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Can Kasapoğlu and Peter Rough offer three practical ways for the United States and its European allies to continue to aid Ukraine: (1) establishing a European fund to purchase American weapons, (2) facilitating technology transfers to Ukraine, and (3) deepening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s partnership with Kyiv.
The Trump Administration’s Strategy to Stop the Houthis’ Attacks
The Trump administration’s shift in focus from the Houthis to their Iranian benefactors changes the calculus in the region. “He means business in the negotiations over their nuclear program,” said Mike Doran on Deep Dive.
Bryan Clark, Dan Patt, and Nadia Schadlow lay out three steps the Pentagon needs to take to ensure the US has access to the munitions it needs in Breaking Defense. For more, read their Hudson report on how the US can exploit its commercial strengths to mobilize weapons production.
China is strengthening its ties with Russia and Iran while Western alliances deteriorate, warns Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal.
For President Donald Trump’s talk of reciprocal tariffs to move beyond rhetoric, he will need Congress to renew his Trade Promotion Authority so that he can lower tariffs when US rates are higher. Paul Sracic elaborates in The Wall Street Journal.
Before you go . . .
On C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Nadia Schadlow explains what the future of NATO might look like in light of the Trump administration’s demand for greater European military spending.
