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1 day ago

"Putin scored a victory by showing up, and Trump's limited words and tense demeanor left Putin to control the narrative. For a man so attached to showmanship, Trump unusually allowed Putin to be the star of what should have been the Trump show," GMF's Kristine Berzina explained.

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In High-stakes Summit, Trump, Not Putin, Budges

Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader would compromise on the Ukraine war.

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2 days ago

🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces rebellion from his party over the suspension of some arms shipments to Israel.

GMF's Claudia Major explains that the controversy "shows the complexities of German policies toward Israel here. Nothing is easy.”

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2 days ago

"The territories it wants to annex further, those are economically rich areas. These are areas of Ukraine that are rich in minerals, rare earth metals. There is access to Black Sea ports...Ukraine certainly can't afford to lose more territory," explains GMF's David Salvo.

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World in 10

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2 days ago

🇪🇺 "There is an opportunity which fits well with European interest and policy to demonstrate to Washington that the EU is capable of being a very helpful and serious actor when it comes to the economic containment of Russia,” said GMF's Ian Lesser to the Kyiv Independent.

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EU remains mute on secondary tariffs, eyes Trump’s next move

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union said it was preparing the next sanctions package on Moscow ahead of looming US-Russia peace talks. The last-minute virtual talks came just ahead of U.S.…

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3 days ago

🌎 GMF Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina featured on BBC News: "Is this going to be about two major powers sitting together in the Arctic...or is this going to be a transatlantic relationship discussion with a major aggressor against transatlantic security -- Russia?"

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Trump demands Russia halt war after Putin Summit | Kristine Berzina featured on BBC News

For more analysis by Kristine Berzina: https://www.gmfus.org/find-experts/kristine-berzina

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4 days ago

"Should Russia keep that land, they’d be stealing vast quantities of critical minerals and other key economic assets. This includes important commodities on the global market, like lithium, coal, and gas," GMF's David Salvo explains.

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Russia may gain Ukraine’s fertile, resource-rich territory as Trump proposes land swap

Ukraine faces potential loss of hundreds of billions in economic value as President Donald Trump floats territorial concessions to Russia.

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4 days ago

📖 The declaration Armenia and Azerbaijan signed in Washington is a landmark deal that commits both to concluding peace—but mostly at a high price for the former, explains Sukiasyan.

➡️ Read Narek Sukiasyan's analysis on the agreement here:

A TRIPP Toward Peace Through Armenia’s Highlands?

On August 8, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev agreed in Washington on a breakthrough in the conflict-resolution process between their countries. Now,…

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5 days ago

🎓 Meet the 2025 MMF Fellows! (Part 1)

📣 GMF is proud to introduce the participants of the 2025 Marshall Memorial Fellowship.

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5 days ago

🇪🇸 GMF Senior Fellow Kristina Kausch explains that Spain's deepening ties with China has raised eyebrows in the US and Europe: “While this echoes a broader desire in Europe for strategic rebalancing, EU leaders have stressed that such a rebalancing must be based in reciprocity."

Spain treads a risky path by standing up to Trump on defense and China

Tensions over defense and foreign policy issues are growing between Madrid and Washington.

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7 days ago

The declaration signed by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev presents an opportunity to reduce the Kremlin’s influence in Armenia and Azerbaijan, and make the Middle Corridor trade route between Europe and Central Asia, bypassing Russia a reality.

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A Window of Opportunity in the South Caucasus

The joint declaration signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the peace agreement initialed by their foreign ministers—both mediated by US…