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Jul 20, 2018

Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Dan Coats and Andrea Mitchell, Aspen Institute</span>

Excerpts from Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats interview with NBC Chief Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, July 19, 2018.

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A poster and flag bearing Lebanese Hezbollah's logo in Baalbek, Lebanon. (Wikimedia Commons)

IranSource

Jul 20, 2018

Tehran struggles with terrorism financing bill

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Nader Uskowi</span>

The Supreme Leader and hardliners will have a choice to make: continue supporting and commanding the armed militia groups and accepting questionable cash flow out of the country, or take action for the sake of their government’s future.

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In the News

Jul 20, 2018

Nimmo Joins NPR to Discuss Russia’s Cyber and Military Operations

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ben Nimmo</span>

Listen to the full discussion here.

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NATOSource

Jul 20, 2018

Putin Warns NATO Against Closer Ties with Ukraine and Georgia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Vladimir Putin and Reuters</span>

Excerpt from speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, July 19, 2018.

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Jul 19, 2018

Nigerian information minster discusses US-Nigeria relations, Boko Haram

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Africa Center</span>

On Thursday, July 19, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with the Minister of Information and Culture of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Alhaji Lai Mohammed. In his remarks, Lai Mohammed discussed Nigeria’s relationship with the United States and President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visit to Washington – the first Sub-Saharan African […]

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NATOSource

Jul 18, 2018

Can NATO Allies Effectively Utilize Increases in Defense Spending?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Andrew Clevenger, Roll Call</span>

Decreases in NATO members’ defense budgets in the years before Vladimir Putin’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 created readiness problems in Europe just as they have in America,

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In the News

Jul 18, 2018

Scholl and Morningstar in Handelsblatt Global: Nord Stream 2 takes center stage in Trump’s NATO performance

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ellen Scholl & Richard Morningstar</span>

Read the full article here.

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NATOSource

Jul 18, 2018

Trump Questions Whether US Troops Should Defend NATO Ally

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes</span>

President Donald Trump cast new doubt on his willingness to come to the defense of NATO allies

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New Atlanticist

Jul 18, 2018

NATO is Stronger With Montenegro

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Damon Wilson</span>

In his interview with US President Donald J. Trump, Tucker Carlson of Fox News asked why the United States should come to the defense of Montenegro, a tiny country in the Western Balkans with a population the size of Washington, D.C., that is a NATO ally. It’s a perfectly reasonable question, with a good answer. […]

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In the News

Jul 18, 2018

Simakovsky Quoted in Newsweek on Macedonia Joining NATO

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mark Simakovsky</span>

Read the full article here.

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