Today’s message from Baci

Biden has told Ferdinand Marcos Jr that US-Philippines alliance was “ironclad”, stressing that their mutual defence treaty applied to attacks on Filipino armed forces, in a warning to China.

Ah, trouble in the Sino-Russian ‘no limits’ relationship?

2/ “The Biden administration has repeatedly asked China in recent months to use its leverage with Tehran, including to rein in Iran-backed Houthi militias that have attacked ships in the Red Sea. But US officials have privately said they have seen no evidence that China has done…

👀What a story to wake up to …

“The US has asked China and other countries, including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to urge Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack on Israel for its air strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria.”

2/ “The visit by Zhao Leji, the third-ranking member of the Chinese Communist party’s leadership group, the politburo standing committee, marks the highest-level meeting between China and North Korea in nearly five years.
China has provided little detail about the aims of Zhao’s…

Biden has told Ferdinand Marcos Jr that US-Philippines alliance was “ironclad”, stressing that their mutual defence treaty applied to attacks on Filipino armed forces, in a warning to China.

One of my big takeaways from my latest #Ukraine visit is the need to change strategy. Current war strategy is focussed on 'defending Ukraine'. This is now a strategy for defeat and must evolve. 1/10 🧵🇺🇦
lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

My first visit to the University of Chicago. The organizer of my public lecture said that she has been working at the university for 20 years, and only three times in her memory she has seen a standing ovation. It is because I spoke about the struggle of millions of people in…

Curious how Xi Jinping addressed Ma Ying-jeou—he certainly wouldn’t call him President. What sort of work around was used for former President Ma’s visit?

What a blast from the past Roland Freudenstein 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸🇹🇼 😊Just saw this now due to a typo in my handle. Chapeau to WarsawSecurityForum for discussing these important issues back in 2017--long before other conferences had it on their radar. Moderated by Justyna Szczudlik诗丽娜
👒Prof. Katarzyna PISARSKA

My team is desperately trying to convince me that I'm the reason they're gathered outside the Parliament.

In a way, this is true.
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BREAKING — Parliament refuses discharge of the Council budget until European Council decided to support Ukraine with additional Patriot anti-missile systems !

Unpaywalled full text of my op-ed article this week, setting the scene for the ANU National Security College Securing our Future conference and announcing our community consultations on Australia’s national security nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/department-new…

What a blast from the past Roland Freudenstein 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸🇹🇼 😊Just saw this now due to a typo in my handle. Chapeau to WarsawSecurityForum for discussing these important issues back in 2017--long before other conferences had it on their radar. Moderated by Justyna Szczudlik诗丽娜
👒Prof. Katarzyna PISARSKA

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