Evan Ellis: “Understanding Chinese Engagement with Latin America and its Effects on the Region”
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Dear Colleague: For me personally, the struggle of the Ukranian people against Vladmir Putin’s brutal and indefensible aggression has brought a welcome, if unexpected moment of clarity and unity in our otherwise complex and ambiguous world. At the terrible price of the suffering of the Ukranian people and the ongoing destruction of their country, the world owes Ukraine a debt of gratitude…for reminding us in our dark moments that resistance to malevolence can sometimes still prevail, even against enormous odds, with the aid of courage, willpower, unity, and a little outside help. A month ago, I could not have imagined Democrats and Republicans finding common cause in Washington DC, or the US and Europe standing in unity. We in Washington have lost a dangerous quota of our faith in stories with happy endings, where good prevails over bad (let alone where good can be distinguished from bad). I am moved by the number of Ukranian flags and colors that I see everywhere here in the US, and in the cyberspace of my colleagues, but it means something we have not seen here in a long time.
Evan Ellis: “Understanding Chinese Engagement with Latin America and its Effects on the Region”
Evan Ellis: “Understanding Chinese Engagement…
Evan Ellis: “Understanding Chinese Engagement with Latin America and its Effects on the Region”
Dear Colleague: For me personally, the struggle of the Ukranian people against Vladmir Putin’s brutal and indefensible aggression has brought a welcome, if unexpected moment of clarity and unity in our otherwise complex and ambiguous world. At the terrible price of the suffering of the Ukranian people and the ongoing destruction of their country, the world owes Ukraine a debt of gratitude…for reminding us in our dark moments that resistance to malevolence can sometimes still prevail, even against enormous odds, with the aid of courage, willpower, unity, and a little outside help. A month ago, I could not have imagined Democrats and Republicans finding common cause in Washington DC, or the US and Europe standing in unity. We in Washington have lost a dangerous quota of our faith in stories with happy endings, where good prevails over bad (let alone where good can be distinguished from bad). I am moved by the number of Ukranian flags and colors that I see everywhere here in the US, and in the cyberspace of my colleagues, but it means something we have not seen here in a long time.