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70sbachchan.bsky.social
Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development. I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-polycrisis/
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Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Merz cast the US as an enemy of the European project. He urged the EU to build up its own defence capabilities, warning that it was now “five minutes to midnight for Europe” Are you going to put your money where your mouth is? www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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What should Europe do in response? www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur... bsky.app/profile/anni...

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I have zero knowledge on how a European military-industrial complex could be combined with the Green transition, social protections and global cooperation. Frankly I have whiplash from the speed of events - so this piece is very insightful and helpful.

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If you’re wondering how on earth Europe navigates the post-transatlantic era of defense spending, self imposed fiscal restraint, energy vulnerability and climate goals… so are @70sbachchan.bsky.social and I www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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“Today, this means that in order to be free from authoritarian blackmail—whether Putin’s or Trump’s—Europe must go green.”

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Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal. NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: If European leaders are unhappy with Trump, they should stop talking and start acting. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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I can assure you that every fixed income and macro manager watching that meeting yesterday immediately contemplated the grim possibility where US Treasuries aren’t the risk-free asset

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Behind closed doors in February’s emergency meeting in Paris, US has sent these direct questions for European governments to answer. (Source: Reuters) All the governments tweeting out their support of Zelensky & Ukraine must have their answers right? phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal. NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: If European leaders are unhappy with Trump, they should stop talking and start acting. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal. NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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As a Wisconsin voter, absolutely. Every nation deserves its own sovereignty. But, Wisconsin 🧀 is still better than French 🧀.

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"We cannot leave security of Europe in the hands of Wisconsin voters every 4 years. Let's get out of collective denial: Europeans must take control of their destiny" -France's Minister for Europe Barrot NEW: @katemac.bsky.social @phenomenalworld.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

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“Can the EU survive without the transatlantic military alliance created 75 years ago to, in the words of its founding Secretary General, ‘keep the Germans down, the Russians out, and the Americans in’?” NEW from @katemac.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal. NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

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📢 Registration is now open! 📢 Check out our powerhouse lineup and sign up to attend: beyond-neoliberalism.org @glgerstle.bsky.social @maggor.bsky.social #BeyondNeoliberalism

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Chinese companies' overseas manufacturing investment has created about 250,000 jobs in Vietnam, around 120,000 in India, and approaching 100,000 in Russia, Indonesia and Mexico, according to Yu Fei of the Chinese Finance 40 Institute

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Decarbonisation threatens the very structure of intl order, founded on fossil-fuelled economic growth and interdependence Can Climate action survive geopolitical fragmentation? Can it thrive on a tightrope? @picharbonnier.bsky.social interview on War Ecology greeneuropeanjournal.eu/if-you-want-...

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A slightly experimental blogpost. More of a scrapbook if anything. "The Gramsci of Life" www.yusufimaadkhan.com/posts/gramsc...

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I gave this talk on Monday to our brilliant residents. On Wednesday, the US saw the first measles death in a decade. There was no need for this.

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We are struggling with some of the weighty questions hanging over development. We’d love if you would like to take a stab at answering some of these questions. @katemac.bsky.social @thepolycrisis.bsky.social buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

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Hearing Merz say “I’m not sure NATO will exist in June” is quite something

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For all the media hype about Sarah Wagenknecht, we will probably read little about the fact that Die Linke has profited massively from her leaving the party. As a clearly left-wing party, now without strong reactionary tendencies, it scored almost twice as much as the left-conservative BSW! #BTW25

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I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again). "The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties. #BTW25 #GermanElection

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Wow! DIe Linke does much better than expected, while both CDU and AfD fall below symbolically important 30% and 20%, respectively. FDP might still make it, BSW less likely. Grand Coalition is possible but narrow margins... #BTW25 #GermanElection

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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

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Fantastically brutal review of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's new book, The Technological Republic by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Trump admin wants to improve its trade balance* with various countries by forcing them to buy US exports - agreeing to do so is one way that countries are appeasing Trump. It also wants to support/boost US hydrocarbon (fossil fuel) industries. So it's unsurprising they want FF export deals 1/

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Look up the climate and infrastructure projects in your neighborhood funded under Biden! Within a 20 mile radius of my ZIP code, there is $432,251,261.99 😯 invested in projects that'll make my city and county better! grist.org/accountabili...

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“Negotiations over technology transfer, market access, and finance deals are a permanent feature of the “second cold war”: call it green industrial statecraft.” A very short dispatch from me and @70sbachchan.bsky.social this week: buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

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Trump’s new tariffs could crush Canada's and Mexico's car industries. Production could drop by 71% & 57%. Very uneven effect on automakers: - Big losers: Volkswagen & Stellantis - Tesla & GM + Toyota, Hyundai & Subaru could gain English version with T.Mayer &P.Wibaux www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post...

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