Latest episode of the War on the Rocks podcast is a discussion about Ukraine with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Alexander Bick, and Hal Brands
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New War on the Rocks podcast on my Ukraine edited volume, featuring Ryan Evans Andrea Kendall-Taylor Alex Bick and yours truly

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New Ukraine aid has probably shown Putin he won't win the war by default in 2024. It surely hasn't convinced him he can't simply outlast the West in 2025 and after.

Bloomberg Opinion AEI Foreign Policy

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Tony Blinken is in China this week as part of Biden's bid to stabilize that relationship. Four big, potentially explosive issues--Taiwan, Second Thomas Shoal, Ukraine, and the intensifying tech war--stand in the way. My latest Bloomberg Opinion

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Blinken is off to Beijing to try to keep the peace. @halbrands says these four issues may bring China and the US back into conflict trib.al/6NXQdL4

Geopolitical Strategy in an Era of Uncertainty featuring Hal Brands buff.ly/3UjMo5g

Welcome to the new Middle East--where violent, multi-sided competition is pervasive, and risks of escalation are persistent, even if all hell never quite breaks loose. My take on Iran's attack and its consequences for Bloomberg Opinion

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How will tightening relations among authoritarian regimes impact global order?

The Miller Center’s Eric Edelman and Hal Brands discuss challenges facing the US' alliances—and rising isolationism in the GOP—on the The Bulwark #ShieldoftheRepublic pod.

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Across Eurasia, an age of neo-imperialism looms. My long weekend piece for Bloomberg Opinion

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BIG READ;
Russia, China and Persia were once vast empires. Xi, Putin and Iran's mullahs want to restore that greatness -- and the US stands in their way, @halbrands writes bloomberg.com/opinion/featur… via Bloomberg Opinion

Russia, China and Persia were once vast empires. Xi, Putin and Iran's mullahs want to restore that greatness -- and the US stands in their way, @halbrands writes trib.al/MMbBhP1 via Bloomberg Opinion

The Ukraine War is now basically a proxy war between China and Europe. It's a sign of a world spinning into disorder and great-power conflict.

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Cease-fire or no cease-fire, there won't be lasting stability in the Middle East. Gaza war may simply be the prelude to two bigger crises--an Israeli showdown with Hezbollah and the mess that Iran's advancing nuclear program will create.

Bloomberg Opinion AEI Foreign Policy
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Washington cannot keep the world fit for freedom without making moral compromises and engaging illiberal allies, writes Hal Brands. The realities of contemporary coalition building—and great-power competition—mean that democratic alliances only go so far.
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Looking for something to read this weekend? Check out, WAR IN UKRAINE: CONFLICT, STRATEGY, AND THE RETURN OF A FRACTURED WORLD, edited by Hal Brands, with chapters from Michael McFaul and Stephen Kotkin.

📔 E-book available here: ow.ly/YFjT50R7Zoj

Check out the new book War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World, edited by Kissinger Center Distinguished Professor Hal Brands. You can see the PDF for free or purchase the book in print press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…

“Today isn’t the first time the world’s most aggressive states have made common cause.” Read Hal Brands on how Washington’s enemies are cooperating to contest U.S. power on many fronts at once—and how the United States can respond to this challenge:
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With gratitude to Hal Brands, I contributed an essay on the sources of Russian military resilience and implications to the book below.
My essay is here, muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_edite…
and many excellent scholars' work can be found here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_edite…

From Hal Brands at Johns Hopkins SAIS, a collection of essays on the war. I wrote one; also Michael McFaul, Michael Kimmage, Lawrence Freedman, Michael Kofman and many others. buy a copy - or download for free:
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Hal Brands Thank you for hosting that fascinating space this morning. Hope there can be another opportunity to hear from Anne Applebaum on the topics you’ve discussed. Technology was not our friend today.