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Retired Lieutenant General Doug Lute served in both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations focusing on Afghanistan. He also served as U.S. ambassador to NATO during the Obama administration. Annie Pforzheimer had a 30-year career in the Foreign Service. She was the deputy chief of mission in Afghanistan from 2017 to 2018, and was acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan until 2019.
And David Sedney was deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia during the Obama administration. Until recently, he was the president of American University of Afghanistan.
An Indian MP and ex-government minister is under fire for tweeting a photo about the huge welcome shown to a previous Indian prime minister visiting the US – because the picture was actually from the Soviet Union.
Shashi Tharoor tweeted a black and white image of then-PM Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira, who later became prime minister, remarking on “the hugely enthusiastic spontaneous turnout of the American public” to welcome the pair to the US in 1954.
Tharoor, who also served as under-secretary-general of the United Nations for communications and public information, tweeted as current Indian PM Modi visits the US.
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Apr 12, 2021 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy patrols the Arctic Ocean near Oliktok Point, Alaska. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)
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As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China, and Russia. While a historic Arctic power like Russia is militarizing its waters, so-called near-Arctic China is extending its commercial reach to Greenland and Russia with the Polar Silk Road component of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The United States sees both as competitors in a renewed geopolitical competition for power and influence in the High North. For now, this competition has been limited to posturing and more broadly, assertive statements of intent. However, looking forward, it may be useful to identify key national interests of the players in order to better predict potential flashpoints.