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January 31, 2022

Ashford in the Washington Post: The scariest fact about great power politics in 2022

By Atlantic Council

On January 31, Ashford was cited in the Washington Post on the question of Russian strategy.

“Emma Ashford is a leading proponent of the ‘restraint school’ of American foreign policy. Nonetheless, she also told the New York Times’ Max Fisher that Putin’s actions create ‘a risk of pushing Europe together, of amplifying more hawkish voices and capitals’ and that ‘there’s the risk of pulling America back in, even as [Moscow is] trying to push America out of Europe.'”

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