There are some critical announcements this week about key Asian treaty allies. But how is the U.S. doing elsewhere in the region?

Last week we got a report card from the 2024 ISEAS Survey. And it isn't great news. A short thread... [1/9]

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Biden admin is growing even more frustrated with both congressional Republicans and allies in Europe over delays in funding Ukraine’s fight against Russia, sources told Peter Martin Alberto Nardelli and me

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Remarkable line in BBC interview with David Cameron

NEW: Strikes in Gaza, Iran Show Limits of Biden’s Leverage on Israel w/ Peter Martin and others bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If confidence in the US ever evaporates the erosion of the dollar’s standing would be a watershed moment, w/ the US losing not just access to cheap financing but also global power and prestige

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The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group, are disrupting global trade and challenging the world's most sophisticated militaries

Peter Martin went aboard the USS Eisenhower to see how the US and its allies are trying to stop the group in the Red Sea bloom.bg/3x9o9gJ

The Houthis are disrupting global trade and challenging the world's most sophisticated militaries

I went aboard the USS Eisenhower to see how the US and its allies are trying to stop the group in the Red Sea

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For Businessweek, I dug into the rise of co-working spaces for spies and government contractors with high level security clearances (yes, it’s a thing). Have a read here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China’s ambassador to the EU is departing Brussels after less than 18 months in the job, according to two people familiar with the matter, temporarily leaving a key diplomatic post vacant as Beijing’s relationship with the massive trade bloc frays

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Latvia PM Evika Silina said she supports the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine to train the country’s soldiers, after French President Emmanuel Macron signaled he was open to such a move

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SCOOP: US held secret talks with Iran over Red Sea attacks on.ft.com/43eY5gm

The deadlock in Ukraine is “shifting the momentum” in the war there in Moscow’s favor, US intelligence agencies told the Senate on Monday

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'Ukraine’s ambassador, Pavlo Riabikin, has secured only a handful of meeting since his arrival in the Chinese capital last summer, despite sending requests to almost 40 different ministries and municipalities.'
Colum Murphy
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The US is preparing a United Nations Security Council resolution that would warn against deploying nuclear weapons in space, people familiar with the matter said

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Romania has notified NATO members that it plans to nominate its president for the defense alliance’s secretary general, sources tell Natalia Drozdiak and I

The move will complicate other allies’ efforts to install outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

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Big news, esp as Mark Rutte already has open backing of US and UK

Scoop: Romania has notified other NATO members that it plans to nominate its president, Klaus Iohannis, as a candidate for NATO secretary general, per Natalia Drozdiak Peter Martin. Will complicate other allies’ effort to install Mark Rutte as the next secretary general.

US tells allies Russia may put a nuclear weapon or a mock warhead in space this year, with ⁦Jennifer Jacobs⁩ and ⁦Katrina Manson⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Europe’s in a race against time to arm itself

Officials know they shouldn’t be counting on the US for Europe’s defense, but building up their own military capabilities requires a determination they’re yet to prove

Latest with Natalia Drozdiak + Ellen Milligan

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'Jordan is a longtime security partner, but we are going to have to ask ourselves whether the U.S. troop presence in Iraq and Syria is worth it,' DEFP Senior Fellow Gil Barndollar tells Peter Martin of Bloomberg.

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