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Jul 9, 2018

Ahead of Key Summit, Allies Wonder: Will NATO Survive Trump?

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post

NATO leaders once feared President Trump wasn’t invoking the right words to convince Russia that the United States was still serious about defending Europe.

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Inflection Points

Jul 9, 2018

Toward a new transatlantic bargain

By Frederick Kempe

You’ve likely never heard of the Parsley Island crisis, sixteen years ago this week in the narrow waters between Morocco and Spain. So, it’s unlikely you’ve considered what its peaceful resolution says about the stakes involved the next few days in President Trump’s meeting first in Brussels with NATO leaders and thereafter with Russian President […]

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Jul 9, 2018

Denigrating NATO Weakens Trump and Strengthens Putin

By Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

President Trump will attend a summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization national leaders this week, and the stakes are unusually high for everyone.

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Jul 9, 2018

America’s NATO Allies Are Stepping Up

By Jens Stoltenberg, Wall Street Journal

NATO was created in 1949 to ensure that none of us will ever have to live through another world war.

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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 […]

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Jul 8, 2018

Merkel: NATO Must Refocus on Russia Threat

By Deutsche Welle and Politico

From Deutsche Welle:  “The challenges for NATO have changed drastically in recent years,” Merkel said.

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Jul 7, 2018

Senior US Official: Trump Wants to Cut American Defense Spending in Europe

By Greg Jaffe, Josh Dawsey, and Carol Leonnig, Washington Post

President Trump will land in Europe next week amid fears that he will blow up a key summit focused on Europe’s defense

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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.

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Jul 6, 2018

Withdrawal of US Troops from Germany is Not Being Discussed, US Ambassador to NATO Says

By Washington Post and Defense One

From Washington Post: The Trump administration’s ambassador to NATO said Thursday that no discussions are underway regarding withdrawal of U.S. troops in Germany

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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. […]

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