Always great to talk with @ashjain50 & to discuss the work of the @AtlanticCouncil's Shaping a New Democratic World Order. In particular, focusing on steps that can be taken to enhance U.S. global leadership @ rebuild a robust community of democracies across ... 1/
both the Pacific & the Atlantic, but also will generate concrete #doorstep benefits. He is a proponent of closer cooperation among democratic allies to facilitate efforts to harnessing new technologies so that the democratic world prevails in the race for advanced technology. 2/
There is also growing agreement about developing a new allied trade partnership that incentivizes the shifting of supply chains in critical industries away from autocracies and toward the free world. 4/ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
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Beginning to see signs that after several years, a new narrative is taking shape to provide coherence to U.S. global engagement. Some of those emerging markers: 1/
The covid pandemic highlighted risks of supply chains for critical goods based out of China. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has called attention to risks of energy & resource dependence on Moscow. Price is not the only object. 2/
Reliability of partners matters. Covid and Ukraine crises have been impetus for moving ahead on technological partnerships among democratic states--starting with the search for vaccines. 3/
Doorstep guest #ColinDueck writing in @TheNatlInterest breaks down Republican attitudes on Russia and Ukraine. Citing @pewresearch polls, he notes "73 percent of Republicans favor working with U.S. allies to respond to the Russian invasion." 1/
A March survey conducted by @Reuters , shows an overwhelming majority of GOP voters support a robust set of U.S. measures against Putin’s Russia. Some 3/4 of Republicans support U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine, rigorous economic sanctions, a ban on the import of Russian oil ... 2/
and the seizure of assets from Russian oligarchs. And according to a @Gallup poll released March 14, only 15 percent of Americans view Putin’s Russia favorably. Democrats and Republicans both respond in the same way. There is no real partisan difference on this issue. 3/
Doorstep guest @reziemba put her finger on it: democratic community when it comes to old-style geopolitics, almost a way to recapture the spirit of the Cold War "Free World"--but not on trade, technology, economy. 2/
So one element of the democratic community narrative: alliances and partnerships on energy, health, climate and technological security and for innovation and development--not mentioned. That is noticeable. 3/
Narrative themes from @POTUS#SOTU: A 🧵... Connecting to the work done by the U.S. Global Engagement project of @carnegiecouncil ... 1/
The "democratic community" narrative. In speaking about confronting Putin, @POTUS cited creation of a "coalition of other freedom-loving nations from Europe and the Americas to Asia and Africa." 2/
But to reassure Americans about his commitment to a foreign policy for the middle class, "I will use every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers." 3/
One point that came up in yesterday's @carnegiecouncil discussion on principled responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is how different countries have clear distinctions in which peoples they maintain they have ethical obligations towards. 1/
Hungary much more open to refugees from Ukraine than the Middle East, claiming grounds of cultural similarity and close neighborhood. What is interesting is that Australia which maintains very strict policies in intercepting migrants from the Middle East and Southeast Asia 2/
seems to be much more willing to take in Ukrainians who come from much further away. 3/
Via @CarolynKissane. Suggests that short-term energy shock could pave the way for major changes. This could even recharge the climate change/technological change narrative as the guiding principle for U.S. foreign policy. 1/
In other words, we announce new programs for energy security that also help advance the energy transition (and as a bonus, can provide good jobs at good wages)--and this is part of the rejuvenation of our alliances. 2/
Again, @NilsSchmid's vision for rebooting the trans-Atlantic alliance for the 21st century based on technological partnerships. 3/