Executive Editor @TXNatSecReview; Retired Naval Aviator & Mil Professor at RMSI @NavalWarCollege; @warstudies PhD specializing in Russia & RFN; opinions my own.
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Joined March 2017
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Our final day of #SummerSeminar2025 featured conversations with @BelferCenter's Bob Zoellick and @StanfordCISAC's @JimGoldgeier, along with a discussion on academic publishing and public engagement led by @SAISHopkins's Frank Gavin and @TXNatSecReview's @RGVest.
The Russia-China relationship is a marriage of convenience aligning two authoritarian regimes against the West, but the relationship is not as strong as many might suggest.
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Lead key research center at critical time—
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Meet the Holloway Group! Housed within our Russia Maritime Studies Institute, the Holloway group is an Advanced Research Program studying high-intensity conventional conflict, focusing on Russian maritime and multi-domain warfighting. Learn more here: usnwc.edu/Research-and-Warga…!
Grateful for the opportunity to talk about Russia and China in the Arctic with a wonderful group of scholars and practitioners. I look forward to reading and sharing the final report!
The 7th Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative (NASI) wrapped this week. NASI focuses on deterrence in the Arctic region. 🌎Scholars & military practitioners engaged in discussions to refine policy to be reviewed by #Arctic heads of Navy. Learn more here: usnwc.edu/News-and-Events/Ne….
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Excited to share my latest in Foreign Affairs. Deterrence can fail if rivals believe the US would respond somewhere but can't or that it could but won't. This has big implications for the ongoing debate about Ukraine aid and its impact on deterring China. foreignaffairs.com/china/ukr…
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Since it’s that time of year again, 12 end-of-year and start-of-new-year thoughts about Russia’s war against Ukraine and its implications. A long 🧵
Yes, Ukraine can still defeat Russia – but it will require far more support from Europe | Jack Watling | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Well worth reading and thinking about. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Given some of the reporting of the last week, it’s clear that we’re in for another wave of discussion about whether Ukraine should be pushed to the negotiating table. A 🧵
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Why Congress Must Provide New Aid to Ukraine. 1/ THREAD
There are many realpolitik arguments for continued aid to Ukraine. Real realists understand that U.S. military assistance to Ukraine directly serves our own national security interests.
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The Majority Never Had It So Good
Only just getting to read this fascinating @RussiaPost_tw piece on the impact of the war on Russia's 'provinces' and rural communities, and why it's not the nightmare some may presume. Depressing and thought-provoking
russiapost.info/regions/majo…
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Thoughts on naval conflict in the Ukraine War: Striking a ship at the pier is something anyone w/long-range precision weapons can do. This has been validated by attacks on the Russian LST Saratov and Ukrainian LST Yuriy Olefirenko. Major force flow & logistics implications. 1/5
Recent Sentinel images show the retaining wall of the 35th SRZ dry dock has been removed, which should allow the Kuznetsov to leave dry dock on 16-17 Feb as reported by TASS.
This is good news for the Kuznetsov, but the Russian Navy’s problems are not yet solved. (1/7)
So although the RFN can celebrate completion of dry dock work on Kuznetsov, the bigger problem is maintenance and renovation of the fleet, of which the RFN has a long road ahead. (7/7)