Psyched to have Stephen Wertheim back on the show to talk more about the war in Ukraine, implications of protests about Gaza, the nature of partisanship in the restraint movement, the 2024 election and more!

Israel doesn’t want the two state solution. So which solution does it want?

New episode!

We had Stephen Wertheim of Carnegie Endowment back on the show to talk about restraint, Ukraine, retrenchment and more!

Full episode out now!

The Electoral College picture currently looks pretty bleak for Biden
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Biden, February 2021: 'We want a rigorous debate that brings all perspectives and makes room for dissent. That's how we'll get the best possible policy outcomes.' whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

The conference on “Ending War” (LSE, SAIS, Kissinger Center) was intense, challenging, and sobering. Top specialists spoke about different conflicts, but patterns emerged. Here are my personal conclusions.

It’s a deal, Bibi. The United States can stop giving you military aid and political cover, and you can ignore Washington’s wishes even more than you already do.

In their new piece, Stephen Wertheim, Emma Ashford (@emmamashford.bsky.social). and Joshua Shifrinson argue that the current U.S. approach to the Ukraine War is “a strategic cop-out—and risks making another forever war.”

Learn more here: bit.ly/3JXOO3v

The time has come to encourage negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Emma Ashford (@emmamashford.bsky.social), Joshua Shifrinson, and Stephen Wertheim argue. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/09/ame…

“Around 13% of the voters who say they voted for Mr. Biden last time, but do not plan to do so again, said that his foreign policy or the war in Gaza was the most important issue to their vote.” nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/…

U.S. policy in Ukraine is both reasonable and a capacious cop-out. It usefully papers over differences among supporters of aid, but risks creating a forever war—or worse. In Foreign Policy, Emma Ashford (@emmamashford.bsky.social), Josh Shifrinson, and I propose a refined strategy: foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/09/ame…

If Washington doesn’t confront hard questions about Ukraine, it may end up back in the same position next year—or worse. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/09/ame…

The ultranationalist Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin has been hit with a backlash from Chinese social media users after joining the popular platform Weibo to defend the invasion of Ukraine.

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Take it from the guy who got President Hillary Clinton elected. nytimes.com/2024/05/12/opi…

Biden’s initial pledge of “rock solid and unwavering” support for whatever Israel decided to do in Gaza has brought him directly to the point he’s facing now. Condition-free support from the start signaled that where Israel would lead, America would follow.

If $61 bn is high tide of US aid for Ukraine, if total victory is not feasible, what is purpose of US policy?
#1
Emma Ashford (@emmamashford.bsky.social) Stephen Wertheim Joshua Shifrinson in
foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/09/ame…
#2 Richard N. Haass Ezra Klein
nytimes.com/2024/03/05/pod…
#3 Chartbook 281
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-28…

My training did not prepare me for this version of realpolitik.

Thank you, Adam, and heartily recommend your Chartbook analysis: “Rather than talking loosely about new offensives in 2025, we must surely ask what is American and Western strategy in Ukraine aiming to achieve, beyond backing the Zelensky government?” adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-28…