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Dr. John A. Gans, Jr., on "White House Warriors" and the National Security Council
Podcast
Dr. John A. Gans, Jr., joins Jim Townsend and Carisa Nietsche to discuss his recent book "White House Warriors: How the National Security Council has Transformed the American ...
By Jim Townsend, Carisa Nietsche & Dr. John A. Gans, Jr.
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Americans are still enjoying the security won by the troops who stormed the beaches on D-Day, but that safety is not guaranteed
Commentary
As you read this, you are enjoying the legacy of the "Greatest Generation." Their greatest achievement is not the victory over Japan and Germany in 1945 but the 74 years of pe...
By Jim Townsend
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Cooperation and Fragmentation: Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks on Transatlantic Relations
Podcast
Latvian Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss the future of transatlantic, European, and Latvian security in an age of grow...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Rachel Rizzo & Artis Pabriks
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What Does German History Actually Say About German Defense Spending?
Few aspects are more sensitive in Germany’s fraught relationship with history than the role and status of its military. Indeed, many Germans seem to think that, given its past...
By Elbridge Colby
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Brussels Sprouts on the Road for NATO at 70
Podcast
Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo take Brussels Sprouts on the road in this special edition of the podcast recorded live from the April 3 NATO Engages conference host...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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From Truman to Trump, why Kansas City matters to NATO
Commentary
Last week in Washington, D.C., representatives from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 29 member states marked the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic alliance. They c...
By Derek Chollet & Richard Fontaine
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Minister Jüri Luik on Baltic security, NATO, and Russia
Podcast
Minister Jüri Luik, the Estonian Minister of Defense, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss Baltic security, NATO, and Russia....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Rachel Rizzo & Jüri Luik
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NATO Secretary General sounds notes of caution for alliance
Commentary
Today Jens Stoltenberg became the first NATO Secretary General to address a joint session of Congress, where he touted the alliance's success and emphasized the continuing nee...
By Richard Fontaine
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NATO Needs Solidarity for Its 70th Birthday
NATO marks its 70th anniversary this week—a remarkable milestone for a military alliance made up of 29 (soon to be 30) separate member states. But the big commemoration, sched...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump's Tough Talk On German Defense Spending Is Straining A Decades-Long Friendship
Podcast
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization turns 70, Germany's relatively low defense spending is angering President Trump, straining an alliance that goes back decades. Julian...
By Julianne Smith
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Bolstering Congressional Support for NATO
Commentary
In January, The New York Times reported that President Trump suggested to senior advisors several times over the course of the previous year that he might withdraw the United ...
By Rachel Rizzo & Carrie Cordero
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German Foreign Policy is Stuck in Neutral
Commentary
Last summer I moved to Berlin. I was excited to escape Washington’s divisive and small-minded politics and focus on someone other than President Donald Trump, who seemed to be...
By Julianne Smith
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Dr. John Manza on NATO Readiness, NATO’s Iraq Mission, and Challenges Facing NATO Today
Podcast
Dr. John Manza, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Operations, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of NATO readiness, NATO’s training mi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Dr. John Manza
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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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Pompeo’s Speech in Brussels Was Tone-Deaf and Arrogant
Commentary
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set himself an impossible task for his speech in Brussels on Tuesday: take President Donald Trump’s disparaging and often contradictory remarks ...
By Julianne Smith
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Why We Defend Europe
Commentary
Returning from the World War I armistice commemoration in Paris, President Trump reemphasized his view of America’s European allies. “We pay for large portions of other countr...
By Richard Fontaine
