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From the Hill:
Republicans Are the New Isolationists; Will U.S. Retreat From World Stage?
The GOP is becoming an isolationist party. It is no longer the party that embraces the bold foreign policy of Ronald Reagan or the Bushes. By more than two to one, Republicans endorse the view that “We should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate on problems here at home.” Only 30 percent of Republicans believe “It is best for the future of our country to be active in world affairs.”
—Bill Schneider
From the Washington Post:
Youngkin Won as a Pragmatic Trump Alternative. He’s Showing His Cards.
Just as he knew that he could not win last fall in centrist Virginia as a Trump acolyte, Youngkin knows he has no shot in today’s Republican Party nationally if he’s seen as a squishy fence straddler.
—Mark J. Rozell
From the National Review:
Not Over Grover: Reconsidering Cleveland
Troy Senik’s new biography of Cleveland, A Man of Iron, is a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable journey through the life and career of the ox-like man who became the only U.S. president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
—Colin Dueck
From the Washington Post:
Spanberger’s Blast at Pelosi Carries More Benefits Than Liabilities
In Virginia’s new swingable 7th District, Spanberger has little to lose, potentially much to gain, from attacking Pelosi.
—Mark J. Rozell
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Got Enough to Worry About? Think Again.
Perhaps international treaties would help, possibly lessening the potential for accidental wars caused by unintentional slip-ups in technology. In the meantime, my students and I continue to be anxious, always hoping that the next ball coming out of the urn will be a white one.
—Stephen Ruth
From the Syndication Bureau:
Untangling the Threads of Iran’s Nuclear Narrative
Those hopes were dashed when Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the United Nations General Assembly in late September, accusing the West of nuclear hypocrisy.
—Ellen Laipson
From Bloomberg Law:
Rethinking the Weinstein Clause 5 Years Post-#MeToo
The original Weinstein clause aimed to mitigate these risks, but it fell short by failing to understand and address the subtle and complex dynamics that can allow sexual misconduct to proliferate in silence, as it did at the Weinstein Company.
—Ally Coll, et. al
From Wavell Room (UK):
To be sure, there may be real operational limitations on the utility of tactical nuclear weapons for Russia. There are risks of fall-out that could blow back on actual Russian territory or land Moscow has claimed via illegal annexation. There may not be optimal targets at hand in terms of large concentrations of Ukrainian forces. Still, if the hammer is the only functional tool, it may not matter whether the problem is a nail or not; Russia may simply use what works.
—PhD Student Mike Sweeney
From the Hill:
The End of Scarcity: A Silent Threat to U.S. Well-Being
Budget process reforms most likely to succeed would do so by explicitly and saliently reminding policymakers of scarcity and the need to include both expected benefits and expected costs in budget decisions.
—Marvin Phaup
From Homeland Security Today:
What’s Behind ISIS Khorasan’s Relentless Attacks on Mosques in Afghanistan?
Similar attacks are likely to continue, but the question remains: Why is ISIS-K predominantly targeting Shia mosques in Afghanistan? The answer is complex and multifaceted.
—Mahmut Cengiz
From the National Interest:
The Abraham Accords and the Imposed Middle East Order
Despite the lofty praise, however, the Abraham Accords neither advance peace nor U.S. interests in the Middle East. Instead, they represent the formalization of a coercive political, economic, and security order designed to maintain the status quo in the region.
—PhD Candidate Jon Hoffman
From DAWN:
A man of firm convictions rooted in the ideology of the left, compromise and finding a middle ground to be part of power politics held no appeal for him. As his US-based cousin Ahmer Mustikhan told me: “Yousuf had a contempt for wealth”, and was never lured by money and power.
—MPP Student Mushtaq Rajpar
From the Hill:
Why the Saudis and Emiratis Back Russia’s Call for Oil Production Cuts
So why take this economic risk? It may be that the Saudis and the Emiratis fear what they consider would be an even greater geopolitical risk for them: the prospect of Russia losing its war in Ukraine.
—Mark N. Katz
From the Hill:
Remember that intelligence is estimative, not evidentiary. No one single report or piece of analysis is going tell you everything you need to know about a situation.
—Ronald Marks
From the Hill:
The Dangerous Paradox of the Religious Polarization of American Politics
Religious commitment has a lot to do with the takeover of the Republican Party by the radical right. What drives the radical right is resentment of the educated elite, who today tend to be Democrats — and resolutely secular.
—Bill Schneider
From Eurasia Review:
The Future of Iranian-Ukrainian Relations-Analysis
Thus, Tehran is expanding its relations with Moscow, whereas there is no true indication of Tehran’s willingness to improve relations with Kyiv.
—Umud Shokri
From NCT Magazine:
Controlling Novichok Nerve Agents After the Skirpal and Navalny Incidents
Since Novichok nerve agents came to public attention following a high-profile assassination attempt in 2018, the international chemical weapons nonproliferation regime has taken important, but incomplete, steps to reduce the risk of these chemical weapons proliferating.
—Gregory Koblentz, et al.
From La República:
Don't the congressmen behind the attempts to remove Castillo realize their own weakness? Congress has an even lower approval rating; in recent months it has fluctuated between 8 and 15% according to national surveys.
—Jo-Marie Burt