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Rosa Balfour hosts Ambassador Julianne Smith for a discussion on the priorities for NATO and the U.S. at a critical juncture.
Moscow’s demands of the United States and NATO are in fact the strategic goals of Russian policy in Europe. If Russia cannot achieve them by diplomatic means, it will resort to other methods.
Carnegie scholars assess U.S.-European cooperation on China, technology, climate, and more.
Since 2017, Brussels has become more concerned with Chinese foreign direct investments in infrastructures and technology, establishing investment screening measures, encouraging member-states to launch their own schemes, and launching an important 2019 EU-China strategic outlook.
Beijing has gone to great lengths to punish Lithuania for opening a Taiwanese representative office. In the long run, China’s tactics may end up making the EU stronger and more resilient.
Given the global rise in nuclear activity, the world should move quickly to create such a system. When existing powers are less able to prevent uranium enrichment—and even hand over highly enriched material to other countries—it incentivizes competitors to double down on their programs.
Brussels’s plans to cut emissions by promoting nuclear power has parts of the bloc up in arms.
Despite their geographic diversity, the uprisings shared similar root causes.
Faced with Russia’s military threat against Ukraine and demands for NATO to stop further expansion, the West wants a dialogue with Moscow. Diplomatic efforts that are not underpinned by hard power may not be enough to avert a war.
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