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New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2018

Trump Picks Putin

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on July 16 appeared to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials over the US intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 elections, saying he saw “no reason why” Moscow would have acted in that way. Speaking at a joint press conference following his first summit with Putin in […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2018

Trump-Putin Summit: Expect the Unexpected

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Just in the past few months, US President Donald J. Trump has blown up the G7 summit in Canada, berated the United States’ NATO allies, criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May on her handling of Brexit, described Germany as a “captive” of Russia, characterized the European Union as a “foe,” and directed the Pentagon to […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 15, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Daily Express on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Ukraine

In the News

Jul 14, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the New York Times on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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IranSource

Jul 13, 2018

Expect Russia to Do Little on Iranian Presence in Syria

By Holly Dagres

Israel’s prime minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Iranian presence in Syria, on the same day the Supreme Leader’s senior advisor arrived in Moscow with a message. Benjamin Netanyahu told Russia’s president on June 11, “Our opinion is known that Iran needs to leave Syria—that is not something new,” hours after a […]

Iran Israel

In the News

Jul 13, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Washington Post on Trump at the NATO Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 13, 2018

Pavel Quoted in CNN on Trump at the NATO Summit

By Barry Pavel

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 13, 2018

Pavel Quoted in CNN on the Trump-Putin Meeting

By Barry Pavel

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NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2018

This is How the Liberal International Order Dies

By Paul D. Miller

Last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, after meeting US President Donald J. Trump at the NATO Summit in Brussels, “The times in which we could completely depend on others are, to a certain extent, over…We Europeans truly have to take our fate into our own hands.” That she said it on Memorial Day weekend—the […]

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jul 11, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in Quartz on Trump’s Relations with NATO Allies and Putin

By Alexander Vershbow

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NATO Russia

In the News

Jul 11, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in Daily Express on the Defense Capabilities of NATO and Europe

By Alexander Vershbow

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jul 11, 2018

Burrows Quoted in Axios on Trump, NATO, and Global Peace

By Matthew Burrows

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NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 10, 2018

NATO’s 2 percent guideline: What about the United States?

By Steven Grundman

At the NATO summit four years ago, the allies declared their commitment to “reverse the trend of declining defense budgets, to make the most effective use of our funds and to further a more balanced sharing of costs and responsibilities.” To that end, the heads of state and government gathered in Wales that summer recommitted themselves […]

NATO Security & Defense

IranSource

Jul 8, 2018

Why Iran’s Water Problems Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon

By Holly Dagres

A drinking water shortage set off this week’s round of protests in oil-rich Khuzestan province, home to much of Iran’s ethnic Arab minority. Protesters in cities including Abadan and Khorramshahr damaged property and clashed with police, leaving at least one demonstrator injured. Protests over water are not unprecedented in Iran. Similar protests have popped up […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2018

The High Politics (and Stakes) of the NATO Summit

By Clementine G. Starling

NATO must overcome two forms of discord—US-European and intra-European—in order to ensure the future health and effectiveness of the Alliance. It is not enough to hope for mere platitudes of unity at NATO’s summit in Brussels on July 11 and 12, sentiments that European leaders may not receive from the US president. At last year’s […]

NATO Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2018

NATO: The United States’ alliance

By Magnus Nordenman

NATO is not about the United States doing Europe favors. It is an alliance created by the United States, and which has proven remarkably effective in transforming to, in great part, advancing American national security objectives.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2018

Trump’s North Korea Agreement Makes War More Likely

By Paul D. Miller

Few observers believe that the agreement signed between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 will result in North Korea actually giving up its nuclear weapons. But, oddly, some observers—not just the administration’s boosters—have praised the agreement anyway because they argue it makes peace more likely. […]

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jul 3, 2018

Defining Success at NATO’s Summit: Political Unity and Military Readiness

By Ian Brzezinski

NATO’s July 11-12 summit in Brussels will be defined by two basic objectives: demonstrating political unity and resolve and advancing military readiness. The latter provides the means necessary to deter and defeat adversaries. Only with the former can this community of democracies fully leverage those capabilities. Both are critical to the effectiveness and long-viability of […]

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jul 1, 2018

Vershbow in The Hill: Who is the leader of the free world?

By Alexander Vershbow

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 29, 2018

Manning Quoted in the Observer on the Need for Technology Innovation in the United States

By Robert A. Manning

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