Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) with Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili via video link.

Panel discussion on January 9, 2025 at the Hudson Institute: From left to right, Moderator Peter Rough, Hudson Institute's Director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia; Laura Thornton, Senior Director of Global Democracy Programs at McCain Institute; Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Ambassador Kurt Volker, Former Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations and US Ambassador to NATO

Packed house at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.

At the Hudson Institute in Washington today: A demand for free and fair elections in the Republic of Georgia. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Georgia Pres. Salome Zourabichvili (via video). Panel discussion with Moderator Peter Rough, @laurathornton.bsky.social @lukecoffey.bsky.social and Amb. Kurt Volker.

Ukraine can join NATO — if allies are willing to be bold Right now, Russia knows all it needs to do to prevent a country from joining is to invade and partially occupy it — and that needs to change.

Ukraine joining NATO is highly unlikely, but @lukecoffey.bsky.social makes about the best case possible for why it should happen.

www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

The situation in Georgia is very easy to understand: Russia wants Georgia in its empire more than the West wants Georgia in its community. Until this changes, the Georgian people will continue to pay the price.

The Fourteen Facts about US Aid to Ukraine View PDF Since Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time in eight years, Russian troops have ravaged Ukraine’s cities, raped its women, and stolen its children. Russian missiles and Iranian drones st...

A year-old but still-relevant piece by @lukecoffey.bsky.social (give him a follow) on US aid to Ukraine.

Should be a mandatory reading for 'independent thinkers' 'doing their own research', repeating russian propaganda about 'money laundering', etc. on X.

www.hudson.org/foreign-poli...

My latest: Getting Ukraine to a Position of Strength: A Strategy for the Trump Administration 🇺🇸🇺🇦

A quick 2 pager that goes straight to the main points www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/getting-ukraine-position-strength-strategy-trump-administration-luke-coffey

Today marks the 1,000th day of Ukraine’s gallant fight of self-defense against the Russian invaders.

What can you do today, no matter how small, to help Ukraine?

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

“Putin, don’t escalate this war”

Positively surprised by call with Trump, Scholz says His phone call with the U.S. president-elect was “a very detailed and good conversation,” Scholz tells Süddeutsche Zeitung.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was positively surprised by his phone call with Donald Trump following the Republican's reelection as U.S. president last week.

NEW: The Kremlin is intensifying its reflexive control campaign aimed at influencing Western decision-making in Russia's favor ahead of or in lieu of possible future negotiations about the resolution of the war in Ukraine. 🧵(1/6)

More in tonight's assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar111524

100 Days of the Kursk Operation: What the US Can Do to Help Ukraine

🎥 Watch: “100 Days of the Kursk Operation: What the US Can Do to Help Ukraine” www.hudson.org/events/100-d...