WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * 2025 U.S.-Turkiye High Level Defense Group Meeting On April 28, 2025, the Department of Defense and the Turkish Ministry of National Defense held a High Level Defense Group (HLDG) in Ankara, Turkiye. Katherine Thompson, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, led the U.S. delegation with the participation of Maj. Gen. Sean Salene, Director of Plans, Policy more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Investing in Ukraine: Folly or Wisdom? By Emily Harding The Trump administration has now threatened twice to walk away from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The third time could mean disaster--an end to U.S. aid for Ukraine and, with it, lost business opportunities, lost talent, and lost time to deter China. Walking away would waste three years of U.S. investment that is pay more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Revising Missile Controls Is Necessary to Help Allies and Prevent New Nuclear States By Pranay Vaddi and Ola Craft As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance "the President's goals of strengthening allied defense capabilities, bolstering the U.S. de more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * The Transatlantic Tech Clash: Will Europe "De-Risk" from the United States? By Emily Benson, Max Bergmann and Federico Steinberg The tit-for-tat trade escalation between the United States and China has dominated news cycles. In the backdrop of rising U.S.-China tensions is another--and potentially just as profound--change occurring in the U.S.-EU relationship. The Europeans may incr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Secretary's First 100 Days of Delivering on Promises Even before arriving at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear his vision for reshaping the U.S. military. Just a day after being confirmed by the Senate, the new secretary released a message to the force outlining his plans. Charged by President Donald J. Trump to deliver "peace through strength," Hegseth said he'd more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * Hybrid Threats and Modern Political Warfare: The Architecture of Cross-Domain Conflict By Beniamino Irdi We are publishing this piece because Mr. Irdi served within the Italian government for seventeen years in various capacities related to foreign affairs and security policy, including as a special advisor to Italy's minister of foreign affairs. During his tenure at the Italian prime minister's office, he h more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * On Your TV: Democratic Governors Slam Trump's Job-Killing Tariffs, Attacks on Critical Programs, and Threats to Democracy As Trump celebrated his disastrous 100-day record of raising costs on working families, threatening Social Security and health care, and attacking public schools, Democratic governors took to national TV and radio shows to condemn Trump's policies that continue to make life harder fo more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, May 6 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on May 4, 2025, to Lawfare: * * * The Revenge of the JCPOA By Raphael S. Cohen This commentary was originally published by Lawfare on May 4, 2025. Ever since Iran's nuclear program first became public, every U.S. administration has faced a dilemma--strike a likely imperfect deal or attack Iran's nuclear infrastructure and risk becoming embroiled in another Middle Eastern war. A decade ago, the Obama administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Arizona, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Eli Crane op-ed in Pinal Central: Rural Arizona Stands with President Trump's Border Priorities Under Democratic control of Washington, millions of illegals invaded America, fentanyl deaths reached all-time highs, and murderous gangs tormented our communities. Record numbers of terrorists, Chinese nationals, and criminals evaded our Border Patrol agents as cartel profits skyrocketed in the process. Tragicall more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10261) on March 14, 2025, by Emily M. McCabe, foreign assistance and foreign policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview Background The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has served as the lead international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It was established in 1961, pursuant to Executive Orde more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Charles Kushner, President Biden's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco, from a May 1, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Senator Booker, thank you for your very kind and gracious introduction. More importantly, thank you for your special and close friendship for over 25 years. It is a distinct pleasure for me personally to see how you have become such a great Senator from New Jersey, a more PR