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Trump’s Top Official ‘Dead Weight’ Mike Waltz Set to Resign from the Administration
Video
Trump's now former national security advisor Mike Waltz has been seen as “dead weight” and Steve Witkoff should takeover his post, says Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at ...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine Negotiates for Its Future
Podcast
There’s been a flurry of activity on the Ukraine front this week. Over the weekend, Donald Trump briefly met with Zelensky in Rome during ceremonies for Pope Francis’ funeral....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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The U.S. Is No Longer the Leader of the West
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Trump’s second term has dismantled the idea of the U.S. as the leader of the West and instead it’s almost “every nation for itself”, says Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center f...
By Jim Townsend
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Germany's New Defense Agenda
Podcast
On April 9th, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, secured a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats following his party’s vi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Trump ‘Humiliated’ as Putin Sends Clear Message That He Doesn’t Care About US
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"Putin is not playing ball." Putin's Palm Sunday attack on Sumy is "embarrassing for the White House" as it comes just days after Steve Witkoff met with the Kremlin, says adju...
By Jim Townsend
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The Hidden Past and Uncertain Future of the U.S. and Ukraine with Celeste Wallander
Podcast
Under the Trump administration, U.S. support for Ukraine is no longer guaranteed. President Trump's pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine in March may have been brief, but ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Celeste Wallander
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BONUS: How Europe Could React to Trump’s Tariffs
Podcast
This week, there is a special episode from fellow CNAS podcast Brussels Sprouts, hosted by Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend of the Transatlantic Security Program. On th...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz, Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Europe's Trade War Woes
Podcast
On April 2nd, President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe – with only a handful of countries left untouched. The EU was hit with tariffs of 20% and the European ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Will Donald Trump Take Greenland by Force?
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Trump’s comments have raised alarms in Greenland, particularly after US Vice President JD Vance announced he would visit the island. Greenland is rich in minerals, and it’s st...
By Jim Townsend
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Podcast
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How America Wages Economic Warfare with Eddie FishmanThe last two decades have marked a revolution in economic warfare. As the United States has increasingly sought to weaponize the global economy against its adversaries, the wo...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Edward Fishman
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Will Trump Reshape the American Military
Podcast
Last month, the Trump administration carried out a large-scale firing of senior military leaders, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of Naval opera...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Can Europe Fight Back with Shashank Joshi and Camille Grand
Podcast
This week, the Trump administration announced the suspension of U.S. military aid and intelligence to Ukraine. Reports have emerged that Trump administration officials have he...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Germany's New Political Era
Podcast
Last Sunday, Germany held parliamentary elections that are set to usher in a new political era for the country. The far-right Alternative for Germany had its best electoral re...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Can Ukraine and Europe Win Alone? with Gustav Gressel and Franz-Stefan Gady
Podcast
The Trump administration began negotiations with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia last week, and its exclusion of both Kyiv and its European backers from the table cast doubt...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Ukraine Marks Third War Anniversary with Future Uncertainty
Podcast
A group of leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine's capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. In Washington, President Donald Trump hosted French Pres...
By Jim Townsend
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Brussels Sprouts LIVE: Transatlantic Turbulence and the Future Role of the U.S. in European Security
Podcast
In Munich and Brussels last week, the Trump administration signaled a seismic shift in U.S. policy toward its European allies. Since World War II, the United States has been t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Emma Ashford & Stephen Wertheim
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‘Europe Has Got to Do More for Defence’: What to Expect as European Leaders Meet on Ukraine
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NATO policy expert and adjunct senior fellow in the CNAS Transatlantic Security Program, Jim Townsend joins to discuss what to expect when European leaders meet on Ukraine.Wat...
By Jim Townsend
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Podcast
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Averting AI Armageddon with Colin Kahl and Jacob StokesIn recent years, the previous bipolar nuclear order led by the United States and Russia has given way to a more volatile, tripolar one, as China has quantitatively and qualita...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Colin H. Kahl & Jacob Stokes
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Trump World Takes on Europe
Podcast
The first few weeks of the second Trump administration have seen a flurry of executive orders, tariffs imposed (or threatened) on allies and adversaries alike, and bold statem...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Steven Erlanger & Mij Rahman
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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World with Hal Brands
Podcast
For more than 100 years, the continent of Eurasia has played a central role in global geopolitics. In the 20th century, numerous authoritarian powers from Germany under Kaiser...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Hal Brands
