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29 Jan, 8 tweets, 2 min read
As January winds down, I'm going to stop writing recs about what the Biden administration should do, and let them have a chance to try to get some things done. Pivoting now back to book writing. Listing here for last time my "should" list. THREAD 1/
- On diagnostics and what the Biden national security team inherits from the Trump administration; nbcnews.com/think/opinion/… via @NBCNewsTHINK 2/
- On improving diplomacy; americanpurpose.com/articles/dress… 3/
- On increasing support for global democracy; americanpurpose.com/articles/somet… 4/
- On enhancing USG strategic communications and media; americanpurpose.com/articles/sell-… 5/
- On how to deal with Putin's Russia; foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukrai… 6/
- On how to deal with Xi's China; cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.gwu.edu/… 7/
Godspeed team Biden! 8/ END THREAD.

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28 Jan
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My piece w/ @kath_stoner from a year ago: "Russia now ranks a dismal 138 out of 180 countries on the Transparency International Corruptions Perception index, a drop from its rank of 60 in 2000 when Putin became president."
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To answer many questions being asked of me here about Navalny, reupping this old @PostOpinions essay with a short thread (for those who can't get behind the paywall) washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-rus… THREAD 1/
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As the new Biden national security security team settles in, reupping some recommendations for tackling various issues. (This will be my last set of recommendations for a while; don't want to be second guessing new team right away.) THREAD. 1/
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During the @JoeBiden @Transition46 , Ive been offering some unsolicited policy recommendations in print. As they move today from transition to governance tomorrow, collating them all here in one THREAD. 1/.
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"None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution."3/
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