NATO Engages transcript: Setting the stage for the 2019 Leaders’ Meeting

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Dec 3, 2019

NATO Engages transcript: Setting the stage for the 2019 Leaders’ Meeting

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NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg speaks with BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet about what to expect at the 2019 Leaders' Meeting.

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Dec 3, 2019

NATO secretary general: The Alliance is delivering

By Max J. Rosenthal

When French President Emmanuel Macron warned of “the brain death of NATO” last month, it was widely seen as yet another damaging public rift for the Alliance. But NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a clear message on December 3, one day before NATO leaders meet in London: actions speak louder than words.

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Dec 3, 2019

Low expectations as Zelenskyy prepares for Putin peace talks in Paris

By Taras Kuzio

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy is hoping to make progress towards peace during his first face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin next week in Paris, but Russian and Ukrainian visions of a post-war settlement remain fundamentally at odds.

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Dec 3, 2019

Ukraine faces a decisive December in a rapidly deteriorating geopolitical climate

By Stephen Blank

With a NATO summit in London and long awaited peace talks in Paris, December is shaping up to be a decisive month for Ukraine, but the geopolitical climate is far from favorable and could deteriorate further.

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Dec 3, 2019

NATO is defined by its success—not its tensions

By David A. Wemer

While international headlines have focused on high-profile disputes within the NATO alliance over a litany of issues including defense spending, trade, Syria, and Brexit, transatlantic leaders stressed on December 3 that these disagreements are dwarfed by the continued success of the seventy-year-old alliance.

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Dec 3, 2019

NATO Engages transcript: Defense and deterrence for a new era

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After an introduction by Dr. Karin Von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute, H.E. Andrzej Duda, president of Poland and H.E. Zoran Zaev and prime minister of the Republic of North Macedonia speak on a panel moderated by Stephen Sackur, presenter on BBC Hardtalk

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Dec 3, 2019

NATO Engages transcript: Perspectives from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

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Ben Wallace, secretary of state for defence of the United Kingdom speaks at NATO Engages 2019.

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Dec 2, 2019

Sudan’s prime minister comes to Washington

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Dec 2, 2019

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Dec 1, 2019

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