I wrote a profile of Kaja Kallas, the empathetic but tough Estonian prime minister, who will probably become the EU's next High Representative for Foreign Affairs. She's very interesting to interview--she's reflective and treats it as an actual conversation. www.economist.com/europe/2024/...

Kaja Kallas, the plain-talking Estonian tipped to be the EU’s top diplomat

She was once thought too nice to lead; now some European leaders worry she is too tough

Interesting piece. I think the concern is not so much that she will focus on Russia "to the detriment of Europe’s relations w/ the rest of the world", but that her attitude to Russia is not widely shared in EU and is likely to ramp up conflict w/ R. And that this is a bad combination.

Still want to see her or Sanna Marin with the NATO top job.