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Formerly Senior Director for Strategic Planning, Biden NSC; author All Measures Short of war; Coauthor Aftershocks.

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The Only Plausible Path to End the War in Ukraine Has the Trump administration misread Moscow?

My new piece in @theatlantic.com on Russia-Ukraine negotiations www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

18.08.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Administration Takes a Hatchet to the NSC Friday nightโ€™s firings will make the next crisis that much more dangerous.

I wrote for @TheAtlantic this week on Trumpโ€™s purge of the National Security Council where I spent almost three years. The NSC performs a unique role in U.S. foreign policy & gutting it will leave the country dangerously exposed in a crisis. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

29.05.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Right U.S. Strategy for Russia-Ukraine Negotiations How American pressure can bring the war to an acceptable end.

Still getting used to using this platform but hereโ€™s a piece I wrote last week, pre the Oval Office bust up, on how g the e US should approach Russia-Ukraine negotiations www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/ukrai...

03.03.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Helpful and constructive piece on how a European force in Ukraine would work and what it would take.

03.03.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not sure why people are taking all aspects of the Deepseek story (e.g. cost, chips used) at face value. The timing also seems v consistent with a PRC effort to discredit US export controls at the start of a new administration, which is one of Beijingโ€™s top priorities.

28.01.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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