Joe Pike
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Getty ImagesEuropean leaders are set to gather next week for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine, in…
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European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine
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Mansour bin Zayed receives First Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 15 (ANI/WAM): Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, received today at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian…
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Secretary Rubio’s Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as a follow up to President Donald Trump’s conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin…
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A Problem or an Opportunity for Europe?
European Parliament and European Council sources told CSIS that when writing the AI Act, their intention was that fine-tuning a model would not immediately trigger regulatory obligations. Indeed, the rules for GPAI models are intended…
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Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine—and terrible dealmaking
Donald Trump’s appeasement of Vladimir Putin makes Neville Chamberlain look like a principled, courageous realist. At least Chamberlain was trying to prevent a major European war,…
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Freeze and thaw: USAID withdrawal and the future of Russia’s pro-European civil society
President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze United States Agency for International Development (USAID) activities shocked European civil society organisations which relied on its funding, and…
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US views of Ukraine aid, NATO and European defense in 2025
U.S. and NATO flags wave in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 2024, ahead of that year’s NATO summit. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) Americans remain largely divided along partisan lines over U.S. aid to Ukraine, nearly three years after…
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JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech – POLITICO
“The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia. It’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within,” the vice president said. “The retreat of Europe from some…
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American troops in Europe are not ‘forever,’ US defense chief Hegseth warns – POLITICO
After years of pressure, Poland has succeeded in getting 8,000 U.S. troops permanently stationed in the country.
That got Hegseth to again call Poland a “model ally.”
He said the “level of partnership is unmatched in Europe, the common…
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J.D. Vance Speech at Munich Security Conference Criticizes Europe’s Democracies
Hello and happy Valentine’s Day from Munich, where SitRep spent the day at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof with hundreds of current and former world leaders, military officials, diplomats, and lawmakers during an action-packed first day of the…
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