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# **EUROPE DISPATCH: Cracks in the Alliance Architecture

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By Tebbit Scorchwillow, Editor-in-Chief BRUSSELS — While diplomats were busy congratulating themselves on their “unified response” to Trump’s Alaska theater, the real story was unfolding in defense ministries across the continent: France and Italy have quietly told Washington to stuff its latest arms bazaar, refusing to join a US-led NATO initiative to purchase American weapons … Read more

EUROPE DISPATCH: From the Front Lines of Diplomatic Theater**

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By Fenlock Grimes, Foreign Bureau Chief SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ALASKA AND COMMON SENSE — The gods have a peculiar sense of humor, evidenced by the fact that two of the world’s most accomplished liars managed to spend three hours in conversation without producing a single verifiable commitment from either party, yet somehow convinced themselves this constituted … Read more