Christoph Harig
@charig.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College | Co-editor @sjms.bsky.social | Posts about Civil-Military Relations, Politics, Security, and Drug War Absurdities
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Christoph Harig
@charig.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Now out in The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations (ed. @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @philorchard.bsky.social & @antjewiener.bsky.social):
Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
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Chapter by @nicjenne.bsky.social & me on troop contributors' contestation of UN peacekeeping norms
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
A Black Day for the International Drug Trade
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A Black Day for the International Drug Trade
Reposted by Christoph Harig
How about EU leaders today use emergency summit to develop a clear timetable for taking over critical enablers for the defense of Europe from the US and plan to develop capabilities? This has been over due for at least a year & is at very heart of vulnerability to US blackmail.
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How about EU leaders today use emergency summit to develop a clear timetable for taking over critical enablers for the defense of Europe from the US and plan to develop capabilities? This has been over due for at least a year & is at very heart of vulnerability to US blackmail.
No!
"Viewing reading assignments as steppingstones to human-AI dialogue and in-class collaboration, rather than a comprehensive treatment of lesson material, will maximize engagement with selected works"
warontherocks.com/2026/01/chan...
"Viewing reading assignments as steppingstones to human-AI dialogue and in-class collaboration, rather than a comprehensive treatment of lesson material, will maximize engagement with selected works"
warontherocks.com/2026/01/chan...
Change or Just Cheating? Overhauling Professional Military Education for the AI Era
Thanks to AI, cheating in professional military education is becoming pervasive. Drawing on our perspectives as a uniformed instructor and as a recent
warontherocks.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM
No!
"Viewing reading assignments as steppingstones to human-AI dialogue and in-class collaboration, rather than a comprehensive treatment of lesson material, will maximize engagement with selected works"
warontherocks.com/2026/01/chan...
"Viewing reading assignments as steppingstones to human-AI dialogue and in-class collaboration, rather than a comprehensive treatment of lesson material, will maximize engagement with selected works"
warontherocks.com/2026/01/chan...
Friedrich Merz at Davos:
"Despite all the frustration and annoyance of recent months, let us not be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership"
"Despite all the frustration and annoyance of recent months, let us not be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership"
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Friedrich Merz at Davos:
"Despite all the frustration and annoyance of recent months, let us not be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership"
"Despite all the frustration and annoyance of recent months, let us not be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership"
Rutte's job is to keep NATO's dying body on life support until others are ready to use its vital organs
Trump announced tonight that he and NATO chief Mark Rutte have “formed the framework of a future deal” on Greenland.
What or who is behind the sudden reversal?
Follow our live blog as reactions come in from Europe 👉 www.politico.eu/article/trum...
What or who is behind the sudden reversal?
Follow our live blog as reactions come in from Europe 👉 www.politico.eu/article/trum...
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Rutte's job is to keep NATO's dying body on life support until others are ready to use its vital organs
Let us hope European voters remember who supported him
European populist champions are turning away from a U.S. president they once openly admired.
For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
www.politico.eu
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Let us hope European voters remember who supported him
Let's wait until Miller has talked to Trump about the plan, then
"JD Vance & Secretary of State Marco Rubio, had been 'pushing for a middle ground' on Greenland, while... Stephen Miller showed a willingness to keep annexation and the potential use of military force on the table ....the president had wanted to retain the option of a military move."
Trump reversal on Greenland followed push by aides against military option, sources say reut.rs/45ioNXK
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Let's wait until Miller has talked to Trump about the plan, then
Rutte might have floated the idea that US gets Sovereign Military Base Areas in Greenland, turning them effectively into US territory, according to Politiken
If true, unlikely not to be coordinated with Nuuk and Copenhagen
politiken.dk/del/3mhFIOAG...
If true, unlikely not to be coordinated with Nuuk and Copenhagen
politiken.dk/del/3mhFIOAG...
Rutte og Trumps rammeaftale kan betyde, at Grønland mister selvstændighed til amerikanske baser
Trump og Rutte har indgået en rammeaftale om Grønland, men detaljerne er stadig uklare. Det kan betyde amerikanske baser med suverænitet, som kan udfordre Grønlands selvstændighed. Grønland og Danmark...
politiken.dk
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Rutte might have floated the idea that US gets Sovereign Military Base Areas in Greenland, turning them effectively into US territory, according to Politiken
If true, unlikely not to be coordinated with Nuuk and Copenhagen
politiken.dk/del/3mhFIOAG...
If true, unlikely not to be coordinated with Nuuk and Copenhagen
politiken.dk/del/3mhFIOAG...
Reposted by Christoph Harig
New in #OnlineFirst: Book Review: Dictators’ endgames by Aurel Croissant, Tanja Eschenauer-Engler, & David Kuehn - Christoph Harig (@charig.bsky.social), 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
New in #OnlineFirst: Book Review: Dictators’ endgames by Aurel Croissant, Tanja Eschenauer-Engler, & David Kuehn - Christoph Harig (@charig.bsky.social), 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
* US civil-military crisis intensifies*
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
* US civil-military crisis intensifies*
Reposted by Christoph Harig
It is very naive to think that the tensions over Greenland have been reduced, along with the threat it represents, after Trump's speech.
Latching on to a single phrase, glossing over the rest of it, is sticking ones head in the sand.
Hoping it just goes over isn't a strategy.
Latching on to a single phrase, glossing over the rest of it, is sticking ones head in the sand.
Hoping it just goes over isn't a strategy.
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It is very naive to think that the tensions over Greenland have been reduced, along with the threat it represents, after Trump's speech.
Latching on to a single phrase, glossing over the rest of it, is sticking ones head in the sand.
Hoping it just goes over isn't a strategy.
Latching on to a single phrase, glossing over the rest of it, is sticking ones head in the sand.
Hoping it just goes over isn't a strategy.
To those of you celebrating the Danish MEP telling Trump to f**k off:
Vistisen represents a far-right party and once argued why he would vote for Trump "if Denmark was the 51st state of the US"
He knows those clips will be popular (because he already pulled off the same stunt one year ago)
Vistisen represents a far-right party and once argued why he would vote for Trump "if Denmark was the 51st state of the US"
He knows those clips will be popular (because he already pulled off the same stunt one year ago)
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
To those of you celebrating the Danish MEP telling Trump to f**k off:
Vistisen represents a far-right party and once argued why he would vote for Trump "if Denmark was the 51st state of the US"
He knows those clips will be popular (because he already pulled off the same stunt one year ago)
Vistisen represents a far-right party and once argued why he would vote for Trump "if Denmark was the 51st state of the US"
He knows those clips will be popular (because he already pulled off the same stunt one year ago)
Your regular reminder that the EU-Mercosur trade deal is the "Waiting for Godot" of international politics
The EU-Mercosur trade deal has been stalled after MEPs voted to refer the agreement to the European courts.
A close ballot saw MEPs in Strasbourg vote 334 to 324 in favour of asking the courts to determine whether the deal is compatible with EU policy.
www.thejournal.ie/mercusor-vot...
A close ballot saw MEPs in Strasbourg vote 334 to 324 in favour of asking the courts to determine whether the deal is compatible with EU policy.
www.thejournal.ie/mercusor-vot...
EU-Mercosur deal stalled after MEPs vote to refer it to European courts
It means the deal may not be implemented for several more years.
www.thejournal.ie
January 21, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Your regular reminder that the EU-Mercosur trade deal is the "Waiting for Godot" of international politics
Sign of the times that Danish 'considerations' of potentially sending its only air defence fire-unit to Greenland are being leaked to the press
*ANALYSE*: Fly efter fly har fløjet soldater til Grønland med udstyr, som passer bedre til afskrækkelse i Baltikum. Samtidig har Flyvevåbnet for første gang haft F-35-kampfly over øen. Og i Danmark er overvejelser i gang om at sende Danmarks eneste luftforsvars-fireunit afsted.
#dkpol #dkforsvar
#dkpol #dkforsvar
De kalder det en øvelse – men kampsoldater er taget tungt bevæbnede til Grønland
ANALYSE: Fly efter fly har fløjet soldater til Grønland med udstyr, som passer bedre til afskrækkelse i Baltikum. Mandag fik de selskab af særlige specialister. Samtidig har Flyvevåbnet for første gan...
www.berlingske.dk
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Sign of the times that Danish 'considerations' of potentially sending its only air defence fire-unit to Greenland are being leaked to the press
Today is WWF's Penguin Awareness Day and those emperor penguins are truly celebrating it in style
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Today is WWF's Penguin Awareness Day and those emperor penguins are truly celebrating it in style
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
This was in the middle of his two hour long, meandering, slurred press conference today.
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
Reposted by Christoph Harig
According to Danish broadcaster TV2, the Army is planning a deployment of up to 1000 combat troops in 2026. nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01...
Op mod 1000 danske soldater til Grønland i år, erfarer TV 2
Mens Donald Trump lige nu holder pressemøde om sit første år som USA’s præsident i denne valgperiode, kan TV 2 erfare, at der lige nu i Danmark bliver arbejdet...
nyheder.tv2.dk
January 21, 2026 at 7:54 AM
According to Danish broadcaster TV2, the Army is planning a deployment of up to 1000 combat troops in 2026. nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01...
Good morning from Denmark, where even major newspapers are now asking whether the US Arctic Warfare soldiers are meant to be deployed to Greenland
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Good morning from Denmark, where even major newspapers are now asking whether the US Arctic Warfare soldiers are meant to be deployed to Greenland
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
politiken.dk/del/QiNVvPAG...
Trump’s version of the last couple of pages of Huntington's 'Soldier and the State'
Trump: "I don't know, to me, a town looks better when you have military people. These are big, strong guys. Bad guys look at them and say, 'We're not gonna mess with them.'"
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Trump’s version of the last couple of pages of Huntington's 'Soldier and the State'
"...you can't imagine how Bluesky used to be back in the days! There was no activity in your feed for hours, except for Paul Musgrave shouting into the void"
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
'Don't provoke Daddy when's he's drunk'
"Rutte even told Denmark on Monday to refrain from sending any more troops, a European official said."
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible? | CNN Politics
Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he’s openly trying t...
edition.cnn.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
'Don't provoke Daddy when's he's drunk'
Guess Trump has decided that already
waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Guess Trump has decided that already
There's no reasoning with unreasonable people
That said, European diplomacy can only be successful if it persuades Congress to get their act together
That said, European diplomacy can only be successful if it persuades Congress to get their act together
Good diplomatic reasons for Europeans to try to appeal for calm and work it out behind the scenes with the US.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 AM
There's no reasoning with unreasonable people
That said, European diplomacy can only be successful if it persuades Congress to get their act together
That said, European diplomacy can only be successful if it persuades Congress to get their act together