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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731.bsky.social

Former career diplomat and U.S. ambassador. Faculty Northwestern U.

Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“The American people deserve to hear from the administration why it has made changes to long-standing U.S. foreign policy, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has the power to insist on answers for us.” /end

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“From the establishment of the Marshall Plan to the recent present, Congressional authorizations and appropriations have confirmed bipartisan support for using foreign aid to advance our interests. /6

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“These actions represent a reversal of our approach to foreign policy since World War II. They have been carried out without any input from stakeholders, public or private, and certainly without the considered input of you and other elected representatives. /5

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“Regarding foreign aid, while the Administration did announce it intended to conduct a review “with an eye toward reorganization” of USAID, it has already effectively dismantled the agency. It has also said it was eliminating more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts. /4

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“In my long experience as a Foreign Service Officer, I have never known the U.S. to reward an aggressor for illegal gains and force the victim to surrender to him. /3

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“On Ukraine, today’s shameful treatment of the Ukrainian president in the Oval Office suggests that the administration intends to force Ukraine to capitulate to the Kremlin and freeze in place Russia’s illegal seizure and occupation of 20% of Ukraine’s territory. /2

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

and two, whether the administration intends to continue to use foreign aid as an instrument of foreign policy. /1

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What I wrote to chair of the SFRC: “The SFRC must immediately schedule hearings to clarify administration policy on two issues important for our national security: one, whether the U.S. intends to force peace on Ukraine by freezing in place Russia’s gains there; /0

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

While the world is distracted by the Trump/Musk chaos, Georgia’s one-party regime rolls out another legislative weapon to muzzle independent media. transparency.ge/en/post/new-...

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The New Restrictive Legislation Aims to Destroy Critical TV Channels

Yesterday, on February 24-th, "Georgian Dream" initiated two packages of amendments to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting which are at odds with freedom of expression enshrined by the Constitution and...

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our transatlantic ties may break, but no worries: we have new allies! “Together We Are Unbeatable! We are brother Slavs — this is the real Holy Russia!”

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Ian Kelly @ikelly731.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Neither fit nor qualified to lead the nation’s counterintelligence efforts. Any senator who confirms him is either ignorant or subservient to an undemocratic power.

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