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        Discord dominates as Trump and other leaders plan G-7 summit
                  
French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this weekend’s Group of Seven summit, has publicly expressed hope that the G-7 leaders will reaffirm a shared commitment to democ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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        Russian interference, 2020
                  
Americans are at each other's throats. Politically, socially and culturally, we suspect each other's motives and plain sanity. So certain are we of the other's intent to do th...
By Richard Fontaine
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        Boris Johnson Needs Help From Trump, but Not Too Much
                  
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, known for his bombast and outspokenness, began his first foreign trip as leader on Wednesday walking a daunting diplomatic tightrope, ...
By Julianne Smith
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
U.S. and U.K. divide increases on IranBritain’s refusal to go along with the Trump administration’s fiery approach to recent Iranian aggression has experts and lawmakers concerned about the state of the “special r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Britain’s Power Play in the Persian GulfIn calling this week for a European naval coalition to provide security for commercial ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom is seeking to both uphold the ne...
By Jim Townsend
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        Who Lost Turkey?
                  
On July 4, 2003, U.S. paratroopers kicked down doors and raided a compound in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. It was two months after the United States declared “Miss...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
The US is silent as Turkey starts receiving a Russian missile system that could jeopardize the F-35 stealth fighterAs NATO ally Turkey receives its first shipment of the controversial Russian air defense system that has for months been driving a wedge between Ankara and Washington, the US ...
By Jim Townsend
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        Democrats Have Found Their Battle Cry
                  
U.S. presidential elections used to be about which candidate would best lead the free world. Now Democrats are advancing an unprecedented argument in modern American politics:...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russia looks for Asia LNG buyers to blunt Western sanctions' biteRussia is boosting Arctic production of liquefied natural gas to counter growing competition from the U.S. while looking to Asia's major energy importers to buffer projects ag...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Turkey has the S-400. The Trump administration is silent.After months of threatening quick, severe action against Turkey should Ankara accept the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, the Trump administration has yet to react to th...
By Jim Townsend
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        Biden believes NATO will cease to exist in Trump’s second term. That’s a bit far-fetched.
                  
President Donald Trump has called NATO "obsolete." He’s bashed European leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and warmed up to strongmen such as Russian President Vla...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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        NATO Considers Missile Defense Upgrade, Risking Further Tensions With Russia
                  
NATO military officials are exploring whether to upgrade their defenses to make them capable of shooting down newly deployed Russian intermediate-range nuclear missiles after ...
By Jim Townsend
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        Can Turkey find substitute for F-35?
                  
As Ankara readies to take delivery of Russia’s S-400 air defence system next month, Washington has made clear its plan to expel Turkey from its F-35 advanced fighter jet progr...
By Nicholas Heras
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        Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland
                  
With a president forever battling questions about his ties to Russia, Donald Trump’s administration keeps finding ways to confront the country. There have been sanctions, dipl...
By Rachel Rizzo
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        ‘Fort Trump’ for Poland? Not Quite.
                  
The Trump administration has been mainly focused on the strategic threat from China in recent months, but U.S. President Donald Trump is signaling that he is keeping at least ...
By Elbridge Colby & Rachel Rizzo
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        An Aging Autocrat's Lesson for His Fellow Dictators
                  
Looking around Kazakhstan’s glitzy capital, you’d be forgiven for not realizing that the country is on the verge of one of its most meaningful political moments since the coll...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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        Trump arrives in London — and attacks Mayor Sadiq Khan as a 'stone cold loser'
                  
President Trump arrived in London early Monday to begin a five-day European tour that centers around a banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II and a visit to an American cemetery...
By Rachel Rizzo
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        Trump heads to London amid Brexit furor and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong?
                  
President Trump, a disruptive global force with a penchant for diplomatic gaffes and inserting himself into other countries’ politics, leaves Sunday for the United Kingdom and...
By Rachel Rizzo
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        Trump’s Reunion With May Caps Allies’ Deteriorating Relationship
                  
President Donald Trump’s meetings in the U.K. with Prime Minister Theresa May next week likely will end the leaders’ relationship the same way it began: with awkward attempts ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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        U.S. Will Not Increase Presence in Arctic Until 2025
                  
The United States continues to send mixed signals about its anticipated level of engagement and capabilities in the Arctic. The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Kar...
By Jim Townsend