Ekkehard Brose
@eejbro.bsky.social
German Diplomat (1984-2024); Moscow, Washington, NATO. Former German Ambassador to Iraq and President of Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin. My new book: https://buchshop.bod.de/szenenwechsel-ekkehard-brose-9783819231506
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Interesting USAF movements toward the Gulf which, once again, highlight how crucial European bases are for the United States.
www.itamilradar.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.itamilradar.com/2026/01/28/u...
US Air Force ISR aircraft redeploy eastbound and confirm Europe’s logistics role for Middle East operations
In recent hours, two U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets have been observed moving eastbound toward the Middle East, reinforcing once again the central role played by E...
www.itamilradar.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Interesting USAF movements toward the Gulf which, once again, highlight how crucial European bases are for the United States.
www.itamilradar.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.itamilradar.com/2026/01/28/u...
Negative US soft power affecting hard power. Who would have thought!
U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina. n.pr/4qPQWhq
Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics
U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Negative US soft power affecting hard power. Who would have thought!
Die Mittelstandsunion der CDU hat offenbar Vieles nicht verstanden. Sie lebt in ihrer Blase man könnte auch sagen: unter ihrem Stein mit entsprechend eingeengtem Horizont.
„Es ist überraschend, dass gerade Parteien nicht erkennen, wie sehr unsere Demokratie darauf aufbaut, dass Menschen Zeit haben, sich einzubringen: in der Nachbarschaftshilfe, im Sportverein, in der politischen Arbeit gegen rechts.“ taz.de/Autorin-Tere...
Autorin Teresa Bücker zu Teilzeitstreit: „40 Stunden sind zu viel“
Das Recht auf Teilzeit abzuschaffen, wäre ein Angriff auf die Gleichstellung, sagt die Buchautorin. Sie fordert ein neues Verständnis von Vollzeit.
taz.de
January 28, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Die Mittelstandsunion der CDU hat offenbar Vieles nicht verstanden. Sie lebt in ihrer Blase man könnte auch sagen: unter ihrem Stein mit entsprechend eingeengtem Horizont.
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I guess we’re adding the Vienna Convention to their list of broken international agreements
In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I guess we’re adding the Vienna Convention to their list of broken international agreements
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Ab heute gibt es mein Buch im Handel. Es geht um Russland, China und die Frage, was es heisst, wenn die USA vom Verbündeten zum Bully werden.
Mein Buch zeigt, vor welchen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen Europa steht, was zu tun ist, und welche Rolle Deutschland dabei spielt.
Mein Buch zeigt, vor welchen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen Europa steht, was zu tun ist, und welche Rolle Deutschland dabei spielt.
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Ab heute gibt es mein Buch im Handel. Es geht um Russland, China und die Frage, was es heisst, wenn die USA vom Verbündeten zum Bully werden.
Mein Buch zeigt, vor welchen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen Europa steht, was zu tun ist, und welche Rolle Deutschland dabei spielt.
Mein Buch zeigt, vor welchen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen Europa steht, was zu tun ist, und welche Rolle Deutschland dabei spielt.
Soft power! Welch ein Desaster made by Trump.
Aus der Enttäuschung über Amerika muss nun etwas Konstruktives wachsen: Ein selbstbewusstes, handlungsfähiges Europa. Der Weg ist noch weit, aber die ersten Schritte sind gegangen
Aus der Enttäuschung über Amerika muss nun etwas Konstruktives wachsen: Ein selbstbewusstes, handlungsfähiges Europa. Der Weg ist noch weit, aber die ersten Schritte sind gegangen
Only 15 percent of Germans consider the USA to be a trustworthy partner—the lowest level ever. Only slightly higher than Russia (9 percent). For comparison: 78 percent say this about France, 74 percent about Great Britain. www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...
ARD-DeutschlandTrend: US-Ansehen nach Angriff auf Tiefstand
In der Bevölkerung herrscht Unverständnis über den US-Militäreinsatz in Venezuela, wie der ARD-DeutschlandTrend zeigt. Die Bundesregierung wird weiterhin kritisch gesehen, sie sammelt bei einem Thema ...
www.tagesschau.de
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Soft power! Welch ein Desaster made by Trump.
Aus der Enttäuschung über Amerika muss nun etwas Konstruktives wachsen: Ein selbstbewusstes, handlungsfähiges Europa. Der Weg ist noch weit, aber die ersten Schritte sind gegangen
Aus der Enttäuschung über Amerika muss nun etwas Konstruktives wachsen: Ein selbstbewusstes, handlungsfähiges Europa. Der Weg ist noch weit, aber die ersten Schritte sind gegangen
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The U.N. Security Council presumably had no idea, when it approved in November the creation of the Board of Peace, that it was bringing into existence a potential competitor to the United Nations itself. wapo.st/46dUKAF
Opinion | Trump’s Board of Peace is already floundering
Trump’s attempt to rival the U.N., with him in charge, is likely to disappear and be quickly forgotten.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The U.N. Security Council presumably had no idea, when it approved in November the creation of the Board of Peace, that it was bringing into existence a potential competitor to the United Nations itself. wapo.st/46dUKAF
Picture of a spider web that incapacitates the rule of law
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
How immigration detainees move around Minnesota and the nation
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Picture of a spider web that incapacitates the rule of law
Schönes Interview weil es ganz klar macht: Wir sind sicherheitspolitisch massiv gefordert. Es wird Zeit, dass die Politik der Bevölkerung dies unzweideutig vermittelt! Wir brauchen auch in 🇩🇪 eine politische Kultur, die unsere Sicherheit mit einschließt.
Mit dem SWR konnte ich heute über die Themen meines neuen Buches sprechen. www.swr.de/swraktuell-r...
"Die NATO neu gründen ohne die USA?" Wie Europas Verteidigung noch funktionieren könnte
Vor zwei Jahren schien es unmöglich, dass Europa sich überlegen muss: Wie könnten wir uns auch ohne Hilfe der USA gegen russische und andere Angriffe verteidigen? Donald Trump hat die Lage geändert. N...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Schönes Interview weil es ganz klar macht: Wir sind sicherheitspolitisch massiv gefordert. Es wird Zeit, dass die Politik der Bevölkerung dies unzweideutig vermittelt! Wir brauchen auch in 🇩🇪 eine politische Kultur, die unsere Sicherheit mit einschließt.
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Russia struck a passenger train in eastern Ukraine with Shahed drones.
A civilian train. Families. Children. Ordinary people.
291 passengers on board.
A carriage set ablaze.
Civilians wounded.
This was not an accident.
This was not a misfire.
This is Russian terror.
A civilian train. Families. Children. Ordinary people.
291 passengers on board.
A carriage set ablaze.
Civilians wounded.
This was not an accident.
This was not a misfire.
This is Russian terror.
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Russia struck a passenger train in eastern Ukraine with Shahed drones.
A civilian train. Families. Children. Ordinary people.
291 passengers on board.
A carriage set ablaze.
Civilians wounded.
This was not an accident.
This was not a misfire.
This is Russian terror.
A civilian train. Families. Children. Ordinary people.
291 passengers on board.
A carriage set ablaze.
Civilians wounded.
This was not an accident.
This was not a misfire.
This is Russian terror.
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New piece out this morning:
For Europe, “the price tag for underwriting Ukrainian rearmament will be steep,” write Eric Ciaramella and @sophiabesch.bsky.social. “But the alternative—a Ukrainian military perpetually in survival mode—would be far costlier.”
Fortress Ukraine
How a coalition of the willing can rearm Kyiv without Washington.
fam.ag
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
New piece out this morning:
“f***ing the buck” 🤣
Skeptics of my argument will rightly point out "there is no alternative", & I can't say you are wrong. But what I will say confidently is this: the pressures for de-dollarization today are broader & more global today that they were a couple years ago. & I think that matters. FIN
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
“f***ing the buck” 🤣
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Chris Madel didn’t just exit the Minnesota governor race, he walked away from the Republican Party itself, saying he cannot support “retribution” against the people of this state. When punishment replaces governance and fear replaces law, even party insiders bolt.
The cracks are widening🔥
The cracks are widening🔥
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Chris Madel didn’t just exit the Minnesota governor race, he walked away from the Republican Party itself, saying he cannot support “retribution” against the people of this state. When punishment replaces governance and fear replaces law, even party insiders bolt.
The cracks are widening🔥
The cracks are widening🔥
What Europeans can learn from the citizens of Minneapolis: When Trump feels that he isn’t winning and that the situation might reflect badly on him he will change tack or go into reverse. A valuable lesson.
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 PM
What Europeans can learn from the citizens of Minneapolis: When Trump feels that he isn’t winning and that the situation might reflect badly on him he will change tack or go into reverse. A valuable lesson.
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The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will expire in February. If it does, it will mark the first time since the 1970s that there will be no legally binding limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces.
The US and Russia’s nuclear weapons treaty is set to expire. Here’s what’s at stake
Letting New START expire would signal that the world’s largest nuclear powers are abandoning restraint.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will expire in February. If it does, it will mark the first time since the 1970s that there will be no legally binding limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces.
Clinton und Obama gehen jetzt an die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit. Aus dem lokalen Drama in Minneapolis wird dank Trump Schritt um Schritt eine nationale Bewegung zur Verteidigung der Demokratie in den USA. Gut so, aber in Grund mehr für die Europäer, sich um Ihre Angelegenheiten selbst zu kümmern.
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Clinton und Obama gehen jetzt an die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit. Aus dem lokalen Drama in Minneapolis wird dank Trump Schritt um Schritt eine nationale Bewegung zur Verteidigung der Demokratie in den USA. Gut so, aber in Grund mehr für die Europäer, sich um Ihre Angelegenheiten selbst zu kümmern.
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The lack of discussion of nuclear issues, particularly extended deterrence, is remarkable & will alarm allies. The terms extended deterrence/nuclear umbrella appear nowhere, not even in the one paragraph on nukes. 5/7
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The lack of discussion of nuclear issues, particularly extended deterrence, is remarkable & will alarm allies. The terms extended deterrence/nuclear umbrella appear nowhere, not even in the one paragraph on nukes. 5/7
As a German I try to avoid using Nazi analogies in my postings. I would ask everybody to take seriously what Timothy Snyder has to say, though.
In the early 1930s the SA was roughing people up, creating chaos in neighborhoods, seeking to terrorize with the occasional killing. By the late 1930s it had been supplanted by the SS, which was much better trained.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
As a German I try to avoid using Nazi analogies in my postings. I would ask everybody to take seriously what Timothy Snyder has to say, though.
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"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
www.wesleyan.edu
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
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Former 🇷🇺 Russian state postal service employees have allegedly established an illegal sanctions-evasion system in 🇩🇪 Berlin.
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
Post nach Moskau
BILD-Recherchen zeigen, wie verbotene Postpakete trotz EU-Sanktionen von Berlin nach Moskau gelangen – mit unzulässigen Versandnummern und versteckten Peilsendern.“
www.bild.de
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Be careful what you wish for. Vance is no doubt waiting in the wings…
An interesting perspective on Trump experiencing pushback and confrontation in/since Davos.
Ailing Trump Knows His Reign Is Nearly Over: Wolff | Inside Trump's Head
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Be careful what you wish for. Vance is no doubt waiting in the wings…
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Exactly.
The idea that those of us who worry about the transatlantic relationship never liked the US in the first place is simply wrong.
And it trivialises the situation.
The idea that those of us who worry about the transatlantic relationship never liked the US in the first place is simply wrong.
And it trivialises the situation.
I don't think this is the case. Many European security researchers are alarmed precisely because of their deep investment in US networks and communication with US colleagues, many of whom are telling us to be concerned and to seek out alternatives for the sake of our own security.
Those who never trusted the US are saying we should never trust the US again...
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Exactly.
The idea that those of us who worry about the transatlantic relationship never liked the US in the first place is simply wrong.
And it trivialises the situation.
The idea that those of us who worry about the transatlantic relationship never liked the US in the first place is simply wrong.
And it trivialises the situation.
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Man kann das transatlantische Verhältnis nicht qualifizieren, ohne wahrzunehmen, was auf den Straßen von Minneapolis geschieht. Das ist in einem noch demokratischen Staat wie der Bundesrepublik völlig ausgeschlossen.
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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By alienating practically everybody Trump is accelerating the advent of a multipolar world. As countries and regions desperately try to find new partners and avoid dependence on the MAD KING multiple centers of power will consolidate over time.
I am certain that Trump is utterly unaware
I am certain that Trump is utterly unaware
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 PM
By alienating practically everybody Trump is accelerating the advent of a multipolar world. As countries and regions desperately try to find new partners and avoid dependence on the MAD KING multiple centers of power will consolidate over time.
I am certain that Trump is utterly unaware
I am certain that Trump is utterly unaware