THE RIGID STANCE ON CRIMEA MAKES NO SENSE

Author: Ted Galen Carpenter, a Senior Fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute.

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The Trump administration is continuing the policy of its predecessor regarding the Crimea issue. The U.S. intends to maintain economic sanctions against Russia until returns the peninsula to Ukraine. The US maintains that Crimea is a part of Ukraine.

4 PRIORITIES OF ESTONIAN PRESIDENCY

1. An Open and Innovative European Economy

An open and innovative European economy means developing a business environment, which supports knowledge-based growth and competitiveness.

To this end, we will focus on:

STATUS OF US AMBASSADORS IN EUROPE

As of 11, August 2017

European Countries without any US Ambassorial Nominee (15)

CREDIBILITY AS A SOURCE OF POLITICAL CAPITAL

Author : Sabine van Zuydam Tilburg University

TURBULENCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

A number of top-level people have either been fired or resigned from the Trump administration

SENATOR BOB CORKER STATEMENT ON TRUMP

Republican Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Rotary Club Meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee 16 August 2017)

“ Trump has not shown the competence that is needed to lead the nation. The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order for him to be successful and our nation and our world needs for him to be successful, whether you are Republican or Democrat.

TOP US CEOs BREAK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP

CEOs who were part of a Strategic Council to Trump agreed to disband the group and condemn Trump's confrontational response to a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Strategic and Policy Forum featured:

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