GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4 -- The International Air Transport Association issued the following news release: * * * Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds New Delhi - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced updates to its 2025 airline industry financial outlook, showing improved profitability over 2024 and resilience in the face of global economic and political shifts. Highlights from the expected 2025 financial performance include: * Net more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2025: * * * Britain's Defenses - Eaten by Locusts The UK's defense review is a good document with good ideas. But it lacks detail on the key issue -- where's the extra money? By James Fennell In November 1936, Winston Churchill stood up in Parliament and described Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's rearmament plans as being "decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary: * * * House of Cards: Ukraine Hits Russia The most audacious attack of the war is a military and strategic game-changer. By Edward Lucas It may not have changed the course of the war. But it may speed its end. Already, Ukraine's stunning strike on Russian air bases has changed the way we think about Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine--and, indeed, about all wars in the future. Battered, beleague more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2025: * * * Ukraine's 'Trojan Horse' Strike Scorches Putin An extraordinary covert operation has left many Russian strategic bombers in flames and analysts reaching for superlatives. By Olga Tokariuk "I dreamt about it. In Mariupol, when they [the Russians] bombed us. In my thoughts, I sent the missiles and bombs back into their planes. Those who were bombing us, torturing us, who were m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 3, 2025: * * * The Implications of Poland's Presidential Election By Donatienne Ruy On June 1, Poles elected Karol Nawrocki to be the next president of the Republic of Poland. A hardline nationalist, Nawrocki won 50.9 percent of the vote against centrist candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, who garnered 49.1 percent of the vote. Turnout was 71.0 percent, a historic high. Nawrocki is affi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 2, 2025: * * * The Meaning of U.S. Troop Withdrawals from Korea By Victor Cha A May 23 Wall Street Journal article stated that the United States has decided to withdraw 4,500 troops from South Korea and relocate them to Guam and other bases. Department of Defense spokesperson Sean Parnell responded with a statement that the report is "not true." Others have noted that, although a  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 3, 2025: * * * South Korea's New President: Frying Pan to Fire By Victor Cha and Andy Lim Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) secured a landslide victory in the 21st South Korean presidential election on June 3. With 49.42 percent of the vote and a 79.38 percent voter turnout--the highest since 1997--Lee comes into office with a solid popular mandate and comfortab more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin To President Trump: The Whole World Is Watching To See If You Will Stand Firm Against Putin * June 02, 2025 It's time for Leader Thune to pass the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill and prepare another Ukraine supplemental WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, warned President Trump that Russ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Statement on Visit to Germany * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today released this statement following his visit to Berlin, Germany. "I had a very productive visit to Berlin, Germany. I met with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The purpose of the visit was to infor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2026 Budget * Heinrich and Lujan: "Trump's budget is an attack on New Mexicans" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) bu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2026 Budget Request * Heinrich and Lujan: "Trump's budget is an attack on New Mexicans" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 (F more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 2, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Poland's Presidential Elections Reveal Domestic Fissures and National Commitments By Janusz Bugajski Jamestown Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski is the author of Pivotal Poland: Europe's Rising Power. The book explores the nature and context of Warsaw's determined efforts to shape NATO's eastern policy, maintain a strong alliance with the United States, and build a  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 2, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia's Maximalist Demands Undermine Peace Talks Despite Mounting Domestic Strains By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * The lead-up to the latest talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 demonstrates stark differences in negotiation strategies. Kyiv sent Russia a proposal beforehand, while Moscow maintained secrecy, diminishing hopes for substan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement on Trump's Request to Codify Illegal, Disastrous DOGE Cuts to Foreign Aid, NPR and PBS Trump Administration's Actions of Impounding Funds Remains Illegal * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Appropriations and Senate For more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Asks for Republican Rubberstamp on Elon Musk's Destruction WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's proposed rescissions package: "President Trump is not laser-focused on the cost-of-living crisis, that he is ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio * Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio. On pro-growth policies: "[W]hen you have growth in the economy, government revenues go up. And then if you start bending the spending curve down in the right direction, you can start getting to where more PR