Charles Kupchan

senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University

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Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University. He is the author of several books, including The End of the American Era: US Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace and No One's World: The West, The Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn.

He formerly served as director of European affairs at the National Security Council (Clinton and Obama Administrations).

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The war in Ukraine, the future of NATO, and what across-the-board tariffs could mean for Europe’s economy all loom large in a second Trump administration.

Future of NATO, war in Ukraine uncertain in second Trump administration

The war in Ukraine, the future of NATO, and what across-the-board tariffs could mean for Europe’s economy all loom large in a second Trump administration.

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If re-elected, Trump has vowed not to defend NATO countries that haven’t paid their full share should Russia attack. NATO leaders are scrambling to “Trump-proof” the organization.

NATO turns 75, but Trump threatens its existence

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What’s next for Putin after attempted insurrection?

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