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New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2018

One Year of Trump

By Atlantic Council

US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in the White House on January 20. We take a look at some key US policies before Trump took office, what he has said and done on these issues, and how, if at all, US policy has changed.

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In the News

Jan 18, 2018

Stein Quoted in the Business Insiders on US Explanation of a New Kurdish-Dominated Force in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2018

Offshore drilling in an era of energy abundance

By Ellen Scholl

In just under one hundred days in office, Trump signed Executive Order 13795: Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.

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EnergySource

Jan 18, 2018

Trump gave global warming the cold shoulder

By David Livingston

What has changed? Nothing yet. Despite the fanfare surrounding the president’s Rose Garden announcement, there is a drawn-out legal process for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement that puts the earliest date for withdrawal at November 4, 2020—one day after the 2020 US presidential election.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2017

What Tax Reform Means for US Clean Energy

By Charles Hernick

With the dust now settled on tax reform legislation, the scale and scope of its impact on the United States’ fast-growing clean energy economy is coming more sharply into focus. On December 22, US President Donald J. Trump signed into law a sweeping tax reform bill. While overall the bill could be categorized as less […]

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President Donald Trump, National Harbor, Maryland, February 24, 2017

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Dec 21, 2017

Trump’s New National Security Strategy and NATO

By Donald Trump, White House

Unfair burden-sharing with our allies and inadequate investment in our own defense had invited danger from those who wish us harm….

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President Donald Trump before signing Space Policy Directive 1, Dec. 11,2017

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Dec 21, 2017

Trump’s speech undermines Trump’s new strategy

By Donald Trump, White House

In Afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies of our plans.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 21, 2017

Miscalculations, Machismo, and Military Misjudgment Could Create New Global Hot Spots

By Daniel V. Speckhard

Connecting 2017’s political and military missteps to 2018’s global economic outlook The shift toward nationalist populism, demonstrated by the sweeping political changes around the world in 2017, has throughout history been a harbinger of global instability and conflict, and could directly affect both the international security landscape and global economy in 2018. Looking back, it […]

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Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Dec 11, 2017

Whither America

By John Raidt

The United States faces threats from outside its borders, but also from within. The political system that once created a strong, prosperous, and united nation now sows division. This report, written by John Raidt, unpacks how the fuel—money—drives the cartel’s machinations as it interacts with and exploits amplifying forces—legal, structural, media, technological, and social.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Wilson Center, Nov. 28, 2017.

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Nov 30, 2017

Secretary of State Tillerson on Strengthening Western Alliances

By Rex Tillerson, Department of State

Under President Trump, the United States remains committed to our enduring relationship with Europe. Our security commitments to European allies are ironclad.

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