ABSTRACT
The main aim of the chapter is to show how three Washington D.C.-based think tanks (Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Atlantic Council) regarded the role of the European Union in the global order in the period from the beginning of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict in 2014 to the U.S presidential elections in 2016. The author analyzes how the various global and regional crises are weakening the significance of the European Union in international affairs and how this phenomenon is analyzed by think tank experts. This chapter also shows to what extent the analysis of the think tanks was relevant to the policy of the United States during this period. Moreover, this part of the book will examine how Europe’s self-identification as a non-military and normative global power is seen by American expert institutions.
