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Montenegrin police arrest suspect in failed coup attempt

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2016

Montenegro: ‘Nationalists from Russia’ Organized Assassination Attempt Against Prime Minister Djukanovic

By AP and RFE/RL

From Predrag Milic, AP: Two Russian citizens are among those suspected of involvement in an alleged election day plot in Montenegro to assassinate the country’s prime minister and take power because of the government’s NATO membership bid, prosecutors said Monday.

Intelligence NATO

UkraineAlert

Nov 21, 2016

Kremlin Power Struggle Intensified: Liberals Under Attack

By Anders Åslund

The Kremlin power struggle intensifies. On November 15, Russia’s Investigative Committee arrested Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, the first time since 1991 that a sitting minister has been arrested. Ulyukaev is accused of corruption, but nothing seems to be as originally stated. Rather, this is a high-level political struggle between President Vladimir Putin’s confidant, […]

Russia
President-elect Donald Trump and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2016

Trump Agrees with NATO Secretary General that Progress has been Made on Burden-Sharing

By NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone today [Nov. 18] with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

NATO Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Nov 21, 2016

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Then and Now

By Amanda Abrams

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk still believes deeply in the power of international norms to maintain peace. “Today’s world is based on great principles: sovereignty, territorial integrity, and untouchable borders. And as far as I understand the situation, the United States is the guardian of these principles,” said Kravchuk at an event on November 18, […]

Belarus Russia
General Petr Pavel, May 18, 2016

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2016

NATO General Says Trump Not Serious About Abandoning Treaty

By Rob Gillies, AP

A top NATO general said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the United States might abandon its NATO treaty commitments is not serious

NATO Security & Defense
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2016

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2016

Secretary General: European Defense Needs Non-EU NATO Allies

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Allies such as the United States and Canada to the West; Iceland and Norway to the North; And Turkey and Albania to the South-East, are not members of the EU. But, together, they are essential for European security and will continue to be.

European Union International Organizations
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2016

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2016

NATO Secretary General: ‘Europe is America’s Best Friend’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Two World Wars – and the Cold War – have taught us that the security of Europe relies on the United States. And that the United States has a profound strategic interest in a stable and secure Europe.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2016

Trump Must Avoid the Russia Reset Trap

By Ashish Kumar Sen

As a candidate, Donald Trump said that if elected president he would examine the possibility of recognizing Russia’s claim to Crimea and lifting sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Kremlin-orchestrated aggression in Ukraine. On November 8, Trump was elected the forty-fifth president of the United States. The question now is: will he […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Nov 18, 2016

ISIS in Sirte: From Caliphate to Insurgency

By Marco Arnaboldi

With the Libyan city of Sirte almost completely liberated from the Islamic State, the group appears to be adapting rather than collapsing. Despite a significant decline in interactions with outsiders, recent statements by ISIS leaders and the tactics used in its fight in Sirte point to how it might deal with the aftermath. In its […]

Libya

Trade in Action

Nov 18, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – November 18, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

During his last visit to Europe as the President of the United States, President Barack Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among other European leaders. The two called on president-elect Donald Trump not to give up on a transatlantic trade deal. Read more here.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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