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Jul 1, 2026

How America’s founding inspires its strategy in the world

By Daniel Fried

This July 4th, the United States should rededicate itself to its founding principles and to a strategy in the world that seeks to advance those principles.

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

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Jul 1, 2026

Innovation ranges: How NATO can test and deploy cutting-edge capabilities faster

By Satu Vasamo-Koskinen

Dedicated ranges provide realistic, physical sites for the testing and experimentation of emerging technologies.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

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Jul 1, 2026

Europe and the Gulf have untapped strengths to counter great-power chaos

By Alex Elnagdy

The two regions should work together to increase their strategic autonomy through infrastructure projects, free trade agreements, and scalable defense deals.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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Jun 30, 2026

What’s at stake in the USMCA review is a stronger, safer, and more prosperous North America

By Antonio Ortiz-Mena

As US, Canadian, and Mexican officials meet to review the trilateral trade pact, more is on the line than simply tariff rates and rules of origin.

Economy & Business Mexico

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Jun 29, 2026

European allies can boost NATO unity at the Ankara summit by accelerating eastern flank deterrence

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

The allies should agree to station full-strength combat brigades in each of the Baltic states to deter possible Russian aggression.

Eastern Europe NATO

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Jun 25, 2026

Radiological and nuclear threats are no longer hypothetical. Europe needs to respond.

By Jacek Siewiera and Jim Stokes

The fact that two separate radiological incidents on European soil occurred on the same day should put to rest any doubts about whether the threat is merely theoretical.

Europe & Eurasia European Union

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Jun 24, 2026

Dispatch from Tivat: What Montenegro still needs to do to join the European Union

By Amanda Thorpe, Stuart Jones

A recent visit to the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Montenegro reveals a country closer than ever to EU membership—if it can get across the line.

Economy & Business European Union

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Jun 23, 2026

The Greenspan legacy: How the Federal Reserve should face the AI revolution

By Hung Tran

Learning from the former Federal Reserve chair’s experiences to safely navigate the current tech boom would be the highest form of tribute to his memory.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Jun 23, 2026

How European NATO allies are stepping up, by the numbers

By Kristen Taylor, Matt Trunkey

Expect NATO leadership to focus on three main issues: defense spending, defense industrial production, and aid to Ukraine.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

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Jun 22, 2026

Energy security is back—and other top takeaways from the Atlantic Council’s biggest-ever energy forum

By Landon Derentz

This year’s forum reinforced that energy will remain one of the central determinants of global order in the twenty-first century.

Energy & Environment Politics & Diplomacy