Most U.S. voters approve of Trump’s Syria strikes but also say they won’t work, poll reveals https://t.co/0q01yZ867x pic.twitter.com/2V5rnowC5D
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 19, 2018
U.S. nuclear sub that struck Syria is "not welcome" back to Naples, Italy https://t.co/sTox4cp15u pic.twitter.com/6lbnYtsUt4
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 19, 2018
Commentary: Syria strike leaves murky, risky aftermath https://t.co/xR4ysnO3e0 pic.twitter.com/5ptDMbD7oI
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 18, 2018
President Trump personally made the decision to abandon plans to impose more sanctions on Russia for supporting Syria's chemical weapons attack on civilians, sources say https://t.co/ianOUxLunq
— CNN (@CNN) April 19, 2018
In striking Syria without an international law justification, the U.S. leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries, warns John Bellinger III https://t.co/aeNO3Mm1C2
— CFR (@CFR_org) April 18, 2018
Trace Syria's descent into horror in this timeline: https://t.co/0DMu6FL8Gu
— CFR (@CFR_org) April 17, 2018
'Arguing that we should let Assad finish the job, we are essentially telegraphing to other authoritarian leaders that it is ok to kill and displace tens of thousands of civilians' writes @RUSI_org Director-General @kvonhippel in @prospect_uk . Read Now: https://t.co/TM4XaB4jZH
— RUSI (@RUSI_org) April 18, 2018
Assad benefits in at least two ways from continued use of chemical weapons: It intimidates his opponents without jeopardizing his soldiers, and it drives an ever deeper wedge between Washington and Moscow. From @saradzhyan: https://t.co/8OysQmY5Qe pic.twitter.com/5aH2l5R0b8
— Russia Matters (@russia_matters) April 16, 2018
President Trump’s Syria Strikes Are Not About Syria. My take: https://t.co/237zCqVmwi @CFR_org @BelferCenter @futurediplomacy
— Robert Danin (@robertdanin) April 16, 2018
New @monkeycageblog piece looking back at an eventful week of Syria policy, in which…not much changed. https://t.co/hHHUXLWgY4
— Elizabeth Saunders (@ProfSaunders) April 16, 2018
Today's Early Edition: https://t.co/6yYqqfuObY #KoreanPeninsula #NorthKorea #Pompeo #Japan #Syria #Douma #Russia #OPCW #Israel #Iran #TrumpRussia #Mueller #Yemen and more …
— Just Security (@just_security) April 18, 2018
Trump’s “Red Line” Moment in Syria? (04/12/2018) | BENNETT SEFTEL @thecipherbrief
The International Community Will Not Tolerate the Normalization of the Use of Chemical Weapons | James A. (Sandy) Winnefeld, Jr. @CBSNews
Can a one-off military strike deter Syria’s Assad from using chemical weapons again? The data suggests no (04/11/2018) | Chris Meserole @BrookingsInst
Op-ed: Trump’s Problem in Syria? It Was Obama’s Too | Susan Rice @nytimes
DEEP DISH: WHAT DID THE SYRIA STRIKE ACCOMPLISH? (Podcast; 04/19/2018) | Greg Jaffe, Ivo Daalder, Brian Hanson @ChicagoCouncil
Op-ed: Mission Far From Accomplished in Syria | Simon Saradzhyan @RussiaMatters
TV Interview: No ‘Thank-you’ Yet for Trump Before Job is Done in Syria | Meghan O’Sullivan @CNBC
How do we prevent ISIS 2.0? Withdrawing from Syria is not the answer (04/07/2018) | Pavel K. Baev, Ryan Crocker, and Michael E. O’Hanlon @BrookingsInst
Op-ed: Trump’s Syria whiplash (04/11/2018) | Amanda Sloat @BrookingsInst
Reasons W Should be Skeptical About the U.S.-led Attacks on Syria | Rami Khouri @agenceglobal
President Trump’s Syria Strikes Are Not About Syria (04/16/2018) | Robert M. Danin @MEastMatters @CFR_org
Op-ed: Has Trump Become a Realist? | Stephen Walt @ForeignPolicy
Op-ed: The War is the Vortex of Roughly Three Conflicts | Karl Kaiser @ Metro UN
The World After Trump: How the System Can Endure | Jake Sullivan @ForeignAffairs
Op-ed: The Problem With “Cold War” Comparisons | Odd Arne Westad @newrepublic
On Donald Trump and Russia (04/09/2018) | Danielle Pletka @AEI
Pushing back Russia in the Middle East: A thought experiment (04/13/2018) | Daniel L. Byman @BrookingsInst
Years of budget cuts have weakened NATO. The alliance can't push back against Russia unless members ramp up defense spending, writes Jeffrey A. Stacy.https://t.co/aSOaZ3eI5D
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 18, 2018
#Russia has made social media a critical part of its global propaganda campaign. How can the West counter this threat?
New report: https://t.co/VrO0raVbnU via @bodinebaron @andrewmradin
— RAND Corporation (@RANDCorporation) April 18, 2018
The United States and Britain have issued a joint warning about Russian cyber threats against government and private organizations. Read now via @nytimes: https://t.co/59Yjm0yWog
— Eurasia Center (@ACEurasia) April 17, 2018
Armenia's ties with Russia are increasingly being questioned at various levels of society. https://t.co/YM6LNBj9QD
— WorldPoliticsReview (@WPReview) April 17, 2018
“This cooperation has handcuffed Turkish policy, particularly in response to [Syrian] regime atrocities and the prospect of US-led military action to punish the regime for chemical weapons use. Ankara now has a symbiotic relationship with Russia, ” https://t.co/XLAkzAB0K5 pic.twitter.com/p9B6iXcaNM
— Rafik Hariri Center (@ACmideast) April 16, 2018
"Kremlin’s influence operations in the Western Balkans feed off local corruption, one of the primary conduits through which Russia maintains relationships with friendly elites.” Read more now by #ACEurasia Senior Fellow @mikercarpenter via @WarOnTheRocks: https://t.co/KZN32fdNTI
— Eurasia Center (@ACEurasia) April 14, 2018
It would be a bad idea to assume Russia is bluffing about Syria, writes Dmitri Trenin.https://t.co/qkrJLIsGqD
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 14, 2018
Russia lawmakers draft list of U.S. imports that could be banned https://t.co/7N1u7Al3dE
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) April 13, 2018
In the 100 years since Lenin’s coup in Russia, the ideology devoted to abolishing markets and private property has left a long, murderous trail of destruction. Communism's bloody century: https://t.co/LnBrp6zQdX by Stephen Kotkin via @WSJ pic.twitter.com/mST20NUsK0
— Hoover Institution (@HooverInst) April 7, 2018
What’s the “right” framework in which to understand the Skripal poisonings, the election interference, and the diplomat expulsions coming out of Russia? https://t.co/LOhKqd0GQu
— HarvardKennedySchool (@Kennedy_School) April 18, 2018
.@mattcad and @Cluverc dig into the historical and contemporary forces influencing Europe’s perspective on Russia https://t.co/W1mBq7ehqU via @PolicyCast
— HarvardKennedySchool (@Kennedy_School) April 18, 2018
Competitive Strategies Against Russia | via @WarOnTheRocks @JoshRovner1 #Russia #CompetitiveStrategyhttps://t.co/9ZVRAxXPF1 pic.twitter.com/PR64w4l6yb
— RealClearDefense (@RCDefense) April 17, 2018
President Trump says he’ll sanction Russia “as soon as they very much deserve it"
https://t.co/MxaJqiMmwd— TIME (@TIME) April 19, 2018
Russias T-90 Is a Dangerous Weapon. Could It Beat Americas Best Tank in Battle? https://t.co/I7tOf5KdPS
— National Interest (@TheNatlInterest) April 18, 2018
Russia Just Build a Terminator (And It Could Go to War in Syria) https://t.co/e3PeBW86AH
— National Interest (@TheNatlInterest) April 18, 2018
Vladimir Putin and his closest advisers have persuaded important portions of the elite as well as the bulk of Russians that the country is thriving, rebuilding its global muscle rather than weakening itself https://t.co/cKqAkUJOw0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 18, 2018
According to several officials, the White House did not inform Nikki Haley that it had changed course on sanctions against Russia https://t.co/rwMpTss6JZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 18, 2018
Analysis: Nikki Haley’s extraordinary rebuke of the White House https://t.co/xPHKizdpzv
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 18, 2018
How U.S. sanctions on Russian aluminum are shaking markets https://t.co/kaNByM8EKE pic.twitter.com/iRQNmvJWAu
— Bloomberg (@business) April 18, 2018
Russia's sanctions crisis threatens 60,000 workers and Vladimir Putin needs a plan https://t.co/bKREIPpRfF pic.twitter.com/A04HheBt92
— Bloomberg (@business) April 18, 2018
The rejection of the Marshall Plan 70 years ago by the #SovietUnion was a turning point in the development of the #ColdWar. What was the Soviet's reasoning? Read "New Evidence on the Soviet Rejection of the Marshall Plan, 1947: Two Reports" from @CWIHP. https://t.co/zDrkTOgEgT pic.twitter.com/H758m76ax7
— The Wilson Center (@TheWilsonCenter) April 7, 2018