National Security / Foreign Policy. Views are my own. Also, mountains please.
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Amanda Thorpe retweeted
📆 Oct. 22
🕙 10:00 a.m. ET
Serbia will vote on Sunday in parliamentary elections with the potential to shape the country's political direction. What are the implications of the vote?
Register to learn more:
atlanticcouncil.org/event/wh…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s record-low turnout election: what comes next? New ballot scanners, old questions. @IlvaTare spoke to @ivaaanaaa of @tibihorg on Balkans Debrief to explain what it means for accountability and the EU path. #BalkansDebrief xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1NGaroZbr…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Here’s a 2022 law that prohibits US purchase of Russian oil without prior consultation with Congress & certification that the Ukraine war is over. The Graham Russia Sanctions Act goes after 3rd country purchasers of same. Will Congress use its tools?
congress.gov/117/plaws/publ1…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Bosnia and Herzegovina goes to the polls Sunday for the first general election with nationwide biometric voter ID and ballot scanners.
@LisaHomel breaks down what it means for internal cohesion and transatlantic alignment.
📄 Read more: bit.ly/4j27y4E
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Bosnia and Herzegovina votes on October 4th under the complex system created by the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Before the vote, @ATpolicynotes, @JasminMuj, and Olivia Olson outline the election structure, political context, and key players.
Read the piece:
bit.ly/46QZpZs
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Can US-EU relations get back on track? xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nxnRBvAR…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Exploding parcels. Cut Baltic cables. A drone packed with explosives at Leipzig airport. Putin's shadow war is escalating, and NATO needs a firmer answer that stops short of full-scale war. Here's how: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
A toaster is a wedding gift. A private-island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else. Republicans nearly wore out the subpoena machine investigating Hunter Biden’s foreign relationships. We should not unplug it now. ‘Trust us’ was not enough then, and it is not enough now.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Do you still believe EU accession is merit-based?
It’s supposed to be merit-based, but if you analyze our case, sadly, it’s not even close, says 🇲🇰 Prime Minister @MickoskiHM.
“We are at the same place where we were twenty-six years ago,” he tells @ACEurope’s @IlvaTare.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Today, @SenatorShaheen pushed the Trump Administration to not send mixed signals on Bosnian sovereignty:
"Bosnia and Herzegovina's sovereignty must be respected. The U.S. must oppose efforts to destabilize the region and undermine its democratic institutions."
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
With House passage of the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, House and Senate Republicans are placing maximum pressure on Vladimir Putin and the Russian war machine. This legislation strengthens economic sanctions against the Russian government, its financial institutions, and the foreign governments that aid Russian aggression against Ukraine by purchasing cheap Russian oil and gas and helping the Kremlin evade other sanctions. For too long, Putin has bankrolled this devastating war with money and resources from countries willing to look the other way, and today, that ends. This bill sends a powerful message of American unity and gives the Administration every tool in the toolbox to help bring this war to a just end, and we are proud to send it to the President’s desk.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Perhaps the diesel fuel problem is better addressed by pushing Russia to end the war it started.
.@POTUS: "Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing — he has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel... There are plenty of other targets. Don't hit diesel fuel."
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Diplomacy. Development. Defense. On the ground in Pristina, @IlvaTare unpacks Kosovo's three strategic priorities and where the country stands today, at home and with its key partners.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
A Russia-linked operation used ChatGPT to build a credible-looking research institute, complete with papers, an index, and real experts—including ones at CFR—who never agreed to be listed.
Its posts earned little reach, but the infrastructure it created, using AI, shows the advancement of tech-powered influence operations, argues expert Jessica Brandt.
"Broadly, the episode highlights the value of regular threat intelligence reporting from AI labs, which have unique insight into consequential activity that social media platforms and governments may not," she writes.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
We were delighted to partner with @SSC_Sarajevo in 🇧🇦 to discuss the importance of transatlantic alignment and countering malign influence.
🗣️ @ATpolicynotes outlines the top points considered.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
The deadline to name a new High Representative for Bosnia has passed. The impasse reveals a deeper transatlantic divide over the OHR’s mandate and who leads the West’s engagement in the Western Balkans per @ATpolicynotes and Olivia Olson.
Read more: bit.ly/4x5jPt2
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Washington and Brussels have missed their own deadline to pick Bosnia's next High Representative — exposing a widening transatlantic rift over the country's postwar order.
@ATpolicynotes & Olivia Olson break down why it matters: bit.ly/4x5jPt2
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
Yesterday, @RepMcCaul and @RepStenyHoyer introduced the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act in the House of Representatives after it passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support.
@SenatorShaheen welcomed its introduction ⬇️
foreign.senate.gov/press/dem…
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
“I applaud the EU on this new package of sanctions against Russia.
The U.S. should follow suit. Congress must act now to pass more stringent sanctions on Russia and force Putin to the negotiating table.” -@SenatorShaheen
We have agreed on the 21st sanctions package against Russia.
It delivers sweeping measures targeting Moscow’s financial system, its military-industrial complex and energy sector, that keep Russia's war economy running.
We are hitting Putin where it hurts most: cutting off the financial lifelines he relies on to sustain his war.
This is not the end of the road on sanctions. We are already working on the next steps. The EU must be ready to respond to any further Russian escalation.
Amanda Thorpe retweeted
The fastest way to end Russia’s war is to make it too costly for Vladimir Putin to continue.
on.wsj.com/4bw66CP
