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Reading Reinhold Niebuhr again is illuminating in these times. For example, from The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944), p. 185: “If America achieves maturity, the primary mark of it must be the willingness to assume continuing responsibility in the world community of nations.”

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Update: www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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The #4Nations Face-Off hockey experience has been amazing. Let’s expand it next year to include Czechia and Slovakia!

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Dear Universe, No thank you. We’re going through some things right now and really don’t need this. With deepest respect, Earth phys.org/news/2025-02...

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“For the sake of American global power,” @alanderminna.bsky.social writes, “the Western alliance is not something the US should gamble away lightly.”

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Stunning

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Jupiter and Callisto Shadow - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/sNHcCr

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Disruptive shifts in tech & warfare threaten European security - but also offer us the chance to invert our military disadvantage against Russia. We need a strategy to seize the opportunities, mitigate the threats & address our defence industrial issues. @DSI_Strategy is on it.

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Important new report from the excellent @maxbergmann.bsky.social @erep.csis.org, including: “Each of the policy areas examined in this report could become a major source of tension. They each could spiral out of control and cause deep, perhaps irrevocable risks.” www.csis.org/analysis/tra...

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Quick to judge Quick to anger Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear Walk hand in hand — Neal Peart, “Witch Hunt” (Rush 1981)

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The 1938 Munich Crisis and the 1945 appeasement of Stalin over the fate of Poland are warnings of the psychological traps awaiting democratic leaders when attempting to negotiate with a dictator. Brilliant essay by Keith Lowe at @engelsbergideas.bsky.social: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/def...

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Scholz, at #MSC2025 said that Germany cannot spend more on defence by cutting in other areas as the citizens would be against it. @ecfr.eu actually asked exactly that question, and 40% of Germans (against 36%) say they would want more money for defence even if it meant cutting spending elsewhere.

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Presidents need to be challenged—but sycophants and staffers are unlikely to do so. Overruling any counsel they offer is easy; the president pays no political price for it because they have no power bases to call on, as @kschake.bsky.social and I point out here: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-t...

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Ollie’s mood is about right

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An excellent essay on infrastructure networks by Mary Bridges at @engelsbergideas.bsky.social: “The key to surviving in an interconnected world is not preventing failure: it’s mastering recovery.” engelsbergideas.com/essays/infra...

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Love this one

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How about that

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Russia's Northern Fleet faces wide gap between ambitions and resources, 🇸🇯 intel report says.

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Greenland bans foreign funding to safeguard upcoming elections from interference www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/w... @nytimes.com

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Your restroom moment of Zen

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The Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson announced today their biggest military aid package to Ukraine for ~$1,2 billion, of which nearly $90 million will be allocated towards production of Ukrainian long-range missiles and drones. Long live Sweden! A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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This chart from the @economist.com on solar is just astonishing. We are terrible at predicting the energy future. It is also part of the reason I'm optimistic about Europe's economic future. It has the tools (batteries/renewable) to rapidly lower energy costs. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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92 years ago today: Adolf Hitler became Germany's new chancellor. By constitutional means.

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Norway's new Finnmark Brigade will closely cooperate with Finnish forces and self-imposed restrictions on allied training along the border to Russia are up for change, Chief of the Norwegian Army Lars Lervik said during a visit to Kirkenes

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Your friendly reminder that this is a Year of the Snake

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NBC 4 in DC @nbcwashington.com is providing excellent multifaceted coverage on the horrific plane crash right now: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/a...

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‼️ Russia: “A passenger Boeing on the Dubai-Moscow flight, which sent out a distress signal over the Caspian Sea, aborted its flight and landed safely in Astrakhan” 🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE This is the 9th incident requiring emergency landing in 2025 www.interfax.ru/russia/1005306

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A cheese factory exploded today in France. I heard da brie is everywhere.

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Good to figure out www.universetoday.com/170634/how-w...

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Your Denali moment of Zen

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A gorgeous view of Jupiter that I have never seen before. Thank you @kevinmgill.bsky.social

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1. Please read this thread from the excellent @chriskempshall.bsky.social about how hard it can be to do creative historical work in academia. 2. Then listen to my deep dive with him on politics, natsec, and Star Wars. 3. Then buy one of his books to show support. open.spotify.com/episode/5NcH...

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We’re getting closer to operational #drone swarms. Sweden unveils drone swarm to be paired with ground troops www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

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Your American dog moment of Zen

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“Although they live in one of the world’s most peaceful and prosperous regions, and have never had it so good,” @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social writes, “many Europeans are thoroughly pessimistic at the moment.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/17/e...

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One more time: The intentionality of the cable damage incidents does not really matter ! What matters is that 1) Russia is using the shadow fleet to circumvent sanctions 2) the shadow fleet poses environmental, navigational and infrastructure hazards

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Welcomed #CBSSwisepersons @ilvestoomas.bsky.social & @glandsbergis.bsky.social in #Tallinn today. A close & broad cooperation with like-minded countries in the #BalticSea is becoming highly important. During Estonia´s #CBSS Presidency we'll focus on changing the security environment of the region.

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Presidents need to be challenged—yet a top team composed entirely, or almost entirely, of staffers is the least likely to perform this function. Overruling their counsel is all too easy. Here, @kschake.bsky.social and I offer our thoughts on the phenomenon: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-t...

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