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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Nicholas Lokker
President Trump is promising to end the now three-year long war in Ukraine. But with Ukraine and Europe sidelined in current negotiations – how far off really is peace? Nicholas Lokker, research associate for the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), weighs in on the discussion. Listen to the full episode on wbur. Podcast February 25, 2025 Can Ukraine and Europe Win Alone?
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1 month ago | 
cnas.org | Nicholas Lokker |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Jim Townsend
A group of leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine's capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. In Washington, President Donald Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron as the anniversary marked a dramatic shift in policies on Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv and the U.S. are working productively on an economic rare earth minerals deal at the center of an effort to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Peter Schroeder |Nicholas Lokker |Jim Townsend
President Trump has an opportunity to address tensions with NATO at the Munich Security Conference. While he should articulate his grievances, he also should lay out his requirements for NATO. Recalibrating the alliance is necessary to counter Russia and China.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Peter Schroeder |Nicholas Lokker |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Elizabeth Anderson
In just a few days, Donald Trump returns to office with Canada in his sights. At the same time, it has been less than two weeks since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned. With an election expected in Canada the first half of the year - one that heralds a change of government - 2025 promises to be disruptive on both sides of the border.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Nicholas Lokker |Peter Schroeder
On January 21, 2017, the day after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It was one of his first official actions as president and an opportunity to reset relations with the intelligence community. Just ten days prior, he had accused intelligence agencies of helping to leak a report that claimed that Russian operatives had his personal and financial information.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Nicholas Lokker
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary, relations between Moscow and the West have continued to deteriorate. Following the White House’s approval in November of Ukrainian strikes inside Russia with U.S-supplied ATACMs, the Kremlin once again escalated its nuclear threats, formally updating Russian doctrine to lower the threshold for nuclear use in response to a subjectively determined threat to sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Nicholas Lokker
Later this month, both Moldova and Georgia will hold crucial elections with the potential to profoundly shape their futures. As Russia attempts to reassert dominance along its periphery amid its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s actions have triggered different geopolitical reorientations in different countries across the region.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Nicholas Lokker
This policy brief is a product of the Center for a New American Security Transatlantic Forum on Russia, an initiative designed to spur coordination between the United States and Europe on Russia-related policy across multiple issue areas. Policy briefs are informed by a series of dialogues with leading experts from both sides of the Atlantic. The authors thank all of those who contributed to this fruitful exchange.
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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.
