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NATO Mulls Arctic and Atlantic Command to Counter Russia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization may revive a Cold War naval command to counter Moscow’s increased submarine activity in the Arctic and protect Atlantic sea lanes in the...
By Jerry Hendrix & Julianne Smith
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What Comey's firing means for repairing strained US-Russia ties
The “Putin Not My President” signs had disappeared from Washington protests. The ongoing probes of Russian interference in the US election had receded enough from the foregrou...
By Julianne Smith
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High tensions as Russian diplomat visits Washington
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday in Washington amid high tensions over Russian interference in the U.S. presidential electi...
By Julianne Smith
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The European Union Just Squeaked By
On this week’s first episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf, Rosa Brooks, Ed Luce, and Julie Smith discuss the French election results, what it means for the rest ...
By Julianne Smith
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Exercise reveals NATO vulnerabilities to Russian hybrid threats in North Atlantic
NATO is currently digesting the lessons of a tabletop exercise held at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, DC, in February 2017 that confronted partic...
By Julianne Smith & Jerry Hendrix
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Tillerson's Russia Trip Highlights Emergence From Shadows.
Criticized for his low-profile diplomacy, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is emerging from the shadows with a leading public role in shaping and explaining the Trump adminis...
By Julianne Smith
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After Syria strikes, US and Russia spiral into confrontation
After President Donald Trump's election victory, the United States and Russia appeared headed toward their smoothest ties in decades. Not anymore. The former Cold War adversar...
By Julianne Smith
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A Test for Tillerson, and for U.S. Strategy on ISIS
If President Trump has a secret plan to defeat the Islamic State, as he promised during the presidential campaign, then his international allies in that fight are hoping to ge...
By Julianne Smith
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Tillerson plan to skip NATO, visit Russia puts allies on edge
The State Department scrambled Tuesday to suggest new dates for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers after his plan to skip the annua...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump Offers No Apology for Claim on British Spying
President Trump provoked a rare public dispute with America’s closest ally on Friday after his White House aired an explosive and unsubstantiated claim that Britain’s spy agen...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump drags key foreign allies into controversy over unproven wiretap claims
President Trump’s unproven allegation that his predecessor wiretapped Trump Tower in New York ahead of the election blazed a new path of political disruption Friday as he drag...
By Julianne Smith
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Cooperation with Russia in Syria Off the Table for Trump Team
President Donald Trump's national security team is not considering any increase in cooperation with Russia against the Islamic State group in Syria, according to multiple curr...
By Julianne Smith
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Manbij and the Unforgiving Complexity of the Syrian War
Top U.S. defense officials believe all of the warring parties in Manbij got the message after American forces deployed an armored convoy through the Syrian city earlier this w...
By Julianne Smith
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We really could have a sane foreign policy if we wanted to. Here’s how.
President Trump repeated his “American First” slogan at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday and knocked down row after row of straw men. He declared, “Globa...
By Julianne Smith
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The Future of Transatlantic Defense: More Europe
Europe faced a wave of ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks last year, from Brussels to Nice to Berlin. As ISIS-occupied territories in Iraq and Syria continue to shrink under the ...
By Julianne Smith
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Does the Trump administration want to destroy the E.U. or not?
European leaders and U.S. experts are confused and concerned about what they see as conflicting messages from the Trump White House about policy toward the European Union. The...
By Julianne Smith
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Europe’s “Existential Threat”
In The News
Europe welcomed a distinguished delegation of American leaders: Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense General James Mattis and Senator John McCain. In meetings with ...
By Julianne Smith
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Who Is Sebastian Gorka? A Trump Adviser Comes Out of the Shadows
Since President Trump appointed Sebastian Gorka last month as a deputy assistant, Mr. Gorka has been an increasingly visible defender of the administration. He has spoken out ...
By Julianne Smith
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Tillerson Forced to Stay at Sanitarium in German Village for G-20
On his first trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30 minutes from where othe...
By Julianne Smith
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Senators hone in on Russia's cyber capabilities
The U.S. does not fully understand Russia's cyber capabilities and lacks a playbook to respond to future Kremlin-directed cyberattacks, said witnesses at a Senate hearing on U...
By Julianne Smith
