WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Council on Foreign Relations issued the following report in February 2025 by Eric Ciaramella and Eric Green entitled "Ukraine, NATO, and War Termination". Here are excerpts: * * * In 2025, President Donald Trump is expected to launch a negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine aimed at settling the war. The United States unquestionably has an interest in ending the massive loss of life and civilian suffering. Yet stopping the violence is not the only challenge more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 11 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks by Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis at an Economic and Financial Affairs Council news conference: * * * Thank you, Mr Minister. I would like to begin my remarks by thanking Minister Domanski and the Polish Presidency for your warm welcome here in Warsaw. We are meeting in a symbolic place. This Army Museum documents Polish heroic history of resistance. Poles have paid a high price to stand against tyranny and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer, Meeks to Introduce Major Russian Sanctions, Ukraine Assistance Bill WASHINGTON, DC \- Today, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), former Majority Leader, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a comprehensive bill to support Ukraine and thwart Russia's ability to wage its illegal war there. Like the Senate bill introduce more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on April 14, 2025: * * * Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Administration's Attempt to Revoke Legal Status of Hundreds of Thousands; Grants Class Certification Judge's ruling covers people who came through "CHNV" humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans BOSTON--A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled against the Trump administration today, halting its attempt to revoke the legal status and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Meeks, Hoyer Introduce Major Russian Sanctions, Ukraine Assistance Bill Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today introduced a comprehensive bill to support Ukraine and thwart Russia's ability to wage its illegal war more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following opening statement at a hearing entitled "FY26 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing": * * * As Prepared Thank you, Chairman DesJarlais - and congratulations on your first Strategic Forces subcommittee hearing as Chairman. I also want to thank you for beginning this session with a very bi-partisan series of briefings to bring us all up to speed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Doggett and Other House Democrats Introduce Major Russian Sanctions, Ukraine Assistance Bill Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov (link sends email) Washington, D.C.-- As President Trump defends (link is external) Russia's deadliest attack against Ukrainian civilians this year and continues to parrot Kremlin propaganda blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war, U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Russia: Erasing Ukraine's Memory Russia's invasion of Ukraine was never just about toppling its government or conquering its territory. It was also a war on memory -- an essentially colonial endeavor by Vladimir Putin to erase Ukraine's identity and reimpose a Kremlin-approved version of history. For the Russian president, subjugating Ukraine meant not just defeating its army, but deleting the n more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) issued a report titled "Undercharged: Energy, Climate, and the Evolving Transatlantic Relationship" in March 2025, authored by Max Bergmann, Joseph Majkut, and Federico Steinberg. The report analyzes the shifting energy policies and climate initiatives in the United States and Europe under new political leadership and explores the potential for both cooperation and conflict in their evolving transatlantic relations more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12964) on April 14, 2025, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink: * * * U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control: Overview and Potential Considerations for Congress The United States has periodically sought to advance its national security interests through the negotiation and conclusion of nuclear arms control agreements with its adversaries. In January 2025 remarks, President Donald Trump ad more PR