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As Pokrovsk Is Set to Fall, Ukraine Must Choose to Fight or Save Troops
Ukrainian forces are still battling desperately to maintain their foothold in the besieged eastern city of Pokrovsk, even as debate mounts over whether they should tactically ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Mushroom Clouds on the Horizon? What Trump’s Threat Means for Global Nuclear Testing
In June 2019, the director of the Pentagon's main intelligence agency made an eyebrow-raising allegation about Russia and its nuclear programs: Moscow is testing its atomic we...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Inside the Pentagon fight with Congress over troops
The Trump administration’s decision to draw down troops from Romania is escalating the tug-of-war over how much say Congress should have in where the U.S. puts its forces....
By Jim Townsend
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Spoiler or Supporter? Trump Silent on EU Enlargement Process
Washington has historically supported the enlargement process on the basis that more member states joining the EU means more business and influence. Not anymore....
By Nicholas Lokker
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Scrap ‘Air Policing’ for Alert Status, Ex-Nato Commander Demands amid Russia ‘Hybrid’ War
The escalating “hybrid attacks” on NATO member Lithuania highlight a larger strategic failure in which the West remains “completely deterred” by Russia, according to retired f...
By Philip Breedlove
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Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
Nine months into his term, President Trump’s approach to allies, adversaries and competitors around the world has proved a strange mix of successes and increasingly frequent a...
By Richard Fontaine
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Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit
No one can know how long President Trump’s pique with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will last this time. But the past few days have been an important signal that Europ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
India Refiners Say Russia Oil Flows Will Plunge on SanctionsFlows of Russian oil to major Indian refiners — a boon for both countries’ economies over the past three years — are expected to fall to near zero after the US imposed sanctio...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help UkraineAs President Trump prepares to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the coming weeks to discuss a possible cease-fire, a senior German general warned that if Russia i...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Trump and Zelensky to Meet as Kyiv Presses for Tomahawks
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, with discussions over whether Washington will supply long-ran...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump to Hold Putin Summit in Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not to Invade Ukraine
President Donald Trump is touting another meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about his country’s invasion of Ukraine, this time in Budapest, Hungary — the city where...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Plan for a Second Putin Meeting Undercuts Ukraine Push
President Donald Trump has his sights once again on ending the war in Ukraine, announcing another meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin after a first summit in Alaska fai...
By Celeste Wallander
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Russia Struggling in the Mediterranean Sea
Russia is increasingly violating neighbors’ airspace and menacing NATO throughout Eastern Europe and along the Baltic, but there’s one area where its strength is waning: the w...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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NATO Chief Mark Rutte Tackles Trump, Russia in First Year
Taking over after Jens Stoltenberg's decade-long stewardship of NATO on October 1, 2024, former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte knew that there would be no easing into his new...
By Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
With His Pivot on Ukraine, Trump May Be Washing His Hands of the WarEight months into his second term, President Trump has made a declaration about Ukraine that sounded vaguely like the ones his predecessor, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., used...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Congress Wants to Label Russia a Terrorism Sponsor. Will It Happen?The U.S. Senate has fast-tracked a bipartisan bill to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism if it fails to return thousands of Ukrainian children it has “kidnapped, deport...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia’s Intensifying Test of the West Must Be Met with Resolve
Russia's recent drone incursion into Polish airspace may have had a bigger target: NATO's headspace....
By General Philip M. Breedlove
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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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Andrea Kendall-Taylor on the Russia-Ukraine War
In this edition of Global Institute Dialogues, Andrea Kendall-Taylor discusses the Russia-Ukraine war with Wilson Shirley, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Global Institute....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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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