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Europe Scrambles to Aid Ukraine After US Intelligence Cutoff
Ukraine’s allies in Europe are rushing to fill the void left by the Trump administration’s decision to pause its intelligence sharing with Kyiv. It isn’t going to be easy....
By Jim Townsend
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In Europe’s North, Soldiers Train amid Worries over Trump’s Belief in NATO
In a forest in Latvia, just 150 miles from the Russian border, Swedish soldiers crouch among the trees, their faces smeared in green and black paint, posing as invaders agains...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.
President Trump has never had much love for the NATO alliance, which he thinks is overdependent on American largess, and in his first term, talked about abandoning the collect...
By Jim Townsend
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House Hearing Highlights Tensions and Opportunities in U.S.-Turkey Relationship
A House hearing on the U.S.-Turkey relationship on Wednesday underscored the myriad disputes and concerns that U.S. lawmakers have with the country and its president, Recep Ta...
By Celeste Wallander
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
A New and More Deadly Drone on Russia’s Battlefields“There’s been a huge surge in their drone numbers lately, and so many different ‘birds’ in the air, including a lot of fiber-optic drones that you can’t jam,” said Anatoliy, t...
By Samuel Bendett
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Fiery Meeting with Zelensky Upends Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal
As reaction to the Trump-Zelensky meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday turned from astonishment to concern about what happens next, there was little consensus on whether a U....
By Celeste Wallander
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Collapse Myth Leaves Out Tech Factor in Sea and Land WinsAbout a year ago, a media narrative that Ukraine was collapsing militarily took hold globally. That common wisdom surely played a major role in convincing US President Donald ...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Defense Industry Could Struggle to Sell to New German Government: Analysts
Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU-led government in waiting, and Europe’s urgent plan to rebuild its military capabilities through self-reliance, puts US industry and future orde...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russians Lash FPVs Together To Make Frankenstein Heavy Lift DronesRussian soldiers have found a novel way to get around their lack of heavy-lift drones: strapping four small drones to a frame to create a device known as “Vobla.”...
By Samuel Bendett
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German Election Winner Seeks ‘Independence’ from U.S. What Does That Mean?
Within hours of emerging as the near-certain next chancellor of Germany after Sunday’s election, Friedrich Merz offered a grim prognosis of the transatlantic relationship....
By Jim Townsend
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Could Ukraine Keep Fighting Even Without U.S. Support?
As Ukrainians mark the third anniversary of Russia’s horrific full-scale invasion, they have to contemplate the once unthinkable possibility that they might be abandoned by th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
See How Xi and Putin Are Ramping Up Joint Military DrillsThe militaries of China and Russia, America’s top two global adversaries, are working together as never before in their long partnership, probing the defenses of the U.S. and ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Rubio’s Dilemma: Cutting Trump’s Deal With ‘Bloodthirsty’ Putin
At a Senate hearing soon after President Trump’s first election eight years ago, Marco Rubio had a simple question for the next U.S. secretary of state: “Is Vladimir Putin a w...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russia Is Unmoved by Trump’s Sanctions Threats and Offers on WarRussia doesn’t view sanctions relief as a critical factor in negotiations to end the war and isn’t expecting any significant easing of US penalties, according to a person clos...
By Edward Fishman
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What It Means for Europe to Go It Alone
Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Europe considers a future without the U.S. military, U.S. President Donald Trump picks a fight with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze...
By Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting ItIn his first term, President Trump episodically threatened to pull out of NATO, removing the United States as the linchpin of the most successful military alliance in modern t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Stirs Fear of Major U.S. Shift on Russia
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traded insults Wednesday, with Zelensky accusing Trump of spouting lies about him and the war with Russia and...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Rubio Says Sanctions Stay for Now as Trump Eyes Putin SummitSecretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that the US will keep sanctions on Russia in place at least until a deal to end the Ukraine conflict is reached, even as hi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Expert Q&A: What the U.S. Can Learn From Ukraine’s Drone RevolutionShe said the scale and success of that innovation has “surprised everyone” – and that the U.S. has much to learn from the drone revolution playing out on the battlefield....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Trump Writes a New Playbook for Quagmires in Gaza and UkrainePresident Trump is rewriting the accepted playbook for solving the world’s intractable conflicts—offering talks to settle the Ukraine war with concessions to Russia and crushi...
By Richard Fontaine