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SyriaSource

Aug 1, 2016

Finding Ground Truth in Syria: Bringing Light to a Confused Information Environment

By Eric Wolterstorff

The situation in Syria is far more complex than what people have been describing. Unfortunately, the people who are responsible for understanding Syria strongly disagree with each other about who the prime actors are, who influences the country, the influence of actors relative to each other, and the overall state of the country. The current […]

Syria
Donald Trump, Dec. 16, 2015 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 1, 2016

Mr. Trump, NATO is an Alliance, Not a Protection Racket

By Michael McFaul, Washington Post

The United States’ greatest “return on investment” from our alliances does not come from increases in their military spending.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Jul 29, 2016

Turkish-Western Relations After the Attempted Coup

By H.A. Hellyer

As different capitals in the West form and inform their policies on Turkey in the aftermath of the attempted coup of July 15, three guiding analytical frames ought to clarify Turkey’s relationship with the West. The first relates to Turkey’s position within the international system; the second relates to the attempt at political change in […]

Turkey

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

NATO’s Trump Card

By Fabrice Pothier

As strange as it seems, both US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seem to agree on one thing: European allies don’t spend enough on defense and they need to seriously step up. How they both frame this message is where Obama the statesman and Trump the salesman differ. Since Russia’s annexation […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

Investment Compact Brings Hope to Niger

By Mitch Hulse

A nearly $450 million investment package from the Millennium Challenge Corporation—an independent US foreign aid agency—for Niger will empower farmers and bolster transit infrastructure in the West African state, improving the livelihoods of more than 3.9 million Nigeriens, according to Niger’s prime minister, Brigi Rafini. The Nigerien government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on […]

Economy & Business North & West Africa
Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Jul 29, 2016

Trump Casually Undermines the World’s Most Important Alliance

By The Economist

On July 20th Donald Trump declared that should the Baltic states be attacked by Russia when he is president, he would come to their aid only if he felt they had met their “obligations”.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Jul 29, 2016

Factbox: The Case Against Egypt’s Top Auditor

By Elissa Miller

On July 28, former head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Authority (CAA) Hesham Geneina was convicted of spreading false news over a December 2015 report alleging that hundreds of thousands of pounds had been lost to government corruption. He was sentenced to a year in jail, and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds. Paying an additional […]

North Africa
Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2016

Trump May Lift Sanctions and Bless Russia’s Seizure of Crimea

By Aaron Blake, Washington Post

Donald Trump is very bad at making the case that he’s not Russia’s favored candidate in the 2016 U.S. election.

Russia Ukraine
Donald Trump, July 21, 2016 (photo: Ida Mae Astute/ABC)

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2016

Trump’s Nuclear Policy and Views on Russia

By Donald J. Trump, David E. Sanger, and Maggie Haberman

Excerpts from edited transcript of interview of Donald J. Trump by David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of the New York Times

Nuclear Nonproliferation Russia
Donald Trump, June 18, 2016 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2016

Trump’s NATO Policy and Views on Cyber Weapons

By Donald J. Trump, David E. Sanger, and Maggie Haberman

Excerpts from edited transcript of interview of Donald J. Trump by David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of the New York Times

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