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2 months ago | 
cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Nicholas Lokker |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston
The last few weeks have seen dramatic developments in the transatlantic relationship between the United States and its European allies. President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin was quickly followed by senior administration officials calling into doubt the U.S.’s decades-long role as the security guarantor of Europe.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Jon Wolfsthal |Jim Townsend |Gibbs McKinley |Kate Johnston
After Donald Trump declared victory on November 5, 2024, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was one of the first world leaders to congratulate the future president of the United States publicly.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Kate Johnston
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowTen Cadet Force adult volunteers from across the Lowlands of Scotland have received a prestigious award from the young people they work with for their contribution to the Cadet Forces.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Lisa Curtis |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston |Nathaniel Schochet
Executive SummaryDespite the many proclamations that Russian and Chinese interests would collide in Central Asia, Moscow and Beijing continue to work together in service of their shared objectives. These include, most importantly, keeping the United States and the West—and democracy—out of the region, maintaining stability, and pursuing economic benefits.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston
This past Tuesday, Russia hosted a high-profile summit of the BRICS group in Kazan, Russia, demonstrating its growing determination to challenge the Western-led international order. As the group has expanded its membership during the past year, it has grown to encompass nearly half of the world’s population, lending it greater credibility as a platform for reflecting an increasingly multipolar world. Yet despite this expansion, the BRICS group continues to face internal divisions.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Anna Pederson |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston
Last week, Washington, DC hosted the NATO summit – marking the historic 75th anniversary of the alliance. Despite the significant milestone, the mood was serious in DC with the war continuing to rage in Ukraine and increasing concern from European allies about the reliability of the United States as a partner in the long term. Though Ukraine emerged as the focus of many discussions, allies also strengthened language on China, emphasizing the challenges that Beijing poses to Euro-Atlantic security.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Nicholas Lokker |Kate Johnston
NATO Russia Ukraine The June European Parliament elections delivered a historic success for far-right, euroskeptic parties.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Nicholas Lokker |Kate Johnston
The June European Parliament elections delivered a historic success for far-right, euroskeptic parties. Now making up nearly a quarter of the chamber, these parties are poised to exert a powerful influence on the future political trajectory of the European Union, including by aiming to roll back various aspects of integration and opposing the bloc’s further enlargement. Seen from Moscow, this result is sure to be cause for celebration.
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May 17, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Samuel Bendett |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston |Pål Jonson
As Russia’s war in Ukraine progresses into its third year, there are questions in some parts of the NATO alliance about how long the West can sustain its support for Kyiv and how the war will actually end. Simultaneously, China and other countries like North Korea and Iran continue to provide support to Russia, and Russia is stepping up hybrid attacks on our societies – everything from disinformation ahead of the European elections to arson, sabotage, and GPS jamming.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Kate Johnston |Gibbs McKinley
Last month’s local election results in Turkey delivered a harsh blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Just under a year since the presidential election, in which Erdogan won another five years in power, Turkey’s opposition party—the Republican People’s Party (CHP)—won big victories in the majority of the country’s largest cities, including Istanbul, the economic powerhouse of Turkey.
