Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's "feeble non-response" to #COVID19 "starkly contrasts with the response of the Felipe Calderón administration to the H1N1 swine flu," @VFelbabBrown writes. brook.gs/2UvJlaU
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- .@NicolaSturgeon: Having led world into Industrial Age, we have obligation to play part helping world move into Net Zero Age. Partly due to our geography we're well-placed to do so, significant reserves of wind, wave, hydro, & tidal power. brook.gs/3MZlJEb #EnergySecurity
- Russia's effort to penetrate American politics has been a "smashing success," argues @jkirchick. Via @POLITICOMag. brook.gs/2vf2Xlj
- Fiona Hill: "China should be the skunk at everybody’s party. They don’t want to take responsibility for letting a localized virus become a global pandemic. And now with the US in a prostrate position, they can step in and take on a leader’s role." bit.ly/39krlop
- Fiona Hill sat down with @politico's @MauraReynolds to discuss Vladimir Putin, what it would take to end the war in Ukraine & Elon Musk.
- EVENT: #USJapan relations in an era of economic statecraft, with @davidrdollar, Shihoko Goto, Taro Kono, Takashi Yamashita, & @solis_msolis, Wednesday May 4 at 10:30am EDT. Register: brook.gs/38tQ2UF
- Happy holidays to multilingual friends around the world, from our polyglot director of the Center on the United States and Europe, @ConStelz:
00:00 - .@A_Sloat: "Five months after Boris Johnson won a decisive election with a pledge to 'get Brexit done,' thousands of citizens have lost their lives to COVID-19, the economy is in recession, and post-Brexit arrangements are far from done." brook.gs/2Cmx5mw #COVIDReopening
- EVENT: Scottish First Minister @NicolaSturgeon joins @samanthaenergy for a discussion on Scotland and the future of European #EnergySecurity, Monday May 16 at 1pm EDT. Register: brook.gs/3MZlJEb
- Fiona Hill @ForeignAffairs: "Prior to the 2016 U.S. election, Putin recognized that the United States was on a path similar to the one that Russia took in the 1990s... The fire was already burning; all Putin had to do was pour on some gasoline." fam.ag/3zNFjMF
- Why has Japan emerged from the “lost decades” unscathed from the populist wave and a consequential actor in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific? @solis_msolis answers this & more in her new book, Japan’s Quiet Leadership. Pre-order your copy today: amazon.com/Japans-Quiet-L…
- A German decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine would send a powerful signal to the Kremlin, @ConStelz writes brook.gs/3DuX4G0
- We were enchanted to meet you Bruce Riedel! Looking back on his legendary career as a CIA Officer, Special Advisor to the President, and Senior Fellow at Brookings… Bruce is most proud of being an original SWIFTIE! Happy retirement from all of us @BrookingsInst.
- Americans are still prepared to support Ukraine even if this means higher energy costs and increased inflation @ShibleyTelhami reports in the latest edition of the Critical Issues Poll. brook.gs/3R5RqyB
