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Nikolas Gvosdev
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Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions and do not reflect any official/institutional views.
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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. Naval War College and the former Editor of the bi-monthly foreign policy journal, The National Interest. He writes as a specialist on US foreign policy as well as international politics as they affect Russia and its neighbors. He currently serves as editor of the journal Orbis. .. more

Political science 69%
Sociology 14%

Just a request--if you are going to post about expelling member-states from #NATO or the #EU or changing location of institutions, etc. please do read up on the actual treaties and procedures of both organizations.

Or perhaps keeping one's shoes on during the flight? @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

For a theological discussion this Saturday: Lawrence Goodall
discussing his #Communio article as to whether it was possible for Jesus to learn things in his human knowing by being taught by others?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIxF...
Communio Interviews: Lawrence Goodall and Larry Chapp on Jesus and his acquired human knowledge.
YouTube video by Gaudiumetspes22: Dr. Larry Chapp
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In @asiatimesonline Scott Foster outlines PM #Takaichi budget support for industrial policy:
--Increase by more than 50% in state subsidies for research and development for #AI (including further progress in robotics), nuclear fusion and quantum computing ... 1/

James Davis in @asiatimesonline on why the Russia-Ukraine peace process will go nowhere ... #POTUS doesn't have the political support in Washington. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Why the Ukraine-Russia "peace process" will go nowhere ... James Davis in Asia Times: Trump lacks political support in Washington, even among Republicans, for brokering any Russia-Ukraine s...
Why the Ukraine-Russia "peace process" will go nowhere ... James Davis in Asia Times: Trump lacks political support in Washington, even among Republicans, for brokering any Russia-Ukraine settlement ...
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In the Eurostar, you are not allowed to attack anyone with a spear. I think.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Writing in The National Interest Tom Graham attempts to lay out how this gap might be bridged … nationalinterest.org/feature/endi...

Very interesting post from Tatiana Stanovaya addressing these very points … x.com/stanovaya/st...

Very interesting to see the growth in this process--and how the U.S. seems to be moving towards a Japanese/German model of having the government and the private sector align their efforts ...

Former prime minister of Kyrgyzstan has some interesting observations on what happened in Geneva ... www.linkedin.com/posts/djooma...

We want a World War II ending (Ukrainian victory/Russian defeat) but continue to be unwilling to make the World War II level of commitment. A say/do gap that both dooms current diplomatic efforts but won't stop the bleeding. www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...
All of the punditry and commentary, as well as reactions from U.S. and European politicians, to the U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Ukraine negotiations, reveals a dangerous say-do gap--they want a World War II…...
All of the punditry and commentary, as well as reactions from U.S. and European politicians, to the U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Ukraine negotiations, reveals a dangerous say-do gap--they want a World War II ...
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New Christos Makridis article arguing geopolitics is no longer driven mainly by diplomacy or military power. It is now shaped by supply chains, technology chokepoints, tariffs, and control over critical inputs to modern production.
www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...
Makridis article on economics of geopolitics | Christos Makridis
Geopolitics is no longer driven mainly by diplomacy or military power. It is now shaped by supply chains, technology chokepoints, tariffs, and control over critical inputs to modern production. In my...
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I think it is fair to ask current or former members of Congress whether they ever sponsored, co-sponsored or supported legislation that would have written the Budapest assurances for Ukraine into binding U.S. legislation ...

And now, who speaks for whom? Who has authority to negotiate and to make commitments? www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

Extremely interesting tick-tock account of the origins of the 28-point plan … the back channel meetings (again a Qatari role!), feigned public ignorance while private conversations are underway, and the importance of South Florida as a meeting ground … www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
www.axios.com