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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
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“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
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Richard Fontaine, a former foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, agreed that Mr. Trump’s meetings were not extraordinary. But he said it was unusual for a foreign lea...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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One of America’s leading foreign policy thinkers has played down fears that Donald Trump could discard the AUKUS pact or seek revenge against Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The ‘Lost Decade’ of the US Pivot to Asia
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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden and Xi Jinping: what to expect from meeting in San Francisco
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Biden is also expected to urge China to use its influence with Iran to not broaden the conflict in the Middle East. But no one is expecting a reset of the relationship or any ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Can America handle two wars, and maybe a third?
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China and Russia may offer no substitute for America’s diplomacy, but they will be more than happy to see American discomfiture and will play up the claims of American double ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel
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Unlike other presidents who have urged restraint on Israel during past conflicts, Mr. Biden has emphasized that Israel has every right to defend itself. A visit, said Richard ...
By Richard Fontaine
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As Israel Readies Gaza Invasion, U.S. Sees No Plan for What’s Next
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A congressional aide said that discussions about Gaza’s future have also quietly begun on the Hill. Congressional leaders are acutely aware that the US invaded Afghanistan in ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Administration Scrambles to Defend Its Middle East Policy After Hamas Attacks
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Foreign policy experts – many of whom despise Trump – fret that the issue is being politicized in a presidential campaign season and say it’s unfair to lay the blame on Biden ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
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“The conventional wisdom seems to be flipping from a concern with the unstoppable rise of Chinese power to a worry about the irrevocable decline of China’s economy and populat...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case
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Richard Fontaine, chief executive of Center for a New American Security, said America’s approach to promoting democracy abroad “has always been a model of inconsistency.” Mr. ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Failed Russian Mutiny Boosts Prospects for More US Arms to Ukraine
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With funds for Ukraine not expected to run out for months, some analysts say the more immediate concern is the outcome of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which is proving a diffic...
By Richard Fontaine
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Ai Threat Landscape Could Include Automated Propaganda Bots, Sophisticated Email Attacks: Security Experts
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Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine told Fox News Digital that until now, humans have primarily created disinformation. While it may have been propagated t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden and Putin's dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off
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At the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend, the world’s national security influencers’ attention was on the war in Ukraine — particularly, on how to get Ukraine mor...
By Richard Fontaine
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In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin
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“Everyone — Ukraine, Europe and now countries in Asia — wants to rearm,” Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republica...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who really leads Europe
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“The West is now unified in its aims,” wrote Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, from this weekend’s conference in Munich. “Lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump National Security Strategies
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As Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine said in a recent episode of the Lawfare Podcast, the word “strategy” in the NSS is something of a misnomer—anyone lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Documents Reveal Australia’s Efforts to Stay Neutral as Donald Trump Claimed Electoral Fraud
A longtime US foreign policy official is frank when asked whether Australia should worry about risks to American democracy. “I can’t, with a straight face, say there’s nothing...
By Richard Fontaine
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Paul Keating Slammed as Out of Step on Quad, AUKUS
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US experts such as Center for a New American Security chief executive Richard Fontaine also hit back at the idea Washington was “ungrateful” to Australia.“Nothing could be fur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Kevin Rudd on Shortlist to Become Next Ambassador to the United States
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This week, visiting American foreign policy expert Richard Fontaine, from the influential Washington think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), added his voice to t...
By Richard Fontaine
