Feels like a pretty seismic week in EU-China relations. I get the feeling that we're not in Kansas anymore

Here is a summary of the major events that have happened, let me know if I missed any, bearing in mind it's still only lunchtime on Friday...

Thoughtful view of recent Scholz visit. A pattern across many democracies, including the US: All are a few years into a new reality of needing to compete, trade + cooperate with an almost entirely self-interested China and are improvising madly w/o clear concepts to guide them

Another example of the creep of bureaucratic ossification which is such a threat to future US dynamism + competitive advantage

Very important piece on Russia/Ukraine peace talks in early 2022. What I take from it is that, late into those talks, Russia continued to make new & unacceptable demands that would have turned Ukraine into a weak & undefensible vassal state. foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-…

From Sergey Radchenko & Samuel Charap, an analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian negotiations at the start of the big war in 2022. It is an interesting read but ultimately an unpersuasive argument that a deal to forestall further fighting was nearly at hand. 1/x

It's time to address some of the points raised by the esteemed commentariat. But, first of all, thank you for your engagement. Samuel Charap and I expected that the article would be of interest, and we were certainly not disappointed.

Compelling argument for the sort of tools the US needs to engage in full-fledged economic strategy
warontherocks.com/2024/04/operat…