Michael Carpenter (mikercarpenter.bsky.social)
@mikercarpenter
Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Former Ambassador to the OSCE, NSC Senior Director for Europe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Putin is stepping up ‘aggressive’ hybrid attacks on Germany, spy chief warns politico.eu/article/vladim…
Netherlands with 40 other OSCE countries ask probe into Russia's POW treatment reuters.com/world/europe/n…
Fox News Publishes Op-Ed Warning Tulsi Gabbard’s Obama Accusations Are a Dangerous ‘Effort to Rewrite History’ mediaite.com/media/news/fox…
Good news from Poland. euractiv.com/section/eet/ne…
President Zelensky needs to understand the gravity of what he’s doing. Too many Ukrainians have died for their democracy. ▶kyivpost.com/post/56737
"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: ft.com/content/21cf3d…
Georgian Dream is attempting to hide their corruption and crimes against the Georgian people by cracking down on free press. They have tried to silence journalist Mzia Amaglobeli who has been in pre-trial detention since January on politically motivated charges. 🧵(1/2)
Last week, we ran an editorial warning of an anti-democratic backslide in Ukraine. Today, it’s happening in plain sight. This isn’t what our people have been fighting and dying for, and it’s devastatingly unfair to them.
The lack of class is astounding. reuters.com/world/us/us-st…
So DOD wants to gut European security so we can bolster our posture in the Indo-Pacific — all while we hand the keys to the future to China. This is the stupidest geostrategy of all time. wsj.com/tech/nvidia-wi…
Here we go again: the “pivot on Putin” is right around the corner. Or is it? How many times can this head fake actually work?
Georgia’s Warning for Ukraine reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/11/geo…
These career American diplomats served our country well, were non-partisan and did not deserve to be fired at the height of their careers. We’ll be weaker without them. Historic mistake.
HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
Worth reading.
If the Trump administration reduces the United States’ presence in Europe too quickly, it will weaken the continent’s “credible deterrent against Russia,” warn @AKendallTaylor, @jteurope, and @KateSJohnston. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
Russia capitalized on its friendly ties with Beijing to skirt Western sanctions and acquire the know-how and capability to build drones to attack Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“Instead of prolonging the war by giving Ukraine too much military assistance, Kyiv’s foreign allies have prolonged it by giving too little, and often with significant delays,” argues @mikercarpenter. foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukrain…
To help Ukraine turn the tide on the battlefield, Western countries should go after the energy exports that make up Moscow’s revenue stream—and use frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv’s defense, argues @mikercarpenter. foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukrain…
.@mikercarpenter argues that the West should do more to bolster Ukraine’s military capabilities—and examines the policy options available to Kyiv’s backers: foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukrain…
Everyone who supports Ukraine must read these brilliant recommendations by Michael Carpenter @mikercarpenter : Ukraine Can Still Win. foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukrain…
Depriving Ukraine of air defences right now is easily the most scurrilous thing a policymaker can do and so of course Elbridge Colby is that policymaker: