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President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25.

Debt, taxes or cuts: NATO’s 5 percent solution

By Bruce Stokes
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:00am
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives for a meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. Bessent recently spoke about resolving differences with allies like the EU and then addressing China with a group approach.

Tariff dispute distracts from mutual US-EU challenge: China

By Bruce Stokes
Posted April 11, 2025 at 10:35am
The model of a Lockheed Martin F-35A stands at Rheinmetall's corporate headquarters before the start of the annual press conference on Wednesday. Rheinmetall supplies the center fuselage section in cooperation with Northrop Grumman.

Rebuilding Europe’s defense capacity will take ingenuity, time

By Bruce Stokes
Posted March 13, 2025 at 5:30am
A damaged building is pictured Wednesday in the Kurenivka neighborhood of Kyiv after a Russian missile attack. The Russian army attacked Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast with missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, causing fires to break out in several districts. One person died and four others were injured.

Ukraine and the day after a ceasefire

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 12, 2025 at 4:26pm
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is among the busiest airports in the United States. One way to make it safer is to provide high-speed rail options, Bruce Stokes writes.

One lasting way to make air travel safer

By Bruce Stokes
Posted January 31, 2025 at 3:08pm
Marine One takes off with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden from the South Lawn of the White House on May 29.

In new poll, Europeans express little faith in America’s future influence

By Bruce Stokes
Posted September 12, 2023 at 6:00am
A retail warehouse was damaged by a recent Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine.

Congress should dole out funds for a postwar Ukraine investment trust fund

By Bruce Stokes
Posted June 20, 2023 at 6:00am
The United States and its counterparts in Europe have a small window to coordinate on key issues, writes Bruce Stokes.

Fireproofing US-European ties

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 3, 2023 at 11:00am
The German Bundestag, where several younger members have a different take on the Ukraine crisis than their elder statesmen, Bruce Stokes writes.

Young European lawmakers on the Ukraine crisis

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 19, 2022 at 12:00pm