Senior Fellow and Director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment. Former Sr. US Intel Official (NIO-Europe). Three books.
Jan 30, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Many thanks to @theEconomist for the opportunity to lay out my thinking about why Western leaders ought to do more to bring the #UkraineRussiaWar to a negotiated close, even while continuing to support #Ukraine. 1/7
economist.com/by-invitation/…
As the war nears its one year anniversary, many have already died and millions are suffering. 2/7
I share the frustration over Putin’s murderous war.
But I fear we have grown accustomed to fighting enemies who had no way to out-escalate us.
A thread on what we can learn from the Libya #NFZ for our options today and the risks of escalation: (1/15)
Eleven years ago, the U.S. was on the cusp of imposing its no-fly zone over Libya to stop Qaddafi’s attacks on civilians. Now pressure is growing for a #NFZ over Ukraine. (2/15)
Aug 16, 2021 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: For nearly two decades, America has sought to remake Afghanistan on a western model. It turns out that Afghanistan was never America’s to fix. I was part of the foreign policy establishment that tried to find technical solutions for the challenges of nation-building. 1/18
But ultimately there can be no technical solutions for intractable political problems. Weapons and skills are transferable. The will to fight for your country is not. 2/18
