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NATO’s Missing Pillar
Commentary
It is commonly assumed that NATO was built on U.S. power, but in fact the commitment to collective security emerged in Europe first....
By Jim Townsend, Sean Monaghan & Mathieu Droin
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NATO must codify these lessons from Ukraine while motivation is there
Commentary
Measured by the yardstick of history, NATO is an unprecedented success. The West needs it to stay that way....
By Ira Straus & Jim Townsend
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Sanctions Won't Stop Putin Trying to Take the Whole of Ukraine
The role of sanctions now at this point is purely as punishment, not deterrence....
By Jim Townsend
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What It Will Take to Deter Russia
Commentary
Economic sanctions alone, no matter how personally painful they may be to Putin and his cronies, will not be enough....
By Jim Townsend
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Enlisting NATO to Address the China Challenge
Commentary
Moving forward, the DoD should enlist NATO in efforts to address the China challenge....
By Carisa Nietsche, Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO Is Struggling Under Trans-Atlantic Tensions
Commentary
NATO leaders gathered in London this week for a brief summit marking the alliance’s 70th anniversary. The trans-Atlantic community looked on with trepidation—not because there...
By Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump’s Defense Cuts in Europe Will Backfire
Commentary
Twice this month, the Trump administration moved to walk back critical efforts to strengthen the U.S. military presence in Europe, choosing cheap political points over essenti...
By Jim Townsend
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Here’s How Trump Should Have Approached Greenland
Commentary
The news that U.S. President Donald Trump was pushing to purchase Greenland probably didn’t take its government entirely by surprise. The United States has long harbored desig...
By Jim Townsend
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The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots
Commentary
Watching the current trajectory of the U.S.-Turkish relationship is like witnessing two locomotives hurtling towards one another head-on. It’s a terrifying sight. As both capi...
By Jim Townsend & Rachel Ellehuus
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An Acting Secretary of Defense Isn’t Enough
The U.S. public is rightfully anxious about U.S. policy on Iran and whether the Trump administration is leading the country toward war in the Persian Gulf. The White House has...
By Jim Townsend
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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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German F-35 decision sacrifices NATO capability for Franco-German industrial cooperation
While the German decision last week to remove the Lockheed Martin F-35 from consideration as a replacement for 90 aging Tornado fighters solidifies Franco-German industrial co...
By Jim Townsend & Hans Binnendijk
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Has the Transatlantic Alliance Been Irreparably Damaged?
Commentary
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces dealing with the transatlantic relationship. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of e...
By Jim Townsend, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine & Julianne Smith
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Fort Trump Is a Farce
Commentary
Last month, Polish President Andrzej Duda asked U.S. President Donald Trump to build a military base in Poland and even offered to pay $2 billion for it. Savvy to the workings...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO in the Age of Trump
Commentary
Few NATO summits have captured the attention of this one—but for all the wrong reasons. On July 11, 29 heads of state and government will arrive at the new NATO headquarters b...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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As AI Begins to Reshape Defense, Here’s How Europe Can Keep Up
Commentary
Change comes hard in much of Europe, particularly in the defense community. But no less than in the United States, European nations are wrestling with the implications of mach...
By Jim Townsend & Wendy R. Anderson
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Message to Western leaders: stop obsessing about Trump
It may not feel like it, but the transatlantic security relationship finished the first year of Trump’s presidency a little better than where it started. After the drubbing NA...
By Jim Townsend
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Is the U.S. Ready for Russia’s Largest Military Exercises Since the Cold War?
Before his visit to Estonia, Vice President Mike Pence probably didn’t know the Russian word for “west” — zapad. But he knows it now, because it is the codename for one of the...
By Jim Townsend
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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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NATO Prepares to Be Disappointed by the Cheshire Cat President
The hysteria that now surrounds the Donald Trump presidency has blown the NATO mini-summit out of the water. Allies who once were looking forward to Thursday’s summit for reas...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
