John Richard Cookson
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Take a couple of minutes and read
@sikorskiradek
’s powerful speech at the
@AtlanticCouncil
today:
“Helping Ukraine is not only a good deed. It’s also a good deal.”
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“Members of Congress, in their sixth month of debating whether to approve aid to Ukraine, are at this moment rightly being reminded of the urgency with which Russia must be stopped,” writes
@DougKlain
.
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As Biden starts retaliation for the killing of US troops, read this by
@AtlanticCouncil
’s Kirsten Fontenrose, former senior director for the Gulf on the National Security Council:
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Turkey’s almost done. Still Hungary.
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What’s in store for Ukraine’s new army chief, Oleksandr Syrsky? 🇺🇦
Read the latest by Peter Dickinson (
@Biz_Ukraine_Mag
):
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Having never played before, I joined an adult hockey league in January. It’s probably the best thing ever. 🏒👽
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Read this:
The story of our mission
‘Inside the daring plot to rescue an American soldier’s mother from Gaza: The operation, executed deep within the war-ravaged enclave, required days of negotiation between the U.S. and Israel — & volunteers willing to risk it all’
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ATTN: Journalists
If you need info about this ICJ order tomorrow, talk to
@SLPJustice
’s
@lisandranovo
.
And read more here: ➡️
PRESS RELEASE: the
#ICJ
will deliver its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case
#SouthAfrica
v.
#Israel
this Friday, 26 January 2024, at 1 p.m. (The Hague). Watch live on
@UNWebTV
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Looking forward to reading
@alexbward
’s new book. Picking up a copy at
@kramerbooks
now.
Get yours here:
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🇯🇵 Statement from the Embassy of Japan on Taylor Swift’s Reported Travel from Japan to the United States ✈️🏈 Are you ready for it?
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“Helping Ukraine is not only a good deed. It’s also a good deal.”
“American investment in Ukraine’s capacity to defend itself is a literal proof that by helping others, you help yourself,” says Minister of Foreign Affairs of 🇵🇱 Poland
@sikorskiradek
at the Atlantic Council.
“Helping Ukraine is not only a good deed. It’s also a good deal.”
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Read this fascinating legal analysis by
@SLPJustice
’s
@Celeste_Kmiotek
on how the US and other states might be implicated in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.
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“which the Atlantic Council’s John Cookson suggested could be a ‘Sputnuke’ moment.” 😳
The lesson of Munich is that the cost of countering a despot will only grow the longer democracies wait to do so, writes
@FredKempe
in
#InflectionPoints
.
Read more in his dispatch from Munich. ⬇️
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A good hire by
@BrookingsFP
. ⛄️
We are pleased to announce the hiring of Frosty Snow who will be leading our newly established Center on Arctic Relations. Dr. Snow’s primary research interests include pan-Polar tensions and improving intra penguin relations.
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I stayed up past my bed time to work on this and y’all should read it:
Experts react: The big takeaways from Biden's ‘no ordinary moment’ State of the Union
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Welcome,
@elisabethbraw
!
The
@ACScowcroft
’s Transatlantic Security Initiative is thrilled to welcome our newest senior fellow:
@elisabethbraw
! Braw joins us as a senior associate fellow with
@theELN
and a columnist with
@foreignpolicy
and
@politicoeurope
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We published a lot at the
@AtlanticCouncil
this week. In no particular order, here is some of that work.
Read
@ACLatAm
’s
@IsabelMariaCM
on the violence in Ecuador and the Noboa administration’s declaration of ‘internal armed conflict’ against gangs.
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A US soldier’s mother was stuck in northern Gaza.
@alexplitsas
and his team helped get her out.
Read this first-hand account of the daring rescue:
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Nice.
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What are the best movies about space-based nuclear weapons?
Goldeneye (1995)
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As we wait for results from Indonesia’s election, a source tells me that the country is at a crossroads. 🇮🇩
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The
@AtlanticCouncil
let me use “Sputnuke” in this:
Experts react: What to know about Russia’s apparent plans for a space-based nuclear weapon
#Sputnuke
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New reports that the US is going to redesignate the Houthi rebels as a specially designated terrorist group.
@AtlanticCouncil
’s R. Clarke Cooper made that case in December. ➡️
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This was last week, but I still want to highlight this by
@sarahbauerle
:
Japan’s Nippon Steel wants to buy US Steel. 🇯🇵🇺🇸
If DC won’t allow this transaction—involving a buyer from a G7 country—then what foreign buyer would it see as a permissible owner?
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Read this, and not just because they let me use “Swe-done” in the title. 🇸🇪
It’s Swe-done: What’s next for NATO now that Hungary has approved Sweden’s bid to join
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Seven
@AtlanticCouncil
experts share their insights on the US and UK strikes in Yemen against the Houthis.
The descriptions of how Iran might respond and how Saudi Arabia likely views the strikes I found most interesting.
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@JacobHeilbrunn
@ccaryl
@melindaharing
@EdwardGLuce
@sbg1
@gtconway3d
@davidfrum
@jon_rauch
Where do I get a copy?
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Do yourself a favor and read this by Kirsten Fontenrose, former senior director for the Gulf on the National Security Council:
The hard truth about Biden’s coming retaliation for the killing of US troops
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“The pointy spear of Kremlin aggression is in Ukraine,” writes
@ACEurasia
’s
@JohnEdHerbst
.
Congress must act to stop Kremlin aggression—for the sake of US interests
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