This very interesting @France24 #F24Debate show was just broadcast live here in France and provides a fascinating insight into just how much of a global energy and financial crisis the #RussiaUkraineWar has now become.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1509591651928444933
This @StateDept briefing has just finished. First substantive questions (not addressing the readout address in international response specifically #Quad member India (from @apdiplowriter) and the US's UAE and Saudi allies (@AndreaMitchell of @CNN)
. @StateDeptSpox does his best to remain bullish on Russian isolation, but it is far from convincing. No doubt there will be more calls from sanction hawk Senators & Representatives for secondary sanctions.
He doesn't really answer questions about the imminent European energy crisis if Russia turns off European Oil and Gas supplies.
Earlier he spoke about U.S. prescience in relation to the beginning of the war, casting unjustified shade on @APDiploWriter, but the absence of prescience about the cascading economic impacts of the sanctions, and potential world order changing consequences of sanctions busting..
@APDiploWriter ... does not appear to be something the US @statedept is keen to address.
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