A. Wess Mitchell

Sep 17, 2024 | wsj.com | A. Wess Mitchell

The centerpiece of the administration’s approach was a new entity called the Trade and Technology Council. A brainchild of the European Commission, its nominal purpose was to compartmentalize areas for agreement after years of failed attempts to create a comprehensive trans-Atlantic free-trade agreement.

Aug 15, 2024 | archive.is | Jack Detsch |Amy Mackinnon |A. Wess Mitchell |Nick Aspinwall

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep. FP’s Amy Mackinnon is our all-star relief for Robbie this week, who’s out on vacation. Also, let’s honor Larry Tesler, the inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, who died at 74 this week, by copying and pasting an inspiring quote. After all, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” There, we just did it.

Aug 15, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | A. Wess Mitchell

Geopolitics China Russia Iran Ukraine Ukrainian offensives onto Russian soil, such as the one currently underway in the Kursk region, present an opportunity to end the war more quickly as part of a wider strategy of sequencing the United States’ geopolitical challenges.

Jul 8, 2024 | usip.org | A. Wess Mitchell

Leaders from across Europe and North America will gather in July in Washington to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The meeting will be a chance to celebrate NATO’s accomplishments as an alliance as well as the improvements it has made since the start of the Ukraine war. But it should also be a gut-check on the real state of NATO capabilities at a time of renewed geopolitical rivalry and attendant mounting dangers worldwide.

Apr 17, 2024 | usip.org | A. Wess Mitchell

The fact that Sweden applied for NATO membership is itself an indication of how much European security has deteriorated since the end of the Cold War. For more than two centuries, the Nordic country maintained a policy of scrupulous non-alignment, on the rationale that doing so would enable Stockholm to claim neutral status in wartime. The country stayed out of both world wars.