Dr. Liana Fix
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https://www.cfr.org/expert/liana-fix 06-07-2009 21:51:39
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This by Lawrence Freedman is spot on. The US aid doesn’t win the war for Kyiv but makes it far harder for Moscow to do so.
Lawrence has consistently been the most sober & realistic interpreter of the war
What new aid really means for Ukraine — and for Putin ft.com/content/b346bc… Financial Times
After the celebration, my take for U.S. News & World Report - Is U.S. Aid to Ukraine Too Little, Too Late? usnews.com/opinion/articl…
Europe's phoney war with China is at an end.
After years of building up an improved arsenal for a trade war, Europe is now showing it is willing to get tough on Beijing.
EU pulls its gun on China, with Stuart Lau Koen Verhelst
politico.eu/article/eu-chi…
France’s debt rating could be downgraded by the Moody’s rating agency tonight – causing acute political embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron as he tries to turn the tide of poor opinion polls before the European elections on 9 June 1/
Sobering read. h/t Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting english.elpais.com/international/…
Having just been in Beijing, I was a bit baffled by the China visit of Germany's Chancellor.
Having mulled it over, in Foreign Policy I try to explain what was going on, and what lessons other western leaders might draw.
But a few caveats first....
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/ola…
1/7 Beliefs in stability of Putin’s regime have become such a common place that I couldn’t help but recite for Foreign Affairs a few reasons why it is not, highlighting striking similarities with the late USSR foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…
What Macron's speech on Europe's mortality says about the continent, the threats it faces, and his own legacy
In The Economist
economist.com/europe/2024/04…
Die Beteiligung der deutschen Firmen am „Wiederaufbau“ von Mariupol ist eine proaktive Leugnung des russischen Genozids an Mariupol für russisches Geld. Dienst an der Besatzungsmacht.
#AmoralischerKompass
ARD Online
Georg Restle Véronique Gantenberg
.Emmanuel Macron Sorbonne II speech today was dense & visionary, pessimistic but finally optimistic. It was much more far reaching than Sorbonne I. Key for Ursula von der Leyen re-election now will be her engagement with these ideas ahead, and at, the June European Council. Thread below
«Driven by Putin’s whims and delusions, the system is liable to commit self-defeating blunders. For that reason, it is at permanent risk of crumbling overnight, as its Soviet predecessor did.»
Beautiful essay in Foreign Affairs by my colleague Maksim Samorukov. foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…