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May 26, 2023

Yevgeniya Gaber quoted in Kyiv Independent on Turkey’s role in the War in Ukraine post-election

Conflict Elections

In the News

May 26, 2023

Stefanini featured in Formiche about meeting with Henry Kissinger

By Stefano Stefanini

On May 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Stefano Stefanini wrote in Formiche about his meeting with Henry Kissinger in late September 1984 and his role in American foreign policy (text in Italian). 

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In the News

May 26, 2023

Hooker featured in Formiche about the prospects of the Ukrainian counter-offensive

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

On May 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Richard D. Hooker Jr. was interviewed by Formiche about the prospects of the Ukrainian counter-offensive and its military purposes and political objectives (text in Italian). 

Europe & Eurasia Italian

In the News

May 26, 2023

Hooker featured in Verkkouutiset discussing the possibility of liberating the Crimean peninsula

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

On May 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Richard D. Hooker Jr. was quoted in Verkkouutiset discussing how the liberation of the Crimean peninsula might not be an unrealistic goal at all (text in Finnish).  

Europe & Eurasia Finnish

Atlantic Debrief

May 26, 2023

#AtlanticDebrief – What is the significance of the US-Poland bilateral relationship? | A Debrief with Amb. Mark Brzezinski

For another special Warsaw Week episode of #AtlanticDebrief, Aaron Korewa discusses with US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski the importance of the US-Polish relationship.

Central Europe Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

May 25, 2023

Russian narratives ignore real reasons for Western support of Ukraine

By Richard Cashman

Russian attempts to explain away Western support for Ukraine with conspiracy theories and outdated arguments are falling flat as the democratic world continues to oppose Moscow's invasion, writes Richard Cashman.

Conflict Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

May 25, 2023

Russian War Report: Belgorod incursion brings deluge of online mockery of Russia’s defenses

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

After an anti-Putin Russian volunteer military unit attacked Belgorod, trolls and bloggers online viciously ridiculed Russian defenses.

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Fast Thinking

May 25, 2023

Biden’s pick for joint chiefs chairman sends a message to China

By Atlantic Council

US President Joe Biden is nominating Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the pick.

Indo-Pacific Maritime Security

Scorecard

May 24, 2023

Scowcroft Strategy Scorecard: Does the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review make the grade?

By Atlantic Council

Experts at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security went through the Department of Homeland Security’s capstone strategy document and handed out their grades.

Extremism Migration

MENASource

May 24, 2023

The US needs to be proactive in order to break its escalatory cycle with Iran

By C. Anthony Pfaff

Here we go again. On March 23, Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched a drone attack that killed an American contractor and wounded another, as well as twenty-four US military personnel. The attack feels very much like a repeat of the one in December 2019, which also killed a US contractor and led to an escalatory cycle, […]

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