Daniel Kochis is a policy analyst for European affairs at The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. Read his research.
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When Swedes go to the polls in September, it will be with a backdrop of increasing crime and renewed concern over Russian aggression. In January,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s speech on Tuesday at the Wilson Center on strengthening Western alliances rightly placed U.S. alliances in Europe front and center… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Sunday, one of the most important elections in Europe will take place. The German people go to the polls to elect a new Parliament,… Read More
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Russian actions in Belarus, an Eastern European country slightly smaller than the state of Kansas, are causing concern among neighboring countries. Russia is planning massive… Read More
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In May 2015, Russia began constructing a planned 11.8-mile bridge across the Kerch Strait, a body of water that sits between the Black Sea and… Read More
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In May, media reports indicated the Trump administration was considering returning two compounds—one in Maryland and one in New York—to Russia. Those compounds were seized… Read More
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Large-scale cyberattacks against Ukraine on Tuesday reportedly hit government ministries, including the Cabinet of Ministers, several banks, a state power distributor, the Ukrainian postal service,… Read More
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NATO heads of state will gather Thursday in Brussels for a so-called mini-summit (officially a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the heads-of-state level)…. Read More
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France is only a few days out from the first round of its presidential elections—a contest that could go down to the wire. The election… Read More
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In his first in-person meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, President Donald Trump conveyed America’s commitment to the transatlantic alliance, stating, “I reiterated… Read More
