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Tension Mars US-Turkish relations Despite Truc

Despite the relentless attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore his country's foreign relations after their worsening for years, he recently launched a verbal war against the…

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives the opening speech of a video international donor conference for Lebanon at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on December 2, 2020. (Getty)

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During a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels earlier this week, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for the EU to start the process of imposing sanctions on Lebanese…

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Flags of NATO member countries hang at the Parliament Square at the last NATO Summit in London, on December 2, 2019.

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Tensions over anemic European defense spending have long suffused transatlantic relations—and since 2014, they have become all-consuming, crowding out other priorities, straining the alliance, and…

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Last May’s European parliamentary election was a reflection of the divisions threatening the stability of the European Union. The populist group Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) managed to gain…

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Hungarian protestors hold EU and Hungarian flags during a demonstration against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government and his party 'FIDESZ' in Budapest on March 15, 2019. (Getty)

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Less than two months ahead of elections to theEuropean Parliament, the body’s largest party is in disarray. The European People’s Party (EPP), a center-right, pro-EU alliance of more than 40 national…

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German Government Press Office (BPA), German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with newly-elected French President Emmanuel on May 15, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty)

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