๐งต ๐ต๐ฐ Independent candidates aligned with Pakistanโs
@PTIofficial
party won a plurality of national assembly seats in elections on Thursday.
What does this mean for the next Pakistani government?
Atlantic Council experts share their insights:
โIf we lose Ukraine, we will lose peace for decades,โ says Prime Minister
@MorawieckiM
of Poland at the
@AtlanticCouncil
. ๐ต๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ
Watch more from todayโs
#ACFrontPage
: โก๏ธ
โGive the Ukrainians the tools to finish the job,โ says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
. ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง
โThe faster they win, the greater the savings in treasure and in lives.โ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
โI am told they need planes,โ says
@BorisJohnson
about Ukraine. ๐บ๐ฆโ๏ธ
โI don't think it would take the Ukrainians very long to work out how to use F-16s or Typhoons or whatever we have to give them,โ he adds.
Watch more: โก๏ธ
Finland has officially joined
@NATO
.
The Alliance now has 31 members:
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
#StrongerWithAllies
Can Ukraine regain control of Crimea?
โThe answer is absolutely yes,โ says
@GeneralClark
.
Does it have what it needs to do that?
โNot yet.โ
Watch more from todayโs
@ACEurasia
event about
#Crimea
: ๐บ๐ฆโก๏ธ
History teaches that if Putin could get Ukraine, it wonโt end there, says
@MinPres
Mark Rutte.
โI'm not going to say there are analogies between him and Hitler... But there is one analogy, and that is with Munich โ38.โ
โFor me, that analogy is absolutely there.โ
#ACFrontPage
โWe need to support Ukraine up to the end. Thatโs a fact,โ Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Italyโs chief of defense, said at the
@AtlanticCouncil
today.
Watch more: ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฆโก๏ธ
Ukraine wants German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
The Netherlands has German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
Watch Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (
@MinPres
) respond to
@ak_mack
โs question about his government sending tanks to Ukraine.
๐ณ๐ฑโก๏ธ
#ACFrontPage
@georgetownsfs
โIt is not enough to say that Ukraine must winโRussia also has to lose,โ says Prime Minister of Estonia
@kajakallas
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โThis means being military defeated in Ukraine.โ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
#EUDFF23
๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ธ
โThe Russians are actively seeking to divide our Alliance, and we must not allow that to happen.โ
@ODNIgov
Coats, speaking in France
#toquevilleconversations
"Wouldnโt it be fitting if Kosovo could take its place within that peaceful union, thrive economically alongside our neighbors, and heal the hurt of conflict? With that vision in mind, I accept this award with gratitude for all the young people of Kosovo." -
@DUALIPA
ย
#ACawards
โRussia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities, it went on a brutal offensive against our values, against our right to live freely in our own country, against our national dreams. Just like the same dreams you Americans have.โ โ
@ZelenskyyUa
โYour money is not charity,โ says President
@ZelenskyyUa
to Congress about financial assistance to Ukraine.
โItโs an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way,โ he adds.
๐บ๐ฆโก๏ธ
โWe are staring at a humanitarian catastrophe of barely imaginable proportions,โ writes Daniel Bilak.
โPutinโs bombing campaign has plunged the country into darkness and left tens of millions of Ukrainians without heat, electricity, and water.โ
โBelarus more and more is a vassal state of Russia. Itโs very difficult to look at them as a separate state,โ says Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (
@MinPres
).
โThey are very much under Russian control.โ
Watch todayโs
#ACFrontPage
with
@georgetownsfs
: โก๏ธ
THREAD โ In 1969, we at the Atlantic Council ran an ad campaign promoting
@NATO
's role in "Waging peace". Here's a scan of one from a magazine.
"Wage peace"โit's a great idea, but what does that actually look like in practice? 1/18
๐บ๐ฆ
@AndriyYermak
, head of Ukraineโs Office of the President, writes:
โThe democratic world cannot afford to lose this war. If Russian dictator Vladimir Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he will inevitably wage further wars of aggression.โ
Read more: โคต๏ธ
โAmerican investment in Ukraine๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝs capacity to defend itself is a literal proof that by helping others, you help yourself,โ says Minister of Foreign Affairs of ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
@sikorskiradek
at the Atlantic Council.
โHelping Ukraine is not only a good deed. Itโs also a good deal.โ
๐จ BREAKING: Turkeyโs Grand National Assembly has just voted unanimously to ratify Finlandโs accession to
@NATO
.
Once ratification instruments are deposited,
@NATO
will have 31 members:
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
โก๏ธ
Wowโdid you catch this inspiring thought for young people from
@CanadianPM
Justin Trudeau at
#NATOEngages
in London?
"You're not leaders of tomorrow, you're leaders TODAY."
A visit to Kyiv?
Having just returned from a two-week trip to the Ukrainian capital, I can recommend wartime Kyiv as an unforgettable destination for anyone who has an interest in history and is prepared to leave their comfort zone, writes
@UmlandAndreas
.
"I come from a place most of you will have heard of but perhaps not in the way I am about to describe. I want to share with you a bit about my Kosovo."
@DUALIPA
accepts the Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award from the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
#ACawards
#Kosovo
#DuaLipa
Madame Lagarde is among a rare class of leaders who embody the best paradox of humanity: she is relatable, yet cerebral. She has a heart big enough to serve the worldโand the intellect to make it better,
@IvankaTrump
says as she calls on Christine
@Lagarde
to stage. 6/
#ACawards
โTogether, we are much stronger than the enemy,โ says Minister of Foreign Affairs of ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
@sikorskiradek
at the Atlantic Council.
โWe have the drones, we can have the ammo, we have the money too. All that is needed to win is our will to act.โ
"Lukashenka is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainian civilians. Like Putin and others in the Russian chain of command, he should be held accountable," writes
@PowerVertical
.
"We have decided that a cyber attack can trigger Article 5...It doesn't matter if an attack is kinetic or cyber, we will assess as allies when it meets the threshold...and it sends a message that we are cyber allies."
@jensstoltenberg
at
#ACFrontPage
#NATO2030
โWe know what great, great things weโve managed to achieve together when Pakistan and the United States have worked together.โ
Watch Foreign Minister
@BBhuttoZardari
share his insights on US-Pakistan relations and more at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
๐บ๐ธ-๐ต๐ฐโก๏ธ
#ACFrontPage
EVENT- THURSDAY, 9:00 am EDT / 15:00 hrs CEST
The conversation between President Vuฤiฤ,
@Maja_Piscevic
, and
@DamonMacWilson
will include post-pandemic recovery, domestic political developments, and foreign policy.
REGISTER HERE โฌ๏ธ
A new international report has identified evidence that Russiaโs campaign of genocide in Ukraine is escalating, writes
@Kristina__Hook
in
#UkraineAlert
.
Read more. โฌ๏ธ
A Russian court in Rostov has accidentally issued a guilty verdict on Putinโs Ukraine war by publishing official documents confirming the presence of Russian military units in Kremlin-occupied eastern Ukraine.
๐ต๐ฑ
@sikorskiradek
: Putin โseeks to oppress an entire country with a pre-war population exceeding 40 million people and the territory the size of Utah, Nebraska, and Missouri combined.โ
โUnless he is stopped, he will continue his march of cruelty.โ
โก๏ธ
What should happen to Vladimir Putin?
โWe should not be talking about regime change in Moscow. We should not be interested in that,โ says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
Watch more: โก๏ธ
Should Ukraine join
@NATO
?
โI believe that once this war is done and once the Ukrainians have won, then, yes, they should begin the process of induction both to NATO and, of course, to the EU,โ says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
Watch more: ๐บ๐ฆโก๏ธ
"For me, having this dual identity has actually been really positive. Iโm always flattered when people comment on what they call my โimmigrant work ethicโ. Itโs true, and itโs a gift that has been passed down the generations." -
@DUALIPA
#ACawards
โI address this award to all our sweet children who have been killed by Russian terrorists.โ
Ukrainian President
@ZelenskyyUa
accepts the
@AtlanticCouncil
โs 2023 Global Citizen Award.
Sign up to watch the exclusive 9/28 broadcast. โก๏ธ
#ACAwards
โThe first step to defeating Russia is to immediately supply Ukraine with the ammo they urgently need,โ says ๐ต๐ฑ
@sikorskiradek
at the Atlantic Council.
โMany Americans are askingโat what price? Well, actually, quite low.โ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
While global policymakers race to contain the new coronavirus strain, the outbreak has already disrupted world travel and supply chains. The crisis is challenging the strength of the Chinese state and could imperil economic growth throughout the world.
๐ธ๐ปThe youngest president in Latin America, President Nayib Bukele has been an early symbol of hope and optimism for El Salvador.
@ACLatAm
explores his main challenges.
Russian leaders talk about racism in the United States, and the irony is that they have done the same exact things to their own people much longer, explains
@terrelljstarr
.
Watch more from Black trailblazers in foreign policy: โก๏ธ
#ACFrontPage
During the financial crisis of 2008, she guided the French economy with a steady hand and fresh thinking,
@IvankaTrump
says. As
@Lagarde
often reminds us, "If it had been Lehman Sisters rather than Lehman Brothers, the world might well look a lot different today." 3/
#ACawards
โPutin isnโt just grabbing territoryโheโs trying to literally rewrite Ukrainian identity,โ says
@IanBrzezinski
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โWe havenโt seen an action like that since World War II, and it is genocidal,โ he adds.
Watch more: โก๏ธ
โAgainst all odds and doom-and-gloom scenarios, Ukraine didnโt fall,โ says President
@ZelenskyyUa
to Congress.
โUkraine is alive and kicking.โ
๐บ๐ฆโก๏ธ
Our trucks wait at internal borders for 26 million hours annually,โ
@avucic
explained, arguing that โwe can save up to 7 percent of operational costs if we can cut all of these bureaucratic procedures and everything else.โ
#BalkansForward
"7-year-old Varya gave her money saved for a smartphone to buy bulletproof vests."
"Borys Romanchenko passed through the hell of Buchenwald and died at the age of 96 at home, during the shelling of Kharkiv by Russia."
Watch
@ZelenskyyUa
's powerful tribute to Ukraine's people.
โRussia wants to redraw the map of Europe,โ says Prime Minister of Estonia
@kajakallas
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โIn Ukraine, it occupies the area that would span over the state of Virginia or Tennessee,โ she explains.
#EUDFF23
๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ธ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine now has a Jewish president and a Muslim minister of defense, underlining the diversity of the countryโs leadership while exposing the absurdity of Russiaโs โNazi Ukraineโ propaganda, writes Peter Dickinson (
@Biz_Ukraine_Mag
) in
#UkraineAlert
.
The West has given Ukraine enough to survive, but not enough to win, writes
@andrewmichta
.
In effect, he adds, with each โred lineโ that Washington, Berlin, and Paris agonize over, they are only deterring themselves.
โExtreme heat has to be viewed as one of the most dangerous results of the changing climate,โ said
@HillaryClinton
today at
#COP28
.
Watch her discussion on extreme heat and gender with
@leniomyrivili
and Reema Nanavaty, and learn more from
@ArshtRock
: โก๏ธ
Putin won't use nuclear weapons, says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โHe would plunge Russia into such a cryogenic freeze of economic isolation as to make the present sanctions regimes seem like a blessing. And it would not even work.โ
Watch:โก๏ธ
One year after his country fell to the Taliban, leader of the
@NRFafg
,
@AhmadMassoud01
, is not giving up his fight.
There is "no other option" but to fight on against the Taliban, he tells
@AtlanticCouncil
in a new interview.
Watch here:
#Afghanistan
When Ukraine wins, says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
:
โWe will lift the threat of further Russian aggression in Georgia, in Moldova, in the Baltic states, across the whole of eastern Europe.โ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
Will Hong Kong remain a global financial center? New laws and revocation of special status put the future of Hong Kong in question. The Atlantic Councilโs
@jfrieldlanderdc
and
@joshualipsky
give a quick take on the latest developments.
Do you believe, like we do, that America is better off with friends and allies who help support our common defense? Join our campaign
#StrongerWithAllies
to speak out in favor of a strong NATO alliance at
If Putin is allowed to maintain control over any Ukrainian territory, it will significantly weaken the rules and norms of expanding international peace and prosperity, says
@IanBrzezinski
.
Read the memo to NATO leaders:
Watch more:
โIf we lose Ukraine, we will lose peace for decades,โ said Prime Minister
@MorawieckiM
of Poland at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
Watch yesterdayโs
#ACFrontPage
conversation: ๐ต๐ฑโก๏ธ
โMore than 20 years ago, I immigrated to the US,โ says
@Google
and Alphabet CEO
@sundarpichai
at the 2022 Global Citizen Awards.
โWhen I arrived, I was met with open-mindedness, tolerance, and acceptance, all of which helped ease my path.โ
#ACAwards
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โThis is a terror that Europe has not seen for 80 yearsโฆ Is this a lot to ask for to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much to ask? If this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. You know what kind of defense systems we need.โ โ
@ZelenskyyUa
If confirmed as Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin inherits a Pentagon that has lost its technological edge. But it isnโt too late to fight back. By David H. McCormick, chairman of our Intl. Adv. Board, & Bridgewater CEO, and โฆโฆ
@Cunningham_JMC
โฉ
โIf Western leaders choose not to adequately arm Ukraine, future generations will view their decision as one of the great geopolitical turning points of the twenty-first century,โ writes Peter Dickinson (
@Biz_Ukraine_Mag
) in
#UkraineAlert
.
Read more. โฌ๏ธ
President and CEO
@FredKempe
welcomes
@SriSri
to the Atlantic Council. โWe are here today for a special eventโa conversation with a remarkable world leader and a true humanitarian, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.โ
The
@AtlanticCouncil
will honor President
@niinisto
of Finland at the 2022 Global Citizen Awards.
Finlandโs historic decision to join NATO serves as a significant contribution to the alliance and to transatlantic unity.
Watch
#ACAwards
on September 19:
โPutin reckoned he could roll over Biden. He miscalculated. He thought he could sweep over Ukraine in a week. He was wrong. He thought the Western alliance would crack up. Wrong again.โ
Read more from
@ACEurasia
โs
@JacobHeilbrunn
. โคต๏ธ
The fierce Ukrainian resistance to Russiaโs invasion is getting inside the heads of Belarusian military leaders and causing them to question the wisdom of joining Vladimir Putinโs war.
A coalition without Khanโs PTI will lack legitimacy
What is going on right now was entirely predictable. Five years after Khan was given a leg up in the 2018 election, his party has been stonewalled in moves completely lacking the finesse that could sow doubt in the electorateโsโฆ
"China's goal is simple: to replace the US as the world's leading super power," says Amy Hess of the
@FBI
, "and they did and will continue to break societal laws and norms to get there. In fact, we have seen an increasing level of [cyber] sophistication."
#ICCE
#ACcyber
4/
๐ต๐ฑ
@sikorskiradek
: โPutin isnโt working alone.โ
โToday, many bombs falling on Ukrainian schools, churches, and apartment blocks, come in the form of Iranian drones and hypersonic missiles with microchips smuggled through other countries.โ
Watch more:
๐บ๐ฆ โJust 8 percent of surveyed Ukrainians said they would be prepared to accept the ongoing Russian occupation of Crimea in order to end the war,โ writes
@Mariia_Zolkina
in
#UkraineAlert
.
Read more: โคต๏ธ
THREAD
US and European politicians, led by Senators
@MarkWarner
and
@MarcoRubio
, came together to call for tough measures to fight foreign interference in our democratic elections.
Read their communiquรฉ in full at
#RussiaFactor
@ACEurasia
1/
โDonโt forget the message that Putinโs success would send to China,โ says
@BorisJohnson
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โThis is a dry run for Xi Jinping.โ
Watch more: โก๏ธ
The problem is not โwar in Ukraine.โ
The problem is โRussian aggression against Ukraine.โ
Recognizing this difference is a next essential step, explains Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Indonesia
@VHamianin
.
Tune in live from Bali: โก๏ธ
โFor us, itโs a cold war. For Ukraine, itโs a hot war. But weโre back in 1989 and going backwards,โ says Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
@GLandsbergis
about the current geopolitical landscape. ๐ฑ๐น
Watch more from the
@NATO
Public Forum: โก๏ธ
โIt is not only the battlefield success that will decide the outcome of the war,โ says
@kajakallas
at the
@AtlanticCouncil
.
โUkraineโs victory also depends on our ability to dry up the Kremlinโs income to finance its aggression.โ
โก๏ธ
#EUDFF23
๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ธ
๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian President
@ZelenskyyUa
accepted an Atlantic Council 2023 Global Citizen Award tonight.
Read a transcript of his moving address to the
#GCA2023
gala dinner in New York:
โI couldnโt be more proud to represent a people who possess so much compassion, so much talent, potential and resilience." - President
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
on the her hopes for
#Kosovo
's future.
#ACawards
Delivering technology into the hands of women improves livesโin Ukraine and all over the world, explains
@DenelleDixon
, chief executive officer and executive director of the Stellar Development Foundation
@stellarorg
.
Watch more: โก๏ธ
There must be accountability for Russiaโs war in Ukraine, says ๐ณ๐ฑ
@MinPres
Mark Rutte at
#ACFrontPage
:
โI am coming from The Hague and The Hague is the international city for peace and justice. I could not accept that we would let this go by unpunished.โ
The invasion of Ukraine is a war with global consequences, says ๐ต๐ฑ
@sikorskiradek
at the Atlantic Council.
If we choose to abandon Ukraine, Putin will come to understand that he can get away with whatever he wants, he adds.
Watch more: โก๏ธ
Hungaryโs parliament has just approved Swedenโs accession to
@NATO
, the final ally to do so.
The Alliance is about to have 32 members.
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ๐ช๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
#StrongerWithAllies
Dictators cannot be appeasedโonly coordinated pressure can force them to retreat, explains
@Tsihanouskaya
.
The West should impose more sanctions on Russia, not only for invading Ukraine but its attempts to undermine Belarusian sovereignty.
โก๏ธ
President Zelenskyy has called for the wholesale reform of the United Nations in an emotional address to the UN Security Council marked by scathing criticism of its toothless response to Putinโs invasion of Ukraine.
On seeing past differences and offering help to others,
@SriSri
says: โWe should rise above our nationality and see ourselves as human beings. Whenever and wherever human beings are in trouble we should simply jump there and do what we can.โ
Itโs official!
๐ธ๐ช Sweden is the newest member of
@NATO
. The Alliance now has 32 members.
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ๐ช๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
#StrongerWithAllies
"We have signed an MoU to create the Sunny Hill Arts and Innovation Centre in Prishtina and we very much hope that work will start next summer. It will be a creative space where young people can learn about music production and performance." -
@DUALIPA
ย at
#ACawards
๐จ NEW ๐จ โ The US Senate just voted 95โ1 to ratify
#Sweden
and
#Finland
โs membership in NATO.
Once all current allies complete ratification,
@NATO
will have thirty-two members.
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ๐ช๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
#StrongerWithAllies
On tolerance,
@SriSri
says: โWhen every kid grows up with a broad mindset that there is only one god but worshipped in many waysโฆ This needs to be doneโmulti-cultural multi-religious education must be introduced at the school level.โ