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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Ukraine War Accelerates the International Drone Arms RaceRussian drones entered Polish airspace early on Wednesday, leading NATO aircraft to shoot them down. This incident was the first time that NATO forces had to directly engage R...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Is NATO Prepared for Autonomous Warfare?In a clear sign of the Kremlin’s ambitions, nineteen Russian drones crossed into Poland’s airspace in an attempt to test NATO’s resolve. Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russian Drones Have Entered Several NATO Countries’ Airspace. Far More May Be Within Their RangeThe latest massive aerial attack on Ukraine hit a new milestone in the continuing escalation of Russian bombardments, after Poland announced that it had closed airports and do...
By Samuel Bendett
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New CNAS Analysis on the Risks of Russian Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Washington, September 4, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report today, Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europ...
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
As U.S. Adversaries Bond in Beijing, Trump Grows Frustrated With PutinAs the leaders of China, Russia and North Korea gathered for a grand military parade in Beijing, President Trump on Wednesday took pains to brush off the striking show of soli...
By Richard Fontaine
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Why the Ukraine War Is So Hard to End
At the height of the Iraq war, bloggers coined the term “Friedman unit” in reference to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s habit of claiming that the next six mont...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Unveils New 'JET MAX' Bomber Drone: What To KnowUkrainian developers have unveiled a new "bomber drone" designed to target Russian soldiers and armored targets like tanks, according to local reports, as Moscow works to catc...
By Samuel Bendett
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
China, Russia and North Korea’s Leaders Send Powerful Message to the WorldNorth Korea would not exist if it weren't for China....
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia-Ukraine Naval Drone Arms Race Could ‘Usher In a New Era of Warfare’After a string of devastating Ukrainian strikes that crippled much of its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is now turning to naval drones in a bid to rebuild its presence and adapt to ...
By Samuel Bendett
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‘Grasping for Straws’: Europe Floats Ukraine-Russia Buffer Zone in Push for Peace
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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In Marathon Meeting, Trump Enjoys a Playbook More Familiar Abroad
In President Donald Trump’s longest on-camera appearance of his second term, he soaked up credit from his Cabinet as he moved to assert personal dominance over more and more a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Did Putin Outplay Trump at Alaska Summit? What Russia’s Response to Peace Proposals Tells Us
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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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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Did Trump Really End Six — or Seven — Wars?
President Donald Trump is not just trying to end the vicious war in Ukraine. He’s claiming he’s already ended almost one war for each month of his second term — spanning the M...
By Celeste Wallander
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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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Trump’s Rush for Ukraine Peace Deal May Leave Details up to Putin
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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After Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Ukraine
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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Donald Trump Fails to Secure Ukraine Deal at Alaska Summit with Vladimir Putin
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