Security Partnerships

The United States must continue to build its systems of alliances and partnerships across the Middle East, but Washington’s change of policy toward the Syrian Kurds “will make it more difficult to build partnership in the future,” General Joseph Votel said.

Hesitation toward Alliance membership has not prevented Sweden or Finland from closer cooperation with NATO on territorial defense.

The joint exercises and constant contact give soldiers from both countries opportunities to practice working together, as well as building those personal ties.

It will be difficult to get some other OSCE member countries, allies of Russia, to accept that unanimity minus one should now be applied in Ukraine. But at the very least, this conversation should be opened.

Ukraine conducted its presidential election in accordance with democratic standards, despite clear evidence of Russian interference. The interference, however, was not extensive enough to affect the election’s outcome or the actual voting process.

Leading up to the approaching referendum date, an online campaign called #Бојкотира (translates to #boycott) is steadily growing on Twitter and Facebook.