This week, the U.S. commemorated the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Israel struck Hamas targets in Qatar, Brazil’s Supreme Court voted to convict former President Bolsonaro for orchestrating a coup d’état, and NATO countries enhanced defense measures near the Polish border after Russian drones crossed into the nation’s airspace.
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Post of the Week
This Week’s Content Highlights
Features from Aspen Strategy Group Members
Nicholas Burns interviewed by John Avlon for The Bulwark: “Trump’s Blunders Hand China an Edge”
Anja Manuel and Ravi Agrawal interviewed by Steve Clemons for Al Jazeera: “How Did India-U.S. Relations Decline So Suddenly?”
Kay Bailey Hutchison interviewed by Diane Macedo for ABC News: “‘Everyone Has Lost Patience’ With Putin, Former Ambassador Warns”
Chris Brose quoted by Mallory Shelbourne for USNI News: “Anduril Pitches Ghost Shark XLUUV to U.S. Navy”
William J. Burns interviewed by Aaron David Miller for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: “U.S. Leadership in a Challenging World: A Conversation With Former CIA Director William J. Burns”
Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi for The New York Times: “America Alone Can’t Match China, But With Our Allies, It’s No Contest”
Michael Froman interviewed by Dan Kurtz-Phelan for the Foreign Affairs Interview podcast: “The World That Tariffs Will Make”
Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos for The New Yorker’s The Political Scene podcast: “Trump Has Grabbed Emergency Powers. How Will He Use Them?”
Jane Harman for The Hill: “America Is Losing Its Democratic Edge”
David Ignatius for The Washington Post: “Netanyahu’s Attack in Qatar Just Narrowed Israel’s Options”
Jack Reed quoted by Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen for CNN: “Senior Democrat Says Pentagon Didn’t Present Conclusive Evidence Alleged Drug Smugglers Killed in Strike Were Gang Members”
David Rubenstein interviewed by Major Garrett for CBS News: “David Rubenstein Says He Doesn’t See a Recession ‘on the Horizon’”
Lawrence H. Summers interviewed by David Westin for Bloomberg: “Summers on Trump vs. Fed, U.S. Jobs Data Battle, Australia’s Gold Rush 2.0, India’s Risk Balance”
Things to Know
Content Relevant to Aspen Security Forum Discussions
Leila Abboud, Sarah White, and Ian Johnston for the Financial Times: “Emmanuel Macron’s Fixer Chosen to Tackle Political Quagmire”
Naftali Bendavid for The Washington Post: “America Enters a New Age of Political Violence”
The Economist: “Jair Bolsonaro Has Been Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison”
Laura Gozzi for BBC News: “NATO Strengthens Defences After Russian Drones Shot Down Over Poland”
Berber Jin for The Wall Street Journal: “Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal”
David Makovsky for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: “Resilience and Roadblocks: The Abraham Accords at Five Years”
Courtney McBride, Josh Xiao, and Eric Martin for Bloomberg: “Top Chinese and U.S. Envoys’ Talks Pave Way for Xi, Trump Meeting”
Radio France Internationale: “ICC Opens War Crimes Case Against Ugandan Rebel Leader Joseph Kony”
Shun Suzuki, Shinkai Kawabe, Mizuki Sato, and Kohei Morioka for The Asahi Shimbun: “Ishiba Agonized Over Stepping Down or Calling Snap Election”
Alex Vatanka for Foreign Policy: “Khamenei Thinks He Can Ride This Out”
Mona Yacoubian and Will Todman for the Center for Strategic & International Studies: “Israel Strikes Hamas in Qatar”
From the Archives
Revisit our conversation on global risks such as the rise of political violence from the 2024 Aspen Security Forum.
Mark Esper, 27th Secretary of Defense; Partner, Red Cell Partners Venture Capital
Jeh Charles Johnson, 4th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (VIRTUAL)
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC New
Book of the Week
Securing Peace in Europe: Strobe Talbott, NATO, and Russia After the Cold War
By Stephan Kieninger
“After the Cold War, the United States and its NATO allies faced crucial questions. Could Russia, their old adversary, be integrated into the liberal international order? What roles should former Soviet republics and satellite states in Eastern and Central Europe play in the Euro-Atlantic security system? These questions have taken on renewed significance since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin has portrayed Russia as the victim of Western expansionism.
This deeply researched book offers new perspective on the NATO-Russia relationship through the eyes of Strobe Talbott, a deputy secretary of state for seven years under President Bill Clinton and the key U.S. diplomatic broker for the former USSR. Stephan Kieninger traces the Clinton administration’s efforts to engage Russia and enlarge NATO at the same time, as elements of a new European security architecture. Drawing on Talbott’s diaries, as well as U.S. and European archives and extensive interviews with former government officials, he sheds light on NATO’s opening, its missions in Bosnia and Kosovo, and other vexed issues.”
Podcast of the Week
Alexander Gray joins Ilan Berman on the American Foreign Policy Council’s Great Power Podcast: “The Scramble for the Arctic”
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