Ukrainian ultranationalist lobby flaunts influence over Biden, blocks top Russia expert’s appointment

Matthew Rojansky is the head of the Kennan Institute, a notable think tank at the US government-funded Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Despite his well-established expertise on Russia and lengthy record of leadership on the issue, he has been judged “too soft” to work in the Biden White House.

Ukrainian ultranationalist lobby flaunts influence over Biden, blocks top Russia expert’s appointment

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State Department to release Kennan-style paper on China

State Department to release Kennan-style paper on China

The unclassified paper, called “The Elements of the China Challenge,” draws inspiration from an influential article published in 1947 by the policy planning team’s founder, U.S. diplomat George Kennan, in which he introduced the idea of containment as a strategy to deal with the Soviet Union.

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