by Yingjie Gu | Feb 14, 2018 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Global leaders will meet this week for the 2018 Munich Security Conference following the release of a new report titled “To the Brink – and Back?” forecasting growing uncertainty in the era of Trump administration nationalistic, “America First” policies....
by Elizabeth Strassner | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With less than one year before the midterm elections, the United States is still unprepared to deal with the threat of Russian election interference, but Republicans don’t seem concerned about improving voting protections, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.,...
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | May 25, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. should act against a contentious Russia’s gas pipeline project, supporting the European Union’s energy security, a U.S. senator said Wednesday. “Russia has a track record of weaponizing natural gas,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the New...
by Wen-Yee Lee | Apr 26, 2017 | National Security
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Embassy of the Russian Federation holds an annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Elbe Day. Soviet and U.S. troops met at the Elbe River and worked together to end World War II in Europe....
by Maryam Saleh | Jan 19, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON–South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s nominee to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the country must speak with a single voice in fighting the Islamic State, but she...