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“To destroy the liberal world order”: Trump, Putin, and the imperiled trans-Atlantic alliance

Friday, July 20, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian ambassadors and representatives to international organisations in Moscow, Russia, July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RC1C020E1000

Trump is coming off as Putin’s poodle, but that actually undermines Russia’s main goal

Friday, July 20, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during their news conference in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC188258ED00

Putin didn’t have to push the Kremlin’s narrative. Trump did it for him.

Alina Polyakova

Friday, July 20, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a joint news conference with Russia's President Vladimir Putin after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC11FBFEF700

Trump has trapped himself into cracking down on Russia

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, July 19, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC119D3EE840

What Helsinki agreements? This is not normal

Thursday, July 19, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC145902DE10

The Trump-Putin summit produces little. What can come next?

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One, for their first official visit to Britain, at Stansted Airport, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1138DA3BE0

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit

Thomas Wright, Alina Polyakova, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Amanda Sloat, Célia Belin, Kemal Kirişci, and Tarun Chhabra

Monday, July 16, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are seen at the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause - RC1C67E741D0

Yes, Russia is a threat to NATO. So are the alliance’s anti-democratic members.

Norman Eisen and James Kirchick

Saturday, July 14, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to hold a news conference after participating in the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1FC1274000

Should NATO even hold summits under Trump?

Derek Chollet and Amanda Sloat

Friday, July 13, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he attends the International Cybersecurity Congress in Moscow, Russia July 6, 2018. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1FFDC47C00

What Putin wants in Helsinki

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, July 12, 2018