Great chat with Evan Dawson today…. on how independent institutions & civil service are key to good governance, threats posed by the shadow docket & Trump's selective retribution, & future repairs to the US after this hacking of checks, balances & guardrails podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Convicted, legally ousted, but recalcitrant & noncompliant former RS President Milorad Dodik has called #EUFOR Althea, the peace enforcing successor force to #NATO's IFOR/SFOR an "occupation army." He calls on #Russia to cast its veto on renewal in November. This demands a real response. 1/

#N1 had me on their morning show, commenting on #TrumpPutin #Alaska meeting.

Key takeaways:

- This is a meeting of two heads of states, not negotiations on the future of Ukraine;
- Negotiations, if any, will include #Ukraine, #EU, and maybe member states like #Poland or #Czechia.

As we wait to see what will unfold in Alaska today, beware of Sharpie geopolitics in a world that requires complexity… I explore this idea more in the latest DPC blog:

www.democratizationpolicy.org/sharpie-geop...

DPC's blog on yesterday's ugly Oval Office spectacle and the importance of tomorrow's meeting of European leaders, with President Zelenskyy, in London. Europe+ must now be the universal connector of democracies.
www.democratizationpolicy.org/the-twilight...

#Zelenskyy gives us an example of fighting for your country. Leader of the free world indeed. #TrumpZelenskyyMeeting.

Sure, #Trump can rename the #GulfofMexico to the #GulfOfAmerica. Its still gonna be called Gulf of Mexico by most people. English Channel is still #LaManche to many people. Doesn't change anything in practice.