Anders Åslund
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
Per Anders Åslund is a Swedish economist and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also a chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE). .. more
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Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato
Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it
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@gideonrachman: "what the end of Nato would mean for the US. The continued existence of American military bases in Europe would immediately come into question."
"The arms sales to Europe...would also collapse."
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"The arms sales to Europe...would also collapse."
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Ukraine’s Finances 2026–2027
YouTube video by U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
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Our conversation with Philip Zelikow and Timothy Ash about Ukraine financing organized by the U.S. - Ukraine Foundation.
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Headline consumer inflation in Ukraine decelerated to 8.0% y-o-y in December (Dragon Capital).
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Markus Jäntti, Steve Murdoch
Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone
The more the EU has to pay for ingratiation with Trump, the less convincing its strategic rationale for doing so
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Martin Sandbu, @FT: "Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone"
Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
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Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
www.ft.com/content/1da0...