
Jonathan Lord
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Former: @CNASdc, @HASCDemocrats, @DeptofDefense. Views mine. @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social


"I'm proud to stand with unjustly imprisoned @RadioFreeAsia contributor and former @DVB_English reporter, Shin Daewe. Shin's award-winning documentaries highlight the impacts of climate change and armed conflict in Burma." -@SenatorShaheen


A deal Moscow would like. You get an island, we take the largest country in Europe, and we call everything else off. Neither belongs to us, and the people resist, but the strong do what they can.

.@CNASdc senior adjunct fellow Eitan Danon has written a piece for @ForeignPolicy on the challenge of Yemen and the Houthis that could not be more timely: U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/yem…







US-Russian cooperation in the Middle East? The same Russia that passes intelligence to the Houthis and uses Iranian drones to murder Ukrainians?




Long an arsonist in the Middle East, Russia now offers to play firefighter in mediating a nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran. Russia has done more than most to undermine Maximum Pressure and support Iran and its proxies. Better for @POTUS to work with E3 allies…

The center’s leadership was instructed Monday that the Pentagon was moving forward with plans to halt all civilian harm mitigation work,rescinding Biden administration directives and firing or reassigning nearly 170 personnel who advise military leaders.





