Laura Thornton

Laura Thornton is the senior vice president for democracy at the German Marshall Fund.

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An activist prepares a balloon painted to look like planet Earth and decorated with orange hair and eyebrows in the likeness of U.S. President Donald Trump during a climate protest prior to a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
An activist prepares a balloon painted to look like planet Earth and decorated with orange hair and eyebrows in the likeness of U.S. President Donald Trump during a climate protest prior to a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.

How a Second Trump Term Will Redefine Foreign Aid

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Laura Thornton
Protesters raise a European Union flag as they are sprayed by a water cannon during clashes with police near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on March 7.
Protesters raise a European Union flag as they are sprayed by a water cannon during clashes with police near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on March 7.

Russia Is Furious at Georgia’s Protesters

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Laura Thornton
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a gala event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a gala event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2.

Kremlin Talking Points Are Back in the U.S. Debate

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Laura Thornton
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