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I was happy to participate in this fantastic panel on Greenland with panelists representing Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. I found the information provided by the panelists to be extremely helpful in understanding just how important the trilateral relationship between the US-Denmark-Greenland is and how much of it is grounded in agreements and ongoing formal dialogues between us.
We are not even halfway through the first month of the New Year, and there is more going on geopolitically than ever. Here is my take from last night on Iran with Kaitlan Collins and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on CNN. The President and his team are meeting today (Tuesday) at the White House to decide how to respond to the Islamic Republic regime’s brutal repression of its people. The options include diplomacy, covert action, a range of military options, or a combination of these. Unlike the first Trump Administration, our partners in the region (Gulf states and Israel) oppose U.S. military strikes on Iran, at least at this juncture, fearing Iranian retaliation. Formulating U.S. policy is not easy. The considerations that must be weighed include: The reputational/deterrence risk of not doing enough to back protesters being murdered by the regime and to back up Pres. Trump’s public warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded” and will respond militarily if the regime kills protesters (that red line has been crossed); The risk of Iranian retaliation or a pre-emptive strike against Israel and Gulf partners when the US now lacks the aircraft carrier and other assets that were essential in providing
This is my immediate reaction to the press conference between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu just before they sat down for a discussion at Mar-a-Lago today. I discuss Netanyahu’s political standing prior to the press conference.
I was happy to participate in this fantastic panel on Greenland with panelists representing Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. I found the information provided by the panelists to be extremely helpful in understanding just how important the trilateral relationship between the US-Denmark-Greenland is and how much of it is grounded in agreements and ongoing formal dialogues between us.
We are not even halfway through the first month of the New Year, and there is more going on geopolitically than ever. Here is my take from last night on Iran with Kaitlan Collins and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on CNN. The President and his team are meeting today (Tuesday) at the White House to decide how to respond to the Islamic Republic regime’s brutal repression of its people. The options include diplomacy, covert action, a range of military options, or a combination of these. Unlike the first Trump Administration, our partners in the region (Gulf states and Israel) oppose U.S. military strikes on Iran, at least at this juncture, fearing Iranian retaliation. Formulating U.S. policy is not easy. The considerations that must be weighed include: The reputational/deterrence risk of not doing enough to back protesters being murdered by the regime and to back up Pres. Trump’s public warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded” and will respond militarily if the regime kills protesters (that red line has been crossed); The risk of Iranian retaliation or a pre-emptive strike against Israel and Gulf partners when the US now lacks the aircraft carrier and other assets that were essential in providing
This is my immediate reaction to the press conference between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu just before they sat down for a discussion at Mar-a-Lago today. I discuss Netanyahu’s political standing prior to the press conference.
I was happy to participate in this fantastic panel on Greenland with panelists representing Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. I found the information provided by the panelists to be extremely helpful in understanding just how important the trilateral relationship between the US-Denmark-Greenland is and how much of it is grounded in agreements and ongoing formal dialogues between us.
We are not even halfway through the first month of the New Year, and there is more going on geopolitically than ever. Here is my take from last night on Iran with Kaitlan Collins and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on CNN. The President and his team are meeting today (Tuesday) at the White House to decide how to respond to the Islamic Republic regime’s brutal repression of its people. The options include diplomacy, covert action, a range of military options, or a combination of these. Unlike the first Trump Administration, our partners in the region (Gulf states and Israel) oppose U.S. military strikes on Iran, at least at this juncture, fearing Iranian retaliation. Formulating U.S. policy is not easy. The considerations that must be weighed include: The reputational/deterrence risk of not doing enough to back protesters being murdered by the regime and to back up Pres. Trump’s public warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded” and will respond militarily if the regime kills protesters (that red line has been crossed); The risk of Iranian retaliation or a pre-emptive strike against Israel and Gulf partners when the US now lacks the aircraft carrier and other assets that were essential in providing
This is my immediate reaction to the press conference between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu just before they sat down for a discussion at Mar-a-Lago today. I discuss Netanyahu’s political standing prior to the press conference.
I was happy to participate in this fantastic panel on Greenland with panelists representing Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. I found the information provided by the panelists to be extremely helpful in understanding just how important the trilateral relationship between the US-Denmark-Greenland is and how much of it is grounded in agreements and ongoing formal dialogues between us.
We are not even halfway through the first month of the New Year, and there is more going on geopolitically than ever. Here is my take from last night on Iran with Kaitlan Collins and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on CNN. The President and his team are meeting today (Tuesday) at the White House to decide how to respond to the Islamic Republic regime’s brutal repression of its people. The options include diplomacy, covert action, a range of military options, or a combination of these. Unlike the first Trump Administration, our partners in the region (Gulf states and Israel) oppose U.S. military strikes on Iran, at least at this juncture, fearing Iranian retaliation. Formulating U.S. policy is not easy. The considerations that must be weighed include: The reputational/deterrence risk of not doing enough to back protesters being murdered by the regime and to back up Pres. Trump’s public warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded” and will respond militarily if the regime kills protesters (that red line has been crossed); The risk of Iranian retaliation or a pre-emptive strike against Israel and Gulf partners when the US now lacks the aircraft carrier and other assets that were essential in providing
This is my immediate reaction to the press conference between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu just before they sat down for a discussion at Mar-a-Lago today. I discuss Netanyahu’s political standing prior to the press conference.
