

"Leveraging Hirschman’s framework, we can weave today’s contradictory headlines into a coherent picture of Trump’s alliance management. Yet the portrait that emerges is troubling." | @Connor_Fiddler thedispatch.com/article/trump-…
Connor Fiddler
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@Connor_Fiddler
PhD Student, @UTAustin; Non-Resident Fellow, @FPRI | Former @aeifdp, @reaganinstitute, @YPFP | US grand strategy, Asian security, alliance politics


"Leveraging Hirschman’s framework, we can weave today’s contradictory headlines into a coherent picture of Trump’s alliance management. Yet the portrait that emerges is troubling." | @Connor_Fiddler thedispatch.com/article/trump-…

First look at Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr in an upcoming biopic series about the Kennedys. Described as the U.S. version of ‘The Crown’. Coming soon to Netflix.







The White House’s main entrance with its Ionic columns has been a signature image of the seat of American power. Now the Trump-appointed head of a federal arts commission is proposing to replace them with a more ornate style favored by President Trump. wapo.st/3P7EWtL






The attacks will continue until morale collapses.






In a brief phone call with The @washingtonpost just after 4 a.m. President Trump said his main concern is “freedom” for the Iranian people, and that the U.S. is working to make Iran a place that’s “safe.” “All I want is freedom for the people" Trump told @natalie_allison


Despite the importance of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic framework, Washington’s bureaucracy still struggles to organize itself accordingly, with multiple, dissonant approaches to the region across government agencies, @Chris_Estep & @Connor_Fiddler write. worldpoliticsreview.com/us-bureaucracy…

This may well be the relationship that allows the world to avoid a world war.


