Tom Wright

@thomaswright08

Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Author of All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power (May 2017).

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Apr 2017

    Look at what just arrived

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    7 hours ago

    Potentially significant. Is this KJU signaling that he is going to move fast?

    North Korea's top three military officials replaced, U.S. official says
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  3. 16 hours ago

    Grenell has just created a huge headache for US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell. This will heighten tensions between the Bolton and Pompeo wings on n the Trump administration

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  4. 16 hours ago

    Bombshell interview to Breitbart by Ric Grenell, US Ambassador to Germany. He says he will personally intervene in internal politics of Europe to empower anti-establishment conservatives. Directly contradicts State Dept line that Trump admin is neutral

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  5. 22 hours ago

    More evidence that Macron's France is taking a more strategic view of China

    Strong statement from French Minister for Defence at , makes clear France doesn't accept China's claims over disputed territories in SCS and that a joint UK-France naval task force will sail through "certain areas"
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  6. Jun 2

    The naivety and strategic weakness of Trump on China never ceases to amaze.

    Very surprised that China would be doing this?
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  7. Jun 1

    Excellent piece by my colleague on what scenarios are possible in the Trump-Kim summit

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    Jun 1

    SKs are moving too fast. Trying to box US in. China easing up in sanctions to weaken max pressure alternative. Peace agreement will cause SK and China to rush to fund Nk infrastructure projects. All without real denuke. What could possibly go wrong?

    President Moon wants to offer a formal end to the Korean War to DPRK to incentive them to denuclearize. Some in Trump admin strongly oppose such an early "concession," but acknowledge POTUS may accept it …
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  9. Jun 1

    My own research is in line with what Josh says here. Japan is alarmed and perplexed by the Trump administration's North Korea diplomacy. Vital that Congress steps up to prevent a bad deal.

    Japanese Foreign Minister says there's no daylight between Washington and Tokyo on North Korea. Privately, officials are not so sure. …
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  10. Jun 1

    One of the big questions about Pompeo and Bolton was whether they could get a waiver to bring in NeverTrump Republicans into State and the NSC. It looks like the answer was no, at least for Bolton. Creates huge problems on staffing.

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    May 31

    The problem w/this is not that it would be an early "concession." The point is that it would give up ENORMOUS leverage while leaving that annoying issue of nukes to be worked out later... Hard to think of worse negotiating approach. But will allow Trump to declare an empty win.

    President Moon wants to offer a formal end to the Korean War to DPRK to incentive them to denuclearize. Some in Trump admin strongly oppose such an early "concession," but acknowledge POTUS may accept it …
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  12. May 31

    Interesting.

    Replying to @thomaswright08 @SecPompeo
    Fwiw, State’s Brian Hook told VOA this week that they’re going for a treaty
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  13. May 31

    A journalist should ask if any deal with North Korea will be in the form of a treaty, as he has argued for in the case of deals with Iran.

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    May 31

    Where does an “America First” foreign policy leave Europe? I sum up the answers of & from last week's event

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  15. May 31

    Martha Stewart "used to be my biggest fan in the world" and Blagojvich who "was on the Apprentice"

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  16. May 31

    Who will Trump pardon next?

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  17. May 31

    Of all the dangers we face, by far the worst is the prospect of a new financial crisis. The Trump administration is singularly ill-prepared and unfit to deal with it.

    Second coming of financial crisis?
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    May 30

    What I told : “Kim Yong Chol will dangle just enough in front of Pompeo [so] that he can go back to Trump and say, without lying, they're sincere.”

    But let’s not mistake this as a sign of NK weakness and pliability.
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  19. May 30

    To all those replying this is Monday Morning Quarterbacking or 20/20, Obama overruled senior officials in his own administration who recommended a more robust response to Putin. Documented in 's fine book.

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  20. May 30

    Obama's refusal to acknowledge he erred in failing to respond more assertively to Russian interference is infuriating. Mitch McConnell is not a valid excuse-- he should not have a veto over US national security policy.

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  21. May 30

    Well, this won't go over well in the Oval Office. Shinzo Abe apologized to Obama for meeting President-elect Trump

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