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Firing Civil Servants and Dismantling Government Departments Is How Aspiring Strongmen Consolidate Personal Power – Lessons from Around the Globe
Bureaucracies, in this way, are an important part of democracy that constrain executive behavior....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Foreign Policy Experts Analyze the Opening Talks to End Russia’s War in Ukraine
In Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials met with Russian counterparts to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Missing from these talks were Ukrainian and European representatives. Geoff...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
The Superpower Has Left the Building: Munich 2025Behind the frustration and fears of abandonment lies a major question: What will — what can — Europe do about it?...
By Richard Fontaine
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‘Europe Has Got to Do More for Defence’: What to Expect as European Leaders Meet on Ukraine
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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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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Putin Demands Concessions to End Ukraine War
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), joins Anderson Cooper 360 to discus...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump and Erdogan Have The Chance To Reset U.S.-Turkey Relations
Turkey’s role as a middle power becomes more valuable in a shifting world order....
By Gibbs McKinley & Kate Johnston
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Trump World Takes on Europe
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
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
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Trump Wants a Nuclear Deal. Can He Be the Ultimate Negotiator?
Should Trump negotiate with Russia’s Putin, and what terms should he pursue if US and global security is to be enhanced?...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Putin’s Fight Won’t End With Ukraine
In an essay for Foreign Affairs, titled “Putin’s Point of No Return,” Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump Turning Washington Crash into ‘Bar Room Talk’ Will Turn People Away | Jim Townsend
Trump's unchecked claims that the DC crash was caused by diversity quotas should "turn people away" from him, says Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow in the CNAS Transatla...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Should Support European AI AlliesAs the US assesses its technology relationship with Europe, Poland and the Baltic states operating could be strong partners in addressing the administration’s concerns about E...
By Pablo Chavez
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Russia Wants a New World Order
Undermining the cohesion and enlargement of the EU and NATO is part of Moscow’s desire to enhance its status as a great power, discredit key pillars of the liberal internation...
By Kate Johnston & Nicholas Lokker
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Trump’s Callout of Russia’s Vladimir Putin Is Raising Eyebrows
President Trump is threatening sanctions and tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn't reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Some are surprised, considering Trump's affinity ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump's Vision for America and the World
On Monday, January 20th, Donald Trump took office as the 47th president of the United States. Now in his second term after a four-year hiatus, his inauguration heralds a new e...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Dr. Robert Kagan
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Trump’s Clash with National Cathedral Bishop
In this episode of Global News Today, presented by Tom Burges Watson, they speak with Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow in the CNAS Transatlantic Security Program, about ...
By Jim Townsend
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 DaysDonald Trump takes office in a complex and volatile global environment. Rising tensions with China, the continued war in Ukraine, and instability in the Middle East all pose s...
By Charles Horn
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Address NATO at the Munich Security Conference
President Trump has an opportunity to address tensions with NATO at the Munich Security Conference.While he should articulate his grievances, he also should lay out his requir...
By Jim Townsend
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Canada, Trump, and the Post-Trudeau Era
In just a few days, Donald Trump returns to office with Canada in his sights. At the same time, it has been less than two weeks since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Elizabeth Anderson