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UkraineAlert

Mar 4, 2019

Why do so few presidential candidates support NATO and EU membership?

By Taras Kuzio

Out of forty-two candidates who are running for president in the Ukrainian elections on March 31, only eleven support NATO and EU membership. This represents a lower proportion of supporters than the over 300 deputies who voted on three occasions to change the constitution to include those two goals. Batkivshchina (Fatherland) party and the Radical […]

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In the News

Mar 4, 2019

Haddad Quoted in Washington Post on US Restoring Diplomatic Status to EU

By Benjamin Haddad

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UkraineAlert

Mar 4, 2019

Who is ready to lead Ukraine?

By Kostiantyn Romashko

It’s election season in Ukraine. While there are forty-two candidates officially registered, the competition, according to recent polls, comes down to three: incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and newcomer and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In January, UkraineAlert examined the foreign policy views of the five leading candidates. Now we narrow the focus […]

Defense Policy Elections

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2019

Brexit backtracking

By John M. Roberts

For a prime minister who has steadfastly refused to take a ‘No Deal’ Brexit off the agenda, this was a remarkable volte-face.

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In the News

Feb 21, 2019

Charai in The National Interest: Why Trump’s Policies Will Solidify America’s Geopolitical Power Status

By Atlantic Council

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Event Recap

Feb 19, 2019

Seminar: Disinformation in electoral contexts

By Elin Schiffer

On February 19, 2019, the Atlantic Council in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius organized a seminar on the threats of disinformation in electoral contexts. Information influence campaigns presenting challenges or threats to public elections are an increasing concern in Sweden, Lithuania and the rest of the EU. Sweden and Lithuania, both being […]

Disinformation European Union

Inflection Points

Feb 15, 2019

How the US-European alliance can become even stronger in an era of disruption

By Frederick Kempe

The greater peril in Munich is that the US and its allies, by focusing so much on preventing worst-case outcomes over the past couple of years, haven't prepared for the future.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

What’s driving the spat between France and Italy?

By Benjamin Haddad

The meeting, and ensuing French reaction, marks a peak in the escalation of rhetoric between French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Italy’s ruling Five Star-League coalition over the past eight months.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

By Richard Chew

There are only three possible end destinations: no deal, no Brexit, or a deal. Any deal will look quite a lot like the deal on the table.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 13, 2019

The EU draft motion that could lead to car tariffs

By Marie Kasperek

As US-China trade tensions calm down, they could escalate quickly on the transatlantic front.

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