You don’t have to understand a word of the lyrics. Just watch and listen.
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Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow (Ukrainian: Ой у лузі червона калина - Oi u luzi chervona kalyna):
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Eliot A Cohen
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Professor at JHU SAIS; Arleigh Burke chair at CSIS. Contributing writer . Personal opinions only; retweets do not imply agreement.
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Preorder your copy of THE HOLLOW CROWN: SHAKESPEARE ON HOW LEADERS RISE, RULE AND FALL now from Barnes & Noble and get a 25% discount. Use code PREORDER25. Good through April 28. @BNBuzz @BasicBooks @CSIS barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hollow-c
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Preorder your copy of THE HOLLOW CROWN: SHAKESPEARE ON HOW LEADERS RISE, RULE AND FALL now from Barnes & Noble and get a 25% discount. Use code PREORDER25. Good through April 28.
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In this latest episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic Eric and I talk to an old friend and colleague about liberalism, illiberalism and world order.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY
British 🇬🇧 soldiers salute & bid farewell to the Ukrainian soldiers 🇺🇦 whom they had been training.
The Brits lined up, on their own initiative, to salute the Ukrainians who, on behalf of all mankind, are going home to stop the demonic horde of 🇷🇺 murderers.
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Gross misapplication of history by a once-famous historian to explain why he thinks Ukraine can't take back Crimea. None of the factors are the same. Overestimates Russian capability and underestimates Ukraine.
It’s too late to take Crimea from Putin
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“Europeans cannot resolve the crisis in Ukraine; how can we credibly say on Taiwan, ‘watch out, if you do something wrong we will be there’ — Macron.
How about, you know, trying a little harder on Ukraine. That might help with other goals.
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"If not for Mr. Ferencz, a former Army investigator who personally tallied the million deaths using sequestered German war documents and brought the case to his superiors, the men might never have been tried." What a man.
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Eric and I have a wonderfully lively conversation with Prof. Melvyn P. Leffler of UVA about his fascinating new book, CONFRONTING SADDAM: GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE INVASION OF IRAQ. A fair, tough-minded and important work.
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President & Provost of @Cornell push back hard in rejection of student assembly's trigger warning resolution, citing the "fundamental" nature of academic freedom, educational quality, and the need for students to learn to confront tough topics. assembly.cornell.edu/resolution-act
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Timely reminder as Finland prepares to join NATO tomorrow
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Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Azman and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi
More news here 👉 english.nv.ua
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High recs on the Inboden episode. The Bob Kagan one is hilarious-Eliot fights w him about interwar Europe for about 30 mins
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“No one can blame the near-universal desire to keep wars short. Still, as a matter of defense planning, the United States needs to assume that most of its wars will last a long time.” A terrific piece from Raphael Cohen & Gian Gentile.
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Shout out for - a whip-smart analyst and a good bloke, who I had the honour to meet and speak with during my recent visit to #Kyiv. If you aren’t already, he is certainly worth following for his informed commentary.
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Arm chair general meeting with real general @WarintheFuture. Thanks for productive talk, Sir. It was pleasure to welcome you in Kyiv.
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Excellent by . Only part with which I disagree is where you said nobody expects a decisive outcome from the Ukrainian counteroffensive. I do...UAF will penetrate Russian defenses, bring up more HIMARS, make Crimea untenable for Russian forces. Crimea is decisive.
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In public, Biden is saying that we are backing Ukraine for as long as it takes. In private, it seems, the strategy is different. Says a critic: “We’re not playing for success, we’re playing for stalemate.”
My latest.
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“Today, the United States' short-war fixation is a problem for its efforts to aid Ukraine.” A smart piece on US strategic impatience via . Worth reading. #StandWithUkraine.
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I have just begun my annual re-read of John ’s superb novel of future war, “Old Man’s War”. It is one of the few books that I re-read frequently (another is Clausewitz’s “On War”). I thought I would explain why in a thread that started short, but grew as I wrote. 1/15 🧵
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Really enjoyed talking about Mick Ryan's new book, "White Sun War” with colleagues & . Wide-ranging discussion abt Ukraine, Taiwan, the future of warfare, and our favorite war novels.
Watch the video here👇
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“One of the contributions [of the book] is reminding people of the chaos and the friction, the fog of war and…all that stuff we read about in Clausewitz,”
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Latest #ShieldoftheRepublic with Eric Edelman and Peter Feaver discussing “Hand Off” - a collection of presidential transition memos from Bush to Obama. Discussion about transitions, world views….and whether memos make a difference.
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When Bucha was de-occupied, the heinous truth about what was happening in the temporarily occupied territories was revealed to the world.
We will never forget the victims of this war, and we will certainly bring all Russian murderers to justice.
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Amen and amen! As stimulating a discussion of books as I’ve had in a very long time.
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This much fun shouldn’t be allowed at a think tank… but we did it anyway. Thanks @WarintheFuture @CharlesEdel and @EliotACohen for a great discussion…and about 30 more books added to my wish list. We’re gonna need a bigger bookcase. twitter.com/AustraliaChair…
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[In 1 Day] Please join us at tomorrow at 2pm ET to discuss 's new book "White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan” featuring &
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Join us next Thursday at 2pm ET as join
to talk about his new book, White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan.
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This is brave for a reporter to say. Wonder if others will as well.
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It’s important that as a journalist I can hold myself accountable and admit where I was wrong. I publicly questioned Ukraine’s decision to hold on to Bakhmut in the face of rising losses. In the days since it is clear Ukraine has held the line. I was wrong. twitter.com/OzKaterji/stat…
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Thanks to NATO, writes, "Ukraine is being made to fight the war the hard way, not the smart way":
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This is a terrific article by , who knows Moscow and its leaders well from experience in the world of intelligence. Key point: Putin has been playing mind games with us all along, and a belief that he is happy with a long war is just the latest.
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I’m not quite ready to buy that Putin wants a long war of attrition-especially since that’s what he appears to want us to think. My thoughts for the Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/articles/putin
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Thanks to NATO, writes, "Ukraine is being made to fight the war the hard way, not the smart way":
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Great essay from fellow bow-tie wearer,
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Honored to share my TFP conversation with military historian on why we must “arm Ukraine to the teeth,” and why Biden's visit to Kyiv was invaluable. #UkraineRussianWar #SupportUkraine
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Remember Rasmus Paludan, the far-right Danish-Swedish politician and Koran burner, who prompted enough furore in Turkey to pause Sweden's NATO accession? Swedish journalists have now tied Paludan via social media to "six men connected to the Wagner Group":
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Ron DeSantis calls the Ukraine war a "territorial dispute." In fact, it is an attempt by Russia to obliterate the Ukrainian nation and re-subjugate it -- to drag it back into an empire ruled by the Kremlin. DeSantis betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of a crucial issue.
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The Ukraine war is not a "quarrel in a faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing." Ukraine is the frontline in a general contest between freedom and expansionist tyranny. If Putin were allowed to eat Ukraine, he would not be sated. He would go on to his next meal.
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Switzerland decides to destroy 60 British-made Rapier air-defense systems rather than allow them to be used to defend Ukrainian cities and power stations.
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It’s just extraordinary how Ukraine touches the deepest memories of the European soul. Th commander in chief kneels before the family of a fallen hero. We see classical Greece, the Roman republic, the medieval knights, the people’s armies and the communes…
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One thing learned during my stint in senior management, no doubt helped by reading military history, was at times best to retreat. Amazing how much aggravation a quick 'sorry, got that wrong' could avoid. Colleagues worried showed weakness - but sometimes your posiiton is weak.
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Must-read essay by . He should be commended not only for being willing to honestly reassess his views, but also for offering good ideas for how the U.S. can center democracy and human rights in its foreign policy while rejecting the dead end of ideological purity.
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An intellectually brave and thoughtful piece by . I shared much of the same trajectory and ended up in pretty much the same place - although I also think that things did not have to go as badly in Iraq or Afghanistan as they did.
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