WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- American University issued the following news: * * * AUWCL's Professor and Dean Emeritus Claudio Grossman Discusses Human Rights and International Law in Ukraine at the European Parliament International Law Experts and European Parliament Leaders Call for Global Solidarity with Ukraine By Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo American University Washington College of Law Professor and Dean Emeritus Claudio Grossman spoke on a panel at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels addressing the human rights situation in Ukraine more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 24, 2026, by Klara Vlahcevic Lisinski, senior fellow for content innovation and strategy at New Lines Institute: * * * How AI-Driven Influence Operations Attack Ukraine It's not just missiles that are hitting Kyiv. Russia is leveraging Chinese artificial intelligence to spread lies about the conflict. - When US military aid to Ukraine fell by 99% and Europe stepped into the breach in 2025, Russia's influence machinery pivoted. Storm-1516, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2026, by Boris Ginzburg: * * * Lukashenka's 'Capitulation' to Zelenskyy's Ultimatum There was more to the Belarusian autocrat's climbdown to Ukraine than met the eye. And repeating the trick would be extremely unwise. - Since January, Ukraine has noticeably hardened its public tone toward Belarus. This toughened rhetoric culminated on June 19 in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's ultimatum to the Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenka.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2026, by Emil Avdaliani, research fellow at the Turan Research Center and a professor of international relations at the European University in Tbilisi, Georgia: * * * Trump's Route Begins to Re-Make the South Caucasus The project unites the common interest of the participating states. - August marks the first anniversary of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) - an agreement poised to reshape the geopolitics  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 24, 2026, by author and public speaker Shaun Pinner: * * * Ukraine: Fedorov's Election Call Will Fail Ukrainians know that the obstacles to an election in wartime are so great as to make the idea impractical. - The dust was just settling after Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal and the appointment of Yevhenii Khmara as his replacement. Then came the 35-year-old's extraordinary nine-minute YouTube intervention demanding fresh el more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 24, 2026, by humanitarian volunteer Simon Peichl: * * * Ukraine's Defense Industry: The Motor of Post-War Revival Arms makers will be at the heart of Ukraine's economic reconstruction, but they will need people and reform to make the most of hard-won battlefield innovations. - Defense production capacity in Ukraine is projected to hit $55bn this year, according to the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv, compared to $1bn before  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Kateryna Odarchenko, president of the PolitA Institute for Democracy and Development, also a political consultant and partner of the SIC Group Ukraine: * * * Ukrainians Embrace God but Shun Moscow Orthodoxy Russia's full-scale invasion has transformed almost every aspect of Ukrainian life, including people's faith. - Polling suggests the war has made Ukrainians more religious. But a closer look at more than two decades of dat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2026, by Jonathan Burchell, visiting fellow in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program: * * * The Europe Force Posture Review and the Transition to NATO 3.0 The Pentagon's Europe Force Posture Review marks an important milestone in NATO's transition toward a more European-led model of conventional defense. The review, expected to take approximately six months and conducted in consultation with NATO allies and Congress, will a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2026, by Center for the Industrial Base Director Jerry McGinn, and A.J. Dilts, senior program manager in the CSIS Defense and Security Department: * * * How Quickly Can the DOD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base? Recent analyses have identified the causes and consequences of shrinking munitions stockpiles. Policymakers and industry should now turn their efforts to not only rebuilding the munitions industrial bas more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Hunter Marston, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia: * * * Missed Opportunity: Critical Minerals and the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Introduction In September 2023, President Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi and met the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, marking the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-Vietnam comprehensive partnership. The two leaders surp more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Caroline Russell, associate fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program: * * * Pakistan's LNG Imports Under Pressure: Impacts of the Strait of Hormuz's Closure and Pakistan's Diplomatic Response Introduction The Strait of Hormuz and Qatar's Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility have been effectively shut for over five months due to the war between the United States and Iran, impacting 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following action from the Federal Register: * * * The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is providing interested persons with the opportunity to submit comments concerning abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use of eight drug substances. These comments will be considered in preparing a response from the United States to the Exp more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 28 -- The University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: * * * Hardy Vieux (MPP/JD '97) to receive 2026 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award The University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will recognize Hardy Vieux (MPP/JD '97) with the 2026 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award, the school's highest alumni honor for dedication to excellence in public service. Vieux will accept the award on Oct. 16 during the Ford School's 2026 Homecoming celebration. Vi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- FRAGOLA-G LIMITED LIABILITY, Kyiv, Ukraine, won a federal contract award for $810,000 from the U.S. Army, Apo, AE, for irradiation apparatus manufacturing. Contract Award Number: W564KV26PA046; NAICS Code: 334517; Product Service Code (PSC): 6525; Solicitation Number: W564KV26PA046 more CTR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by senior fellow Ken Moriyasu to Nikkei Asia: * * * Kazakhstan, the World's Most Important Hedger, Bets on Stability Tokayev consolidates power to preserve a balance between China, Russia, and the US. - Just ahead of the Aug. 23 elections, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke to the nation on television and asked citizens to take the long  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Ukraine Military Situation Report | August 26 Executive Summary * Battlefield assessment. Russia combined jet-powered attack drones, decoys, and missiles to test Ukraine's layered defenses. * Russian pressure. Repeated border strikes, gradually amassing North Korean deployments, and sustained ground comb more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Fund for American Studies issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * Mark Sawyer Selected for the Inaugural TFAS Journalism Excellence Fellowship at The Dispatch The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce two-time TFAS alumnus Mark Sawyer '24, '24, as the recipient of the inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellowship at The Dispatch. Sawyer first joined TFAS in 2024 at the European Journalism Institute in Prague, Czech Republic, which provided hands-on reporting experience while enhancing his  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 27 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * Molitvi za Ukrayinu: pidtrimka tsinnostei svobodi, liuds'koyi gidnosti ta miru * 24 serpnia liudi po vs'omu svitu molilisia za Ukrayinu pid chas velikikh ekumenichnikh bogosluzhin' i na samoti. Yikh vsikh ob'iednuvala rishuchist' dosiagti spravedlivosti i miru. V tsei den' takozh vidznachalasia 35-ta richnitsia nezalezhnosti Ukrayini. Mizhkonfesiinu molitvu u Sofiis'komu sobori (Kiyiv) vidvidali prezident Ukrayini Volodimir Z more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 27 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * Molitvy za Ukrainu: podderzhka tsennostei svobody, chelovecheskogo dostoinstva i mira * 24 avgusta liudi vo vsem mire molilis' za Ukrainu v ramkakh masshtabnykh ekumenicheskikh bogosluzhenii i v odinochestve. Ikh vsekh ob'ediniala reshimost' vosstanovit' spravedlivost' i mir. V etot den' takzhe otmechalos' 35-letie nezavisimosti Ukrainy. Mezhkonfessional'nuiu molitvu v Sofiiskom sobore (Kiev) posetili prezident Ukrainy Vladim more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter to Affinity Partners CEO Jared Kushner: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 24, 2026 Mr. Jared Kushner "Special Envoy for Peace" Founder and Chief Executive Officer Affinity Partners 16690 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 Dear Mr. Kushner: You may have been too busy causing a new foreign policy fiasco in Albania after your yachting foray in the Adriatic to get back to us on  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 27 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Ukrainian/German special education scholar to lecture on inclusive education in wartime Sept. 24 * KINGSTON, R.I. - Aug. 27, 2026 - Olga Fert-lecturer and research associate at Technische Universitat Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig) in Germany and a professor of special education at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine-will present at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in Room 100 of the Beaupre Center more PR