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New Atlanticist

May 30, 2018

North Korea’s Other Kim Comes to New York

By Ashish Kumar Sen

North Korean Gen. Kim Yong-chol was seated barely a few feet away from Ivanka Trump at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on February 25. The world’s attention was focused firmly on them amid signs of a thaw in relations between North and South Korea. The two did not exchange […]

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In the News

May 28, 2018

Grieco in Strategic Studies Quarterly: “This NDS advances the same self-defeating, necessary, and costly strategic prescriptions”

By Atlantic Council

In summer 2018, Grieco was featured in Strategic Studies Quarterly, in which she analyzed the 2018 National Defense Summary. “Used sparingly, American economic and military power should not be squanderedin futile attempts at remaking the internal affairs of other countries by the point of the spear—a conclusion shared by this NDS. Such a strategy calls […]

English Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

May 24, 2018

With Summit Off, United States Needs to Think Through its North Korea Strategy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s administration must use the opportunity presented by the president’s decision to scrap his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to think through its strategy on North Korea, according to the Atlantic Council’s Robert A. Manning. “There are technical issues that we ought to explore so we know […]

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New Atlanticist

May 24, 2018

Trump Calls off Date with Kim Jong-un

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on May 24 abruptly called off a June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The highly anticipated summit—one frequently touted by Trump himself—was to be held in Singapore. “I was very much looking forward to being there with you. Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility […]

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In the News

May 24, 2018

Charai for The Gatestone Institute: USA: The Iron Ladies

By Atlantic Council

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Donald Trump, May 17, 2018 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

May 24, 2018

NATO Chief Worried About Fissures Between United States and Europe

By Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Washington this week he is worried about the significant gaps between the United States and Europe on some of the world’s most important issues, from climate change to America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement.

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EconoGraphics

May 18, 2018

US Sanctions’ Global Impact – A Case Study of RUSAL’s Supply Chain

By Ole Moehr

On April 6, 2018, the Trump Administration imposed stiff economic sanctions on 37 Russian oligarchs, oligarch-owned companies, Russian government officials, and state-owned companies.

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New Atlanticist

May 10, 2018

Waiting for Europe’s Budgetary Chickens to Roost—or Roast—At NATO

By Brooks Tigner

BRUSSELS — When the other twenty-eight allies gather for NATO’s next summit in Brussels in July, many among them will undoubtedly be waiting nervously for the arrival of Air Force One and the 29th allied leader it will carry to the Belgian capital—US President Donald J. Trump. The reason for their nervousness will be money: […]

NATO Security & Defense

Report

May 8, 2018

Making America first in the digital economy: The case for engaging Europe

By Frances Burwell

In an age of transatlantic tensions over the Iran deal, trade balances, and steel tariffs, digital policy is uniquely poised to offer opportunities for greater US-EU cooperation. At the same time, the digital arena also has the potential to be a policy minefield, with issues such as privacy, digital taxation, and competition policy still unresolved. […]

Digital Policy Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2018

Where Does the P5+1 Stand on the Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump is expected to reveal his decision on May 8 as to whether he will extend key sanctions waivers on Iran. A failure to do so would effectively take the United States out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the Iran nuclear deal—which it signed with the United Kingdom, France, […]

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