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Transatlanticism, Interrupted
Commentary
Of all the smears that US President Donald Trump has made, his mendacious claims about the European Union are perhaps the most egregious. “Nobody treats us much worse than the...
By Julianne Smith
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A Question of Statecraft
Commentary
Any Western policymaker working in the field of national security over the past decade has had to grapple with the same disheartening reality: the structures and processes tha...
By Julianne Smith
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Congress must face reality in exposing Russian aggression
The shakeup of members of the new Congress provides an opportunity for changing United States foreign policy. After two years of criticizing much of what the Trump administrat...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Alina Polyakova on the Russian Provocation in the Sea of Azov
Podcast
Dr. Alina Polyakova, the David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Alina Polyakova
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High stakes on the high seas
Video
President Donald Trump said he was "not happy at all" about a dangerous new crisis involving Russia and Ukraine. CNN's Brian Todd reports with the latest from the White House....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The United States' Greatest Strength Over Russia and China is Its Alliance with Europe
Commentary
President Donald Trump has rightly recognized that America must do more to stand up to Chinese and Russian threats to U.S. interests. While most agree that having a national s...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Julianne Smith
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Trump Should Urge Europe to Resist Putin’s Pipeline Politics
President Donald Trump may not have an agenda to guide his huddle with Russian President Putin on the margins of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, but the G20 does. Unfortun...
By Jim Townsend
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Phil Carter on why Russia is Still the Real Scandal
Confronted by the glare of Thursday’s dazzling Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, we all focused on the bright shiny object that was and is former FBI Director J...
By Phillip Carter
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Julianne Smith before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Russia
Congressional Testimony
The U.S.-Russia Bilateral Relationship Chairman Corker, Ranking Member Cardin, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning on the Unit...
By Julianne Smith
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Podcast: The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
Podcast
By Julianne Smith & Neal Urwitz
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It’s Time to Declare Our Independence from Russian Rockets
Last week, the Pentagon sent a letter to Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., an influential legislator when it comes to American space policy. Within the letter, Deputy Defense Secretar...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Time to Act on Ukraine
The Ukraine crisis, though temporarily out of the headlines, is at a critical stage. There is no better opportunity than now through the next several months to forge a deal wi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Robert D. Kaplan
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Obama Must Send Hollande to Moscow With This Clear Message
When French President Francois Hollande meets President Barack Obama Tuesday, he will ask Washington to support his vision of a grand coalition to defeat ISIS. The administrat...
By Julianne Smith
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Countering Russian Nuclear Strategy In Central Europe
The Setting Conflict involving Russia has become materially more plausible in Eastern Europe in recent years. Coupled with Russia’s increased focus on manipulating its large a...
By Elbridge Colby
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As Odious as It Seems, We Must Talk to Russia on Syria
Engaging with the Russians is one of an array of unsavory options the United States faces in Syria. Given Russia’s aggressive behavior in his neighborhood, particularly inside...
By Julianne Smith
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Elbridge Colby on Russia's Military Modernization
By Elbridge Colby
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The United States, NATO, and Dissuading Russian Aggression
This past June, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that Washington would pre-position heavy military equipment in eastern and central Europe, a move that would ...
By Elbridge Colby
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North Korea's saber rattling more worrying than Russia
While Iranian leaders prepare to pause on their nuclear program, Russia and North Korea appear locked in a contest for chief nuclear menace. Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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America will lose patience with European appeasement
Appeasement is an age-old tactic of diplomacy. It can be a defensible one, but not as a frame of mind for an entire continent. Yet no word captures the general mood of Europe ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Putin and the Hermit Kingdom
If the rumors are true, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia in May during a commemoration of World War II in Moscow. Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander ...
By Van Jackson
