George Perkovich

VP Carnegie Endowment, covering nuclear policy & tech/international affairs. Focus on U.S., China and South Asia, Iran.

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

@james_acton32 @WSJ @wrmead Great thread by James Acton, and he could have been much harsher while still being fair

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Much wisdom here. Bravery too in this political environment. Will pols listen?
#The U.S. should deter — not provoke — Beijing over Taiwan. Here’s how. https://t.co/njr7T2XY95

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Once again , thank Mike M for setting things straight

[Mike Mazarr @MMazarr]

Understand the desire for a more rapid + complete Ukrainian win. It's an honorable goal. Cannot at all imagine how it makes sense to push NATO chips onto the table now. We decided (rightly) that interests vital enough to risk nuclear war were not at stake. The persistence of ...

[Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 @AlexGabuev]

“For Russia, China is the major lifeline that keeps the economy afloat.” Good dispatch on the upcoming Wang Yi visit to Moscow by @maxseddon & @leahyjoseph in the @FT. https://t.co/VzqSV8GadR

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Another compelling thread

[Mike Mazarr @MMazarr]

Stumbled across this brilliant @JamesFallows piece from over a decade ago, which still counts as a prescient and still very relevant diagnosis of the master problem facing American dynamism, coherence, and competitiveness: Governance, broadly defined
https://t.co/GSL3zBREJs

[Mike Mazarr @MMazarr]

Important idea for the US to internalize: US strategy won't be sustainable if we're seen to be in the business of persuading or forcing others to solve our problems. The trick is to help others address their challenges--and tailor the resulting efforts to serve US interests too

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

A beautiful and humorous thread by James Acton. Read it and smile

[(((James Acton))) @james_acton32]

<THREAD>Some personal recollections of Catherine Kelleher--surely the only person ever to have met both the satirist Tom Lehrer and the long-time dictator of Turkmenistan, Turkmenbasi.

Catherine has just passed away. She was a legend. (1/n)

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Important thread

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Indeed, excellent work by Carnegie’s Gavin Wilde, Nick Beecroft and Jon Bateman

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

I remember it well. Staggering performance.
Marvin Gaye’s iconic NBA All-Star Game national anthem: ‘He turned that thing into his own’ - The Athletic https://t.co/rfW43a6982

[Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 @AlexGabuev]

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Recent data on 🇷🇺 oil exports contains some unexpected revelations on who/what was really pushing the Urals price down (spoiler: not Western sanctions or boycotts), and who benefitted from it. 🧵 based on analysis of my new @CarnegieEndow colleague @SergeyVakulenk0 1/

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

Exactly!

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

@RonaldKlain @WhiteHouse Wow. Much deserved

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

@MMazarr This was an excellent paper when it came out, more obviously applicable now

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

THIS! Thank you Max Boot. It’s been embarrassing .
The hysteria over China’s spy balloon is dangerous and unwarranted https://t.co/xyMlYXYTZT

[Yamini Aiyar @AiyarYamini]

Thrilled to launch this new series with @MilanV @CarnegieEndow on a topic close to my heart- federalism . We hope this will provoke wider debate on the institutional architecture needed for negotiating and deepening federal relations. @CPR_India

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

If you prefer not to think about the nuclear war (the way we close our eyes in front of something scary), it does not make it less likely. In fact, it makes it more likely b/c warmongers do not have to answer any Qs until it is too late.

[Mark Gubrud 🇺🇸 @mgubrud]

The logic here: We've been lucky so far, so let's push it. It hasn't happened yet, so clearly there's no danger.

It hasn't happened yet BECAUSE Putin has no good way, but if sufficiently desperate, he may try a bad way.

And nukes are not the only option for risky escalation.
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[Jon Bateman @JonKBateman]

Great piece on state gov't TikTok bans. Largely performative, the bans do create headaches for educators and other officials seeking to engage youth and the public. The bans result from—and contribute to—our frenzied, fact-free discourse on Chinese tech. https://t.co/XThkS9tCAc

[George Perkovich @PerkovichG]

@RitaKonaev Indeed Rita