Author: Ted Galen Carpenter, a Senior Fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute.

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The Trump administration is continuing the policy of its predecessor regarding the Crimea issue. The U.S. intends to maintain economic sanctions against Russia until returns the peninsula to Ukraine. The US maintains that Crimea is a part of Ukraine.

1. An Open and Innovative European Economy

An open and innovative European economy means developing a business environment, which supports knowledge-based growth and competitiveness.

To this end, we will focus on:

Author: Bernie Sanders

Physical Violence

As of 11, August 2017

European Countries without any US Ambassorial Nominee (15)

Office of the Chief of Staff

Author : Sabine van Zuydam Tilburg University

A number of top-level people have either been fired or resigned from the Trump administration

Republican Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Rotary Club Meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee 16 August 2017)

“ Trump has not shown the competence that is needed to lead the nation. The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order for him to be successful and our nation and our world needs for him to be successful, whether you are Republican or Democrat.

CEOs who were part of a Strategic Council to Trump agreed to disband the group and condemn Trump's confrontational response to a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Strategic and Policy Forum featured:

Source IMF

Based on IMF data for per capita GDP, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). GDP-PPP makes for a better comparison of living standards, because PPP takes into account cost of living and inflation rates, rather than just exchange rates, which may distort the real differences in income.

Values are expressed in current international dollars, to the nearest whole dollar, reflecting a single year's (2016) currency exchange rates and PPP adjustments.

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