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Brussels Sprouts LIVE: Europe with Less U.S.: Preventing Russia Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Despite the degradation of Moscow’s military in Ukraine, senior western officials estimate that it could reconstitute its forces within two to five years. A new CNAS report co...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Drones over Poland with Doug Lute and Kurt Volker
In the early hours of September 10th, Polish authorities detected 19 Russian drones over Polish airspace. This incident represents a major escalation, with Poland triggering A...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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‘The U.S. Has Got to Get Involved’: Townsend on NATO Boosting Polish Air Defences
Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses what actions NATO countries need to take amidst Russia’s incursions of NATO airspace.W...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Europe’s Delusions Over What It Means to Deter RussiaToday’s European leaders are in a Singapore trap, crafting a training mission designed to signal resolve rather than achieve an actual military objective....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Melting Arctic Ice is a National Security Threat
China’s footprint in the Arctic is already growing, and the development of civil-military capabilities in some of its established polar research stations could provide the fou...
By Kate Johnston & Maeve Drury
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The Wrong Way to Do Diplomacy With Russia
In fact, the summit helped Putin legitimize Moscow’s grievances, giving Russians who might doubt the wisdom of the invasion reason believe that it was, as Putin promised, just...
By Celeste Wallander
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Ukraine Negotiations: Europe’s Perspective and the Next Steps
This week, we continue our assessment of the Trump-Putin and Trump-Zelensky meetings in August. European leaders can take solace in the fact that their presence at the Washing...
By Kate Johnston & Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
A Project for a New World OrderIndeed, the gathering in Beijing suggests that the axis, rather than withering following the war in Iran in June, has momentum....
By Richard Fontaine & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Xi, Putin, Kim Project United Front in ChinaRichard Fontaine, chief executive officer at the Center for a New American Security, joins BBC to discuss the Axis of Upheaval and the level of concern from the Trump administ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Leaders of N. Korea, China and Russia Show Rare Unity at China’s Victory DayIt's the first time in over six decades that a North Korean leader has attended a Chinese parade, underscoring the moment's symbolism. Kim was seen alongside Chinese President...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
‘Trump Should Be Worried’ as China’s Leader Hosts Russian and North Korean CounterpartsThe gathering of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un shows a collective appeal to a new world order not dominated by the United States, according to Richard Fontaine, c...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
LISTEN: Why It’s So Hard to Go After Russia’s Oil RevenueEmily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins the show to talk about secondary ta...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Alleged Greenland Operations | CNN
Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the evolving situation with the "influence operations" in Greenland and what that coul...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine Negotiations: Confusing Activity with Progress
The past week has seen a flurry of diplomacy from President Trump as he seeks to bring about a negotiated solution to Russia’s war on Ukraine. While activity has been undeniab...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Samuel Charap & Dr. Angela Stent
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Russia's Lavrov: Security Talks without Moscow a "Path to Nowhere" | CNN
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and program director at the Center for a New American Security, joins CNN to explain about the difficulties of negotiations are not territ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Our Experts Put the Kibosh on Hopes for Ukraine Peace Anytime Soon
There has been a diplomatic flurry around Ukraine in recent days, yet the theme of progress has been hollow words and flip-flopping. Is the White House serious about peace, or...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Has to ‘Ratchet Up Pressure’ on Putin to Get ‘Genuine Negotiations’: Kendall-Taylor
Questions are mounting over what exactly "security guarantees" from the U.S. would entail for Ukraine. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake reports the late...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump and Putin Could Be Pursuing a WW1 German-Style Neutral State for Ukraine | Jim Townsend
Donald Trump needs to decide whether he wants Ukraine to be a "frontline for European security" or a "buffer zone" whereby the country would have no military power once a ceas...
By Jim Townsend
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What Does U.S. ‘Security Guarantees’ Mean for Ukraine?
Questions are mounting over what exactly "security guarantees" from the U.S. would entail for Ukraine. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake reports the late...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Grading Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy
The Trump-Putin summit on Friday, followed by Monday’s unprecedented White House meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky and seven other European leaders, has left analysts ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor