Intl security scholar working on alliances and military adaptation. Core faculty @GeorgetownCSS & Nonres Snr Fellow @ACscowcroft. Usual disclaimers apply.
Joined February 2015
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For a @NATO nerd, it doesn't get any better than this. Thank you to @GeorgetownCSS for allowing me to dream big, and to @SHAPE_NATO SACEUR Cavoli and all the other speakers who took the time yesterday to share their expertise with us at this critical moment in history. #NATO75 – at Arlington, VA
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For anyone interested in issues related to a future European security order, I would suggest rereading #NATO|s Strategic Concept of 2022, incl para 9 (below for ease of reference). Also have a look at Mark Rutte's Nov 2025 interview with RFE/RL:
rferl.org/a/nato-rutte-dialo…
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Pure genius. It’s almost as if we needed to create an organization for security and cooperation in Europe…
Except the existing one has failed to prevent Russia from violating every single one of its principles.
NEW!!! Kushner says the Trump admin is pursuing a new European security framework built around sovereignty and territorial integrity, with no country holding a veto over another’s security alliances.
The push comes ahead of next week’s U.S.-brokered trilateral peace talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi.
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🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮 SIX NORDIC INDUSTRY GIANTS PROPOSE MAJOR DEFENCE COOPERATION
Saab, Kongsberg, Patria, Terma, Ericsson and Nokia have unveiled a joint initiative to strengthen Nordic defence capabilities.
Presented at the Nordic Compass Summit in Gothenburg today, the proposals include:
• SPACE: Joint satellite-based missile early warning and Arctic surveillance.
• UNDERSEA: Shared monitoring and protection of critical cables, pipelines and maritime infrastructure.
• COMMUNICATIONS: A secure Nordic digital backbone connecting military and civilian infrastructure.
• PROCUREMENT: Mutual recognition of defence certifications and government-backed production capacity to accelerate manufacturing.
The five Nordic countries are all NATO members and together account for roughly 10% of NATO's European defence spending.
The proposals will now require government involvement. No binding agreements have been announced.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
The Castro regime has profited at the expense of the Cuban people with luxury cars, expensive watches and a private island resort. As I shared this with the world, regime thugs rushed the stage to interrupt my speech.
They can intimidate their own people in Cuba but think again about trying that nonsense in the United States of America.
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On the one hand, the only way any war ends is through talking.
OTOH, it’s hard to see how Putin won’t infer from this that he’s got the upper hand, and that Europeans are feeling the pinch from Washington’s hardline against Kyiv. 1/2
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Despite their best intentions, the Europeans simply can’t replace the enablers Washington has pulled.
Which means that for the next 24 to 26 months Putin has the strategic advantage, and all parties know that.
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With the Greenland deal now signed, Denmark has joined the Bergen Group and will participate in next month’s meeting in Poland.
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby is calling a new meeting of his "Bergen" group - 6 hand-picked NATO allies - next month in Poland. But those left out are scratching their heads. @JackDetsch @StefanieBolzen
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Thank you to SAF/IA and @GermanyinUSA for convening today’s discussion with Air Attaches on Transatlantic geopolitics at play.
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Friendly amendment: Germany is THE hinge state for any European pillar within NATO, period.
Not just when it comes to weapons systems, but also force posture, logistics, and the broader infrastructure required to make European defense work.
Impt piece from fmr U.S. Ambassador to NATO on what NATO did/did not do to address Russia’s escalating hybrid activities:
“Despite an agreement among allies in 2024 to deliver a new Russia strategy at the 2025 summit at The Hague, it never materialized.”
foreignaffairs.com/russia/ru…
What Might the European Posture Review Include?
With the countdown to the November 6 deadline underway, I’m putting some thoughts out there about what we might see from the Pentagon’s European Force Posture Review. 1/x
3. That means Germany could face the heaviest cuts in terms of U.S. personnel.
4. There will be plenty of intra-European bickering, as allies compete to retain (or attract) U.S. forces.
We’ve already started to see this with POL & LTU publicly offering $$ for troops 15/x
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