francesco strazzari
@zaz.bsky.social
professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change
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Russia's war spending will hit $198.8 billion in 2025, with $30 billion over budget and 7.3% of GDP
The Kremlin is spending $2.7 billion weekly on the war despite falling oil revenues and rising deficits euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/r...
The Kremlin is spending $2.7 billion weekly on the war despite falling oil revenues and rising deficits euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/r...
Russia spends $2.7 billion weekly on war against Ukraine, total war costs exceed $195 billion in 2025
Russia's military spending this year is 20% higher than planned.
euromaidanpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Russia's war spending will hit $198.8 billion in 2025, with $30 billion over budget and 7.3% of GDP
The Kremlin is spending $2.7 billion weekly on the war despite falling oil revenues and rising deficits euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/r...
The Kremlin is spending $2.7 billion weekly on the war despite falling oil revenues and rising deficits euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/r...
oggi scrivo su il Manifesto di come il disegno della molto celebrata ‘premier forte’ punti sulla stessa Europa debole che vuole Trump
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ilmanifesto.it/la-debolezza...
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
oggi scrivo su il Manifesto di come il disegno della molto celebrata ‘premier forte’ punti sulla stessa Europa debole che vuole Trump
ilmanifesto.it/la-debolezza...
ilmanifesto.it/la-debolezza...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
A new assessment of Russia's war economy state came out from @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
Despite initial signs of resilience and a surprising recovery, the Russian economy is now back on a trajectory of long-term stagnation.
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Despite initial signs of resilience and a surprising recovery, the Russian economy is now back on a trajectory of long-term stagnation.
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Testing the Limits of State-Directed Mobilization - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
The Russian economy appears resilient for now, but long-term stagnation is nearly unavoidable
www.rosalux.de
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A new assessment of Russia's war economy state came out from @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
Despite initial signs of resilience and a surprising recovery, the Russian economy is now back on a trajectory of long-term stagnation.
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Despite initial signs of resilience and a surprising recovery, the Russian economy is now back on a trajectory of long-term stagnation.
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
A longer version of the US NSS leaked to @DefenseOne lists Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland as countries the US should “work more with, with the goal of pulling them away from the EU.”
Meanwhile Meloni's Italy made explicit its opposition to the EU Russian frozen assets plan
Meanwhile Meloni's Italy made explicit its opposition to the EU Russian frozen assets plan
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A longer version of the US NSS leaked to @DefenseOne lists Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland as countries the US should “work more with, with the goal of pulling them away from the EU.”
Meanwhile Meloni's Italy made explicit its opposition to the EU Russian frozen assets plan
Meanwhile Meloni's Italy made explicit its opposition to the EU Russian frozen assets plan
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Negotiations between US & Ukraine have begun. It will be embarrassing for him if Witkoff starts to read his statement in the original Russian.
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Negotiations between US & Ukraine have begun. It will be embarrassing for him if Witkoff starts to read his statement in the original Russian.
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this map can be discussed, but it exposes that while European liberal-conservatives bet on their managing national rearmament, extracting an economic boost, Europe's social pact cracks, fueling far-right nationalists, ready for reaping the fruits.
US and Russia want no EU defense + the EU to crack
US and Russia want no EU defense + the EU to crack
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
this map can be discussed, but it exposes that while European liberal-conservatives bet on their managing national rearmament, extracting an economic boost, Europe's social pact cracks, fueling far-right nationalists, ready for reaping the fruits.
US and Russia want no EU defense + the EU to crack
US and Russia want no EU defense + the EU to crack
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🇺🇸 The US will strike ISIS in response to the killing of American troops and an interpreter in Syria, Trump said.
"This was an attack by ISIS on us and on Syria," the US president added.
"This was an attack by ISIS on us and on Syria," the US president added.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🇺🇸 The US will strike ISIS in response to the killing of American troops and an interpreter in Syria, Trump said.
"This was an attack by ISIS on us and on Syria," the US president added.
"This was an attack by ISIS on us and on Syria," the US president added.
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"Then in just the last week, the Ukrainians executed a military operation that pushed the Russians back about twice the distance as it had taken the Russians to advance in more than four months. It's interesting that this story has not yet appeared in the New York Times.'
December 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Then in just the last week, the Ukrainians executed a military operation that pushed the Russians back about twice the distance as it had taken the Russians to advance in more than four months. It's interesting that this story has not yet appeared in the New York Times.'
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s overt embrace of Europe’s nationalists is exposing a rift among its biggest far-right parties. While Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has welcomed Trump’s moral support, France’s National Rally has kept its distance. politi.co/4oSyD9o
Trump’s backing splits European far right
The Alternative for Germany party wants legitimacy from Trump to end its isolation, while France’s National Rally sees him as a liability.
www.politico.eu
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump’s overt embrace of Europe’s nationalists is exposing a rift among its biggest far-right parties. While Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has welcomed Trump’s moral support, France’s National Rally has kept its distance. politi.co/4oSyD9o
A drone strike has hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, injuring eight. The Sudanese military blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead
UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A drone strike has hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, injuring eight. The Sudanese military blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Germany announces it will send troops and build fortifications to reinforce the Polish eastern border (Le Monde)
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Germany announces it will send troops and build fortifications to reinforce the Polish eastern border (Le Monde)
how with the new NSS advisers to Trump produced a “written articulation of the gut instinct that the president lives by” that may work as a compass to Vance after Trump leaves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You and me against the world: who was behind Trump’s anti-Europe foreign policy?
The US’s national security strategy, shared last week, claims European immigration will cause ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
how with the new NSS advisers to Trump produced a “written articulation of the gut instinct that the president lives by” that may work as a compass to Vance after Trump leaves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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New: Ukraine would be earmarked to join the EU by 2027 under a fast-tracked proposal being discussed in US-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war, in a move that would rewrite the bloc’s accession procedures.
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/e504...
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/e504...
Ukraine would join EU by 2027 under draft peace plan
Fast-track entry to bloc being discussed by US and Ukrainian officials backed by Brussels in drive to end Russia’s war
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New: Ukraine would be earmarked to join the EU by 2027 under a fast-tracked proposal being discussed in US-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war, in a move that would rewrite the bloc’s accession procedures.
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/e504...
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/e504...
Any journalist asking Italy’s PM Meloni a comment on her close friend’s statement on the EU rapist dictatorship and the crossing of the Rubicon?
Anyone asking Orbán why doesnt he push Hungary out of the EU dictatorship?
Anyone asking Orbán why doesnt he push Hungary out of the EU dictatorship?
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Any journalist asking Italy’s PM Meloni a comment on her close friend’s statement on the EU rapist dictatorship and the crossing of the Rubicon?
Anyone asking Orbán why doesnt he push Hungary out of the EU dictatorship?
Anyone asking Orbán why doesnt he push Hungary out of the EU dictatorship?
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In the first 10 months of 2025, €32.5bln in military aid was given to Ukraine, mainly by Europe. In 2 months, Ukraine's allies would need to give more than €5bln to match the lowest year (2022) and more than €9bln to match the average of €41.6bln paid annually between 2022 and 2024 (Kiel Institute).
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In the first 10 months of 2025, €32.5bln in military aid was given to Ukraine, mainly by Europe. In 2 months, Ukraine's allies would need to give more than €5bln to match the lowest year (2022) and more than €9bln to match the average of €41.6bln paid annually between 2022 and 2024 (Kiel Institute).
even worse, Google accepted that
Pagaron para ocultar que matan a los palestinos de hambre.
Asesinos, cobardes, miserables. Y Google cómplice.
Asesinos, cobardes, miserables. Y Google cómplice.
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
even worse, Google accepted that
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“The most troubling aspect of Trump’s attacks on Somali-Americans is how acceptable it’s become for the president of the United States and members of Congress to speak this way, and how much we’ve desensitized ourselves to it.”
Spot on by @melissaryan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
Spot on by @melissaryan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
The White Supremacist President
Donald Trump attacked Somali immigrants this week. Here’s why it matters.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“The most troubling aspect of Trump’s attacks on Somali-Americans is how acceptable it’s become for the president of the United States and members of Congress to speak this way, and how much we’ve desensitized ourselves to it.”
Spot on by @melissaryan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
Spot on by @melissaryan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
più ideologia che realismo: oggi su Il Manifesto un mio commento sulla nuova Strategia di Sicurezza Nazionale USA, l’aspirazione a plasmare un ordine internazionale nazional-sovranista, e le implicazioni per la scena politica europea
ilmanifesto.it/il-comintern...
ilmanifesto.it/il-comintern...
Il “Comintern” dei sovranisti contro la democrazia | il manifesto
Ue (Commenti) Gli Usa non vedono minacce da cui difendere gli alleati europei. Se non da loro stessi, «coltivando la resistenza all'attuale traiettoria dell'Europa». La nuova Strategia di Sicurezza Na...
ilmanifesto.it
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
più ideologia che realismo: oggi su Il Manifesto un mio commento sulla nuova Strategia di Sicurezza Nazionale USA, l’aspirazione a plasmare un ordine internazionale nazional-sovranista, e le implicazioni per la scena politica europea
ilmanifesto.it/il-comintern...
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sono felice di essere a Cagliari per contribuire a #NelMareDiMezzo, Conferenza euro-mediterranea per la Pace, organizzata da Arci con il supporto di @Reg_Sardegna
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
sono felice di essere a Cagliari per contribuire a #NelMareDiMezzo, Conferenza euro-mediterranea per la Pace, organizzata da Arci con il supporto di @Reg_Sardegna
the US nazis, the Spanish arrests of Base members, the links to the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests
Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies ‘resistance … by any means necessary’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the US nazis, the Spanish arrests of Base members, the links to the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...