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Jun 16, 2018

Gallon Joins BFM Business to Discuss the Trump-Macron Relationship

By Jérémie Gallon

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New Atlanticist

Jun 14, 2018

Democracy in Danger: Confusing the Symptoms of Disorder with Its Cause

By Laure Mandeville and Joshua Mitchell

Speaking to the National Assembly of France a month before the French Revolution of 1848, Alexis de Tocqueville declared; “Beware, the wind of revolutions is arising; don’t you feel it?”  Those gathered that day did not feel it.  Today, the winds of political revolt are sweeping through the West: in the United States, Italy, Britain, […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2018

Macedonia and Greece Settle Twenty-Seven-Year Dispute with a New Name

By Sarah Bedenbaugh

In the midst of a news cycle dominated by the historic summit between the United States and North Korea, one might be forgiven for overlooking the news of another diplomatic triumph. On June 12, the prime ministers of Greece and Macedonia announced that the two countries had reached agreement on a deal to end their […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: China and Kim are Winners

By Daniel Fried

The summit between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 was not itself a bad idea. But signing an empty paper is questionable.  Adding a unilateral concession—suspending US-South Korean exercises without even consulting with our allies—smacks of careless frivolity.  Tactical unpredictability can be a tool. Strategic unreliability is […]

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Jun 8, 2018

Vajdich Quoted in The New Yorker on Trump’s Isolationism

By Daniel Vajdich

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Jun 8, 2018

Fried Joins Fox News to Discuss the G7 Summit

By Daniel Fried

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New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2018

Trump Wants Russia Back in the G7

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s suggestion that Russia be invited back to a grouping of the world’s largest economies is likely to deepen divisions with allies already irked by the president’s policies. Trump on June 8 called for Russia to be reinstated into the G7 from which it was expelled following its annexation of Crimea […]

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Jun 6, 2018

Vajdich Quoted in ERR News on US-Russia Relations

By Daniel Vajdich

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New Atlanticist

Jun 6, 2018

Iran: What Next?

By Peter Westmacott

There were few surprises when US President Donald J. Trump announced on May 8 that the United States was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. The United States and the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, and the European Union negotiated the agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive […]

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Jun 5, 2018

Gedmin in The American Interest: The Trump Effect in Europe

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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