The Euro-Atlantic Security Center, in partnership with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a conference on the topic “The Three Seas Initiative: connectivity, competitiveness, and security.” The event provided the opportunity for the Bulgarian public to get acquainted with the prioriti ...
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Dozens of Greek security officers and soldiers fired tear gas as riot police officers with batons, shields and masks confronted migrants, yelling at them to stay back on Saturday.Credit...Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Carlotta Gal ...
Ambassadors of all 29 NATO Allies met in the North Atlantic Council on Friday (28 February 2020), following a request by Turkey to hold consultations under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty on the situation in Syria. Under Article 4 of the Treaty, any Ally can request consultations whenever, in ...
Related Experts: Anders Åslund On September 4-5, the G-20 held its annual summit in Hangzhou, China, President Xi Jinping’s home. G-20 summits tend to be meaningless, but this one appears to have been outright harmful. The signature event was when President Barack Obama’s Air Force One was ...
Ivana Stradner February 12, 2020 Chinese investments, Russian weapons, and European aid are pouring into Serbia, putting it at the frontline of the new great power competition. Even Washington has noticed: last month, the Trump administration dispatched its ambassador to Germany there to reeng ...
The next US-Taliban deal is just one step—and the Afghans must have their say—on the path toward peace in Afghanistan
New Atlanticist by James B. Cunningham With the United States and the Taliban once again inching toward an agreement—the details of which are beginning to emerge but are still obscure—caution and realism are called for. It would appear that US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad ...
Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020: The United States announced a major commitment to reinforce energy security and economic growth in Central Europe. The announcement by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo was made during his address before the annual Munich Security Conference convening top p ...
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President Putin has embarked on a renewal of Russia’s ruling regime to make sure it weathers the political transition of 2024 and to preserve his personal power-base. The elite can be divided into five distinct groups, two of which, the “protectors” and “technocrats” may end up in a fierce ...
The leader of Germany's main governing party, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is standing down and will not put herself forward to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer took over as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in December 2018. The protégée of Mrs Merkel ...
Ursula Perano Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech to the National Governors Association Saturday that governors should be vigilant in their business interactions with China, warning that they're each being methodically analyzed and lobbied by the Communist Party, Politico reports. ...