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Sep 26, 2018

Fried Quoted in USA Today on Trump’s UNGA Speech and Iran

By Daniel Fried

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New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2018

Trump puts America first at the United Nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen and David A. Wemer

“The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship,” US President Donald J. Trump told the assembled leaders, but “we only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.”

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In the News

Sep 25, 2018

Fried and Herbst Quoted in NY Daily News on Trump’s UNGA Speech

By Daniel Fried and John Herbst

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New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2018

The United Nations is in session. Here’s what to expect.

By David A. Wemer

With a litany of speeches, meetings, and the high-profile chairing of a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting by US President Donald J. Trump, what can we expect from the world body this week?

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New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2018

9 Facts you should know about the United Nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The UN Charter states that the main purpose of the world body is to—“maintain international peace and security,” “develop friendly relations among nations,” “achieve international co-operation in solving international problems,” and “be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.”

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In the News

Sep 24, 2018

Slavin Joins NPR’s Here & Now on UNGA and Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Sep 24, 2018

Slavin Joins WBUR to Discuss UNGA

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Sep 22, 2018

Kempe in CNBC: World Leaders Gather at the UN Next Week Bracing for a Crisis They Can’t Quite See

By Frederick Kempe

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NATOSource

Aug 25, 2018

US Navy Re-Establishes Atlantic Fleet to Check Russia

By Wesley Morgan, POLITICO

The U.S Navy on Friday formally reactivated the Cold War-era naval command it relied on for decades to confront adversaries in the waters off North America — the latest in a series of efforts to check Moscow’s military expansion.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 30, 2018

If Trump Wants to Show He’s Tough on Russia, Here’s What He Should Do Next

By Roman Sohn and Ariana Gic

On July 25, the United States reaffirmed its rejection of Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. In the Crimea Declaration, the United States recognizes that by annexing Crimea, Russia violated the fundamental principle of the United Nations Charter by using force against the territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine, and calls on […]

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