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Nov 27, 2014

Dungan on Du Grain à Moudre

By Nicholas Dungan

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan joins Du Grain à Moudre to discuss France’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

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Nov 26, 2014

How France Will Be a Test of Europe’s Ability to Enforce Its Budget Rules

By Andrea Montanino

European Union Aims to Put New Muscle into Limiting Deficits; Will it Succeed? Since 2009, France’s state budget has been breaking the rules. It has been exceeding the European Union’s limit on the size of deficits, which are limited (under the Maastricht Treaty) to 3 percent of gross domestic product unless there are exceptional circumstances. Once […]

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French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

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Nov 25, 2014

France Suspends Mistral Delivery to Russia ‘Until Further Notice’

By Reuters, BBC, and AFP

From Reuters:  France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where the West accuses Moscow of fomenting separatism.

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Nov 13, 2014

Time for Germans to Earn the Gift of 1989

By Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings

At this watershed moment, Germany, dubbed the “reluctant hegemon” not so long ago, finds itself the pivotal player in Europe.

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French warship Mistral (L9013)

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Nov 7, 2014

Congressional Leaders Renew Call for NATO to Purchase French Warships Intended for Russia

By Eliot Engel, Mike Rogers, Mike Turner, Bill Keating, Steve Cohen, Gerry Connolly, Steve Chabot, and Jim Gerlach

Text of congressional letter sent to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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French Mistral, Tonnerre (L9014)

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Nov 6, 2014

French-Built Mistral Ships For Russia Could End Up In Canadian Hands

By Christopher Harress, International Business Times

The Canadian military has emerged as a potential destination for the controversial French-built Mistral helicopter carrier ships, built for Russia and now at the center of an international row

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Sept. 27, 2012

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Nov 4, 2014

French Foreign Minister: Anti-ISIL Coalition Must Also Save 300,000 Lives In Aleppo

By Laurent Fabius, Washington Post

Syria’s second-largest city and part of humanity’s ancient heritage, Aleppo is the martyred center of the resistance to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,

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US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

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Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

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Oct 15, 2014

Dungan on Radio France Internationale

By Nicholas Dungan

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan joins Radio France Internationale to discuss the need for reform in France based on cooperation rather than confrontation: 

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Oct 15, 2014

A Nobel Prize for Procurement

By James Hasik

  Jean Tirole’s award in economics reminds us that defense procurement is a deeply challenging business problem.   For me, it’s a great week when a procurement theorist wins a Nobel Prize. Fairly, Jean Tirole of the University of Toulouse won the 2014 Prize in Economic Sciences mostly for his extensive and wide-ranging work in regulatory […]

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