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Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

submitted 17 hours ago • 117 comments

“The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to ground by Trump. Europeans need to plan for, & invest in, a future where they have to defend themselves without the US.That future does not loom in the distance. It is already here” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 hours ago • 35 comments

"Europe must chart its own course...Most agree defence spending must rise, financed by new borrowing. Expanded joint weapons production and procurement is essential; $300bn in frozen Russian assets should be seized to fund Ukraine." - Simon Tisdall www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Lâchée par Trump, l’Europe doit se trouver un nouveau Churchill

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

My thesis here is that it’s presumptuous and deluded to claim UK can still be “bridge” between US/EU. Real task is to avoid burning bridges w either. But, balance moving decidedly towards weaning ourselves off US dependency, and moving closer to EU, as US interests/values diverge from ours.

submitted 3 hours ago • 5 comments

This agreement makes no sense and has no benefits for Ukraine, while also officializing the idea Ukrainians should pay back a massively inflated amount of past aid — I have no idea why some in Europe are pushing Zelensky to sign it

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

submitted 23 hours ago • 292 comments

To be fair - we should probably put NATO into administration and drive Europe to fill the defence space... ...a complete reversal of the previous dynamic, I am fully aware, but actually a huge opportunity for Europe (manufacturing, R&D, hard power, cybersecurity, procurement cohesion, etc, etc).

submitted 5 hours ago • 32 comments

Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 4 hours ago • 55 comments

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1098 comments

“Britain must choose between an unstable alliance with Trump or aligning with a resilient, unified Europe”

submitted 1 day ago • 70 comments

Europe's politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump.

submitted 17 hours ago • 63 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 1 day ago • 1309 comments

Bannon has a bit of a "I can't afford to sue all of you if you call it a Nazi salute" half heartedness to it that Musk's didn't.

submitted 1 day ago • 67 comments

🚨BREAKING CROSSPOST AFTER DDOS ATTACK Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

Trump fires top US military officers - including America's most senior commander news.sky.com/story/trump-...

submitted 17 hours ago • 43 comments

‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline Everyone should read this powerful & heartbreaking article from @doctoroxford.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Current American foreign policy is about draining power from the US and its allies, thereby creating atmospherics in which Donald Trump feels good and Elon Musk converts lost state capacity into personal profit. The weakness, in other words, is the point. snyder.substack.com/p/affirmativ...

submitted 3 days ago • 54 comments

Trump’s framing of these talks is so wrong. 1) Why does Russia have any right to any sovereign Ukrainian territory? 2) Why’s the US “mediating”? Have both parties asked it to? 3) How can the US be a mediator when it’s seeking its own material gain from at least one party? 4) Why exclude Europe?

submitted 4 days ago • 123 comments

"Yes it was a very productive meeting. We spent nearly four and a half hours agreeing that Mr Putin was right." #Ukraine #PeaceTalks

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

‘a prominent German politician told me: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.” A senior diplomat said: “It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.” When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: “Yes.”…’ on.ft.com/4b2uPNM

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

The British government is facing a fresh demand from Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey to shelve the parliamentary recess after Keir Starmer pitched UK involvement in a post-war peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

"Europe must now start the painful process of “de-risking” its relationship with the US, looking for areas of dangerous dependence on America and stripping them out of the system.” from @gideonrachman.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/11f1...

submitted 5 days ago • 63 comments

Russian media report that Lavrov and Ushakov are flying to Riyadh to meet a U.S. delegation tomorrow. Possible topics include negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war, arranging a Trump-Putin meeting, and restoring Russian-American relations.

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

This is no time for trite slogans “Keep Calm and Carry On.” We cannot carry on as we were before. No wishful thinking, “it’s just a phase”End delusions. America under Trump is not our friend. There’s no “soft landing” for the UK. We need to club together with like minded countries, and resist.

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

⚡Starmer open to deploying British troops for Ukraine peacekeeping effort. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote in an article for the Telegraph on Feb. 16. that he did not take lightly the idea of placing British servicemen and women in harm’s way.

submitted 6 days ago • 46 comments

Muhsin Hendricks, le “premier imam ouvertement gay” au monde, froidement assassiné

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 83 comments

I don’t see much value in continued Five Eyes cooperation with Trump in the White House, Vance and Musk supporting far right pro-Russian parties and someone like Gabbard as DNI

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

UK Labour maintaining the government’s appeal against « Liberty » and trying to keep abusive undemocratic Tory legislation against legitimate demonstration rights is so “on brand” for Statmer. As a PM, he really follows the Tory tradition of incompetent authoritarians.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments