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Putin only understands power and feeds on other people'sfear for escalation (rather than escalation itself) NATO membership for Ukraine 🇺🇦 would be such a powerful message that Putin cannot ignore.

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Russia 🇷🇺 routinely demands that any peace agreement address the war's "root causes," i.e. disarming Ukraine, reducing it to a vassal & part of the "Russian World". Ukraine 🇺🇦 should put THEIR root causes on the table: 🇺🇦 sovereignty within its 1990 borders www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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Greenland is Europe “We want to have cooperation with our critical minerals with our like-minded countries, and EU is a good partner, we like them,” Greenland's 🇬🇱 FM Motzfeldt said. On US: “We’re supposed to be friends. We are allies. Allies don’t do such things.” www.politico.eu/article/gree...

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Coming of age Are these the statesmen that finally draw the line in the sand? 🇪🇺💙🇺🇦

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Old Europe /New Europe? STRONG Europe The UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪 and Poland 🇵🇱 are the backbone of a new and a stronger 💪Europe that supports Ukraine 🇺🇦 - and will stop the dictator in the Kremlin from his neo-imperial ambitions. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Winter war? There are clear signs that Russia is building up again its military capacity near de Finnish border, reports Swedish SVT. ICYMI: that is now a NATO border www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

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As always, Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social is an erudite as well as a visionary. Top 1 take-away: in the next 5 to 10 years, we'll see if we are able to transform from a US led NATO to a non-hegemonic (but effective) European defence. (Looking at Putin, we don't have 10y, perhaps not even 5)

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EU rules for EU citizens! EU fined TikTok €530m as it failed to verify, guarantee and demonstrate that the personal data of 🇪🇺 users, remotely accessed by staff in China, was afforded a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/e...

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Murderers In a war, people get killed. But but to detain, torture, murder and mutilate a journalist in this way, most likely sanctioned by the state, is sickening. Putin's Russia has lost its right to be considered a great nation, let alone a great civilisation. kyivinsider.com/kidnapped-an...

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Gas & guns Not only the minerals deal may help Ukraine 🇺🇦, finally Ukraine can buy more arms directly from the USA. Not a good day for Putin. kyivinsider.com/trump-admini...

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A golden era of American history? The US economy shrank in the first three months of Trump2, despite Trump's claim that sweeping tariffs on the world would strengthen the US economy. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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About dictators and democracy ⤵️ www.latimes.com/world-nation...

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Norway's FM Espen Barth Eide in 🇳🇴 satirical tv prgm Nytt på Nytt Q-With stuff happening in Russia, China, etc, should we not look at EU membership (which the FM's Labour party declines)? A-It's a situationship we don't want to label, for now "Let's make the Single Market great again" 🤣🤣 🇪🇺 💙 🇳🇴

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Every word counts. The 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 MOI sets 26 April as a target to reach a formal agreement Some interesting wording (that may piss off Putin) A free,sovereign & secure UA Ref to the Budapest memorandum where UA returned nuclear weapons (and RU guaranteed UA borders) No obstacles to EU accession for 🇺🇦

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Mind the gap The Suwalki gap 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 is a critical choke point for NATO & to protect the Baltics The effort to strengthen connections is part of a broader European push to invest in dual-use infrastructure — projects designed to meet both civilian and military needs www.politico.eu/article/lith...

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Is "Russian diplomacy" an oxymoron? This is a great read to understand how 🇷🇺 diplomats think (and don't think) and work, with post-imperial nostalgia and raw power politics deeply ingrained in their training In @themoscowtimes.com www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/i...

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Orwell lives i Washington A growing list of words are deemed to be inadmissible on US government web sites, but also in US funded research. Can we now drop the moniker "the land of the free"? pen.org/banned-words...

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Choosing is losing Serbia has to choose one side: you cannot have your cake and eat it.

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on the Kleptocracy Presidency: The number and nature of conflicts of interest is astonishing www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The world today Not quite the headlines we expected a year ago

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Europe is looking North Iceland 🇮🇸 and Norway 🇳🇴 are deeply integrated into the EU’s #EEA & #Schengen Area, yet formally outside the Union. It's time for them to join the 🇪🇺 to secure safety in the Arctic. (And who knows, Canada 🇨🇦 next?) euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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Good guys? With Trump wreaking havoc, we might be tempted to see China 🇨🇳 as the good guys. And then we get this reminder: a LibDem MP with critical views on China's #HumanRights record was bluntly refused entry to Hong Kong to visit her newborn grandson. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Yalta or Munich Which history may be repeating itself (or not)? A good read on what may be ahead for Ukraine

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Why aren’t you wearing a suit? Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

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Blame game Who fucked up most in #Signalgate? Only one person actually did his job: @theatlantic.com editor, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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US's VP & SLOTUS scale back their visit to Greenland, visiting only the US base in the north. Apparently the maxim "all publicity is good publicity" reached its limit. www.gzeromedia.com/news/watchin...

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All NATO's fault

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas considers it a "realistic plan" to first agree on €5 billion in ammunition for Ukraine.

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Subliminal politics China's 🇨🇳 #NineDashLine seems to pop up in unexpected places. And Vietnam 🇻🇳 is not having it. Quite rightly, the imaginary line was thrown out of court (LOS arbitration) & is a fabrication of Chinese neo-colonialism. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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"Interesting comparison" ...

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Double standards ⚖️ The absolute #FreedomOfSpeech that Musk, Vance & Trump promote (including the freedom to promote lies aka alternative facts) seems to be not so free for people criticising #MAGA policies. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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"No US president had been so ignorant of the lessons of history, or so incompetent in putting his own ideas into practice. Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Self inflicted harm. European and other non-US defence contractors will benefit from the eroding confidence in Trumpland (earlier Portugal 🇵🇹, now Canada 🇨🇦) No doubt Trump fails to understand that his policies will significantly hurt major US companies, like Lockheed Martin.

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ICYMI, this war is existential for 🇺🇦 And Americans wonder why Ukraine doesn't want peace at all costs ....

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#Democracy is no free ride for fraudsters & cyber fakers. Far-right Călin Georgescu is banned from the re-run or Romania's 🇷🇴 presidential elections - despite pressure from Trump & Musk The 🇷🇴 Central Electoral Bureau will communicate on its arguments later this week www.politico.eu/article/far-...

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With the USA stopping all intelligence to Ukraine 🇺🇦, Britain urges to form breakaway 'Four Eyes' alliance 🇬🇧+ 🇨🇦+ 🇦🇺+ 🇳🇿 without the US www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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No wonder Macron stands up for European defence industry: French companies have a lot to gain (and honestly, at this time I have less issues with paying a French company rather a 🇺🇸 behemot like Lockheed Martin or Raytheon)

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France 🇫🇷 to the Rescue! French-Made Mirage 2000 Jets Could Become Ukraine’s Most Important Aerial Radar Jammers as 🇺🇸 F-16 countermeasures becomes a victim of Trump's decision to stop supporting Ukraine 🇪🇺💙 🇺🇦 www.forbes.com/sites/davida...

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In the meantime, Poland 🇵🇱 is preparing for an aggressive Russia at its borders. Nobody knowing history should be surprised. tvpworld.com/85449284/pol...

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