Joe Dresen
@dresenjo.bsky.social
Joe Dresen is a Senior Program Associate at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC.
cc All U.S. flag officers. Don’t forget your duty and oath.
eileen chengyin chow@chowleen.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...
🇺🇸🇺🇦📞 Trump: I had a good call with Zelensky, I was very disappointed with my call with Putin.
For a look at the book, take a look at this past Kennan Institute event: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-l...
Book Launch | Looking at Women Looking at War
wilsoncenter.org
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · last yr.Two years after her tragic death in a Russian missile strike, Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina was posthumously awarded on June 25 the prestigious U.K. Orwell Prize for her book “Looking at Women, Looking at War.”
A fine update to his "I don't need a ride; I need ammunition."
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · last yr.👀 "I am younger than Putin, so bet on me. I have better prospects," — Zelensky.
EU no longer considers sending troops to Ukraine a possibility. In reality, it was never one. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Europe’s talks on Ukraine security shift from sending troops
European efforts to create security arrangements for Ukraine are shifting from sending troops to other alternatives as they face political and logistical constraints, and the prospect of Russia and the United States opposing their plans, officials said.
reuters.com
This is the least shocking thing I've seen in the past month. I guess they've finally resolved the whole russkiy v. rossiskiy debate. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Ethnic discrimination in Russia is often written right into government contracts
Russian organizations, both public and private, often impose discriminatory requirements on contractors, a new post from RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, highlights. Many official tender ...
meduza.io
Zelensky talks about the partial ceasefire in the future tense, meaning that he doesn’t acknowledge it to be in effect yet. There are apparently “technical issues” to overcome first. (Unclear if this is on the Ukrainian side or relates to Russian compliance.) x.com/ZelenskyyUa/...
Potential meeting sites limited to non-signatories to the ICC, as Putin is under indictment "for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children)" from Ukraine to Russia.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · last yr.New: A meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Putin is “likely to happen,” US special envoy Steve Witkoff says in an interview on Bloomberg TV
A long way (in the wrong direction) from the US's 1940 Welles Declaration, refusing to recognise Soviet annexation of the Baltic states. Welles was right: predatory activity by a strong state against a weak one undermines civilisation. It was 51 years till the Baltic states regained independence.
Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · last yr.What???
"We are never, ever, ever, getting back together." @abarbashin.bsky.social ridl.io/back-to-russ...
Back to Russia? – Riddle Russia
Vakhtang Partsavania on the main reasons for the Western business
ridl.io
Food for thought for US negotiators preparing for round 2 with the Russian team: www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ya...
Yalta vs. Helsinki: Russia’s Vision for the Future
wilsoncenter.org
