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DW chief international editor, based in Berlin
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Germany scrambles to fill a possible 🇺🇸-sized gap in its defenses Our first post-election Berlin Briefing - @rikefranke.bsky.social joins with @ninahaase.bsky.social and @germanpolitics.bsky.social youtu.be/Nup1ABYb1Mw?... podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/d...

Germany's newest political party is scrambling definitions of left & right Anti-NATO & anti-woke. Left on welfare, right on immigration. Breaking down the BĂĽndnis Sahra Wagenknecht with @mattmoorek.bsky.social and Katja Hoyer in the latest Berlin Briefing podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/d...

Keith Kellogg on Ukraine @ Nixon Foundation in Sept - 1/2 - Zelensky "tone deaf" - "Demographically where do you go with this?" - Only Trump can talk to both sides - Biden "gave Rus sanctuary" from strikes - Need to find stable end state - Break up Iran-Cn-Ru-NK "coalition of evil" AI transcript👇

What Trump 2.0 will mean for Ukraine & Middle East wars - Trump’s promises & who believed them - How Rubio/Waltz/Gabbard are being received - The Musk factor - What’s next With Roman Goncharenko & Dima Tarhini youtu.be/Jg8tH_PPvKQ?...

If Kamala Harris loses, border security will be one of the biggest reasons. A visit to Arizona to find out why - and what would be next under Donald Trump. youtu.be/aXhsxTpBQIA?...

Germany's AfD say they're playing a long game towards national power New DW film takes a serious look at their foreign policy agenda - Deep dive into policy docs - Interviews w/ party leaders - Findings assessed by five international experts youtu.be/ZFmpxuNxycM?...

Lavrov just finished at OSCE The diatribe many expected - 15 mins (3 allowed) - OSCE "deplorable state," blames West - "Reckless NATO expansion" - "Anti-Russian bridgehead in Ukraine" - Veiled threats on Moldova - US "eliminating econ competitor" EU - 5 mentions of "Nazis"

“Russia continues to violate all ten principles of the Helsinki final act” Pia Kauma President, OSCE parliamentary assembly Here are the principles ->

OSCE plays video with a literal dove saying “let’s unite” as Lavrov looks on

Ukraine & the Baltics are boycotting but Baerbock & Blinken have landed - Here in North Macedonia for high-stakes meeting of the OSCE, which has been teetering on brink of collapse - Ukraine/Baltic counterparts staying away in protest at attendance of Russia’s Sergei Lavrov