Go Navy!

Thanks to Times Radio for having me on Sunday Morning with @adamboulton.bsky.social to talk about recent history of Russia’s agreements on international security, and lessons for current negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Looking forward to joining Oscar Haza on América Radio to discuss Russia’s continuing assault on Pokrovsk, its war against Ukraine generally, and its development of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. This morning at 8:30.

Will talk with @lbc.co.uk Radio at 10:30 tonight about #NATO and #Russia.

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Horrible.

No, the War Department was previously the Department of the Army (and its AF). The Navy never fell under it.

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It looks like direct travel between India and China is going to be resumed. So at least in the short term, and at the public diplomacy level -- and maybe more deeply -- there seems to be a warming between India and China. That could have geopolitical implications.

Regarding India, Modi's attendance is symbolically important. Modi did not attend the last SCO summit. The SCO has grown into a kind of China-centered alternative security forum. Given the traditional alignments on the Asian geopolitical chessboard, Modi's participation is significant.

(That said, Putin is evidently going to use this summit to give other participants his version of the conversations in Anchorage, and to seek to use the SCO forum to his diplomatic advantage.)

But Xi is walking a fine line, giving Putin some material assistance, but not going so far as to provide direct military support, which could then trigger sanctions from the US and other parts of the world.

Regarding implications for Ukraine: It's not good, certainly on the public diplomacy level. Remember that just before Putin launched his invasion, after the 2022 Olympics in China, he and Xi announced their "no limits" partnership; it appeared that Putin had a kind of tacit approval from Xi.

It's a win for Putin as well -- his second red-carpet summit, after the one with President Trump in Anchorage. Putin couldn't go to recent BRICS summits in Brazil and South Africa, because there's an arrest warrant out for him from the International Criminal Court. He's having a good August.

I spoke with Richard Spurr on LBC Radio this morning (London) about Putin and Modi's attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit hosted by Xi.

Certainly on the public relations side, it is a win for Xi, who is convening a growing security forum seen as a counter to the West.

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I wish President Trump well in this meeting, of course, but it is hard to see this as anything but a major win for Putin.

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Thinking about this again today: “What a privilege it is to serve this big, boisterous, brawling, intemperate, striving, daring, beautiful, bountiful, brave, magnificent country." www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/p...

Looking forward to talking with @lbc.co.uk Radio tonight about the current status of Russia-Ukraine war, at 11:30 EDT.
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Thanks to Richard Spurr and @lbc.co.uk Radio for the conversation about this week's negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
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I will be talking to LBC Radio about negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine War, tonight at 9:30.

Oh. hell. yes.

Mañana a las 8:30 hablaré con Oscar Haza en WQBA sobre las negociaciones para poner fin a la guerra Rusia-Ucrania.

I will be talking to Oscar Haza tomorrow at 8:30am on WQBA about currrent negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

From memory, it was originally three zones of occupation (US, British and Soviet). Stalin agreed to add France as an occupying power so long as its zone came out of the British and US areas.

My interview on LBC on current developments in negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Looking forward to talking with Oscar Haza on WQBA, tomorrow at 9:30 am ET, about the state of negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Looking forward to talking with Oscar Haza on WQBA, tomorrow at 8:10 am, about the NSC, Sec. Rubio at the #NATO ministerial, and increased allied contribution to European defense.

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Thanks Times Radio and Manveen Rana for having me on to discuss the Trump-Zelenskyy call, talk of US operating nuclear & energy facilities in Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, cease-fire negotiations, and a US "backstop" for a European force. (at 24:50) www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

Looking forward to talking with @newstalkzb.bsky.social New Zealand tonight at 10 pm EST, about #Russia's war on #Ukraine and negotiations to end it.

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Trump orders Russia to end 'ridiculous' war in Ukraine | LBC analysis YouTube video by LBC

Pres. Trump's post on ending Russia's "ridiculous" war in Ukraine seems to recognize that Russia is the problem, and open the door to a strategy of maximum pressure on Putin.

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