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Mark Copelovitch on Stablecoins and the Risk to Global Financial Stability

European Studies Director and Jean Monnet Chair, Professor Mark Copelovitch, shares his analysis in Barron’s of the potential consequences of the newly introduced Genius Act for the financial industry. While the legislation aims to fill a regulatory gap in the cryptocurrency sector by introducing rules for stablecoins, Professor Copelovitch warns that it may foster a …

Spotlight: Prof. Mark Copelovitch at the 31st International Conference of Europeanists

From June 25–27, 2025, the Council for European Studies welcomed over 300 members to its new institutional home at Temple University for the 31st International Conference of Europeanists. The conference featured a dynamic lineup of panels, roundtables, and workshops including a keynote lecture sponsored by the Journal of Common Market Studies, delivered by our Director …

Natalie White’s Brussels Study Tour

This summer Natalie White, a high school English teacher in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, attended the Brussels Study Tour which is run as a collaboration between University of Pittsburgh and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UW–Madison’s Center for European Studies and Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence sponsored Ms. White’s participation in …

Rethinking Europe’s Place in a Shifting Global Order: Insights from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence for Populism and the Global Economy

By Andrea Lamarche May 1-2, 2025 Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs Mark Copelovitch brought together a distinguished group of scholars from the U.S. and Europe for the annual symposium of the Jean Monnet European Union Center for Excellence on Populism and the Global Economy. The May event focused on …