@johanek.bsky.social
Swede, system engineer, occupation in automotive/transport industry, politics, reading, music, concerts.
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Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
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Some Europeans have still not caught up to a world profoundly shaped by Chinas industrial policy.
A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality.
Reality, created by China, would disagree.
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A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality.
Reality, created by China, would disagree.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Some Europeans have still not caught up to a world profoundly shaped by Chinas industrial policy.
A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality.
Reality, created by China, would disagree.
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A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality.
Reality, created by China, would disagree.
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🚨🚨This is welcome: Europe must build its own military power to survive a more dangerous world and a less reliable US, @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu warned on Wednesday, countering rightly NATO chief Mark #Rutte's remarks on #US reliance for European security. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
EU heavyweights deepen rift with Rutte over Europe’s military power
The bloc’s defense commissioner calls for building a European pillar in NATO — challenging the alliance chief who says America’s role is essential.
www.politico.eu
January 29, 2026 at 7:52 AM
🚨🚨This is welcome: Europe must build its own military power to survive a more dangerous world and a less reliable US, @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu warned on Wednesday, countering rightly NATO chief Mark #Rutte's remarks on #US reliance for European security. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
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🚨🚨 #NATO SG Mark #Rutte is to my mind massively undermining European #unity and efforts to build up their #defence and #security in what I see as a statement which only plays in the hands of #Putin and #Trump. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-defense-nato-mark-rutte-us-politics-threats-gdp/
Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
[FREE TO READ] Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
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Trump:
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Trump:
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
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Many MAGA Republicans & European right-radicals believe that, if they dissolve NATO/EU, weaken the Atlantic bond & become friendly towards Russia/China, these will reciprocate.
They won't.
Moscow & Beijing will use Western disunity to subdue or destroy the United & European States.
They won't.
Moscow & Beijing will use Western disunity to subdue or destroy the United & European States.
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Many MAGA Republicans & European right-radicals believe that, if they dissolve NATO/EU, weaken the Atlantic bond & become friendly towards Russia/China, these will reciprocate.
They won't.
Moscow & Beijing will use Western disunity to subdue or destroy the United & European States.
They won't.
Moscow & Beijing will use Western disunity to subdue or destroy the United & European States.
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California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over
Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM
California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over
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We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
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Good moment to repost my paper from last year, mapping the cards Europe could play in response to US coercion.
Most of them could be played via the anti-coercion instrument. Digital services charges and (de facto) export controls are the keys.
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Most of them could be played via the anti-coercion instrument. Digital services charges and (de facto) export controls are the keys.
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion – European Council on Foreign Relations
Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati
ecfr.eu
January 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Good moment to repost my paper from last year, mapping the cards Europe could play in response to US coercion.
Most of them could be played via the anti-coercion instrument. Digital services charges and (de facto) export controls are the keys.
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Most of them could be played via the anti-coercion instrument. Digital services charges and (de facto) export controls are the keys.
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Most Americans don't want Greenland.
They want the Epstein files.
They want the Epstein files.
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Most Americans don't want Greenland.
They want the Epstein files.
They want the Epstein files.
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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This move benefits only the Trump administration, Russia, China, and tech oligarchs. It hurts Europe.
Nawrocki is an idiot
Nawrocki is an idiot
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This move benefits only the Trump administration, Russia, China, and tech oligarchs. It hurts Europe.
Nawrocki is an idiot
Nawrocki is an idiot
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EU citizens - especially those in Greenland - deserve a clear answer to the question of how EU leaders would react to attempts of the US to annex Greenland. Will there be a clear political and economic response? Or is it also going to be a "complex situation" to be "closely monitored"?
January 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
EU citizens - especially those in Greenland - deserve a clear answer to the question of how EU leaders would react to attempts of the US to annex Greenland. Will there be a clear political and economic response? Or is it also going to be a "complex situation" to be "closely monitored"?
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How Europe can win the 'culture war'
How Europe can win the 'culture war'
If Europe wants to remain a symbol of democratic, open spaces, it must defend its values not only with hard power but with imagination and empathy. This means positioning culture at the heart of EU policy.
euobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
How Europe can win the 'culture war'
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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UPPDATERAS: EU ger ingen amnesti för Kremls krigsbrott – inga konkreta resultat från diskussioner med USA-regimen
UPPDATERAS: EU ger ingen amnesti för Kremls krigsbrott – inga konkreta resultat från diskussioner med USA-regimen
EU-kommissionen säger att det är oacceptabelt att Rysslands och Kremls krigsbrott ska gå ostraffade och avfärdar alla amnesti för ryssarna. Inga konkreta resultat annat än inställsamma uttalanden har kommit från de ukrainska diskussionerna med USA-regimen i Florida igår.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
UPPDATERAS: EU ger ingen amnesti för Kremls krigsbrott – inga konkreta resultat från diskussioner med USA-regimen
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We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
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19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.
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The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
August 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
More and more obvious that the US administration is ignoring the the EU. Probably seeking to make bilateral deals with individual countries.
Despite the European Commission holding exclusive competence on trade policy, Donald Trump has not spoken with its president, Ursula von der Leyen, since he returned to the White House.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
The silence between von der Leyen and Trump looms over trade talks
Despite the European Commission holding exclusive competence on trade policy, Donald Trump has not spoken with its president, Ursula von der Leyen, since he returned to the White House.
l.euronews.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
More and more obvious that the US administration is ignoring the the EU. Probably seeking to make bilateral deals with individual countries.
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Europe’s Defense Spending Puzzle Can Pay Huge Dividends | "Can Europe double the number of main battle tanks and triple its nuclear submarine force at a much-reduced unit price? Yes, and here’s how." Nathan Decety
Europe’s Defense Spending Puzzle Can Pay Huge Dividends
Can Europe double the number of main battle tanks and triple its nuclear submarine force at a much-reduced unit price? Yes, and here’s how.
cepa.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Europe’s Defense Spending Puzzle Can Pay Huge Dividends | "Can Europe double the number of main battle tanks and triple its nuclear submarine force at a much-reduced unit price? Yes, and here’s how." Nathan Decety
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Whenever right-wingers deride empathy, I am reminded of this quote from U.S. Army psychologist Gustave Gilbert who interviewed the Nuremberg war criminals.
April 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Whenever right-wingers deride empathy, I am reminded of this quote from U.S. Army psychologist Gustave Gilbert who interviewed the Nuremberg war criminals.