notes from pittsburgh about global matters
*Situation in Ukraine in Early 2024:* Background Information and a Conversation with Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan & Poland, Thomas Simons
Provided in this site are notes and links to readings and analyses assembled for a February 28, 2024 meeting in a Zoom videoconference about the situation in Ukraine with former Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., a former U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 1990 to 1993 and Ambassador to Pakistan from 1996 to 1998.
Challenges Facing Taiwan: A Conversation
Notes and links to readings and analyses are assembled to provide background for a January 20, 2024 meeting held in a Zoom videoconference about challenges facing Taiwan. A guest from Taiwan participated in the meeting.
