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  • Rubio’s ‘Reassuring’ Relationship Repair

    2026-02-14

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to kiss and make up with Europe. His speech came exactly a year (almost to the minute) after J.D. Vance gobsmacked the audience in 2025. European assertiveness, bookended by the Vance speeches and pushed into overdrive by Trump, appears to stay.

  • Elbridge Colby: ‘NATO Is Actually Stronger Than Ever.’

    2026-02-14

    Elbridge Colby is the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy. He says the administration is pushing for a NATO 3.0. It involves flexible realism, sort of brass-tacks, practical, he says.

  • Russia ‘Not Serious’ About Peace Deal, Lindsey Graham Says

    2026-02-14

    Sen. Lindsey Graham said he thinks Russia will eventually make a deal, but "not now" The South Carolina senator was referring to the eastern Ukrainian territory that has been at the heart of the Russia-Ukraine war.

  • Rubio to Europe: ‘We Care Deeply’

    2026-02-14

    Marco Rubio: We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe must survive. It was here in Europe where the ideas that planted the seeds of liberty that changed the world were born. The new alliance should not be focused just on military cooperation, he says.

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  • Europe’s Trump whisperer doesn’t buy US cuddly pivot

    2026-02-14

    European countries rely on the the U.S. for intelligence, logistics, communications and command-and-control. Finland’s Alexander Stubb warns of a lasting shift in American priorities. Lithuanian PM Inga Ruginienė tells POLITICO that “you never know what can happen”

  • Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with frog toxin, 5 European governments say

    2026-02-14

    John Hurley, currently U.S. undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, has been interviewed for roles including envoy to Germany. There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the poison in the opposition leader’s body, the countries said on Saturday.

  • Top Trump official says no US ‘slush fund’ for far right in Europe

    2026-02-14

    ‘We will continue to show up,’ says U.S. ambassador to NATO. ‘It's not America’s decision to govern.’ ‘We’re not going to give up. We’ll continue to do what we need to do.” ‘I’m going to continue to fight. I don’t want to see this. I want to be part of the solution’

  • Zelenskyy says Putin only interested in continued war

    2026-02-14

    The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is under fire for his handling of the Ukraine crisis. The White House has been accused of using the crisis as an excuse to increase military spending. President Obama has been criticized for not doing enough to help Ukraine.

  • Trump reportedly considers senior US Treasury official for German ambassador

    2026-02-14

    John Hurley, currently U.S. undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, has been interviewed for roles including envoy to Germany. There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the poison in the opposition leader’s body, the countries said on Saturday.

  • As NATO concerns persist, von der Leyen urges EU to fortify defense clause

    2026-02-14

    The Belgian capital has not had a regional administration since the June 2024 election. The Industrial Accelerator Act would include ‘trusted partners’ in its Made in EU mandate. “Mutual defense is not optional for the EU,” warns European Commission president.

  • Rubio calls on Europe to join Trump’s new world order

    2026-02-14

    Top U.S. diplomat backs new partnership with the continent as he reiterates MAGA talking points. Munich Security Conference will serve as a gut check of the frayed relationship, and whether Europe can hold on to its emerging self-assurance.

  • Starmer: UK must get closer to EU to build ‘European’ NATO

    2026-02-13

    Britain will contribute £150 million to the PURL program, as allies increasingly come under pressure to supply weapons to Ukraine. Britain’s leader told his allies in Munich on Saturday that Europe must shift from “overdependence to interdependence”

  • Layoffs loom at the British Council as budget squeeze hits overseas programs

    2026-02-15

    Italy’s deputy prime minister is struggling to contain a spat with his own deputy, a maverick former general. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani insists that U.S. agents are “not going to be those that are on the street in Minneapolis”

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  • Urban slums: Stepping-stone for some and traps (or shields) for others

    2026-02-15

    Poor school quality in rural areas and within slums is a key driver of slum formation and persistence. Education and urban policies must be targeted and adapted to a country’s stage of development. Slums are neither uniformly poverty traps nor universal stepping-stones.

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  • Talking Again with Jon Gruber

    2026-02-14

    Jonathan Gruber is one of the world’s best healthcare economists. He co-wrote a paper about the effects of immigration on healthcare for native-born seniors. Gruber: The attack on immigrants will send thousands of us to an early grave.

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