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    Sep 27

    "I said to my daughters I’m going to the happiest country on earth. And I'm so glad to be here. There is so much to be admired about Finland!" 🇫🇮 at

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  2. Oct 6

    Hmmmm....

    Grassley suggests his panel has trouble attracting women because "It's a lot of work—maybe they don't want to do it." He later clarified: "We have a hard time getting men on the committee." (The 11 Republicans on the panel are all men.)
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  3. Oct 6

    Some savvy Brits cautiously imagine that the Mother of Parliaments might ordain - in the nick of time - a new referendum, and Remainers might robustly turn out to vote this time. Odds not great, but in low double digits. Still...

    Two decades after devolution breakthroughs, the uncertainty of is straining the ’s constitutional order. My colleague digs deep into , , and the Divided Kingdom
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  4. Retweeted
    Oct 5

    I take comfort in the knowledge that Orrin Hatch will never confirm another justice.

    Orrin Hatch tells female Kavanaugh sexual assault protesters to “grow up”:
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  5. Oct 3

    "I have a long relationship with Kavanaugh, and I have always liked him," writes BrookingsGov's , the mastermind behind & @lawfarecast, "but I wouldn't confirm him."

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  6. Retweeted
    Sep 29

    There's a corollary: he is unable to touch anything without adding an underhanded twist to it, as if he's afraid of taking an honest action. Thus, yesterday we learned that the WH approved an FBI investigation; today we learned about the shackles the WH put on the investigation.

    If one steps back from the immediate crises, with all its toxicity & divisiveness, it’s typical of the Trump phenomenon writ large. He seems to have a perverse version of the Midas touch: everything he touches turns rancid. Everything.
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  7. Sep 29

    If one steps back from the immediate crises, with all its toxicity & divisiveness, it’s typical of the Trump phenomenon writ large. He seems to have a perverse version of the Midas touch: everything he touches turns rancid. Everything.

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  8. Retweeted
    Jul 24

    What the Finnish president meant saying ”a Cossack takes what is poorly tied”? Read 's insights on the Finnish response : “The Finnish take on Russia is best described as strategic perseverance.”

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  9. Sep 28

    Well, guess there are going to be two Judges in the next round.

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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 27

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    President of Finland, currently chairing the Arctic Council: “If we lose the Arctic ice we lose the globe... When I look at my son’s blue eyes, I wonder what kind of world he will be looking at in the future.”
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    Sep 27

    .: What does Putin want at the end of the day? : He never forgets people be knew in Finland in 90s as Petersburg official who treated him respectfully. He doesn’t forget his friends but also doesn’t forget people he thinks didn’t treat him respectfully.

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  12. Sep 27

    President ⁦⁩ is passionate & pragmatic about , especially at the top of the world where disaster lurks. Finland has the chair of the Arctic Council. Good timing!

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  13. Sep 27

    . honored by President who delivered a wise, candid & constructive speed followed by a wide-ranging discussion with the audience. Thanks to him & .

    President Sauli Niinistö was greeted by and Barbara Ascher at his arrival to . His keynote address starts 11 am EDT. You can follow the livestream at .
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  14. Sep 26

    A statesman of distinction, determined to strengthen Europe & tackle climate change, especially in the Arctic.

    Tomorrow at 11am, join us for a LIVE webcast discussion with Finnish President Sauli on the critical role of the Euro-Atlantic partnership in meeting the challenges facing Europe today.
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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 25

    Great profile of White House director of Russian and European affairs Fiona Hill from . As says, "The more they would take [her advice], the better I would sleep at night."

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  16. Sep 26

    Susan Glasser (⁦⁩) in conversation with ⁦⁩’s Bob Kagan on “The Jungle Grows Back.” He thinks the EU is crucial for rescuing world order, but Trump wants to accelerate its collapse into its ‘20-‘30 past. He can imagine the “German Question” returning.

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  17. Sep 26

    Susan Glasser (⁦⁩) in conversation with ⁦⁩’s Bob Kagan on “The Jungle Grows Back.” He’s thinks that the US will pull out of its “craziness,” but it may be to late for the world’s reversion to the law of the jungle.

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  18. Sep 25

    “For me and my friends his past is our now,” she said.

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  19. Sep 17

    . panel on with Steve , , & Bob Kagan, sounding alarm about US’s derogation of leadership of liberal world order, quotes Hemingway: “How do you go bankrupt? Gradually, then suddenly.”

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  20. Sep 14

    Wise & generous mentor, exemplar colleague, brilliant scholar, visionary leader in institution-building, courageous & effective diplomat, & best of friends. God speed to you & Gahl, mate, & congrats to .

    Big day for me yesterday. Thirty-five years since migrating to Washington, twenty-five years since the Oslo signing, seventeen years since joining Brookings, I’m leaving Washington and heading for NY and the Council on Foreign Relations.
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