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Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting It
In his first term, President Trump episodically threatened to pull out of NATO, removing the United States as the linchpin of the most successful military alliance in modern t...
By Richard Fontaine
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What It Means for Europe to Go It Alone
Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Europe considers a future without the U.S. military, U.S. President Donald Trump picks a fight with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Stirs Fear of Major U.S. Shift on Russia
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traded insults Wednesday, with Zelensky accusing Trump of spouting lies about him and the war with Russia and...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Rubio Says Sanctions Stay for Now as Trump Eyes Putin Summit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that the US will keep sanctions on Russia in place at least until a deal to end the Ukraine conflict is reached, even as hi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Expert Q&A: What the U.S. Can Learn From Ukraine’s Drone Revolution
She said the scale and success of that innovation has “surprised everyone” – and that the U.S. has much to learn from the drone revolution playing out on the battlefield....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Writes a New Playbook for Quagmires in Gaza and Ukraine
President Trump is rewriting the accepted playbook for solving the world’s intractable conflicts—offering talks to settle the Ukraine war with concessions to Russia and crushi...
By Richard Fontaine
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In Ukraine, Expect to See More Ground Drones On the Battlefield to Keep Soldiers Safe
Ukraine has been throwing everything it can at Russia as its all-out invasion nears the three-year mark. The latest weapon in the military's arsenal? Ground drones....
By Samuel Bendett
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Is North Korea Sending More Experienced Soldiers to the Ukraine Conflict?
Recent reports indicate that North Korean troops, who have been fighting alongside Russian forces in Kursk since late 2024, may have withdrawn from the front lines....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Are America’s Four Main Adversaries Really in Cahoots?
Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, China’s Xi Jinping made a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which, according to the Chinese foreign ministry’s re...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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EU Renews Russia Sanctions While Keeping Gas Exemptions, as Trump’s Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Looms
The European Union has decided to extend its economic sanctions on Russia for another six months after reaching a last-minute deal with Hungary, which had threatened to veto t...
By Richard Connolly
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Trump’s Most Difficult Deal Yet
U.S. President Donald Trump did not, as promised on the campaign trail, manage to broker an end to the war in Ukraine on day one of his return to the White House....
By Peter Schroeder
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Ukraine’s Marauding Sea Drones Bewilder Russia
On December 31, a Ukrainian naval drone destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter for the first time using missiles launched from the unmanned craft. Two days later, Ukraine managed...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Welcomes New Adjunct Senior Fellow Celeste Wallander
Washington, January 27, 2025 — The Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is delighted to welcome Celeste Wallander as an adjunct seni...
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Analysis: Should Putin Be Worried About Trump’s Threats of New Sanctions?
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Kremlin Shrugs At Trump's New Sanctions Threat. But Should Putin Be Worried?
Since long before his inauguration this week and his election in November, President Donald Trump has been promising to broker an end to Russia's war against Ukraine while pro...
By Rachel Ziemba
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A French-Sponsored Ukrainian Army Brigade Has Been Badly Botched
The formation of Ukraine’s 155th army brigade was announced at the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy last June, complete with photo-ops with the French president, Emmanue...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Greenland Today, Svalbard Tomorrow? Arctic Shivers at Specter of Trump and Putin
Greenland is just the tip of the iceberg....
By Jim Townsend
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U.S. Urged to Bolster Global South Ties to Counter China-Russia Partnership
The US must strengthen relations with the Global South and increase its military presence in the Indo-Pacific to counter the growing China-Russia partnership, two authors said...
By Richard Fontaine
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Why Is Trump So Obsessed With Greenland?
The island of Greenland isn’t on the market, but that’s never stopped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump from trying to acquire the prime piece of real estate....
By Jim Townsend
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Donald Trump Jr. Heads to Greenland as His Father Eyes the Danish Territory
Donald Trump, Jr. is traveling to Greenland amid his father’s renewed interest in the U.S. gaining control over the Danish territory....
By Jim Townsend