I’m grateful for the wonders 2017 brought, especially my new baby daughter Maeve! Looking forward to 2018. Happy New Year!
Meghan O'Sullivan
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Meghan O'Sullivan
@OSullivanMeghan
Professor, Harvard @Kennedy_School and @BelferCenter | Author, "Windfall" | former Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
Joined August 2017
- In @ForeignAffairs, the accomplished @JasonBordoff and I unpack the geopolitical dimensions of the energy transition, bracing policy makers and others for volatility and counterintuitive developments that will reorder int’l affairs and possibly threaten the transition itself.
- In a new By Invitation essay in @TheEconomist, @JasonBordoff & I argue Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need for an energy transition, a process that we contend must begin with investments in affordable and secure energy today.
- Most important immediate thing is to keep Iraqi protesters from crossing into the ‘green zone’ and overrunning the US embassy after funerals tomorrow. If this happens, bloodshed will likely result and the crisis will deepen. This is in hands of the Iraqi government now.
- Congratulations to @Columbia for its decision to build a climate school and to my friend and colleague @JasonBordoff who will provide great leadership for it! president.columbia.edu/news/announcin…
- The loss of U.S. presence in Iraq means the end to America’s light footprint approach in Syria. Things in Afghanistan just got tougher. The Gulf could see the worst of this coming instability. Let’s hope this new US strategy has new plans for all these theaters.
- One of the most dramatic consequences of the U.S. strike on Soleimani is the severing of ties between the U.S. and Iraq. But the Trump administration still has time to save the relationship. My thoughts in @ForeignAffairs:
- Like others, I mourn the loss of Gen Powell today. He was a man of such integrity and I am proud to have worked for him. He stood up for me at a time when others did not want me to deploy to Iraq. I am eternally grateful for his support and his leadership and moral compass.
- A welcome statement by a class-act, President George W. Bush. I look forward to other such statements from Republican leaders.
- My incredibly smart former @Kennedy_School student @Ali_Wyne has published a timely and important book, "America's Great-Power Opportunity," that shows how America can compete effectively with China and Russia and articulate a positive vision of its global role.
- Was pleased to have dinner last night with @NadiaMuradBasee and Iraqi diplomat Mohammed al Quraishy thanks to the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative @HHI - and am thrilled to congratulate Nadia on being awarded today the #NobelPeacePrize for her courageous work for #Yezidi community
- I am privileged to be in the room to feel the extraordinary affection of Senator George Mitchell for Northern Ireland and the people of this place for him. Marking 25 years of the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement @QUBelfast #Agreement25
- I’m honored to be a member of the newly announced @StateDept Foreign Affairs Policy Board. I’m eager to work w this extraordinary group chaired by Tom Donilon and Cecilia Munoz to provide our best advice to @SecBlinken and senior leaders. state.gov/secretary-blin…
