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Iikka Korhonen
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Head of BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies), not representing the official views of my employer, RTs not endorsements

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1h
Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.

Excellent opening in particular.
America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO
A statement by 14 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors
newsletter.ivodaalder.com

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 1h
”Both Greenlandic and Danish officials say there has been next to no interest from China since an attempt to help build several airports on the Arctic island was rebuffed by Denmark in 2018 under heavy pressure from the US.”
🇬🇱🇳🇴🇩🇰
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3h
She doesn’t mince her words on Brexit from a national security perspective
But it has to do that in conjunction with others. It's fair to say, and some people will disagree, but Brexit was a colossal mistake because it assumed a benign security environment. And I'm sorry, you could have foreseen these kinds of things happening. Making yourself entirely dependent on the US at a time when the world was changing dramatically was a strategic blunder. The world was changing [then] and it's well and truly changed now. The UK will have to work very closely with its other allies to figure out how to address this, and we need a national conversation. It doesn't mean

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7h
If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable.

My thing this weekend:

What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too?
[FREE TO READ] Action against Venezuela and sabre-rattling towards Greenland point to risks in US president’s approach to the Fed
as.ft.com

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Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 7h
“The US should thank Denmark for being a loyal ally,” says 🇸🇪 PM Kristersson at the annual Swedish Security Conference in Sälen.

Social Democratic opposition leader Andersson is open for sending European and Swedish troops to Greenland.
Ulf Kristersson: USA borde tacka Danmark
Världsordningen, och respekten för folkrätten, står inför det största hotet på decennier, enligt Ulf Kristersson. I ett tal i Sälen kritiserar han USA:s retorik mot Danmark och Grönland. ”Risken att m...
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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 8h
En tiennyt, mikä on Cymona Eagle…

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 9h
🇪🇺Thirteen euro area countries lack any domestic digital payments option, the economists point out,and rely “entirely on international card schemes” such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening 🇺🇸control of money, economists warn
Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn
Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project
giftarticle.ft.com

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Mika Kortelainen @mikakortelainen.bsky.social · 9h
New causal evidence (JPE): exercise boosts academic performance.
In an RCT in Norway, free gym access increased exercise, reduced dropouts and failed exams, and improved course completion among university students. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#RCT #education #HealthEconomics

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 10h
Kemi Badenoch describes Greenland as a “second-order issue” in BBC interview.

The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.

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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 10h
🇬🇱Greenland veteran Kununguak Iversen (48) who served in the 🇩🇰Danish army in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo rightly feels backstabbed by the 🇺🇸US Administration, which now wants to take his land after he fought when USA invoked Article 5.
nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2026...
Grønlandsk veteran føler sig dolket i ryggen af Trump
Kununguak Iversen har af flere støttet amerikanske tropper som en del af det danske forsvar. Men nu ønsker USA kontrol over hans hjemstavn.
nyheder.tv2.dk

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Nicolas Henin 🇪🇺💙💛 @nicolashenin.net · 10h
All committees at the @europarl.europa.eu are being blue checked.
List of blue checked committees at the EUP.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 10h
"Perhaps no power stands to lose more from Maduro's fall than China. Beijing invested over $62 billion in Venezuela over the past decade – representing 53% of all Chinese lending to Latin America." www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Maduro's fall wrecks Latin American Russia-Iran-China axis | The Jerusalem Post
Moscow's collapse, Beijing's shock, and Tehran's fury at Maduro's capture reveal just how catastrophic this loss truly is.
www.jpost.com

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 20h
True, but the intensity and costs were much lower before February 2022.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 1d
Maduro: Help!
Putin: Now, I'll show you a cartoon about my new super weapon

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 1d
From Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941) to Germany’s surrender (May 8, 1945) – 1416 days
From Putin’s invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022) to Russian army being stuck in Kupiansk for the 14th month (January 10, 2026) – 1416 days

It’s been a very long war.
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 1d
What is an economics PhD? Should I do an economics PhD? And how should I prepare and apply to a PhD programme?

Assistant Professor of Economics Abdoulaye Ndiaye outlines everything you need to know about a PhD in economics. https://voxdev.org/topic/everything-you-need-know-about-phd-economics
Everything you need to know about a PhD in economics
A set of answers to many of the most common questions about economics PhDs, including: What is an economics PhD? Should I do an economics PhD? And how should I prepare and apply to a PhD programme?
voxdev.org

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 1d
49 years ago today
Leave Home is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Ramones, released on this day in 1977.

The title Leave Home refers to the Ramones leaving New York City to go on tour around the world

#punk #punkrock #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 1d
Move over TACO it’s Big MAC (Midterms Are Coming) time.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ ft.trib.al/ZkznmTx
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country
ft.trib.al

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 2d
The Shanghai bourse’s index of top 50 companies in its Science and Technology Innovation Board rose 36% in 2025, while the Shenzhen exchange’s ChiNext index of tech and high-growth companies climbed 50%..The CSI 300 index that includes Shanghai’s and Shenzhen’s largest companies rose 18% last year
bofit.suomenpankki.fi BOFIT @bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 2d
​BOFIT Weekly Review 2/2026
Brisk trading activity on Chinese stock exchanges last year

Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 2d
”China is Japan’s most important source of imports, and its second-most important export destination after the United States. At the end of 2025, China accounted for about 23 % share of Japan's goods imports and about 17 % of Japan’s exports.”🇨🇳🇯🇵
bofit.suomenpankki.fi BOFIT @bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 2d
​BOFIT Weekly Review 2/2026
With latest round of export bans, China-Japan economic relations deteriorate further

Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 2d
Excellent.🇪🇺

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d
European Union member states approved a landmark trade deal with South American countries that has been roughly 25 years in the making.
EU Approves Long-Awaited South American Trade Deal
The agreement would remove tariffs on EU products such as cars and wine, and enable agricultural goods to enter the bloc more easily.
on.wsj.com

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d
The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 2d
The EU really knows how to hide its light under a bushel. It has just passed the world's biggest trade deal (with Mercosur) - using a written procedure among ambassadors, making the public barely notices a huge strategic step forward for Europe. Contrast with Trump's made-for-TV signing ceremonies.

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 2d
New VoxTalks Economics with @talknormal.co.uk
Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how #AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build the reasoning skills employers value.
🎧 cepr.org/multimedia/h...
#EconSky
New VoxTalks Economics: Has AI eaten the economics major? Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build reasoning skills employers value. Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium with Tim Phillips. Listen here: https://cepr.org/multimedia/has-ai-eaten-economics-major

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BOFIT @bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 2d
​BOFIT Weekly Review 2/2026
Brisk trading activity on Chinese stock exchanges last year

Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

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BOFIT @bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 2d
​BOFIT Weekly Review 2/2026
With latest round of export bans, China-Japan economic relations deteriorate further

Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 2d
"Shanghain pörssin tiede- ja teknologialistan 50 suurimman osakkeen STAR 50 -indeksi nousi viime vuonna 36 % ja Shenzhenin pörssin kasvuyrityksistä koostuva ChiNext-indeksi jopa 50 %...Shanghain ja Shenzhenin pörssin suurimmista yrityksistä koostuva CSI 300 -indeksi nousi viime vuonna 18 %,"
bofit.suomenpankki.fi BOFIT @bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 3d
​BOFIT Viikkokatsaus 2/2026
Kiinan osakemarkkinoilla käytiin vilkkaasti kauppaa viime vuonna

Lue lisää 🔗 www.bofit.fi/fi/seuranta/...

#Kiina #talous #BOFITViikkokatsaus