Sitemap - 2022 - The Bismarck Cables

Cable From The Diplomatic Frontline - Zelensky in DC, and Japan's historic militarization.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Russia's alternative chip supply chain, Kremlin's unaltered territorial demands, and the incipient Riyadh-Beijing partnership.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - The incipient Greece - Turkey crisis.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, Washington's wrong signals, price caps on Russian oil, and Putin's "rational actor" threat display.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Balancing US interests, and advancing a sustainable solution in Syria.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, Macron - Biden meeting, and "talks" with Putin.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Washington must not waste the opportunities presented by the China protests.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, lame duck session opportunities, and imposing the price cap on Russian oil.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, G20, and Polish missile non-crisis.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Biden - Xi meeting, and on India - Russia relations.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Midterm elections' effect on Ukraine policy, and Kyiv's shrewd negotiation stance.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Renewed Grain Deal and Putin's multi-pronged approach to pressure the West.

Tracking The Taiwan Invasion Indicators.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, what appeasers don't get, Putin's latest signaling and cultural divide & conquer messaging.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - The 20th Communist Party Congress: internal dynamics & geopolitical impact.

Weekly Overview - Ukraine War, McCarthy's pathetic comments, and punishing Iran for arming Russia.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Evaluating Biden's published National Security Strategy.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, Macron's deterrence gaffe, and navigating the US-Saudi relations

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Importance of strategic & rhetorical framing in Washington's new strategy: an overwhelming technological blockade of China.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Crimea bridge sabotage, and dealing with the OPEC+ oil cuts.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Iran uprising, and how to help them.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Nord Stream 1 Sabotage, and Putin's nuclear threats & annexation combo game plan.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Biden ends the era of strategic ambiguity for good.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Putin's escalation, and proper western response.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - cracks in the Russia - China relations, and Putin's maneuvers.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Moscow's new "red lines", degrading the Russian state, and Pelosi's overreach.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Putin's next moves, and deterring the worst-case scenarios.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine's blistering counteroffensive, the impact on Russia's state system, and Putin's bargaining chips.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Taiwan puts its credibility on the line, and Beijing’s ideal time for escalation.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, counteroffensive, oil price caps on Moscow, and EU considers visa bans on Russia.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Taiwan Strait developments & China's weak diplomacy, and Turkey/Israel normalization.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War Updates, the Kremlin's diplomatic blunders, Johnson's Kyiv visit, and preventing Russian gains from the Iran nuclear deal.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Unpacking a highly consequential assassination in Russia.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, Crimea milestone: implications & possible escalation, and shameful disparity in support for Ukraine.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Misguided incentives on the Iran nuclear deal.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, and the strategic, political, and geopolitical significance of the attack on Crimea.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Taiwan crisis: responding to the unprecedented Chinese incursions and threats.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, Putin's comments on nuclear war, and al-Zawahiri killing.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - The CHIPS act creates strategic dilemmas for Taiwan.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine war, Biden-Xi call, and sanctioning Russian oil.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Handling Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Crisis.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, hidden incentives of the grain deal, and Putin's trip to Iran: a new milestone.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Jerusalem Declaration and Credible Deterrence of Iran.

Weekly Overview Cables - Ukraine War, NATO politics, and Biden - MBS meeting.

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Weekly Overview: A comprehensive strategy to strengthen Ukraine’s hand in the ongoing negotiations.

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Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Putin’s mixed messages on Ukraine

Weekly Overview - Ukraine crisis: more attempts at diplomacy, little change in fundamentals, ‘‘the most dangerous moment”, and what can still be done this late in the game?

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Weekly Overview - Ukraine Crisis: Further Indicators of Intent, Diplomatic Ploys, and Maneuvers.

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Weekly Overview - Latest Ukraine crisis signals, US maneuvers, and misguided messages from Kyiv

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Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - China is trying to recover its lost leverage in Kazakhstan

The West-Russia talks come to a ‘‘dead-end’’, and the war is more likely than ever - what can be done to save Ukraine.

Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - China front: early wins and losses

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