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Transatlantic Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Cuts “Muscle” from European Defense to Fund Border WallThe list of military construction projects the Trump administration is defunding to pay for its controversial border wall includes more than $770 million from an initiative st...
By Jim Townsend
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Discord dominates as Trump and other leaders plan G-7 summit
In The News
French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this weekend’s Group of Seven summit, has publicly expressed hope that the G-7 leaders will reaffirm a shared commitment to democ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Who Lost Turkey?
In The News
On July 4, 2003, U.S. paratroopers kicked down doors and raided a compound in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. It was two months after the United States declared “Miss...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden believes NATO will cease to exist in Trump’s second term. That’s a bit far-fetched.
In The News
President Donald Trump has called NATO "obsolete." He’s bashed European leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and warmed up to strongmen such as Russian President Vla...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO Considers Missile Defense Upgrade, Risking Further Tensions With Russia
NATO military officials are exploring whether to upgrade their defenses to make them capable of shooting down newly deployed Russian intermediate-range nuclear missiles after ...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Learns to Live With NATO—And Vice Versa
In The News
Two-plus years into the Trump presidency, NATO is learning to live with the United States president, and vice versa. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been praised f...
By Rachel Rizzo
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With Trump, NATO Chief Tries to Navigate Spending Minefields
In The News
He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Frustration in US over Germany's defense spending shortfall
In The News
There arguably would never have been a good moment for Berlin to renege on its planned increase in defense spending. But to do it in the run-up to NATO celebrating its 70th an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO celebrates 70th birthday, ponders uncertain future
In The News
Every child knows if he is attacked by a bully in a schoolyard it helps to have buddies alongside him. All the more so for nation states: Military allies make attacks less lik...
By Jim Townsend
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German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy.
In The News
Germany, which had already announced that it will fall significantly short of NATO’s defense spending goals, annoying the United States, risks provoking Washington further by ...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops
In The News
For years, President Donald Trump has complained that countries hosting American troops aren’t paying enough. Now he wants to get even, and then some. Under White House direc...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia, Europe and the USA
In The News
Andrea Kendall-Taylor and James Townsend from the Center for a New American Security discuss varying perceptions and policies across Europe with regard to threats posed by Rus...
By Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Allies wary of Shanahan's assurances with looming presence of Trump
In The News
U.S. allies were apprehensive about acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in his first meeting with NATO defense officials, with questions about the former Boeing executiv...
By Jim Townsend
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In NATO debut, acting Pentagon chief promises unity to skeptical Europe
In The News
In his NATO debut this week, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan sought to reassure skeptical U.S. allies about transatlantic strains over defense spending, arms control...
By Jim Townsend
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In Mattis’s Shadow, Acting Pentagon Chief Tries to Reassure NATO Allies
On his first international trip as Pentagon head, Patrick M. Shanahan entered NATO headquarters on Wednesday with a key question hanging over him: Would he be the stalwart all...
By Rachel Rizzo & Jim Townsend
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Nancy Pelosi named in big US delegation to Munich forum, but government shutdown looms
In The News
The U.S. is set to send its largest congressional delegation yet to the 2019 Munich Security Conference, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence, bu...
By Jim Townsend
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The un-diplomat
In The News
Richard Grenell arrived in the German capital as Donald Trump’s ambassador last year with a reputation as a diplomatic bad boy. A Fox News commentator and former aide to John ...
By Julianne Smith
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CNAS Experts: In Paris, Trump Should Mend Relations with Europe to Counterbalance China
Washington, November 9 – This weekend, President Donald Trump will depart for a long-planned trip to France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
