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Steven Pifer

@steven_pifer

Affiliated with Stanford's CISAC & Brookings. Retired Foreign Service officer; former US ambassador to Ukraine. Interests include nukes, Europe & mountains.

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linkhttp://www.brookings.edu/experts/pifers calendar_today24-06-2013 17:01:34

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1987 INF Treaty banned US and Russian intermediate-range missiles. #Russia violated INF treaty by developing prohibited missile, causing #US to withdraw from treaty. Perhaps violating treaty wasn't smartest idea? 🤔

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Add in demilitarization and Zelensky out, and JD Vance has #Russia’s position almost exactly. He and Trump would probably concede those points in a heartbeat. No one should be surprised if #Ukraine rejects this kind of capitulation. US should not press Kyiv to accept it.

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Vance and Trump would have #Ukraine capitulate to #Russia in a heartbeat. That’s not a strong America. It’s weakness.

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There may well be criminals among immigrants. But vast majority come because they want better life for themselves and their kids, like our forefathers. How many US should take in is legitimate question. But demonizing all as rapists and murderers is racist and despicable.

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Reposting my August piece for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: a Trump/Vance administration would be good news for #Russia, bad news for #Ukraine, European security and US security interests. post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-…