary?
G20 wraps with talk of climate change, poverty reduction, tax on billionaires
Biden looks to persuade G7 leaders to endorse $50B loan for Ukraine using interest from Russian assets
Sweden in NATO: what this country will give to the Alliance and what it means for Ukraine
"Ukraine is ready to take risks to regain Crimea," the expert says [Translated from Latvian]
The White House urges China to get Ukraine’s perspective on the war as Xi heads to Russia
Featured Work
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January 26, 2026
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January 5, 2026
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August 27, 2025
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August 18, 2025
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May 15, 2025
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February 21, 2025
After a week that upset ties between the US and European governments, citizens need to speak up....
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January 27, 2025
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January 21, 2025
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November 26, 2024
Europe and the United States must further hone their responses to attacks on undersea infrastructure....
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October 3, 2024
Download the full report on the left. ...
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July 18, 2024
The partnership between Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Arctic, like the broader strategic relationship between Moscow and...
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July 5, 2024
The first US presidential debate did nothing to shore up support for the transatlantic alliance, a cornerstone of American security. Europeans need to...
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July 2, 2024
This article is part of a series of short texts on issues that challenge the alliance as it celebrates its 75th anniversary....
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June 24, 2024
The 2024 NATO summit will mark an important step in the alliance’s adaptation to the new security environment resulting from Russia’s full-scale...
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June 5, 2024
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May 30, 2024
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May 29, 2024
The partnership between Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Arctic, like the broader strategic relationship between Moscow and...
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December 18, 2023
The West needs to summon the political will and strategic patience to support Ukraine or it will hand Putin an unearned victory....
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November 8, 2023
History teaches that persistence and strategic patience have been the key to victory in some of the most critical battles of modern times. Leaders in...
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October 12, 2023
Why does aid to Ukraine matter? In our latest quick reads, our experts weigh in as the United States and other countries debate continuing supporting...
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October 12, 2023
Contrary to popular rhetoric, Europe is doing its fair share to support Ukraine. In fact, European commitments to Ukraine have outpaced those of the...
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September 25, 2023
While some argue that Ukraine aid is a drain on the US economy, the numbers suggest that sustained support is a win-win for Ukrainians and the...
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August 17, 2023
This paper analyzes the evolving situation in the Arctic in the wake of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has not reduced Russia’s...
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July 12, 2023
GMF experts share their insights and analysis from the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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June 26, 2023
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and increasing security concerns in the Taiwan Strait have Atlantic and Pacific democracies ever more...
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June 26, 2023
GMF experts react to the revolt of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner forces in Russia in our latest Quick Reads series. ...
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March 9, 2023
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February 20, 2023
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February 16, 2023
Anniversaries should be celebratory, but some are painful remembrances of events that elicited profound change. ...
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December 7, 2022
The Bundestag and Bundesrat have voted to keep Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants operational until mid-April 2023 to help bridge the...
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May 19, 2022
Russia’s invasion of and ongoing war in Ukraine is drastically rearranging the European security architecture that has been built since the end of the...
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January 12, 2022
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March 25, 2021
The V4 countries are only a political decision away of improving their digital infrastructure, they should be more ambitious, says senior fellow from...
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November 11, 2020
Europe is on the cusp of a crucial technological and political transformation....
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June 15, 2020
In a week of firsts last week, a high-level European Commission communication named China as responsible for targeted influence operations and...
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June 10, 2020
The virus has already changed our way of life and plunged the world into yet another recession. Will the virus have geopolitical implications? Will a...
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May 18, 2020
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May 4, 2020
In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, GMF’s Kristine Berzina talks about the impact of the coronavirus crisis on international politics and U...
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March 24, 2020
EU commissioner Thierry Breton is calling Covid-19 a "crisis that knows no borders," but as Europeans look out of the windows in their home...
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December 3, 2019
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October 8, 2019
As hybrid tactics, including online disinformation and cyber-attacks, become more commonplace, is the nature of the battlefield changing?...
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September 10, 2019
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June 25, 2019
In recent years, European democracy has been shaken by internal and external events....
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May 7, 2019
Joining an episode of Euronews’ Raw Politics, GMF Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina gives her insight on the evolving perspectives on the Arctic—from...
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May 6, 2019
Digitalization is transforming the energy sector in Europe and the United States, with major implications for energy security, climate change,...
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July 8, 2018
Photo Credit: Gyn9037 / Shutterstock...
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April 24, 2018
In an interview with Euronews, GMF's Kristine Berzina explains the special relationship between Presidents Trump and Macron, noting that Macron is the...
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November 9, 2017
Kristine Berzina, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, speaks with Euronews on the recent discussion among NATO defense ministers on new...
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July 26, 2017
In an interview with The Takeaway, Kristine Berzina, GMF senior fellow, discusses how U.S. sanctions against Russia could impact the controversial...
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July 25, 2017
The EU and as well the individual member states have been accustomed with dealing with the US administration on foreign policy issues, on sanctions....
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May 29, 2017
Transatlantic Fellow Kristine Berzina was interviewed on May 29th by Euronews to discuss the future of the U.S.-EU relationship....
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May 22, 2017
Transatlantic Fellow Kristine Berzina joins NPR's "On Point" to discuss President Trump's first foreign trip.
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May 20, 2017
Transatlantic Fellow Kristine Berzina joined Al Jazeera's "Inside Story" to discuss President Trump's first foreign trip, and what U.S. allies should...
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The European Union fears that foreign interference could mar the European Parliament elections in May 2019, but leaders have thus far failed to...
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On Thursday morning, President Trump will drive into the heart of the European Union to check out the sparkling new Europa building and sit down with...
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BRUSSELS - President Putin is benefitting from the present hostilities with the West, so last week’s attempts by some European leaders and Donald...
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Since early 2017, the Swedish government has been training citizens, media, and civil services to be on alert for foreign influence operations,...
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President Trump is visiting Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, and policymakers here have reason to be afraid. President Trump called the European...
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BRUSSELS — The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to pass a new bill on sanctions against Russia that should have left Europeans cheering....
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BRUSSELS - This morning’s surprise victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election ushers in a period of uncertainty for the transatlantic...