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Yes.

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I want to tell you a story. In 2015, I was in the small Lithuanian city of Panevežys, standing with the locals, watching a military parade. But this was no ordinary parade, because marching alongside the Lithuanian troops were our American allies.🧵1/17

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My warmest greetings go out to the wonderful people who built their careers sniffing out “Ukrainian Nazis” under every stone in Ukraine for tasty headlines that fueled Russian war propaganda on this-is-why-Ukraine-must-be-dealt-with, only to get Nazi salutes normalized in their own country.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

Donald Trump’s Putinization of America My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll take out my crystal ball and predict what the alliance between the US and Russia could mean for Ukraine, Europe and geopolitics in general. These recent changes could be a real risk for the whole of Europe, and need to be addressed quickly. 1/23

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 18 that Ukraine "should have never started" the war.

submitted 3 days ago • 68 comments

This. Thread.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Let us not despair but act. That's my No.1 takeaway from #MSC2025, yesterday’s Paris summit, & today's US-Russia talks in Riyadh. Enough of the 'wake-up calls', ‘unity’ & the 'hour of Europe', those Europeans who get it must embrace the 'Nike Strategy' & #JustDoIt 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 41 comments

The US discussing Ukraine's need for elections with russia, while russia continues to bomb Ukraine and hasn't held real elections in decades, showcases an astonishing level of absurdity that is hard to put into words. You all have no shame!

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible" The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today. snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...

submitted 8 days ago • 69 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

This thread is absolutely spot on. Terrifying, but accurate.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17

submitted 7 days ago • 198 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 • 50 comments

🧵 1/ Nesdílím nyní opět populární naříkání nad churavou Evropou - Stále #1 v kvalitě životě a rozdíl se zvyšuje - Uzdravený jih - Top ve farma - ozempic a biontech nejsou náhodou - Nenápadně rostoucí tech vč. b2c, poprvé máme několik kandidátů na možný "big tech" (např. InPost s českým vlastnictvím)

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Friends, May we never forget that while negotiations,statements, addresses and the rest of the (undoubtedly important) diplomacy track are happening,exhausted #Ukrainian men &women in military uniform are holding back evil on the frontlines. Without them,there would be no diplomacy track at all.

submitted 6 days ago • 332 comments

🧵1/6 Europe won't survive sleeping through another wake-up call. We should jump out of bed and throw on a shirt. We should do what we can, with what we’ve got. And we’ve got a lot. Here's how to step things up as the US steps down:

submitted 9 days ago • 77 comments

Hi All, I released this post to subscribers a few months ago, about what Europe could do for Ukraine or its own security if Trump did exactly what we are seeing now. I've taken off the paywall--as I think its important enough that anyone should read it who wants. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

Two key points I’ve emphasized in calls with journalists today: 1. Strategic Balance – The overall balance of power remains far more favorable to Ukraine, even with only European support. 1/5

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Europe had better realize that the US under Trump is not an ally and not even a friend.

submitted 10 days ago • 41 comments

Based on direct statements from President Trump, Ukraine would be expected to "pay back" $500 billion in resources. Thread: 1/ This was not framed as a trade of new weapons for resources, but rather, as Trump put it, "We are going to have all this money, and I want it back."

submitted 11 days ago • 26 comments

Three years of war. exhaustion is setting in. Aid from foreign partners is uncertain. Russian forces press forward, and every day, Ukraine’s defenders hold the line. Holding the it requires more than just courage, it requires equipment. 🖇️: paypal.com/donate?campa...

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else. slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 17 days ago • 617 comments

Ani jsem toho dneska tolik sdílet nechtěl, nechci plevelit, ale tohle je text, kvůli kterému (pokud se nasdílí anglicky na původním zdroji) Musk na X flaguje profily a ničí jejich dosah. Zajímavá doba. denikn.cz/1647061/hist...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

"We are a nation of laws. Not men." -- well, it doesn't look that way, not at the moment.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Prosím o RT.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Earth Tremors | "For close American allies, the world is turning upside down." @edwardlucas.bsky.social cepa.org/article/eart...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Dobré otázky.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Pár otázek při ránu. Co když tomu, co se děje v Americe, neříkáme převrat prostě jen proto, že "převrat v USA" přesahuje naši představivost - a tohle je o tři řády větší než zfanatizovaný dav v Kapitolu? Co když má nezvolený, kongresovým slyšením neprošlý miliardář moc větší než ministři? 1/x

submitted 17 days ago • 16 comments

I've limited this fundraiser to $70,000 as I understand my outreach has declined, and many people are financially exhausted with so many fundraisers around. You can help by reposting We did a great job on the first day, raising 13% 🎯 $9,100/$70,000 🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

I greatly appreicate likes and reposts on this post. When you repost, it adds visibility, visibility leads to more donations. 🤝

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

In today's #vatnik soup we'll make our first trip to beautiful Slovakia to meet a Slovak politician and ex-Prime Minister, Robert Fico. Fico is best-known for leading the SMER-SD party and for his pro-Russian politics and views. 1/19

submitted 20 days ago • 14 comments

From Davos, Ukraine reminded Europe that its future leadership depends on recognizing Ukraine as its greatest untapped potential, writes Stephan Jensen, the Ukraine Country Director at the Tony Blair Institute, in his op-ed.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Sagan was a prophet.

submitted 32 days ago • 323 comments

Dude. I'm Pissed. youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

submitted 28 days ago • 1889 comments

🇺🇦🇪🇺🛡️ "Ukraine, much against the hope of 1991, plays a leading role. Ukraine is the front line of European civilization. If the barbarians breakthrough in Ukraine, the rest of Europe will be lost," — Per Nyholm Do you agree? 👀 Read more ⬇️ theukrainianreview.info/the-denmark-...

submitted 28 days ago • 14 comments

Since a lot of folks aren't going to Facebook, a little something I wrote in 2014 that seems especially apropos at this moment. The Rules of the New Aristocracy.

submitted 33 days ago • 10 comments

On the tens of millions of American Christians who are embracing a charismatic movement which seeks to destroy the secular state www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 44 days ago • 113 comments