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This photo taken on November 5, 2019 shows a compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga (Inkoo), Finland. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on October 10, 2023 that a leak leading to the shutdown of a natural gas pipeline from Estonia to Finland this weekend was probably caused by "external activity." The Finnish government is to hold a press conference later on October 10 to inform about the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline leak in the Gulf of Finland. (Photo by Mikko Sti

A compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga, Finland, on November 5, 2019.

Commentary

The Key Gas Pipeline Blast That the World Hardly Noticed

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow

Luke Coffey

Oct 13, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Charles De Gaulle And Georges Bidault In Paris, France On August 26, 1944 - Charles De Gaulle And Georges Bidault in front Arc de triomphe . (Photo by Serge DE SAZO/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Charles De Gaulle and Georges Bidault in Paris, France, on August 26, 1944. (Serge De Sazo/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Commentary

Messiahs, Saviours, Heroes

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Oct 12, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland display a French national flag with a x-mark on during a protest outside Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 1, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

French Decline in Africa Paves the Way for US

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow and Program Manager, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Zineb Riboua

Oct 5, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

France to Withdraw Troops from Niger

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Sep 25, 2023

In the Media

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In the Media

The Impact of the 2022 Midterms on Transatlantic Relations

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Nov 9, 2022

In the Media

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A bridge near the ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, on October 6, 2022. (Lukas Schulze via Getty Images)

Commentary

Germans See Affluence Ahead

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 17, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

In the Media

Reflections on Queen Elizabeth II and Her Example

Michael R. Pompeo

Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Sep 8, 2022

In the Media

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a press conference after the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24, 2022. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Trump-Proof Germany’s National Security Strategy

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Aug 9, 2022

Commentary

6 Min Read

Commentary

Washington Roundtable — Patrick Cronin Discusses NDAA, China-Russia Alliance, Biden in Saudi Arabia

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Jul 22, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

G7 leaders during a working session at the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau on June 28, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau via Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary

End of the German Idyll

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jun 27, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen speaks to the press in the Berlaymont, the European Union Commission headquarters on April 27, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Will Europe's Emerging Indo-Pacific Presence Last?

Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)

Liselotte Odgaard

May 17, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) pose for the media ahead of bilateral talks at the 2022 Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2022, in Munich, Germany. (Getty ImagesV

Commentary

Failure at Munich