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Charlie Bolden quoted in Axios article, “The International Space Station’s End Will Mix Up Space Geopolitics”

"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 [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:37:40-05:00November 3, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Rachel Ellehuus quoted in The Washington Times article, “Turkey’s Interference Worries Friends, Angers Foes”

"'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

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:45:52-05:00November 1, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in CNN article, “How China’s Xi Jinping Blew A Golden Opportunity with US President Donald Trump”

"'At the same time that Xi was hypocritically claiming to be the grand defender of the global system, Trump was attacking it viciously and putting forward a very nationalist jingoistic message. So that magnified the contrasts and widened the gap,' said [Danny] Russel, who is now vice president of international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:35:35-05:00October 31, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Dennis Ross writes with David Makovsky in The Times of Israel: “Yitzhak Rabin Was Always A Realist. How Would He Have Handled the 2020 Mideast?”

"It is hard to believe that it is the 25th anniversary of the loss of Yitzhak Rabin. "He was the embodiment of modern Israel. He was the first Israeli leader who was native-born. He fought its wars and built the Israeli military from the time he was a young commander in the Palmach, defending Jerusalem in 1948, to being chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces in the 1967 war. But Rabin led his country not just in war, but [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T16:04:12-05:00October 28, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Stars and Stripes article, “North Korea Poised to Test Next US President with Growing Nuclear Missile Threat”

"'The North Koreans are perhaps more inclined to teach a lesson and to housebreak a new Biden administration than they are to throw a monkey wrench into what’s already a kind of wild and crazy U.S. election,' Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for the region, said during a virtual panel earlier this month..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:50:27-04:00October 22, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Dennis Ross quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Middle East”

"Dennis Ross, who served as a senior official on Middle East issues for Democratic and Republican administrations, said that headway on Israeli-Palestinian issues could facilitate normalization and vice versa. "'Many Arab states won’t make one big move to normalize with Israel but will proceed in stages,' Mr. Ross said. 'When they do, they are likely to ask Israel to take a step toward the Palestinians at the same time. In that way, normalization can be a bridge to get to Israeli-Palestinian [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:47:11-04:00October 22, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Nikkei article, “What Would A Biden Presidency Mean for Asia?”

"Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific under Obama, said Biden would take steps to avoid military escalation resulting from miscommunication. "But 'the crux of the difference if Joe Biden were elected president would be that we would have a president who set the policy,' said Russel, now with the Asia Society Policy Institute. He said that U.S. actions in the South China Sea in recent years -- such as freedom of navigation operations -- did not [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:43:31-04:00October 20, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Dan Shapiro quoted in The Washington Post article, “Key Palestinian Official in Critical Condition with Covid-19”

"'Saeb Erekat has been the central figure in Palestinian negotiations with Israel, or in decisions to stay out of such negotiations, for over two decades,' said Dan Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel. 'Outside of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas himself, there is no one who has had such influence on these decisions...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:48:28-04:00October 19, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Dennis Ross writes in The Hill: “Bandar Speaks Out: The Changing Landscape in the Mideast”

"Shortly before we presented the Clinton parameters on peace to the Israelis and Palestinians in December 2000, I briefed Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to America. Once presented, I wanted Saudi Arabia to urge then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to accept our bridging proposal to end the conflict. Bandar’s response is etched in my memory: 'If Arafat rejects this, it won’t be a mistake, it will be a crime...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T13:27:32-04:00October 19, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Dan Shapiro writes with Eyal Propper in Asia Society blog: “The COVID New (Ab)Normal: Israel Navigates a Perilous, Post-COVID U.S.-China Divide”

"If indeed the relationship between the United States and China in the years to come will be defined as a new era of great power competition, it creates a range of hard choices for U.S. partners. In the Middle East, the United States has no closer partner than Israel, and it will not be spared these dilemmas..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:19:53-04:00October 19, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|