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Has Democracy Lost Its Appeal?
In The News
The lead package of the May/June 2018 issue of Foreign Affairs is on democracy. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take. As with...
By Richard Fontaine & Julianne Smith
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Syria provides John Bolton with first test as Trump's national security adviser
In The News
As Donald Trump warned on Monday of an imminent US military response to chemical weapons use in Syria, the new head of his national security team was sitting directly behind h...
By Julianne Smith
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Putin just kicked out 150 Western diplomats. What comes next could be much worse
In The News
The Trump administration and its allies around the world expelled hundreds of Russian diplomats earlier this week after a former double agent was poisoned in the UK by operati...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Russia Promises Retaliation After Western Expulsions
In The News
On Monday, the United States, 14 European Union countries, Canada, and Ukraine expelled Russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the poisoning of former Russian spy Serg...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway.
President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers Tuesday when he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection — includ...
By Julianne Smith
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The British government says Russia poisoned an ex-spy in the UK. Now London is striking back
In The News
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said her country will expel 23 Russian diplomats on Wednesday — which would be the country’s largest removal of foreign officials in more than 30...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Trump's firings signal hawkish turn on North Korea and Iran
The end, when it comes to a job in the Trump administration, can be messy and brutal. The secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was fired while returning from a gruelling Africa ...
By Julianne Smith
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Julianne Smith on Channel 4 News: Rex Tillerson Departure
In The News
Julianne Smith, who was deputy national security adviser to former vice president Joe Biden, discusses Rex Tillerson’s firing and his replacement by Mike Pompeo.Watch the full...
By Julianne Smith
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Malaise in Munich
Julie Smith, Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, shares her first-hand views of the Munich Security Conference this past ...
By Julianne Smith
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Russia is flaunting its fancy new stealth fighter jets
Russia apparently deployed two advanced new stealth fighters to Syria in what analysts called a move by Moscow to signal its support for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad despit...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Deep Dish: What to make of the Munich (In)Security Conference
Each year, international security and defense chiefs meet at the Munich Security Conference for intense debate about global security challenges. The Washington Post's Josh Rog...
By Julianne Smith
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US warns against ‘protectionism’ with new EU defense agreement
BRUSSELS ― A top American diplomat is concerned that a new European Union defense agreement could lead to “protectionism” that could ice American firms out of sales in Europe....
By Jim Townsend
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Britain’s BFF unconvinced by its post-Brexit vision
WASHINGTON — If the U.K. wants to woo America with tech, it needs to get its story straight. Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who departs for Silicon Valley Tuesday, is the latest i...
By Julianne Smith
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Russia Is Still Exploiting America's Divisions
Russian meddling in American democracy didn’t start with Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, and, new reporting makes clear, it hasn’t ended with his inauguration. The ...
By Victoria Nuland
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Trump to Speed Up U.S. Arms Sales by Reducing Oversight, Sources Say
The White House is pushing to implement as early as March a plan that would make it easier to sell some weapons to foreign partners through a process some say eliminates key r...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump’s Shadow Hangs Over NATO
When generals and diplomats gather for Europe’s most important security conference in Munich next month, President Donald Trump will not be in the room. But the U.S. president...
By Julianne Smith
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Glee in London over Trump’s scrapped visit — but also unease about U.S.-British ties
LONDON — President Trump’s cancellation of a possible trip to the British capital next month inspired glee and concern Friday, while raising new questions about the strained r...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump Channels Obama on Iran, North Korea
The White House on Thursday was poised to renew sanctions relief for Iran after a day earlier reacting with cautious optimism to the possibility of eventual talks with North K...
By Julianne Smith
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Analysis: How Trump's 'nuclear button' tweet could jeopardize his foreign policy
WASHINGTON – President Trump's critics say his Twitter diplomacy is bad enough – but nuclear diplomacy by tweet could have explosive consequences. A Tuesday night post all bu...
By Julianne Smith
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Donald Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously
When President Donald Trump sat down for dinner on September 18 in New York with leaders of four Latin American countries on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General...
By Julianne Smith
