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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, July 7, 2017 (photo: Office of the President of Russia)

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2018

NATO Expert: Allies Worried About Likely Trump-Putin Meeting

By Andrew Restuccia and David Herszenhorn, Politico

For Putin, the best outcome of the summit is a tacit — or even explicit — endorsement from the American president

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Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, May 29, 2018 (photo: Department of State)

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2018

Secretary of State Pompeo: Despite Current Rift, Alliance Between US and Europe Is Strong

By Michael Pompeo and Elise Labott, Department of State

Excerpts from CNN’s Elise Labott interview with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, June 24, 2018.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Is America Losing Its Edge? This New Report on Innovation Warns It Might Be

By David Wemer

The new international race towards innovation is critical, because “a cluster of new technologies, namely AI, robotics, green energy, biotechnology, and others will do more than just transform science – they will also determine how we all live and function in the not so far off future,” according to Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Senator Cory Gardner: The United States Must Maintain Its Innovation Advantage

By David Wemer

United States Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) implored policymakers to take the steps necessary to protect and grow the United States’ global leadership in innovation during a keynote speech at the Atlantic Council on June 26.

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Europe Beyond Trump

By Frederick Kempe

Seventy years ago this week, the Soviet Union blockaded access to West Berlin in an effort to score an early win in the first major crisis of the Cold War. What the Kremlin hadn’t expected was an unbending United States, which, with its UK allies, launched the Berlin Airlift, or “Operation Vittles.”

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UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

Finally Some Good News from Ukraine

By Melinda Haring

It’s been six months since I’ve seen Ukraine’s most energetic minister, Dr. Ulana Suprun, and she’s been busy. Her comprehensive efforts to overhaul Ukraine’s dysfunctional health system are going well, she assures me. It’s the first time I’ve heard this statement about any reform anywhere in Kyiv.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

What Ukraine’s Anticorruption Warriors Forget, And Why It May Weaken the State

By Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander J. Motyl

Daria Kaleniuk’s rejoinder to our Foreign Affairs article, “How Western Anticorruption Policy Is Failing Ukraine,” misses our main point. We asserted that Western anticorruption policy was failing because it had been improperly sequenced, especially with regard to judicial reform. Kaleniuk indirectly admits this by pointing to the urgent need to create an anticorruption court three years […]

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UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

Democracy Is Under Major Attack in Moldova. Is Anyone Paying Attention?

By Dumitru Alaiba

Last week a court in Moldova’s capital of Chișinău annulled the popular vote in local elections, which were won by pro-European opposition leader Andrei Năstase. The formal grounds for canceling the results are absurd; on election day the candidate urged people to vote on social media. This is no reason to block an elected official […]

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IranSource

Jun 26, 2018

Iran’s National Soccer Team Unites an Otherwise Divided Nation

By David Shams

The one thing, besides Nowruz, that unites Iranians across the globe is Team Melli, the national soccer team. If social media is any indication, Team Melli is an obsession for Iranians everywhere. Iran qualified for this summer’s World Cup on June 17, 2017, the first time the country has punched its ticket for two consecutive […]

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MENASource

Jun 25, 2018

Naturalized Syrians a flashpoint for Turkish parties

By Hossam al-Jablawi

With the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on June 24, the issue of naturalized Syrian refugees’ participation was a major point of contention. Turkish parties have divergent views on the Syrian refugee situation in Turkey, and there was an increase of public campaigns rejecting their stay in the country. A wide range […]

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