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woman in the café next to me is eating a croissant with a knife and fork, does anyone have a direct personal number for Emmanuel Macron

submitted 1 day ago • 98 comments

Ireland’s neutrality is widely regarded as absurd and complacent

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

This is a good call. Too early to say that peace negotiations have failed since they haven't properly begun, but if Trump has understood that Zelensky can't just be coerced, the whole plan falls apart and Trump looks weak.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Peace negotiations have failed, and now he is turning the MAGA public on Ukraine. It's really quite diabolical.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 3 days ago • 121 comments

Expeditionary warfare, with small professional troops and equipment to fit the crisis management tasks, was NATO’s post-Cold War doctrine. Led and implemented by the US. Europeans should have done more since 2014 but complaining about the small size of European militaries is a bad faith argument.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Brief thoughts on a European force for Ukraine. I think there is a degree of requirements paralysis. It doesn’t have to be hundreds of thousands of troops, or cover a 1200km contact line. Where it is deployed, and in what role, is more important than the overall size. 1/

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

An additional reason for the sort of moves I outline below is that it's important for Europe to take the strategic initiative, and fast.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.

submitted 4 days ago • 70 comments

The way democracy functions has shifted. The internet has changed it forever. There is no going back. The Trump administration understands this. And the only way to beat them is to accept this, as well. Happy President's Day. www.garbageday.email/p/you-can-ne...

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Rant incoming: 🧵 Scholz says is it “premature” to discuss the possibility of European troops in Ukraine. This is, sorry, really bad strategy and communication. Is it premature to *announce* troop? Yes of course! We don’t know the situation, the possible deal etc. (1)

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

I fear that this will not only be about Ukraine. But about a larger deal on European security architecture and a new US relationship with Russia. Trump and Putin share interests when it comes to American troop presence in Europe, withdrawal of US capabilities, NATO enlargement… They can go big.

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

It is INSANE that journalists are writing little sketches about Trump’s threats towards Canada. Have you lost your minds? Is this all just a bit of fun? It reveals a complete lack of understanding of how America is now acting towards longstanding allies.

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

Wherever possible please buy your books directly from authors and/or publishers. Even ebooks (then Amazon can't delete them either). We make a better cut and you get the same thing or better, plus Bezos and ilk don't get richer. Win win win.

submitted 5 days ago • 201 comments

I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA. The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.

submitted 4 days ago • 359 comments