Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Sudden support from China hawks makes me wonder whether Trump’s Taiwan call was really a mistake, as some suggest https://t.co/eSYVer1sQ3 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

For the curious, I wrote this broad explainer on the China-Taiwan issue (and the US role in it) last year https://t.co/soywahqGJN — PolitiTweet.org

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Given some of the anti-China hardliners in Trump’s orbit, I’m not sure Beijing is just going to laugh this off? Or can afford to, really? — PolitiTweet.org

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“Foreign states will know this is all just a silly game and words don’t matter” is not really how foreign policy works — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump statement refers to the nation of Taiwan — non-recognition of Taiwan has been US policy since 1979. https://t.co/jk7QYg3Zx1 — PolitiTweet.org

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oh my god https://t.co/HRgftsboZv — PolitiTweet.org

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@wesleysmorgan Yes I think you’re correct – and wonder degree to which that might be deliberate, to cope with host nation sensitivities — PolitiTweet.org

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@wesleysmorgan interesting. this says 200-275 imminently at clark, so maybe they’re moving things around? https://t.co/JyK553vMiW — PolitiTweet.org

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@wesleysmorgan May be right. Seems so off I’m just reaching out to DoD. It’s first item marked “Sept 2016” here https://t.co/X8bddESlgi — PolitiTweet.org

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@MajorSisyphus That was my guess, maybe host nation sensitivities. Perhaps a certain Gulf country or two. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @libbyanelson: ugh, the term "fake news" is the new "clickbait," isn't it — PolitiTweet.org

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@MajorSisyphus Wouldn’t they be listed as based in wherever their fleet is based, e.g. Yokosuka? Most aren’t Navy FWIW — PolitiTweet.org

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So, uh, about these 28,000 US active-duty troops and 12,000 reservists who are listed as based overseas in country… https://t.co/LISE7V1z2E — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

What am I missing? Latest DoD numbers seem to say only 36 US military personnel in the Philippines? Less than Peru?… https://t.co/Ce0cRFVhrJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Secretary of Space War Newton L. Gingrich — PolitiTweet.org

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remember newt gingrich’s moon base — PolitiTweet.org

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The House has given Trump formal authority to proliferate anti-aircraft missiles in Syria. What could go wrong? https://t.co/uMQhzxzMm5 — PolitiTweet.org

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I have a feel Trump will change his tune on NATO when he hears that Germany contributed $722M in construction costs & reimbursements in 2009 — PolitiTweet.org

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The range of possible outcomes in US foreign policy over the next 4 years is basically infinite. — PolitiTweet.org

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@comradewong @andersostlund yes per @ProfSaunders the next four years are going to be an unprecedented test in elite fracture — PolitiTweet.org

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@fmkaplan correct — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fmkaplan: Keep in mind: Marine Corps has never had nukes; they're the most anti-nuke service of all the military. Land-based ICBMs ARE… — PolitiTweet.org

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@thekarami "mattis, superhawk who stood up to obama and hates the mullahs" plays into too many preexisting narratives to be overcome — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rcallimachi: Partytime in Gambia, as electoral commissions says strongman of 2 decades to step down. Hrs ago he warned that even peacef… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MilesPomper: @Max_Fisher My presumption is that Mattis unlike the Obama WH favored retaining ambiguity on use of military force vis Ira… — PolitiTweet.org

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We are going to have to just completely reset every bedrock assumption we have about how foreign policy is conducted. — PolitiTweet.org

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Given Trump’s Sharif call, have to wonder if he’s even aware he invited Duterte to visit, much less significance of… https://t.co/VZbt4uS01t — PolitiTweet.org

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@andersostlund You are definitely not alone there — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DenisonBe: @Max_Fisher What counts as dovish is complicated. It ruins our extended deterrence posture & freaks out Japan, Korea, Baltic… — PolitiTweet.org

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@andersostlund Seems like he is a traditional Atlanticist, lots of praise for Baltic states. Suspect will oppose any realignment with Moscow — PolitiTweet.org