WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Baked Alaska: Pricey The US-Russia summit is a symptom of geopolitical failure By Edward Lucas Speculation swirls around the US-Russia meeting in Anchorage planned for Friday. Will Ukraine be at the table, or on the menu? What leverage (if any) will the US apply to Russia to extract concessions and reward compliance? Will the Europeans' belated, frantic efforts to get their more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Experts React: What's at Stake in the Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting By Seth G. Jones, Eliot A. Cohen, Maria Snegovaya, Mark F. Cancian and Benjamin Jensen As U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet this Friday at a summit in Alaska, questions arise over the potential agenda and implications for the war in Ukraine. With Ukraini more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations issued the following news release: * * * Israelis Deliberately Kills 7 Palestinian Journalists in Gaza Genocide-Complicit Western Media Lend Credence to Outrageous Israeli Justifications * The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America's umbrella group of Muslim associations, along with American Muslims, categorically condemns the Israeli government-ordered killing of seven Palestinian journalists in Gaza late Sunday n more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on President Trump's Russia Sanctions Deadline Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's deadline for imposing additional sanctions on Russia. "Yet again, President Trump has apparently let President Putin more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 11 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people * In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine's democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people. The Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister (EPP, Germany), the Ch more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 10 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people * In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine's democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people. The Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister (EPP, Germany), the Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: On CBS' Face The Nation, Kelly Pushes for Pressure on Putin, Shares Stories from Eloy ICE Detention Facility * In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sat with Margaret Brennan on CBS's " Face the Nation" over the weekend to talk about the war in Ukraine and the Trump administration's immigration policies. Kelly pushed back on the idea of sanctions relief for Putin and called out the  more PR