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Several media outlets have been branded "foreign agents” under a Russian law that forces them to post the label on all news reports and meet strict financial disclosure rules.

Viktor Orban, the country’s far-right prime minister, has spent millions on lobbying, support for think tanks and cultivating allies in Washington.

Can President Biden's "relentless diplomacy” overcome transatlantic strains, not to mention a still-raging pandemic and climate crisis?

Что США и Германия могут сделать для Украины.

Zdaniem byłego ambasadora USA w Polsce Daniela Frieda obecne działania polskich władz przyczyniają się do izolacji Polski na arenie międzynarodowej.

FAST THINKING: Nord Stream 2 gets the green light Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN It’s no longer just a pipe dream. Berlin and Washington have ended years of political wrangling by striking a deal over the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is slated to deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. Critics have long argued that the project will increase Russia’s geopolitical influenc...

FAST THINKING: Biden’s China policy is coming into focus Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council GET UP TO SPEED Corporate America is on notice. This week, the Biden administration warned businesses that investing or operating supply chains in Xinjiang province, where China’s repression of the Uighur people includes reports of slave labor, “could run a high risk of violating US law.” Then on Friday, th...

What forms of cooperation will the charter unleash for democracies? What will it mean for the struggle between democracies and autocracies?

FAST THINKING: Europe strikes back at Belarus Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council GET UP TO SPEED How do you respond to air piracy by Europe’s last dictator? After Belarusian authorities forced a Ryanair passenger jet flying through their airspace to land so they could imprison dissident blogger Roman Protasevich, world leaders are scrambling to put the screws on the country’s president, Alyaksandr Luk...

Outrage at aggression should lead to action. The West has options for a civil-aviation response as well as new targeted sanctions.