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Nikolas Kirrill Gvosdev is a Russian–American international relations scholar. He is currently professor of national security studies at the U.S.… more

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fpriorbis.bsky.social
Wondering extent to which checkbook/commercial diplomacy akin to what Saudis did for Taif settlement for Lebanon in 1989 is playing a role in current Gaza talks.

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fpriorbis.bsky.social
Per @massdara.bsky.social Russia is adapting, passing lessons to partners ... is NATO adapting as well? www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...
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Because of the interruption of track 2 encounters between American and Russians, we are less familiar with the political dynamics in Russia, and the rising generation of leaders is better known in Asia than here ... www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
Preparing for the Death of Putin
Vladimir Putin turns 73 on Oct. 7. That's old for a Russian, but even if he is fanatical about his health, he cannot continue indefinitely. Strategic stability in Europe's future depends on treating P...
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fpriorbis.bsky.social
Very important analysis from @massdara.bsky.social
… Russia learning from its mistakes and adapting …
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How Russia Recovered
What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.
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My professional timeline right now is made up of four distinct silos wrt the principal global threat/challenge we face, in roughly this order:

1. AI

2. Russia

3. China

4. Climate

I'd reverse the order and eliminate the silos.

But most notably, Trump II has no plan for dealing with any of them.
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fpriorbis.bsky.social
For all the talk about Tomahawks to Ukraine, on top of surging demand elsewhere, components and labor remain critical bottlenecks to scaling up production. 2/
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fpriorbis.bsky.social
Great discussion by @soliman.bsky.social at @fpri.bsky.social. Even with increases in defense spending, it is the capacity to produce at scale which is going to matter. Do you have the supply chains, raw materials and components in place and the industrial capacity and the requisite labor force? 1/
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Mohammed Soliman @soliman.bsky.social · 1d
I keep returning to America's scale problem, and I've decided it's more effective to frame it using defense terms to illustrate its concrete meaning.

www.fpri.org/article/2025...
America's Scale Problem - Foreign Policy Research Institute
There is a peculiar irony in watching the world's most technologically advanced military struggle with something as basic as making enough bullets. Yet this
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A great discussion (and graphic) on how China operates its #roundabout system to obtain Iranian oil to circumvent sanctions. www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
#china #iran #sanctions | George Voloshin, CAMS CGSS
The WSJ has an interesting story out about how #China and #Iran use multi-billion-dollar barter schemes to conduct bilateral trade, in this particular example bartering Iranian crude oil for Chinese e...
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fpriorbis.bsky.social
More reports from frontlines in Ukraine discuss inability to move large numbers of vehicles/people close due to drones, need for light speedy vehicles to move quickly for small squads ... builds on analysis here but also raises questions about what U.S. is procuring. www.linkedin.com/pulse/trying...
Trying to Discern Military Lessons from Ukraine
I am trying to put assemble what I think are some of the key lessons militaries and national security establishments around the world should be learning from the way the conflict between Russia and Uk...
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soliman.bsky.social
I keep returning to America's scale problem, and I've decided it's more effective to frame it using defense terms to illustrate its concrete meaning.

www.fpri.org/article/2025...
America's Scale Problem - Foreign Policy Research Institute
There is a peculiar irony in watching the world's most technologically advanced military struggle with something as basic as making enough bullets. Yet this
www.fpri.org
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fpriorbis.bsky.social
Important reminder that air conditioning seen as a marker of middle class status and an increasing necessity in many parts of the world will also be a driver of energy demand. #prosperity_legitimacy_equation #trilemma

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fpriorbis.bsky.social
With U.S. government acquisition of 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, we are moving along the sovereign wealth fund management path … www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...
US government to take 10% stake in Canada’s Trilogy Metals | Nikolas Gvosdev
Seeing Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes describing what is happening here as following a “quasi-sovereign wealth fund model” reposting my thoughts from yesterday … If the U.S. government is going to continue to...
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Point from @soliman.bsky.social: "Critical mineral partnerships and supply chains will determine national industries, economic growth, and geopolitical power."
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Really think the administration needs to move on setting up a U.S. sovereign wealth fund and establish the structure for how the equity stakes the USG is acquiring will be managed.
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