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Trump’s Pentagon Chief Under Fire as Scandals Mount
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Hegseth -- a former Army National Guard major who went from Fox News co-host to leader of the world's most powerful military -- is no stranger to controversy and was only narr...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Ignites Diplomatic Flurry but Major Hurdles Lie Ahead
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The Russia-Ukraine war has seen almost four years of failed peace plans, blueprints and high-level summits. A new U.S. push to end the fighting has set off the latest flurry o...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Says Talks to End Ukraine War ‘Serious’ but Rules Out Concessions
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Russia says the United States-brokered talks to end the war with Ukraine are “serious”, but its officials caution that an agreement is a long way off and Moscow would offer no...
By Jim Townsend
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Inside the Pentagon Fight with Congress over Troops
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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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Trump and Zelensky to Meet as Kyiv Presses for Tomahawks
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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
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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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NATO Chief Mark Rutte Tackles Trump, Russia in First Year
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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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‘Grasping for Straws’: Europe Floats Ukraine-Russia Buffer Zone in Push for Peace
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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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Europe Scrambles to Aid Ukraine After US Intelligence Cutoff
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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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Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.
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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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U.S. Defense Industry Could Struggle to Sell to New German Government: Analysts
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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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German Election Winner Seeks ‘Independence’ from U.S. What Does That Mean?
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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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What It Means for Europe to Go It Alone
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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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Greenland Today, Svalbard Tomorrow? Arctic Shivers at Specter of Trump and Putin
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Greenland is just the tip of the iceberg....
By Jim Townsend
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Why Is Trump So Obsessed With Greenland?
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The island of Greenland isn’t on the market, but that’s never stopped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump from trying to acquire the prime piece of real estate....
By Jim Townsend
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Donald Trump Jr. Heads to Greenland as His Father Eyes the Danish Territory
Donald Trump, Jr. is traveling to Greenland amid his father’s renewed interest in the U.S. gaining control over the Danish territory....
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Has Used Its Hypersonic Oreshnik Missile for the First Time. What Are Its Capabilities?
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The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief but chilling: Six huge fireballs pierced the darkn...
By Jim Townsend
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U.S. Allies Fret over Who’s Up and Who’s Down in Trump’s Inner Circle
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Top European and allied officials gathered here this weekend are frantically working to interpret who’s up and who’s down in President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle, and w...
By Jim Townsend
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How Ukraine Could Get Caught in Assassination Attempt Crossfire
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Experts stressed to NatSec Daily that while Routh’s views on the war and time in Ukraine are ripe for a disinformation campaign, they’re more immediately worried about what th...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine’s F-16 Ambitions Snarled by Language Barrier, Runways and Parts
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“People shouldn’t expect miracles” from the F-16s against Russia, said Jim Townsend, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. And in terms of vulnerabilities...
By Jim Townsend
