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Europe-China Relations and the Macron Visit
April 10, 2023 On November 4, 2022, Chancellor Scholz paid an eleven-hour visit to Beijing with a group of top German business executives. He was the first Western leader visit to China since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles de Gaulle, China, France, Macron, NATO, Russia, US-China, von der Leyen, war in ukraine, Xi Jinping
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: One Year On
February 20, 2023 Two years ago, on February 19, 2021, at the 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference, President Biden addressed the global community for the first time. He defined the partnership between Europe and the US as the cornerstone of … Continue reading
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Tagged arms supplies, Biden, Macron, Munich Security Conference, NATO, Putin, Russia, Scholz, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war, US
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From Ping-pong Diplomacy to Balloon Crisis
February 13, 2023 Already, there is a lot to be said about the Turkey-Syria earthquake. There will be much more in the weeks and months ahead. Neither the dust will set settle, nor the grief, and anger will go away … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Xi, Deng Xiaoping, Japan, Kishida, Kissinger, NATO, Nixon, Stoltenberg, Turkish foreign policy, US-China relations
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Time to Energize Diplomacy
January 16, 2023 Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited France, Italy, Britain, Canada, and the US. In the background was the war in Ukraine, China’s growing military might, North Korea’s becoming a de facto nuclear power, and Japan’s … Continue reading
2022: Year in Review
December 12, 2022 “Annus horribilis” is a phrase made famous by Queen Elizabeth II in a speech delivered near the end of 1992. At the time she was referring to the difficulties in the British royal family. The queen’s remarks … Continue reading
A Recast Strategic Landscape from One NATO Summit to the Next
July 4, 2022 G7 met in Elmau, Germany, on 26-28 June 2022. The communiqué issued following the meeting stressed G7’s condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and reiterated that G7 will stand with Ukraine for as long as … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Finland, G7, NATO, NATO expansion, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war, US
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Toward Protracted War in Ukraine
May 2, 2022 On April 27, at a meeting with the Council of Lawmakers, President Putin accused the West of always pursuing a policy of containing Russia. He said no one could imagine the creation of an “anti-Russia” on historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Cold War, Finland, NATO, Putin, Russian invasion, Sweden, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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Russia’s Indiscriminate Attacks Spark Outrage
April 11, 2022 On April 5, 2022, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that assertions of “war crimes” are a pretext to torpedo the ongoing negotiations at a time when some light, however dim, has appeared at the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blinken, China-Ukraine, EU-Ukraine, Lavrov, NATO, Putin, Russian invasion, Stoltenberg, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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US/NATO Talks with Russia, Episode 2 Begins
January 31, 2022 On January 26, the US and NATO delivered their written responses to Russia’s security demands in Eurasia. A day later, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the media that the responses offer grounds for serious talks only on … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China, EU, European security, Israel-Turkey, Lavrov, NATO, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine
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Russia-US/NATO Talks, Episode 1
January 17, 2022 In mid-December 2021, Russia handed the West two draft documents, “Agreement on Measures to Ensure the Security of the Russian Federation and Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”[i] and “Treaty Between the United States of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU, European security, NATO, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, US-Russia relations
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