Beyond parody. Is Trump joining the Axis of Upheaval?
If so, who needs a $1.5v trillion defense budget?
Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate for U.N. Secretary-General: former Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán. wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban… via @WSJopinion
Interesting sign of new ME geopolitics-- actual diplomacy may spare Tump from doubling down on a flawed view that after 12,000 bombing sorties, a few more will bring down the regime.
Iran hosts regional powers for talks to prevent escalation ft.com/content/7f6943d3-b089… via @ft
Indeed. An original thinker who fashioned a tool to help policy-makers to see beyond their inbox, and the rest of us, from the tyranny of the present.
Saddened by the passing of Mat Burrows, a remarkable thinker and valued former colleague at the @AtlanticCouncil.
Mat was an intellectual force in the US government before helping us build the Council’s strategic foresight practice. He understood that sound long-term American strategy required anticipating alternative futures, not simply reacting to events.
He helped pioneer the field and mentor a new generation of strategic thinkers. We did not always agree on policy, but I always valued his insights, intellectual rigor, and thoughtful analysis.
Rest in peace, Mat. My condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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Sadly, MAGA has no bottom to its cruelty, delusions, and deceptions.
Metrics of decay...
The Archdiocese of New York will pay more than $800 million to settle the sexual abuse claims of 1,300 people. nyti.ms/4dVq7UF
Points for transparency -- however un-American a theocracy would be. Read the US Constitution before pushing for an American Taliban.
What if the Pope was instrumental and this story is a Russian propoganda tactic to score points with Trump and create a false image that Moscow wants peace?
Couldn't have said it better. I had the good fortune to work with Mat, when he recruited me to the NIC to work on the Globlal Trends report at Stimson the Red Cell, and on our annual Top 10 Global Risks,run in Foreign Policy. A rare comprehensive, synthetic mind.
A Sad loss.
Tremendously saddened to learn of the untimely death of Mat Burrows, a friend, wise counsel and sage voice in Washington’s foreign policy community. Mat elevated strategic foresight into an art form. He will be sorely missed. @JMuellerKaler
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Actually, the Vatican had a role getting it started. Somehow the White House forgot to mention.
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Not so fast. The Pope preceded her. Another con?
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Only a small part of the disruption coming that we are doing very little to prepare for.
Another Trump con? The Vatican explains:
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Not so fast. For the record, the Pope called Putin a week before to push for the ceasefire.
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This is scary. France seems at an inflection point -- the exhaustion of the social welfare state?
France is looking ungovernable. And it’s going to get worse ft.com/content/62b83fcf-efad… via @ft





















