🧵"The West and Georgia’s Crisis". New @quincyinst Policy Brief out with @lieven_anatol & @rochowanski. My co-authors and I seek to challenge (and correct) what has become the mainstream conventional wisdom on Georgia in the U.S. and Europe.

Good read here from @Tigartsakh on the changing dynamics driving recent tensions in 🇦🇿-🇷🇺 relations.

RT @artinthinks: New report from @QuincyInst and @ArcticInstitute following our jointly hosted workshop and conference last month. "Restori….

Co-authored alongside @paveldevyatkin and @lieven_anatol.

New report from @QuincyInst and @ArcticInstitute following our jointly hosted workshop and conference last month. "Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism: The Path Toward Sustainable Cooperation". Publication link below📚

RT @Clingendaelorg: Armenia is distancing itself from Russia after Moscow failed to support it in the conflict with Azerbaijan. But Armenia….

RT @AlMonitor: NEW: Armenia's Pashinyan, Turkey's Erdogan to hold 'historic' talks amid Iran-Israel war . The meeting comes as both countri….

RT @artinthinks: 🧵My @QuincyInst colleague @jyjamespark and I make the argument in @amconmag that "@ElbridgeColby is Right: Europe Should F….

RT @artinthinks: As we write for @amconmag, "It would be far more helpful to the U.S. and the Europeans themselves if they put their resour….

"This would eventually help allow the U.S. to commit the resources it requires for preserving deterrence in Asia. European military reforms and investment will also ensure that NATO’s European member states are valuable allies and can contribute to the collective defense." END🧵.

As we write for @amconmag, "It would be far more helpful to the U.S. and the Europeans themselves if they put their resources where their mouth is and undertake the serious investments and reforms necessary for Europe to stand on its own two feet."👇.

With this news, @jyjamespark and I build on our last year's @Diplomat_APAC piece where we argued that 🇺🇸's allies in Europe and Asia should prioritize conflict resolution and deterrence in their respective regions without needlessly interlinking the two.👇.

As the @FT recently reported, "Elbridge Colby, US under-secretary of defence for policy, has told British officials that the Trump administration believes the UK military should increase its focus on the Euro-Atlantic region."👇.

"The reality is that neither NATO states nor U.S. Asian allies have the luxury of investing their capabilities and resources into the others’ military theater."👇

🧵My @QuincyInst colleague @jyjamespark and I make the argument in @amconmag that "@ElbridgeColby is Right: Europe Should Focus on Europe"👇

RT @artinthinks: My take @RStatecraft on last week's apparent breakthrough in Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations and why any current optimism….

"An intense rivalry with decades of heavy baggage cannot merely be resolved by the (still absent) stroke of a pen. In an atmosphere of deep mistrust and lingering insecurities, real peace will likely take a generation to build."

With 🇦🇿 stressing that changes to the 🇦🇲 constitution represent a "prerequisite to allow the signing of the negotiated text," expectations of an immediate signing ceremony and mutual ratification may prove optimistic, especially absent any third-party pressure.

"While such diplomatic triumphs are to be applauded, especially as an alternative to continued threats of military violence, the devil is in the details. And the details leave much to be desired.".

My take @RStatecraft on last week's apparent breakthrough in Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations and why any current optimism deserves equal, if not greater, levels of accompanying caution.👇 .

RT @joshuakucera: Armenia and Azerbaijan have come to an agreement on the final two points of their peace agreement, Azerbaijan has announc….