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Apr 3, 2019

Vershbow Quoted in POLITICO on NATO’s Future

By Alexander Vershbow

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Apr 3, 2019

US Vice President Mike Pence at NATO Engages

Atlantic Council NATO Engages 2019 “Statement: The Alliance at 70: Perspectives from Washington”  

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Apr 3, 2019

Pence takes Germany to task over defense spending

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US vice president also warns Turkey against purchase of Russian missile defense system.

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Apr 3, 2019

When javelins aren’t enough

By Diane Francis

Several US military experts were asked about the best way forward and were divided as to priorities: More military aid, more diplomacy, more sanctions, a clean-up of Ukrainian corruption, or all in varying degrees.

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Apr 3, 2019

North Macedonia and Greece look forward to common NATO future

By David A. Wemer

The two Western Balkans neighbors’ reconciliation can be a “blueprint for the Balkans — the powder keg of Europe in the past — to help resolve the other very difficult disputes that still exist," Giorgos Katrougalos says.

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Apr 3, 2019

What Zelenskiy needs to do to next

By Basil Kalymon

On March 31, Ukrainians gave a first-round victory to Volodymyr Zelenskiy for president with an endorsement of just over 30 percent. The incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, obtained around 16 percent, entering the runoff over third placed Yulia Tymoshenko. The voters clearly expressed their disillusionment with the existing political establishment and have chosen as frontrunner an outsider […]

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Apr 3, 2019

Sen. Chris Murphy at NATO Engages

Atlantic Council NATO Engages 2019 “Discussion: Russia Resurgent: Deterrence and Dialogue after the INF Treat” Speaker: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Member, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate

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Apr 3, 2019

‘It is good to have friends,’ NATO secretary general tells Congress

By David A. Wemer

NATO “has not lasted for seventy years out of a sense of nostalgia or of sentiment,” but rather “because it is in the national interest of each and every one of our nations,” Stoltenberg told lawmakers.

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Apr 3, 2019

Turkey’s Role in NATO and Regional Security Challenges

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Atlantic Council NATO Engages 2019 “Conversation: Turkey’s Role in NATO and Regional Security Challenges”    Speaker: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey   Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Moderator, “Face the Nation,” CBS News    Location:  Washington, D.C.   Time:  9:30 a.m. EDT Date:  Wednesday, April 3, 2019  

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Apr 3, 2019

Nato engages: The alliance at 70

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On April 3, the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, and the Munich Security Conference, in coordination with NATO, hosted NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70, a public town hall event at the Wharf DC. Over 400 speakers and participants from 39 countries took part in this huge public convening. Among the star-studded list of […]

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