8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (7)
#18677852 at 2023-04-11 15:25:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22914: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
Elbridge Colby Wants to Finish What Donald Trump Started
Meet the conservative intellectual seeking to remake the GOP's foreign policy.
Elbridge "Bridge" Colby is, as Donald Trump might say,straight out of central castingfor a member of D.C.'s foreign policy elite. He has degrees from Harvard and Yale, a membership to Washington's Metropolitan Club and the kind of coiffed hair and clipped accent that you'd expect from an American blue-blood. So pristine is his pedigree -his grandfather was head of the CIA- that a lightly fictionalized version of him appears in the New York Times columnist Ross Douthat's memoir of his undergraduate years at Harvard, titled Privilege.
But Colby, far from being a deep state darling, isthe intellectual leader and rising star of an insurgent wing in the Republican Party rebelling against decades of dominant interventionist and Reaganite thinking.
For years,Colby has held that China is the principal threat abroad, and that the United States should focus on Asia to the near-exclusion of everywhere else - including Russia and Ukraine. If Trump began the party's realignment away from the neoconservatives who want the U.S. to serve as the world's policeman,Colby, who worked for Trump as a Defense Department official, is now looking to make that shift permanent. Especially since Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine has drawn fresh eyes and resources toward confronting Russia, more in the GOP are coming around to Colby's point of view.
When Ron DeSantis in March dismissed Russia's war on Ukraine as a mere "territorial dispute" and argued for a greater focus on the China threat, you'd forgive Colby if he did a victory dance. Sure, the Florida governor and likely 2024 presidential hopeful walked back the statement slightly a few days later, but it was the latest sign that in the ongoing battle for the future of the Republican Party, Colby's views are advancing with lightning speed.
"I would have a hard time identifying a single person in my time in Washington who has had a bigger impact in moving the needle of the debate" on Ukraine and China, said A. Wess Mitchell, an assistant secretary of State in the Trump administration. Mitchell, who started a new think tank called the Marathon Initiative with Colby, is more hawkish on backing Ukraine than his co-founder.
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the vocal new populists and Ukraine skeptics in the GOP, added, "Nowhere is Bridge's leadership clearer than in the current debate over tradeoffs between aiding Ukraine and deterring ChinA."
Colby's foreign policy influence is more than just another installment in the long-running fight between isolationists and hawks in the GOP. It's part of the mounting revival of the Asia First doctrine that the party championed in the aftermath of World War II, when the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, a hero to American conservatives, fled to Taiwan in December 1949 as Mao's communist forces won the civil war. The result was the rise of a vocal and highly influential "China Lobby" on the political right that demanded that Harry S. Truman withhold recognition of Red China and support Taiwan. Indeed, in 1951, Sen. Robert A. Taft, who was known as "Mr. Republican," published a book called A Foreign Policy For Americans decrying Western Europeans for failing to pay for their own defense and warning that China was enemy number one.
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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/11/tucker-carlson-eldridge-colby-00090211
#16059347 at 2022-04-12 10:34:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20312: Late Night Information Warfare Engaged Edition
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> https://wikitiA.com/wiki/Center_for_European_Policy_Analysis
Publications
CEPA regularly publishes books, reports, and newsletters. Opinion pieces by CEPA staff and fellows have appeared in The New York Times,[7] The Washington Post,[8] The Wall Street Journal,[9] Foreign Policy,[10] and The Financial Times.[11]
Notable People
Board of Directors
A. Wess Mitchell
Victor Ashe
Eckart von Klaeden[12]
International Advisory Council
Madeleine Albright
Anne Applebaum
Laszek Balcerowicz
Colleen Bell
Carl Bildt
Martin Butora
Eliot A. Cohen
Norman Davies
Timothy Garton Ash
Steve Hanke
Brian Hook
John C. Hulsman
John Ikenberry
Rasa Juknevi?ien?
Matthew Kaminski
David Kramer
Ivan Krastev
Robert Vass
Vaira V??e-Freiberga
Alexandr Vondra[13]
Experts
Alina Polyakova, Presdient
Janusz Bugajski
Jakub Grygiel
Ben Hodges
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Edward Lucas
Reka Szemerkenyi
Kurt Volker[14]
#13542839 at 2021-04-29 18:49:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17151: CALL TO MEME #SaveTheFilibuster and #StopDCStatehood Edition
BRIEFING ROOM
Nominations Sent to the Senate
APRIL 29, 2021 - STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Daryl W. Baldwin, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, vice David Armand DeKeyser, term expired.
Sean Burton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2024, vice Nina Mitchell Wells, term expired.
Karen Erika Donfried, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs), vice A. Wess Mitchell, resigned.
David G. Estudillo, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, vice Ronald B. Leighton, retired.
Genine Macks Fidler, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, vice Joyce Malcolm, term expired.
Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, vice Noel Valis, term expired.
Karen Jean Hedlund, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2025, vice Ann Begeman, term expired.
Sylvia E. Johnson, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland, term expired.
Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice David Schenker.
Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice R. Clarke Cooper.
Andrew Eilperin Light, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs), vice Theodore J. Garrish.
Tana Lin, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, vice Marsha J. Pechman, retired.
Donald Lu, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, vice Nisha Desai Biswal.
Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador.
Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform.
Sarah Margon, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, vice Robert A. Destro.
Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice John Marshall Mitnick.
Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice William Charles McIntosh.
Christine P. O'Hearn, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Robert B. Kugler, retired.
Lynette Young Overby, of Delaware, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, vice Phyllis Kaminsky, term expired.
Stephen A. Owens, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice Richard J. Engler, term expired.
Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2021, vice Linda Thomas-Greenfield, resigned.
Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2026. (Reappointment)
Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), vice Tibor Peter Nagy Jr.
Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Matthew Z. Leopold.
Geraldine Richmond, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, vice Paul Dabbar.
Roberto Josué Rodríguez, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education, vice James Blew.
Jennifer Beth Sass, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice Kristen Marie Kulinowski, term expired.
#10263999 at 2020-08-12 17:04:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13136: What Habbins When..................? Edition
April 24, 2018
The following is the guest list for the state dinner on Tuesday with President Emmanuel Macron of France, provided by the White House and edited by The New York Times.
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President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump
President Emmanuel Macron of France and Brigitte Macron
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Jane Roberts
Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence
American Lawmakers
Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Janna Ryan
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Dr. Laura Cassidy
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, and Rebecca Kennedy
Representative Kevin McCarthy, House majority leader, and Judy McCarthy
Representative Ed Royce of California and Maria Royce
Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana and Donna Edwards
Gov. Paul LePage of Maine and Lauren LePage
Administration Officials
Jim Mattis, secretary of defense
Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the Treasury, and Louise Linton
Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of homeland security, and Chad Wolf
Mike Pompeo, director of the C.I.A. and secretary of state nominee, and Susan Pompeo
Wilbur Ross, secretary of commerce and Hilary Ross
Surgeon General Jerome Adams and Lacey Adams
State Department Officials
John J. Sullivan, the acting secretary of state, and Graciela Rodriguez
Thomas A. Shannon Jr., under secretary of state for political affairs
A. Wess Mitchell, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, and Elizabeth Mitchell
Jamie McCourt, American ambassador to France
White House Staff
John F. Kelly, White House chief of staff, and Karen Kelly
John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, and Gretchen Bolton
Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, and Judith Kudlow
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, senior advisers to the president
Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser to Mr. Trump
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary, and Bryan Sanders
Joe Hagin, deputy White House chief of staff
Christopher P. Liddell, deputy White House chief of staff for policy coordination, and Renee Liddell
Fiona Hill, presidential adviser on Russia and Europe, and Kenneth Keen
Business Executives
Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods conglomerate, and Hélène Arnault
Thierry Breton, chief executive of Atos, a French technology company
Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, and Lisa Jackson, the company's environmental director
Christian Dargnat, chief executive at BNP Paribas Asset Management
David Hamilton, a Chicago-based businessman, and Catharine Hamilton
Marillyn Hewson, chief executive of Lockheed Martin, and James Hewson
Henry Kravis, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the global investment firm, and Marie-Josée Kravis
Emmanuel Miquel, senior investment manager at Ardian, a French private equity firm
Rupert Murdoch, executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, and Jerry Hall
Dina Powell, financial executive at Goldman Sachs and former deputy national security adviser to Mr. Trump, and David McCormick
Virginia M. Rometty, chief executive of IBM, and Anthony Mark Rometty
John F. W. Rogers, executive vice president of Goldman Sachs, and Deborah Lehr
David M. Rubenstein, co-executive chairman of the Carlyle Group, and Gabrielle Rubenstein
Stephen A. Schwarzman, chief executive of the Blackstone Group, and Christine Schwarzman
Frederick W. Smith, chief executive of FedEx, and Diane Smith
Julie Sweet, Accenture's chief executive for North America, and Chad Sweet
American Notables
Sarah Coulson, Mount Vernon regent, and Douglas Bradburn, Mount Vernon president
Meghan Duggan, captain of the United States Olympic ice hockey team
Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, and Nancy Kissinger
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress and former American ambassador to Austria, and Jo Carole Lauder
Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and Patrick McDaniel
Mary Morton, curator of French painting at the National Gallery of Art, and Keith Forman
John Shuster, American Olympic gold medalist in curling
Annette Simmons, Texas-based philanthropist, and Gerald Fronterhouse
Dr. Benedict Wolf and Ursula Wolf
French Notables
Laurence des Cars, director of the Musée d'Orsay
Laurence Engel, president of the National Library of France
Emmanuel Perrotin, French art dealer and owner of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut
Hervé Pierre, French-American fashion and costume designer
Guy Savoy, French chef
Philippe Besson
Hugo Verges
International Officials
Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio, or Vatican ambassador, to the United States
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/trump-macron-state-dinner-guest-list.html
#4862345 at 2019-01-22 18:14:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6207: Storm Foreshadow Edition
Top US Diplomat For European Affairs Resigns To Spend Time With Family
Another day, another key government figure exits stage left.
A. Wess Mitchell, 41, the top diplomat in charge of European affairs, will resign from the State Department next month according to the WaPo, creating a key vacancy at a time when European leaders are questioning Trump's commitment to historic alliances.
However, unlike other prominent diplomat resignations who parted ways with the administration in silent and not so silent protest of Trump's policies, Mitchell cited personal and professional reasons in a Jan. 4 letter of resignation he submitted to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. His last day as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs is Feb. 15.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-22/top-us-diplomat-european-affairs-resigns-spend-time-family
#4861909 at 2019-01-22 17:34:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6206: Great Economic Story Edition
>>4861369
>Breaking another February resignation
>#BREAKING: Top State Dept official resigns
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Possibly another [C_A] Leftover - Going Away.
* (A. Wess Mitchell)
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Term of Appointment: 10/2017 to present
Dr. Mitchell holds:
An M.A. from the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he was awarded the 2004 Hopper Award; a certificate in EU Studies from the American Consortium on European Union Studies.
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Georgetown University - School of Foreign Services (C_A - Recruiting Center)
* Big Red Flag for me.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/274754.htm
#2793345 at 2018-08-30 04:10:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3529: For Those About To Q - We Salute (You) Edition
Came across this recent testimony by A. Wess Mitchell dismantling Bob Corker. Mitchell is Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (post previously held by Victoria Nuland). Very impressive how he handles himself and I think he has a bright future.
Did some minimal digging, and found out he co-authored a book called THE GODFATHER DOCTRINE.
Summary below. This guy seems to fit into the team very nicely.
"The Godfather Doctrine draws clear and essential lessons from perhaps the greatest Hollywood movie ever made to illustrate America's changing geopolitical place in the world and how our country can best meet the momentous strategic challenges it faces.
In the movie The Godfather, Don Corleone, head of New York's most powerful organized-crime family, is shockingly gunned down in broad daylight, leaving his sons Sonny and Michael, along with his adopted son, consigliere Tom Hagen, to chart a new course for the family. In The Godfather Doctrine, John Hulsman and Wess Mitchell show how the aging and wounded don is emblematic of cold-war American power on the decline in a new world where our enemies play by unfamiliar rules, and how the don's heirs uncannily exemplify the three leading schools of American foreign policy today. Tom, the left-of-center liberal institutionalist, thinks the old rules still apply and that negotiation is the answer. Sonny is the Bush-era neocon who shoots first and asks questions later, proving an easy target for his enemies. Only Michael, the realist, has a sure feel for the changing scene, recognizing the need for flexible combinations of soft and hard power to keep the family strong and maintain its influence and security in a dangerous and rapidly changing world.
Based on Hulsman and Mitchell's groundbreaking and widely debated article, "Pax Corleone," The Godfather Doctrine explains for everyone why Francis Ford Coppola's epic story about a Mafia dynasty holds key insights for ensuring America's survival in the twenty-first century."