How Biden sealed the deal with Turkey, Ukraine's NATO aspirations, and defending the Department of Defense's logistics system.
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Brookings Foreign Policy

July 14, 2023

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife listen while Rep. Steve Cohen speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill

Russian mutiny further polarizes American public support for Ukraine

 

Following the mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in Russia, did U.S. public opinion on the Ukraine war change? Shibley Telhami shares key findings from a recent survey. 

 

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12 charts show the latest from Ukraine

 

With Ukraine's counteroffensive underway, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and David Wessel examine new data to analyze how the war is progressing, the economic situation, the status of foreign aid, and more. 

 

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The Department of Defense's digital logistics are under attack

 

In May, the U.S. discovered an extensive cyber-espionage campaign by a Chinese hacking group targeting Guam. The attack raises serious concerns about vulnerabilities in the Department of Defense's logistics system. In a new report, Jason Wolff outlines how to protect the system against incursions.

 

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"Erdogan knows that Vilnius [NATO Summit] is when he can extract maximum concessions from Western partners."

 

July 10, 2023 | Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, CNN

 

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How the Biden administration sealed the Sweden deal with Erdogan. In the Washington Post, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş breaks down the United States and Turkey's successful negotiating ahead of the NATO Summit in Vilnius.

 

Ukraine's high hopes for NATO. Though Ukraine likely will not receive NATO membership in the near future, Steven Pifer writes in an article for TIME that President Zelensky made several tangible gains during the summit in Vilnius.

 

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