Europe & Eurasia

Skaluba featured on The Week regarding the importance of reaching consensus among NATO leaders

By Christopher Skaluba

On January 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative director Christopher Skaluba was quoted in The Week, in which he noted the challenge of creating alignment of more than thirty leaders of consensus within the NATO alliance. 

Townsend featured in Foreign Policy on the delivery of battle tanks to Ukraine and resulting logistical challenges

By James J. Townsend Jr.

On January 26, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior advisor Jim Townsend was quoted in Foreign Policy regarding the delivery of modern Western battle tanks to Ukraine and the resulting logistical challenges.

Skaluba in The Sydney Morning Herald on what western tanks mean for Ukraine

On January 26, Chris’ contributions to What Western tanks will mean for Ukraine were picked up in The Sydney Morning Herald discussing how the delivery of tanks to Ukraine exposed the divisions within a weary West.

Eser Özdil quoted in CEENERGY News on Turkey’s goal of becoming a gas hub

Eser Özdil quoted in Argus Media on the Bulgaria-Turkey gas agreement

Graham’s article on China-Russia financial ties featured in Formiche

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Townsend in Foreign Policy on the logistical challenges of delivering tanks to Ukraine

On January 26, SCSS Senior Advisor Jim Townsend was quoted in Foreign Policy discussing the delivery of modern Western battle tanks to Ukraine and the logistical challenges that entails.

Deni in The Hill on Turkey’s exploitation of NATO’s consensus decision-making to extract concessions

On January 26, TSI NRSF John Deni wrote an op-ed arguing that Turkey is exploiting NATO’s consensus-based decision-making process to extract concessions from Finland and Sweden and discussed signals that Washington should give to Ankara to ensure ratification.

Skaluba in The Week on the challenges of building consensus in NATO

On January 26, Chris was quoted in The Week, noting the challenge of lining up 30 different leaders to reach consensus at NATO.

Skaluba in Bloomberg on modern tank deliveries to Ukraine

On January 25, Chris was quoted in Bloomberg discussing modern tank deliveries to Ukraine, where he highlighted that Zelenskiy will no doubt return to his successful playbook to pressure allies for increased assistance.