Diplomacy and External Affairs
The U.S. is expanding its goals in Ukraine. That’s dangerous.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/11/ukraine-war-expansion-risks-nuclear/?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_content=213307436&utm_source=hs_email
Putin believes he is defending Orthodox Christianity from the godless West
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/03/putin-believes-he-is-defending-orthodox-christianity-from-the-godless-west
Russia’s Patriarch Kirill defends invasion of Ukraine, stoking Orthodox tensions
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/russias-patriarch-kirill-defends-invasion-ukraine-stoking-orthodox-tensions
An examination of the 2035 Vision for China-Africa Cooperation
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/12/27/an-examination-of-the-2035-vision-for-china-africa-cooperation/?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_content=199872631&utm_source=hs_email
How a lasting settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war can be achieved
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2022/04/26/how-a-lasting-settlement-to-the-russia-ukraine-war-can-be-achieved/
The exaggerated death of European sovereignty
https://ecfr.eu/article/the-exaggerated-death-of-european-sovereignty/?msclkid=d0b9ba8dced611ec9437b2caf349ffaf
Western leaders should leave Ukraine’s war aims to the Ukrainians
https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2022/05/western-leaders-should-leave-ukraines-war-aims-to-the-ukrainians.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%201st%20May%202022&utm_content=Sunday%201st%20May%202022+CID_003eab6c272beed1e65c29338e1bf536&utm_source=Daily%20Email&utm_term=Western%20leaders%20should%20leave%20Ukraines%20war%20aims%20to%20the%20Ukrainians
CN Xi Jinping’s New World Order
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-12-09/xi-jinpings-new-world-order?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=pre_release&utm_campaign=mktg_sub_120921_prospects&utm_content=20211209&utm_term=promo-email-prospects
US Policy Options to Reduce Russian Energy Dependence
https://rhg.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RHG-US-Policy-to-Reduce-Russian-Energy-Leverage.pdf
Xinhua’s Dueling Interviews w/Lavrov and Kuleba
https://chinarussiareport.substack.com/p/xinhuas-dueling-interviews-wlavrov?s=r