"When Joe Biden becomes US president in January, relations with Asia may have a different tone. Daniel Russel of the Asia Society Policy Institute tells NHK World that the new administration will likely emphasize a more 'coherent and consistent' approach to security and diplomacy..." Watch the full interview here: Full Interview
"I don’t think that [Biden] feels this is a period where the prospect of a big new breakthrough between Israelis and Palestinians is very high. That doesn’t mean that he won’t favor diplomacy, because I think he feels that when there’s no diplomacy, you leave a vacuum. We had no direct political talks between the Israelis and Palestinians since the spring of 2014. The instinct is not going to be to launch some big new initiative which is certain to fail [...]
"'These are two things that Biden and the Biden people are talking about—the first is the outreach to allies and partners and like-minded states—democracies,' said Daniel Russel, former Asia diplomat in the Obama-Biden administration, now at the Asia Society Policy Institute think tank. 'Secondly is ensuring our policy and strategy are rooted in shared values,' including human rights, democratic principles and market economies..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"'The United States just has so much less credibility and respect in Northeast Asia than in any other time in our modern history,' Daniel Russel, a former U.S. senior diplomat for East Asia, said during a webinar hosted by the Korea Society based in New York..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"'Joe Biden brings to the White House a deeper level of knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean than any other president since the Cold War,' said Michael Camilleri, director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program of the Inter-American Dialogue, with headquarters in Washington. "'Concerns about democracy, human rights, and corruption will extend beyond Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba,' he added..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Clint Work of the Stimson Center and Stimson’s 38 North program hosts a discussion between Gen. Vincent Brooks, senior fellow at the Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and Sheena Greitens, professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, about the Korean Peninsula. This group of experts assesses the security situation on the peninsula and how it affects U.S. security. The podcast discussion [...]
"'Donald Trump has inflicted pain on the Chinese,' says Danny Russel, who was a top official on China policy in the White House and the State Department in the last Democrat administration. "'He's created problems for them with tariff upon tariff, he's embarrassed them and infuriated them,' Russel tells me. 'But he hasn't been tough in denying them things they wanted, nor in setting limits on China's behaviour. As his election plan shifted from Plan A – to run on the [...]
"Barbara Leaf, former U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, looks at what the presidential election outcome would mean for Gulf governments. Iran's parliament on Monday voted to urgently consider legislation that would end wide-ranging inspections by international atomic monitors if U.S. oil and banking sanctions aren’t lifted within three months of the bill’s approval..." Watch the full interview here: Full Interview
"The big picture: Not all attention will turn to the Moon at the end of the space station, however. NASA is hoping to make use of private space stations under development as a proving ground for missions to deeper space. "Those space stations could be places where nations are able to collaborate with one another as well. "'My guess would be the international partners would be buying time on those commercial vehicles,' former NASA administrator Charles Bolden told me..." Read the [...]
"'Erdogan is using this overseas adventurism to draw the Turkish public’s attention away from how poorly the Turkish economy is doing,' said Rachel Ellehuus, deputy director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington..." Read the full article here: Full Article