“When #Karabakh forces surrendered, it was understood that had to lay down all their arms and all the governmental structures would be dismantled ... signing isn't an indication of a negotiated arrangement; it’s you lost in war, and you have no choice.” mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/zowJgP8J…

Discussion for Council on Foreign Relations (Council on Foreign Relations) with Olesya Vartanyan (Olesya Vartanyan) and myself on the current situation in Nagorno-#Karabakh, probing the current situation on the ground and prospects for peace. cfr.org/event/virtual-…

“Reintegration” of #Karabakh via blockade & military action – and subsequent flight of almost its entire population – will yield neither peace in Caucasus, nor peace in our time. We're entering a perilous moment, with potential for further violence with even wider repercussions.

Never the believe that the countries involved don't pay close attention to this fact!

It makes no sense to recruit, train, and develop the most capable Foreign Service in the world and leave so many of America's key diplomatic positions empty. #Diplomacy

Last month helped lead an Army War College exercise The LBJ School on Jammu-Kashmir, then a Patterson School crisis sim on Yemen. Now taking The Patterson School students to DC to meet U/S jenkinsb & other officials on real diplomatic steps needed to protect & advance American interests

The sky grew dark this afternoon over Lexington, KY University of Kentucky Kentucky Men’s Basketball Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗

Great discussion today on US interagency process with reps from #Kosovo visiting The Patterson School under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

Today I transitioned from full-time faculty to professor emeritus marked by a delightful retirement party with The Patterson School School students and afterwards my last formal class: a seminar on the "Diplomacy of Nuclear Weapons" and a lively discussion of #globalzero University of Kentucky

#Aurora over Lexington, Kentucky. Near Ecton Park. #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights

50,000-strong #GeorgiaProtests fail to slow down Parliament's passage of Russia-style "Foreign Agent" law. This path significantly undermines Georgian democracy and Tbilisi's EU membership prospects.

In 2000 Minsk Group co-chairs gave Heydar #Aliyev a mosaic fragment from Aghdam's damaged Juma Mosque, which we hoped to see rebuilt. He was moved; so much so that the meeting had to be paused. Mosque has now been restored & reopened. #Azerbaijan youtube.com/watch?v=7FUpIM…

Surprised Putin took so long to remove Defense Minister #Shoigu; CHOD Gerasimov may not be far behind. Shoigu's replacement suggests Putin may be as concerned about the daunting cost of #Ukraine war as #Russia's military effectiveness.

Raised with Mitch McConnell need for greater funding for diplomacy & development and importance of US maintaining steadfast support for #Ukraine. Also, desire that he return again to The Patterson School School to speak with our students “off the record” about foreign policy. USGLC

There are expectations that either Dogs or Cats will be eaten in Lexington, Kentucky tomorrow. #SECfootball University of Kentucky UGA

You could feel the shudder from Tallinn in the Baltic to Tbilisi in the Black.

You could feel the shudder from Tallinn in the Baltic to Tbilisi in the Black. #Ukraine

On #AlJazeera I noted “in his quest for a Nobel Peace Prize, Trump May trip over TRIPP” (Trump Route for International Peace & Prosperity). This is not a peace deal, but more a positive statement of intent by #Armenia & #Azerbaijan. Durable peace demands a more complex solution.

Comments on White House initiative with Armenia & Azerbaijan mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/pkOpFnfj…