My book on @NATO with Paal Sigurd Hilde, published by @UofMPress is now available: http://t.co/BYVo3kgEfe http://t.co/VOjDujlwAx.

Great to have Dakota Wood as our kickoff speaker in the ⁦⁦@ufhamilton⁩ War, Strategy and Statecraft program. ⁦@UF⁩

RT @TomWarrickAC: Please read this thread on #Russia/#Ukraine by my @AtlanticCouncil colleague @andrewmichta:.

RT @JSaryuszWolski: “🧵Ile razy trzeba powtarzać, że Putin nie jest zainteresowany rozejmem lub porozumieniem pokojowym, aby zakończyć wojnę….

Worth following—@Defence24pl provides some of the best analysis on the weapon systems used by the #Ukraine military and lessons learned from the battlefield.

RT @IlvesToomas: Another precise thread from @andrewmichta.

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When will we bring genuine expertise on Russia back to the debate in DC and all Western European capitals? Listen to the Finns, the Balts, the Poles and Romanians. They know the real Russia, not the imagined Russia of Dostoyevsky, Chekhov or the Russian ballet. Pls learn…. 5/5.

When will we finally recognize that Moscow is no more entitled to rule over the people of #Ukraine than it is to oppress nations living within the so-called Russian Federation which Putin sees as the ersatz Soviet Union? That liberty we claim for ourselves is universal? 4/5.

How many more times will we dress up appeasement and capitulation as “political realism”? When will we recognize that what Putin calls “@NATO moving East” is actually former Russian colonies moving West to be free of Russian imperial domination and decades of oppression? 3/5.

If the election for New Jersey governor were held today who would you vote for?.

So please get this: As long as Putin sees the West as weak and fractured, afraid to take risks and confront him unflinchingly, he will keep pushing and laughing all the way to the proverbial bank. How about some ethical principles and moral clarity that we profess daily? 2/5.

🧵How many times is it worth repeating that Putin is not interested in an armistice or a peace deal to end the war in #Ukraine? I have little patience left for the breathless speculation in US and European media about what it may/may not take to get the Russians to the table.1/5.

My take on the (un)likely location (if any) for a Zelensky-Putin putative bilateral—via ⁦@ACScowcroft⁩ ⁦@AtlanticCouncil⁩

RT @ufhamilton: Hamilton School’s Dr. @andrewmichta recently spoke with @ilgiornale, one of Italy’s largest newspapers, on the Trump–Putin….

RT @GrayConnolly: Very interesting @andrewmichta 🧵⬇️.

These last several months have stripped bare the brutal reality of power distribution in Europe, showing that a weaker but mobilized Russia can continue to impose its agenda at the wealthier but demobilized continent. I wonder what Xi must think watching this sad spectacle. 5/5.

And so today Putin believes he will get his win, that he will eventually break Ukraine’s resistance and further intimidate the West into concessions. I’m afraid that no amount of declaratory policy from leaders in support of Ukraine will change that unless we show resolve. 4/5.

The reality is that leaders in Europe outside @NATO’s Eastern flank have not leveled with their citizens about how dangerous their situation has become and the extent to which the West can no longer deter Russian aggression. Two decades of appeasement have paralyzed Europe.3/5.

Putin destroyed any semblance of systemic stability in Europe because he is determined to use military power to score geopolitical wins. Until 2022 he was met with nothing but appeasement. Even after 2022 the West continued to self-deter, focusing on escalation management. 2/5.

🧵Amidst the avalanche of commentary about POTUS’s efforts to broker a peace deal between #Russia and #Ukraine it’s clear: 1. Europeans are in no position to broker an agreement because they have no military resources to enforce it; 2. They are unwilling to take the risk. 1/5.

RT @ufhamilton: What a timely and insightful piece by our very own @andrewmichta! Definitely worth the read.