Rob Phair
@robphair.bsky.social
Rural generalist doctor working on Gunaikurnai country, Victoria, Australia
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The US-Russia plan includes a $300bn signing bonus for the US in the form of Russia's central bank frozen assets - for @foreignpolicy.com I outline how the EU could curb Trump’s interest in the deal if the bloc rushes to seize these assets before America grabs them
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus
If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The US-Russia plan includes a $300bn signing bonus for the US in the form of Russia's central bank frozen assets - for @foreignpolicy.com I outline how the EU could curb Trump’s interest in the deal if the bloc rushes to seize these assets before America grabs them
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
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Die neue Folge ist da!
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
Folge #101 Krieg im Sudan | Diktatfrieden in der Ukraine? - Sicherheitspod
“Sicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 101 sprechen Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala zuerst mit Ge...
sicherheitspod.de
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Die neue Folge ist da!
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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"Dieses ganze Dokument atmet letztlich immer noch den russischen Willen, die Ukraine kontrollieren zu wollen."
@claudmajor.bsky.social erklärt hier präzise, wie aus einem vermeintlichen Friedensplan das Sprungbrett zur nächsten militärischen Aggression Russlands wird.
#miosga
@claudmajor.bsky.social erklärt hier präzise, wie aus einem vermeintlichen Friedensplan das Sprungbrett zur nächsten militärischen Aggression Russlands wird.
#miosga
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Dieses ganze Dokument atmet letztlich immer noch den russischen Willen, die Ukraine kontrollieren zu wollen."
@claudmajor.bsky.social erklärt hier präzise, wie aus einem vermeintlichen Friedensplan das Sprungbrett zur nächsten militärischen Aggression Russlands wird.
#miosga
@claudmajor.bsky.social erklärt hier präzise, wie aus einem vermeintlichen Friedensplan das Sprungbrett zur nächsten militärischen Aggression Russlands wird.
#miosga
When Ukraine is not just about Ukraine: Europe's leaders are rushing to ensure the US-led peace talks don't give Russia a chance to redraw the rules of the continent's security
“This is Russia changing Nato policy,” said @claudmajor.bsky.social. “Even Stalin didn’t achieve that.”
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“This is Russia changing Nato policy,” said @claudmajor.bsky.social. “Even Stalin didn’t achieve that.”
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Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
[FREE TO READ] Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
6/ Putin and Russian military commanders continue to promote the false narrative that a Russian victory is inevitable in order to push Ukraine and the West into acquiescing to Russian demands.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Swedish foreign minister on the disproportionate amount of Nordic support given to Ukraine, vs rest of NATO.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Swedish foreign minister on the disproportionate amount of Nordic support given to Ukraine, vs rest of NATO.
When a Swedish minister gets this sassy, it means that they’re furious.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
Nordic countries paying most for Ukraine ‘not sustainable,’ Swedish foreign minister says
The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Maria Malmer Stenergard believes, because any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
It’s very surprising that some people are still calling the Trump peace plan the Witkoff plan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The White House has come out and claimed the plan for its own and said it wants it implemented. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Just as well we approved that gas plant up at Barrow hey
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just as well we approved that gas plant up at Barrow hey
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People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.
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Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Victoria isn’t broke, its net assets are actually increasing
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for.
thepoint.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.
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Damit Apple, Amazon und Co. hierzulande Steuern zahlen, ersann der Fiskus eine spezielle Regel. Die soll nun leise verschwinden. Ein teures Geschenk an die Tech-Branche.
Finanzministerium: Wie das Finanzministerium Tech-Giganten Milliarden schenkt
Damit Apple, Amazon und Co. hierzulande Steuern zahlen, ersann der Fiskus eine spezielle Regel. Die soll nun leise verschwinden. Ein teures Geschenk an die Tech-Branche.
www.zeit.de
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Damit Apple, Amazon und Co. hierzulande Steuern zahlen, ersann der Fiskus eine spezielle Regel. Die soll nun leise verschwinden. Ein teures Geschenk an die Tech-Branche.
So, it's no emissions reduction targets, and more coal and more gas without the pretense of trying to reach net zero with nuclear.
Probably the most honest policy position the Coalition has had since the Abbott government.
Probably the most honest policy position the Coalition has had since the Abbott government.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵