Former Editor-in-Chief of @ForeignPolicy. Before that: @ForeignAffairs and @Newsweek. Author of THE FIX. Half Canadian; fully Brooklyn. *feba599f
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My first issue of The Catalyst is out. Thanks to @chairmang @AlexGabuev @nuryturkel @VictorDCha @elisabethbraw @JesLudwig @ChrisJamesWalsh @cullumclark and others for your super-smart contributions!
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It's a great book!
Many thanks to @j_tepperman for his generous and thoughtful review of Arc of a Covenant @NYTimes. I feel seen. nytimes.com/2022/08/26/books…
When #ShinzoAbe returned to power in 2013, I was the first Western journalist to interview him. He started by obfuscating, then became aggressive and blunt. Our talk still makes interesting reading (IMHO). foreignaffairs.com/interview…
The US is about to launch a new economic plan for the Indo-Pacific.
Wish we'd thought of this kind of... call it a "trans-pacific partnernship" before. Seems like a good idea.
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This is the best explanation I’ve read for why Russia’s military has performed so abysmally in Ukraine (and I’ve read a lot). Kudos to Fred Kagan and @Mason_R_Clark. They also explain how to fix the problems, so I hope no one in Russia reads it.
foreignaffairs.com/articles/…
Also smart to explain how the crisis shows the strategic value of the energy transition
Biden just delivered a smart speech on Ukraine: (1) He offered Putin an off-ramp (2) He made his case for more funding to the American people, making it harder for Congress to reject (3) He explained in clear terms why Ukraine matters and how the funding bill will help Americans
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Biden just delivered a smart speech on Ukraine: (1) He offered Putin an off-ramp (2) He made his case for more funding to the American people, making it harder for Congress to reject (3) He explained in clear terms why Ukraine matters and how the funding bill will help Americans
A huge thanks to @celiabelin and @BlochAgneska for this fascinating conversation and the best explanation of the French election that I've heard. Sunday is a big day.
France picks a new president on Sunday. Puzzled by the election and how it differs from 2017, which featured the same two candidates? Read this smart explainer by @celiabelin of @BrookingsInst and @BrookingsFP and @BlochAgneska.
octavian.substack.com/p/the-…
Having studied international law many years ago in law school, I’ve since come to wonder whether it can be effective. So I asked Koh, one of the world’s top experts and practitioners, how it can help Ukraine. I thought his answers were persuasive. ⬇️
What are the prospects of justice for Ukraine? According to Harold Koh of @YaleLawSch, accountability is possible if the West helps Ukraine document the crimes, isolates Russia, and doesn't let Putin bargain for amnesty in future negotiations.
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Want to understand Putin’s thinking? I spoke to the brilliant @SamRamani2 about the people and events that have shaped Putin’s brutal worldview.
octavian.substack.com/p/the-…
Nasaw makes a crucial and depressing point. While Europe has admitted millions of Ukrainians, Biden has promised to let in 100k—with no details on how that will happen. Meanwhile, everyone continues to ignore the Syrians, Afghans, and others who were already looking for refuge.
What does history suggest will happen to Ukraine's 4+ million refugees? According to award-winning historian David Nasaw, author of The Last Million, they'll have hard time finding permanent new homes—especially in the United States.
octavian.substack.com/p/clos…
I agree completely. And the odds of either of those happening don’t seem very high to me.
Two scenarios: Russia is defeated militarily at home; or a new government takes shape in Russia that would be sympathetic to putting Russian perpetrators on trial. Absent either of these two outcomes very difficult.
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I agree with all the talk that Russia should face justice for its war crimes in Ukraine. But — serious question — does anyone have a realistic proposal for how to make that happen? To work, war crimes courts require custody of the perps.
I didn't. And as I note at the end, the free transfer of power is very much under threat in America today. What the Ukraine crisis shows is how important it is to defeat that threat.
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