WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * De-Americanizing NATO: Could We? The US administration's diminishing interest in the North Atlantic alliance means Europe needs an alternative, and quickly. By Nicolas Tenzer Let us not be lulled by the illusions sometimes perpetuated by the conventional and polite language of diplomacy: the presence of the United States within the Atlantic alliance has become increasingly more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * Europe -- Very Well, Alone How might Europe defend itself without the US? There are some plausible outline answers. By Amy Graham and Francis Harris In 2011, the withered remains of Europe's first defense union were taken to the European Union (EU) and given a quiet funeral. The Western European Union (WEU), born in 1955, was formally pronounced dead. Now that NATO and the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * US Anti-Nuclear Strikes Bring Russian Turbulence Kremlin propagandists are struggling to remain coherent as global crises proliferate. By Julia Davis The US strikes on Iran have triggered another jarring lurch of the Russian propaganda seesaw, whose ups and downs have characterized Kremlin propaganda under the presidency of Donald J. Trump. On one hand, government figures more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * What Iran's Isolation Says About Moscow and Beijing's Commitment to Latin America's Dictators By Ryan C. Berg Events in one theater of the world occasionally provide analysts with opportunities to reflect and update their assumptions once considered axiomatic about a different theater of the world. The past six months in the Middle East have provided Venezuela, Ni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND EXTREME MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he criticized the Rubber Stamp Republicans for not standing up for the American people while Donald Trump unleashes chaos, cruelty and corruption. LEADER JEFF more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for June 24, 2025: * * * SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO Secretary Rubio joins President Trump on travel to the Netherlands from June 24-25, 2025. Secretary Rubio follows President Trump's schedule in The Hague, the Netherlands. 7:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio participates in the NATO-Ukraine Council Foreign Ministers' Working Dinner in The Hague, the Netherlands. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE C more PR