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EnergySource

Jun 19, 2018

Diversity of electricity generation in the United States has increased, not decreased

By Varun Rai

Resilience of the electric grid and the role of diversity of fuel sources within it have recently become hotly debated topics. In 2017, the US Department of Energy (DOE) attempted to shore up grid resilience by introducing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would compensate power generators for maintaining ninety-day supply of fuel on […]

Energy Markets & Governance United States and Canada
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Donald Trump, May 17, 2018 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jun 18, 2018

Winning on NATO: Trump Won’t Take Yes for an Answer

By Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

European governments are finally getting serious about their militaries….

Germany NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2018

Here’s Why Georgia Must Be on the Agenda of a Trump-Putin Summit

By George Tsereteli

As the ten-year anniversary of the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia approaches, there will be a brief spike in policy suggestions and attention paid to the small Caucasian nation. The reality, unfortunately, is that the five-day war in August 2008 is now mostly cited in the context of being the event that took place prior […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2018

Framing a Trump-Putin Meeting: A Short Guide to US-Russia Summits Past

By Daniel Fried

As we contemplate the promise and peril of the July 16 meeting between US President Donald J. Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, past US-Russia summits can provide a guide to what can go right and what can go very, very wrong when American and Russian leaders meet.

Russia United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2018

Beyond the Trump-Kim Summit: A Coalition is Critical for Achieving Denuclearization

By Ashish Kumar Sen

In the wake of US President Donald J. Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean leader  Kim Jong-un, R. Nicholas Burns, an Atlantic Council board member who served as US undersecretary of state from 2005 to 2008, discussed the tough work that lies ahead and lessons from a not too distant past.

Korea United States and Canada

Issue Brief

Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

Peter E. Harrell, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, explain that a truly “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea would require the credible threat of targeted sanctions against China.

China Korea

Issue Brief

Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un underscore the fact that the United States needs to keep developing tools to intensify the “maximum pressure” campaign that helped bring North Korea to the negotiating table. If North Korea proves unwilling to denuclearize and diplomacy breaks down once […]

China Korea
Heiko Maas, February 4, 2011 (photo: SPD Schleswig-Holstein).

NATOSource

Jun 15, 2018

Germany’s Foreign Minister Calls for ‘A Real European Security and Defense Union’

By Heiko Mass, German Foreign Ministry

That world order that we once knew, had become accustomed to and sometimes felt comfortable in – this world order no longer exists.

European Union France

New Atlanticist

Jun 14, 2018

Democracy in Danger: Confusing the Symptoms of Disorder with Its Cause

By Laure Mandeville and Joshua Mitchell

Speaking to the National Assembly of France a month before the French Revolution of 1848, Alexis de Tocqueville declared; “Beware, the wind of revolutions is arising; don’t you feel it?”  Those gathered that day did not feel it.  Today, the winds of political revolt are sweeping through the West: in the United States, Italy, Britain, […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: China and Kim are Winners

By Daniel Fried

The summit between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 was not itself a bad idea. But signing an empty paper is questionable.  Adding a unilateral concession—suspending US-South Korean exercises without even consulting with our allies—smacks of careless frivolity.  Tactical unpredictability can be a tool. Strategic unreliability is […]

Korea United States and Canada

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