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Kroenig on Fox News on President Trump’s foreign policy at the NATO summit and in Iran

On June 28, Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, appeared on Fox News to discuss the NATO summit in The Hague, where allies agreed to a defense spending target of five percent of their GDP, and the US attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Tahir in MSNBC on the Voice of America and Iran

By Muhammad Tahir

On June 27, Muhammad Tahir, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former RFE/RL Central and South Asia liaison in Washington, DC, was published in MSNBC on funding for the US Agency for Global Media and the role of US soft power in Iran.

Metzl featured across major media outlets responding to US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Jamie Metzl, nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative, offered analysis across numerous media platforms including, Fox News, CNN, News Nation, Fox & Friends, the Brian Kilmeade Show, the New York Post, and Mediaite following US President Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. He argued that the United States is now better positioned to […]

Kroenig quoted in the New York Times on the NATO summit communiqué

On June 26, Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, was quoted in the New York Times on the NATO summit communiqué, which did not include a strategy for Russia or mention China and had very limited references to Ukraine.

Taussig quoted in CNN on NATO Summit Rutte-Trump relations

By Torrey Taussig

On June 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative direction and senior fellow Torrey Taussig was quoted in CNN on the strategic personal relationship between NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump during the 2025 NATO Summit.

Taussig quoted in Financial Times on Trump’s comments aboard Air Force One

By Torrey Taussig

On June 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative director and senior fellow Torrey Taussig was quoted in Financial Times on reactions from NATO allied officials after President Trump commented that Washington’s commitment to Article 5 “depends on your definition.”

Taussig quoted in POLITICO on lessons from the NATO Summit

By Torrey Taussig

On June 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative director and senior fellow Torrey Taussig was quoted in POLITICO arguing that the 2025 NATO Summit in the Hague was “a moderate success.”

Taussig quoted in New York Times on the NATO Summit Agenda

By Torrey Taussig

On June 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative director and senior fellow Torrey Taussig was quoted in the New York Times on Ukraine’s omission from the NATO Summit agenda.

Kroenig quoted in the New York Times on the NATO summit

On June 24, Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, was quoted in the New York Times on the five-percent target discussed at the NATO summit in The Hague. He noted that allies may be able to coalesce around the goal if they are “fuzzy on the timeline” but that Spain’s […]

Kroenig in the Washington Post on President Trump’s nuclear nonproliferation strategy

On June 24, Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, was published in the Washington Post on the precedent set by the Trump administration through its attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He argues that “the United States could capitalize on this moment and declare a new foreign policy doctrine of counterproliferation […]