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Nikolas Gvosdev

@FPRI_Orbis

Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions.

Katılım Eylül 2021
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Washington told allies it will gradually scale down the number of strategic bombers, fighter jets, drones, submarines and warships dedicated to NATO as it continues pressing Europe to do more for its own defense. politico.eu/article/us-to-…
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the intersection of international and domestic factors guiding when Israel undertakes the fight and when it seeks to pull back, in part driven by the unwillingness to go fully into a war-mobilization mode. 2/
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The template for understanding the dynamics of Russia's war in Ukraine may be to consider Israel's fight with Hamas and Hezbollah as a 20-year conflict starting with the 2006 Lebanon and Gaza operations ... cycles of fighting punctuated by cessations and also driven by ... 1/
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Looks like China slow-rolled on Power of Siberia 2 in order to see how #Hormuz plays out. #POTUS announcement this Saturday plus China's "understanding" with Iran may give Beijing some leverage against Russian expectations. linkedin.com/posts/southsho…
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that other European governments were happy to let Orban take the flack for slow-rolling European initiatives--and this hid an enthusiasm gap on the part of others. 2/
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The argument that with Orban's departure European unity on Ukraine would be restored has, so far, not been borne out by recent events. Unwillingness to support modest NATO defense spending increases for Ukraine and the consolation prize of "associate" EU membership suggest ... 1/
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Check out the latest #BearMarketBrief to read about the lack of a deal on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, three days of nuclear test drills, detainments of regional leaders, and measures supporting Ukraine war participants. buff.ly/NH19HUS
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By my read, Russia and the West are now somewhere around rungs 7 to 9 of Kahn's Ladder of Escalation.
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My takeaway: Western condemnation of Russian actions is, and I'm extrapolating here, background noise that doesn't really change the situation on the ground if it doesn't lead to fundamentally changes in what the West is willing to do. linkedin.com/posts/southsho…
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Supply chains do not spring up overnight; they require nurturing. We had plenty of warnings in the 2010s about the risks but we didn't want to pay ... and the crises of the 2020s (covid, China, etc.) have come upon us before alternatives can be ready. linkedin.com/posts/nikolas-…
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Point 2 is key for casual observers who peruse the daily "maps" and want to see World War II-style massed movements of infantry and armor--drones and small squads don't have the same impact--but this is how the war is being fought. linkedin.com/posts/southsho…
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