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Naval officer, security and defence with focus on the Nordic and the Baltic Sea area. Father of 4, sailor, runner and trekker.
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A tolerant society must meet intolerance with ice cold harshness. If not it is destined to sooner or later abolish itself.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

Telling the Ukrainians they shouldn’t have started the war is some real high-level assholery.

submitted 3 days ago • 347 comments

I’m just a simple officer but have come to the conclusion that Trump and his administration are not a serious actor in foreign policy. You could basically enter any bar and find people with better ideas of handling the current situation.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Molotov-Ribbentrop 2.0

submitted 4 days ago • 61 comments

Wrote a short summary of how antagonizing Europe can backfire on the Trump administration, at the expense of US global power. More on the European side of things when we know more about the results from Paris

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Sweden doesn’t rule out sending troops to Ukraine, says the foreign minister. Norway has said that no decisions have been made but also no clear no. I bet that Danes would be willing send their Viking Squad too. 🫡

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Hi All, just sent out my weekend update, free as always. This is arguably the most momentous week in European history since 1991 or even 1945. The US pivoted this week to be a friend of dictators who is forcing unilateral concessions on democracies. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 6 days ago • 51 comments

The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting

submitted 8 days ago • 183 comments

Nordic-Baltic joint statement on Ukraine just published. Good to see that coordination has been swift and unhesitant. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/n...

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Are we witnessing the exact moment in history when USA seizes to be the leader of the free world?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Watching Trump and Hegseth play Jenga with world peace, but some of the blocks are Armageddon is not helping my heartburn. The US security guarantee is what allows global trade. No one else has the Navy needed to keep that system moving. It's going to fail & a lot of people will die because of it.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

A powerful encapsulation of Western decline - you only get a clown show like this when your institutions are in trouble:

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Finally a proper sailor have entered the chat…😅 of course he’s Finnish.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments