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Bruce Jones
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Bruce Jones
@brucebrookings
Author of 'To Rule the Waves', which examines the tension between globalization and geopolitics — playing out on the world’s contested seas. Brookings scholar.
- Mattis’ resignation letter is polite, subtle and utterly damning
- My Twitter feed: “the US should stop being so arrogant as to presume it is still leading international affairs” Also my Twitter feed: “Why hasn’t Biden snapped his fingers and produced a cease-fire in the Middle East?!?”
- Zelensky is literally fighting a warZelensky is literally meeting with defense contractors.
- When Putin’s team thought through likely outcomes, I’m guessing “EU provides fighter jets to Ukraine” wasn’t even remotely on their list of possible developments….
- Boy I miss the days when Twitter was mostly a place to find things like this...Amazing animation of how the Charles Bridge was built in Prague in the 14th century. We easily underestimate the technical knowledge people had in the past. x.com/LeonCrane11/st…
- Hard to know which is more annoying; the “why is America starting another M.E. war?” crowd (after 27 Houthi attacks on global shipping) or the “woo hoo let’s whoop them / bomb them into deterrence” crowd #RedSea — prudence is a virtue not a weakness
- Must read op-Ed from @thantmyintu -- strategy for Myanmar is not status quo ante but a new path to a more inclusive democracy. #Myanmar Important cautionary note to the US/West on scale of sanctions response. nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opi…
- Feels an awful lot like what we're really dealing with here is a trial run for November 3rd.....
- Though poppies grow, in Flanders fields. Grew up with this. Still loves me, to this day.
- Finalizing the bibliography. Am guessing other folks have better methods than mine....
- #redsea New piece from me about the Red Sea attacks, the US-led maritime response, and the choices ahead. Spoiler alert: the choices ain’t easy (or cheap). Cc @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @ForeignPolicy @rcwattsiv
- Huge thanks to the Biden China team for handling the Meng / 2 Michael’s file with quiet professionalism resulting in the release of Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor. Tomorrow we can parse what it says about China and western unity — but for tonight, simply thank god they r feee
