https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-free-evan-gershkovich-dozens-of-other-political-prisoners-in-swap-with-west-reports_n_66aaa6cee4b050952a6f50ca
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/sweden-officially-joins-nato #BidenForeignPolicy #Democracy #StopPutin More good news for Democracy win for President Biden..Sweden Officially Joins NATO
Sweden joins Finland as the most recent entrants
Why Niger's coup matters to the U.S. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190463279/niger-coup-us-counterterrorism-boko-haram-isis #Counterterrorismpolicy The challenge now for the U.S. is to ensure that Niger continues to be a partner in counterterrorism efforts and does not turn to the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for security assistance, as others in the region have.
"Everywhere Wagner goes," Blinken said in March, "bad things tend to follow."
https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-sweden-nato-jens-stoltenberg-agrees-to-back-swedens-membership-bid/ #BidenNATO #bidenforeignpolicy #SwedenNATO Updated
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In another foreign policy win for Biden
Russia-Ukraine WarTurkey Agrees to Support Sweden’s NATO Bid,
The decision clears the way for Sweden to join the defense alliance, a move that had been held up by Turkey’s demands.
New piece by @johncarlbaker.twitter.com for USIP about how the US can develop a realistic North Korea policy that threads the needle between arms control and disarmament
#armscontrol #disarmament #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #USForeignPolicy #USMilitary #deterrence #NPT #BidenForeignPolicy
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/01/north-korean-arms-control-doesnt-have-conflict-disarmament
There is a tension between limiting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and pursuing the goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula. To emphasize the former — through arms control and risk-reduction measures — can seem at times like a repudiation of the latter. Conversely, a focus on disarmament — still the core of U.S. policy — can seem outright fanciful given North Korea’s stunning technological advances. In North Korea, the United States faces a nuclear-armed state whose capabilities continue to expand despite international opposition and extensive economic sanctions. Disarmament simply isn’t in the cards right now.