Eric Shimp (@eashimp) 's Twitter Profile
Eric Shimp

@eashimp

former diplomat (FSO and USTR) & foreign policy pro in the nation's capital

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SPIES&VESPERS (@spiesvespers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

OTD Feb 22 1946 U.S diplomat George Kennan sends 8,000-word missive to State Dept. offering his views on USSR. Called The Long Telegram, later published in Foreign Affairs. Worth reading today! Really. Read the damned thing!

OTD Feb 22 1946 U.S diplomat George Kennan sends 8,000-word missive to State Dept. offering his views on USSR. Called The Long Telegram, later published in Foreign Affairs. Worth reading today! Really. Read the damned thing!
Robinson Rams (@robinsonrams) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Robo Girls BBall State Quarterfinals vs Oakton Athletics will be played at Fairfax HS, Friday March 3rd at 7:45pm. Link to tickets is below. 🤘🏼 #RamPride secure-web.cisco.com/1kl0xct9AUd_VW…

WashPost HS Sports (@washposths) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After Friday's big win over Oakton, it was clear the Robinson Rams have vengeance on the mind. On Monday, they'll face Madison, who eliminated them last season. “The revenge tour continues.” washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/03…

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Get ready for tonight's Drake Basketball game with a steady diet of national media coverage starting with @JFeinsteinBooks' profile of Coach and Tucker DeVries for the The Washington Post: wapo.st/3ZVZtSC #DrakeALLIN #DSMHometownTeam

Ho-fung Hung (@hofunghung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

while the RMB remains inconvertible, it can't challenge the euro, yen, let alone the USD. lifting forex control is the last thing the CCP desires. Countries with troubled currencies often advocate RMB replacing the USD. what they actually want is to...ft.com/content/669260…

james crabtree (@jamescrabtree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"US-China relations will not improve anytime soon. ... enduring enmity and bad relations between them will be very costly for both, and will mean big trouble for the rest of the world." Worth reading Sing PM Lee speech yesterday, esp on Taiwan etc. pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/PM-Le…

"US-China relations will not improve anytime soon. ... enduring enmity and bad relations between them will be very costly for both, and will mean big trouble for the rest of the world."

Worth reading Sing PM Lee speech yesterday, esp on Taiwan etc. 

pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/PM-Le…
Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/4 "The Economist’s argument [that the historical success of the US economy is due to laissez faire policies, minimal government intervention and free trade] reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of US history", says Brad Delong. DeLong🖖 Project Syndicate prosyn.org/DyaUU6W

Eric Shimp (@eashimp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Understanding the impact of a shifting geopolitical paradigm on trade, investment and capital going to be a critical difference maker for all manner of industries…that comforting old high globalization playbook will no longer suit the “game”. Tina Fordham

Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/6 Melissa Chen notes that the messiness of democracy is a feature, not a bug, but worries that the "PR" of democracy is tanking. She's right, but the irony is that democracy always loses its prestige precisely when it is proving its greatest value.

Jennifer Hillman (@j_a_hillman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Of all the writing I've done lately, I'm proudest of a cool new textbook to teach international trade law -- done for free so that no student anywhere in the world is unable to learn trade law because textbooks are too expensive. Come hear all about this new approach to teaching

Eric Shimp (@eashimp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Derisking from American uncertainty is underway in both the security & economic spheres. Consequences likely to prove durable while the process will yield greater turbulence. NYT laying out elements of the trade piece: nytimes.com/2025/07/13/wor…