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New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2016

New Report Shows Global Fiscal Transparency Lagging Behind US Standards

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Nathaniel Rome</span>

Developing countries are failing to meet fiscal transparency standards as established by the United States, according to a report released on July 28. The US State Department’s Fiscal Transparency Report—released annually since 2012—details which countries meet the State Department’s minimum fiscal transparency requirements, which countries are making progress towards it, and which countries are making […]

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Donald Trump, March 6, 2014 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2016

Trump Believes NATO Allies Owe Money to the US

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Donald Trump and Chuck Todd, NBC News</span>

Excerpt from Donald Trump interview with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, July 24, 2016.

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2016

Trump Believes Crimea Belongs in Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Maggie Haberman and David Sanger, New York Times</span>

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on the ABC News program “This Week,” Mr. Trump said that if he were president, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would not send his forces into Ukraine….

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New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2016

US Airstrikes in Libya Seen as First Step Along Long Path to Defeat ISIS

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mitch Hulse</span>

The Libyan government must ensure that it can secure, stabilize, and unify the country, even if ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is defeated with the help of US and Europe-backed airstrikes in the North African country, according to the Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran. “If they succeed in defeating ISIS, but the government […]

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Donald Trump, Jan. 9, 2016 (photo: Evan Guest)

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Aug 1, 2016

The Logic Behind Our Alliances

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Charles Lane, Washington Post</span>

Perhaps it would help, given recent events in U.S. politics, to review the rationale for U.S. security commitments to allies in Europe and the Far East.

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Aug 1, 2016

Eljarh Joins AudioBoom to Discuss the US Airstrikes in Libya Against ISIS

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mohamed Eljarh</span>

Listen to the full discussion here.

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Donald Trump, Dec. 16, 2015 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 1, 2016

Mr. Trump, NATO is an Alliance, Not a Protection Racket

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Michael McFaul, Washington Post</span>

The United States’ greatest “return on investment” from our alliances does not come from increases in their military spending.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

NATO’s Trump Card

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Fabrice Pothier</span>

As strange as it seems, both US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seem to agree on one thing: European allies don’t spend enough on defense and they need to seriously step up. How they both frame this message is where Obama the statesman and Trump the salesman differ. Since Russia’s annexation […]

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Jul 29, 2016

Trump Casually Undermines the World’s Most Important Alliance

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >The Economist</span>

On July 20th Donald Trump declared that should the Baltic states be attacked by Russia when he is president, he would come to their aid only if he felt they had met their “obligations”.

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In the News

Jul 29, 2016

Stein Quoted by Business Insider on Turkish Civilians’ Views on the United States

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Aaron Stein</span>

Read the full article here.

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