Russia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has come out in favor of Ukraine joining the North Atlantic alliance but remains firmly opposed to Sweden joining the bloc. The policy puts Ankara at odds with Washington, who supports Stockholm joining the alliance but...
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News Roundup 7/7/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 7, 2023 | News Roundup
US News Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, particularly in the GOP, are pushing back against the renewal of a law authorizing a tool used by US spy agencies, in the post 9/11 era, to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreign targets and Americans with whom they...
News Roundup 7/5/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 5, 2023 | News Roundup
US News President Biden announced Monday that he will nominate Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, CNN has reported. AWC Russia CIA Director William Burns said in a speech on Saturday that the war in Ukraine provides...
News Roundup 7/3/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 3, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Raytheon has called in retired engineers to help produce Stinger anti-aircraft missiles that the US has been providing Ukraine, Defense One reported on Thursday. AWC The US is close to approving the provision of longer-range missiles for Ukraine that the White...
News Roundup 6/29/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 29, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new $500 million military aid package for Ukraine that includes new Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles and munitions for various weapons systems. AWC Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told BBC last week...
News Roundup 6/27/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 27, 2023 | News Roundup
US News The first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing “ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.” AWC Russia The Secretary General of NATO...
News Roundup 6/26/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 26, 2023 | News Roundup
US News On Thursday, a group of Republicans introduced a bill in the House and Senate that would reaffirm NATO’s Article 5 does not override congressional war powers. The effort was led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Warren Davidson (R-OH). AWC...
News Roundup 6/20/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 20, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia A neo-Nazi-aligned militant leading cross-border raids into Russia using American military equipment told the Washington Post that his forces were escalating tensions with Moscow. The Institute NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that NATO will...