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U.S. Will Not Increase Presence in Arctic Until 2025
In The News
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
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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Expert Opposition to Turkey Acquiring S-400
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“Turkey's decision to purchase S-400s from Russia is an unfortunate decision that will only weaken NATO unity and interoperability and leave Turkey isolated from its closest a...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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‘Utterly Distasteful’: Donald Trump Meeting With Anti-Semitic Hungarian Leader Slammed by Former White House Adviser
A meeting today between President Donald Trump and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been deemed “utterly distasteful” by a former White House adviser in light of the ...
By Julianne Smith
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Why Russia is the big winner of the Iran deal falloutIran announced Wednesday that it would stop complying with certain elements of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal, in 60 days if the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Inside the West’s Plans for Arctic War Against Russia
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On the slope of a snow-covered hill deep in the Arctic Circle, some of the world’s best-trained commandos are struggling to complete an ambush exercise knee-deep in the snow. ...
By Jim Townsend
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What’s Russia still doing to interfere with U.S. politics — and what’s the U.S. doing about it?
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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Friday morning, covering, according to both sides, a wide range of issues. Included among them, according t...
By Carrie Cordero
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Why is Russia clashing with the United States over Venezuela?
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There was an unexpected twist Tuesday evening as Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó's attempted uprising against President Nicolás Maduro’s government appeared to be spu...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russia Is Still Russia. But Its Stocks Are Suddenly Worth Buying Again.A lot of things are suddenly going Russia’s way, the most important of them emanating from Washington. The Mueller Report, despite voluminous detail on Moscow’s election inter...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Germany’s search for a new diplomatic map
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Razed to the ground by the Wehrmacht in 1944, Warsaw has never been easy terrain for the foreign minister of Germany. As his convoy speeds through the Polish capital, Heiko Ma...
By Julianne Smith
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As the Russia investigation ends, experts see two years of American political dysfunction as a win for Putin
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The special counsel investigation was often cast as a clash between President Trump and Robert S. Mueller III. But there was always a third player, for whom victory seemed ass...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Gina Haspel Relies on Spy Skills to Connect With Trump. He Doesn’t Always Listen.
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Gina Haspel was trying to brief President Trump early in her tenure as the C.I.A. director, but he appeared distracted. Houseflies buzzing around the Oval Office were drawing ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Obama Evokes Nostalgia in Germany, but Message Focuses on Future Struggles
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The man whom Chancellor Angela Merkel calls “dear Barack” was back in Berlin on Saturday, his lanky figure and easy smile a reminder for Germans of a different era that ended ...
By Julianne Smith
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
North Korean Dictator Seeks Russian Strongman for Support, FriendshipWith little progress to show from two nuclear summits with the U.S., North Korea is turning to an old friend—Moscow—as leader Kim Jong Un tries to chart a course toward winnin...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Neil Bhatiya
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Trump Learns to Live With NATO—And Vice Versa
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Two-plus years into the Trump presidency, NATO is learning to live with the United States president, and vice versa. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been praised f...
By Rachel Rizzo
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With Trump, NATO Chief Tries to Navigate Spending Minefields
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He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Frustration in US over Germany's defense spending shortfall
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There arguably would never have been a good moment for Berlin to renege on its planned increase in defense spending. But to do it in the run-up to NATO celebrating its 70th an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO celebrates 70th birthday, ponders uncertain future
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Every child knows if he is attacked by a bully in a schoolyard it helps to have buddies alongside him. All the more so for nation states: Military allies make attacks less lik...
By Jim Townsend
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US reacts to Chinese and Russian Arctic Activity, Pompeo to attend Arctic Council Meeting
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Just weeks after the US Coast Guard secured funding for a new and long-awaited icebreaker and the US Navy announced that it plans to sail multiple vessels through the Arctic O...
By Jim Townsend
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German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy.
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Germany, which had already announced that it will fall significantly short of NATO’s defense spending goals, annoying the United States, risks provoking Washington further by ...
By Julianne Smith
