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With more than eight months remaining before the Nov. 5 election, and even though some polls seem to favor Donald Trump, no one really knows who will win.

HL537:  Report from Russia: Politics, Economics, and The NATOExpansion Issue

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The Strategic Concept sets the Alliance’s strategy. It outlines NATO’s enduring purpose and nature, its fundamental security tasks, and the challenges and opportunities it faces in a changing security environment. It also specifies the elements of the Alliance’s approach to security and provides guidelines for its political and military adaptation.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

The United States plans a military base in Poland, its first in Eastern Europe, while holding the door open to future repair of relations with Russia.

Breaking from the United States would militarise the European Union to the extent that it would become unrecognisable.