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‘Grasping for Straws’: Europe Floats Ukraine-Russia Buffer Zone in Push for Peace
In The News
European leaders are weighing the creation of a 40 kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian frontlines as part of a peace deal, a last-ditch idea Moscow has emb...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Experts Urge Caution as NORAD Intercepts Russian Spy Planes 4 Times in WeekFor the fourth time in a week, a Russian spy plane has been intercepted by U.S. Air Force F-16s near Alaska, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command. The most re...
By Tom Shugart
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Did Putin Outplay Trump at Alaska Summit? What Russia’s Response to Peace Proposals Tells Us
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The hype created and the hope raised following the Alaska summit, when US President Donald Trump hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, seem to be dying down. Sharp di...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Behind India’s Massive Russian Oil Imports: Asia’s Richest ManUnited States President Donald Trump’s additional 25 percent tariff on India for its imports from Russia, saying it is helping fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine, has put the South ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
For Putin, 'Security Guarantees' on Ukraine Mean Something DifferentRussia, Ukraine and European powers have all emerged from meetings with President Donald Trump in support of establishing security guarantees as part of a broader agreement to...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
Trump's Russia-Ukraine Talks Raise Two Conditions Key to Ending WarThe fast-moving developments in President Donald Trump's near-back-to-back summits with the heads of Russia, Ukraine and European powers have raised two items increasingly pos...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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After Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Ukraine
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After the much-ballyhooed summit in Alaska, anxious Europeans (including Ukrainians) believe the worst did not happen. President Trump did not agree to hand over chunks of Ukr...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump’s Rush for Ukraine Peace Deal May Leave Details up to Putin
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President Donald Trump arrived at his historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in this breezy Alaskan city with a clarion goal in mind: a halt to years of bloody ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump’s Meeting with Putin Could Determine the Trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine War
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U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajec...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Anxiety Grips Kyiv And Brussels Ahead Of Trump-Putin Summit In Alaska
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As Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump prepare to meet in Alaska for a high-stakes summit to discuss ending the 41-month-old war in Ukraine, a feeli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump and Putin Have Different Goals for Anchorage Summit
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will measure success at their summit in Alaska very differently, even as both leaders are already looking toward a second meeting....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Donald Trump Fails to Secure Ukraine Deal at Alaska Summit with Vladimir Putin
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Donald Trump failed to secure any commitment from Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine after a summit in Alaska that began with fanfare but ended in anticlimax....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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What Trump and Putin Want From the Alaska Summit
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“Putin actually doesn’t need to achieve much from this meeting, other than the meeting itself and not having to make any concessions,” Celeste Wallander, an adjunct senior fel...
By Celeste Wallander
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Slaps 'Secondary Tariff' on India Over Russian Oil TradeU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday followed through on a threat to punish India for buying Russian oil, slapping a 25% "secondary tariff" on all U.S. imports from the wo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Threat of Russia-Related Secondary Tariffs Sparks SkepticismPresident Donald Trump’s threat to punish Russia’s trading partners if it does not pause its war on Ukraine could backfire, derailing negotiations with two important U.S. trad...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Senate Republicans Eye Russia Sanctions as Trump Amps Up Putin RhetoricSenate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he expects a vote as soon as this month to place severe new sanctions on Russia, the latest sign of a growing fracture between...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia Is Ready to Begin Its Summer OffensiveVladimir Putin appears increasingly confident that Russia will ultimately prevail on the battlefield in Ukraine as Moscow wages a bloody summer offensive....
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Graham’s ‘Bone Crushing’ Russia Sanctions Bill Could Freeze U.S. Trade with the World’s Largest EconomiesSen. Lindsey Graham has pledged that his expansive sanctions bill would be “bone crushing” for the Russian economy....
By Edward Fishman
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Trump Says Russia and Ukraine May Need to ‘Keep Fighting’ Before Making Peace
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President Trump said Russia and Ukraine might need to “keep fighting” before either side is ready for a cease-fire....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
'Russia's Pearl Harbor' Fuels Fears Over Chinese Cargo Ships at U.S. PortsSunday's Ukrainian drone ambush on a Russian airbase more than 3,000 miles from the front lines has intensified a growing debate among U.S. military analysts over the plausibi...
By Tom Shugart
