The new normal is reglobalisation! In @thediplomat.com, I argue that the Global South is redrawing the world economy while the West struggles with moral crisis and protectionism, focus #Uzbekistan.

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Geopolitical Ripple Effects: US-Russia, China-India, and More Will Trump’s overtures to Russia yield anything?

The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts @nktpnd.bsky.social and @LadyPutz.bsky.social discuss recent geopolitical developments between the United States and Russia, India and China, and more.

Member Highlight Introducing MWG member Catherine (Katie) Putz!

Member highlight! Meet MWG member Katie Putz!(@ladyputz.bsky.social)

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Kyrgyzstan: Incoming Peace Corps Cohort Cancelled Last Minute As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient.”

As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient," a former volunteer told The Diplomat.

Accidentally added to a White House Signal chat and now I'm leading Seal Team Six on an egg raid in Quebec

Trump, Tariffs, and America’s Global Messaging The Asia Geopolitics podcast discusses the latest developments in Washington and their implications for Asia policy.

The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts @nktpnd.bsky.social and @ladyputz.bsky.social discuss the Trump tariffs and the impact on U.S. foreign policy.

"...Undercutting RFE/RL at this moment in history when democracy is clearly under threat in many parts of the world would be a mistake of tremendous proportions."

RFE/RL Board Chair Lisa Curtis told The Diplomat, “RFE/RL has been a critical organization for over 75 years in bringing press freedom and shining the light of liberty and truth in societies that are denied a free press and access to uncensored information..."

Cancellation of RFE/RL’s Grant Called ‘Illegal’ and a ‘Gift’ to US Adversaries RFE/RL leadership has pushed back on the decision by its parent organization, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, to cancel its grants, calling the move outright “illegal.”

RFE/RL leadership has pushed back on the decision by its parent organization, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, to cancel its grants, calling the move outright “illegal.”

Pickers and Clusters: A Complex Array of Issues Confronts Uzbekistan’s Evolving Cotton Industry The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to micromana...

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While they're at time dense, Calvino had some tremendous insights into what was coming.

I can't stop re-reading this passage and thinking about the layers of trash we've covered our brains with.

Last night I finished Italo Calvino's "Six Memos for the Next Millennium," a series of lecture intended for delivery at Harvard in 1985-86 on the qualities he believed should define literature in the new millennium, then 15 years away.

Calvino died before he could give the lectures.

With Foreign Aid Freeze and Immigration Restrictions, US Leaves Afghan Allies in the Cold Trump’s executive orders on aid and immigration have effectively frozen the Afghan SIV program, stranding thousands of Afghans in the process of coming to the United States.

My latest: Trump’s executive orders on aid and immigration have effectively frozen the Afghan SIV program, stranding thousands of Afghans in the process of coming to the United States.

The Failed Plot to ‘Destroy’ Uzbek Officials Using US Sanctions Letters obtained by The Diplomat suggest a failed effort to manipulate the U.S. sanctions system on the part of a well-connected Uzbek businessman.

New from me: Letters obtained by The Diplomat suggest a failed effort to manipulate the U.S. sanctions system on the part of a well-connected Uzbek businessman. It's a twisty tale, buckle up.

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