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Word on Fire Institute | Wess Mitchell discusses his book Great Power Diplomacy and how diplomacy has allowed unlikely nations to grow empires, prevent wars, forge friendships, and make peace.........
Mackinder Forum | Wess Mitchell discusses Great Power Diplomacy and how great powers in history have utilized diplomacy as an instrument of grand strategy..........
Commonplace | Wess Mitchell discusses the renewed intensity of U.S. foreign policy debates, the Iran war, economic and military power, and the future of American power abroad.........
Waitt, What? Podcast | Wess Mitchell discusses the return of great power competition and why the world may be reverting back to something far more familiar: geopolitical rivalry between major powers..........
Net Assessment Podcast | This episode debates Wess Mitchell's proposed U.S. strategy of consolidation, as outlined in Foreign Affairs, and discusses whether it would realign America's objectives and resources.........
Foreign Affairs | Wess Mitchell discusses the strategy driving Trump’s second-term foreign policy and where that strategy should go from here.........
Semafor | Ely Ratner, a Biden-administration defense adviser, told me that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “in a wait-and-see mode.” He argues (and most analysts agree) that Xi would prefer a peaceful solution........
Journal of Policy & Strategy | Wess Mitchell discusses key insights from his book Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger..........
The Economist | Ely Ratner, the Pentagon’s top Asia official in the Biden administration, does not think the war in Iran greatly increases the likelihood of Mr Xi making a move on Taiwan in the near term, but “it’s more possible today than it was two months ago.”........
The Wall Street Journal | “New Zealand’s greater focus on China and its associated boost in defense spending are welcome shifts,” said Ely Ratner, a former assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs in the Biden administration who is now a principal at the Marathon Initiative think tank...........