@keesconf25.bsky.social
Reposted
Those calling for Europe to "wake up" need to outline a plan. What does it mean for Europe to "wake up." I think Europe is very much awake. But it doesn't know where it should go. There's just a brain death default to more defense spending.
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Those calling for Europe to "wake up" need to outline a plan. What does it mean for Europe to "wake up." I think Europe is very much awake. But it doesn't know where it should go. There's just a brain death default to more defense spending.
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
Reposted
Trump's plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations. It's a scheme worthy of a mob boss. www.economist.com/the-americas...
Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
www.economist.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Trump's plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations. It's a scheme worthy of a mob boss. www.economist.com/the-americas...
Reposted
Macron’s Beijing visit shows how Europe is cornered
Macron’s Beijing visit shows how Europe is cornered
Without true autonomy from American shields, Europe remains a perpetual supplicant, unable to counter either Washington or Beijing effectively
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Macron’s Beijing visit shows how Europe is cornered
Reposted
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1372
1. Witkoff in Moscow, Driscoll soon in Kyiv
2. Trump apparently drops Thanksgiving ultimatum
3.Progress EW plant hit in Cheboksary (Chuvashia)
4. 55 Shaheds, 10 leakers. 2 Iskander-M strike
1. Witkoff in Moscow, Driscoll soon in Kyiv
2. Trump apparently drops Thanksgiving ultimatum
3.Progress EW plant hit in Cheboksary (Chuvashia)
4. 55 Shaheds, 10 leakers. 2 Iskander-M strike
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1372
1. Witkoff in Moscow, Driscoll soon in Kyiv
2. Trump apparently drops Thanksgiving ultimatum
3.Progress EW plant hit in Cheboksary (Chuvashia)
4. 55 Shaheds, 10 leakers. 2 Iskander-M strike
1. Witkoff in Moscow, Driscoll soon in Kyiv
2. Trump apparently drops Thanksgiving ultimatum
3.Progress EW plant hit in Cheboksary (Chuvashia)
4. 55 Shaheds, 10 leakers. 2 Iskander-M strike
Reposted
Rappel: l'Allemagne 🇩🇪 avait sauvè in extremis le président Tebboune pemdant le Covid: il avait alors été soignè à la Charitè à Berlin. Avec d'autres, je m'emploie continûment à obtenir l'appui actif des responsables allemands. Pourvu que leur prècieuse action pèse pendant qu'il en est temps!
Frank-Walter Steinmeier propose aussi que Boualem Sansal soit transféré en Allemagne pour «y bénéficier de soins médicaux». →https://l.lefigaro.fr/MvED
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Rappel: l'Allemagne 🇩🇪 avait sauvè in extremis le président Tebboune pemdant le Covid: il avait alors été soignè à la Charitè à Berlin. Avec d'autres, je m'emploie continûment à obtenir l'appui actif des responsables allemands. Pourvu que leur prècieuse action pèse pendant qu'il en est temps!
Reposted
Steengoede column van Tommy Wieringa over Dilan Yesilgöz. In Volkskrant.
Het is ‘Dilan in Wonderland’: een eindeloze val in het luchtledige.
#TommyWieringa
#verkiezingen #Yesilgöz #VVD @vvdonline.bsky.social
Het is ‘Dilan in Wonderland’: een eindeloze val in het luchtledige.
#TommyWieringa
#verkiezingen #Yesilgöz #VVD @vvdonline.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Steengoede column van Tommy Wieringa over Dilan Yesilgöz. In Volkskrant.
Het is ‘Dilan in Wonderland’: een eindeloze val in het luchtledige.
#TommyWieringa
#verkiezingen #Yesilgöz #VVD @vvdonline.bsky.social
Het is ‘Dilan in Wonderland’: een eindeloze val in het luchtledige.
#TommyWieringa
#verkiezingen #Yesilgöz #VVD @vvdonline.bsky.social
Reposted
www.rand.org/content/dam/...
Deterrence by denial and deterrence by punishment are the terms to describe the two main deterrence theories
Deterrence by denial and deterrence by punishment are the terms to describe the two main deterrence theories
www.rand.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
www.rand.org/content/dam/...
Deterrence by denial and deterrence by punishment are the terms to describe the two main deterrence theories
Deterrence by denial and deterrence by punishment are the terms to describe the two main deterrence theories
Reposted
Brexit is a disaster built on a mountain of lies. It was won by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, including 37% of rigged electorate, a torrent of hate and lies, electoral fraud, the biased BBC, intimidation of MPs, and foreign interference by Russia and American billionaires.
The cynical claims by the vote leave proponenents, Gove et al
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Vote Leave embroiled in race row over Turkey security threat claims
Brexit group ‘appealing to prejudice’ with argument that Turkey’s accession to EU would put Britons at greater risk of crime
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Brexit is a disaster built on a mountain of lies. It was won by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, including 37% of rigged electorate, a torrent of hate and lies, electoral fraud, the biased BBC, intimidation of MPs, and foreign interference by Russia and American billionaires.
Reposted
Que faire ?
Réagir. Agir. Sérieusement.
Nous pouvons le faire indépendamment du cirque diplomatique russo-américain.
Soutenons ensemble #SkyShield pour montrer à nos dirigeants que protéger le ciel de l’Ukraine est possible, nécessaire et populaire !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Réagir. Agir. Sérieusement.
Nous pouvons le faire indépendamment du cirque diplomatique russo-américain.
Soutenons ensemble #SkyShield pour montrer à nos dirigeants que protéger le ciel de l’Ukraine est possible, nécessaire et populaire !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Signez la pétition
Skyshield : sauvons les civils des drones russes, protégeons le ciel de l'Ukraine !
https://www.change.org/p/skyshield-sauvons-les-civils-des-drones-russes-protégeons-le-ciel-de-l-ukraine
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Que faire ?
Réagir. Agir. Sérieusement.
Nous pouvons le faire indépendamment du cirque diplomatique russo-américain.
Soutenons ensemble #SkyShield pour montrer à nos dirigeants que protéger le ciel de l’Ukraine est possible, nécessaire et populaire !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Réagir. Agir. Sérieusement.
Nous pouvons le faire indépendamment du cirque diplomatique russo-américain.
Soutenons ensemble #SkyShield pour montrer à nos dirigeants que protéger le ciel de l’Ukraine est possible, nécessaire et populaire !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Reposted
Belgian prime minister makes pitch to fix a ‘worn out’ Europe
Belgian prime minister makes pitch to fix a ‘worn out’ Europe
"Europe has been lulled to sleep over the past decades. And now we're being rudely awakened... Postmodern Europe has become hypersensitive and morally conceited."
dlvr.it
September 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Belgian prime minister makes pitch to fix a ‘worn out’ Europe
Reposted
Second, Ukraine’s position may be better on the battlefield than ours was, but Ukraine is much higher on the Russian obsession scale than we ever were.
There’s no way that Russia will accept a mere Finlandisation of Ukraine and let it go. If Trump’s ”peace efforts” have shown one thing, that’s it
There’s no way that Russia will accept a mere Finlandisation of Ukraine and let it go. If Trump’s ”peace efforts” have shown one thing, that’s it
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Second, Ukraine’s position may be better on the battlefield than ours was, but Ukraine is much higher on the Russian obsession scale than we ever were.
There’s no way that Russia will accept a mere Finlandisation of Ukraine and let it go. If Trump’s ”peace efforts” have shown one thing, that’s it
There’s no way that Russia will accept a mere Finlandisation of Ukraine and let it go. If Trump’s ”peace efforts” have shown one thing, that’s it
Reposted
This week’s dose of Europtimism with @josephdeweck.bsky.social:
Perhaps for the first time in the history of European integration, elites are lagging behind popular demand for more Europe. When will political leaders start capitalising on it ?
Perhaps for the first time in the history of European integration, elites are lagging behind popular demand for more Europe. When will political leaders start capitalising on it ?
EU integration has historically been a top-down project. That may be changing. On defense, in particular, voters seem to be willing to go further in advancing EU sovereignty than its economic and political elites. 👉 With @alanderminna.bsky.social for @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/vote...
www.politico.eu/article/vote...
Voters believe in a sovereign Europe more than elites
For once, integration may not be driven top-down but bottom-up.
www.politico.eu
September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This week’s dose of Europtimism with @josephdeweck.bsky.social:
Perhaps for the first time in the history of European integration, elites are lagging behind popular demand for more Europe. When will political leaders start capitalising on it ?
Perhaps for the first time in the history of European integration, elites are lagging behind popular demand for more Europe. When will political leaders start capitalising on it ?
Reposted
Very true, this: voters in Europe are ahead of most governing elites on European integration.
The same goes for another once ‘sensitive’ dossier: support for Gaza/Palestine
The same goes for another once ‘sensitive’ dossier: support for Gaza/Palestine
EU integration has historically been a top-down project. That may be changing. On defense, in particular, voters seem to be willing to go further in advancing EU sovereignty than its economic and political elites. 👉 With @alanderminna.bsky.social for @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/vote...
www.politico.eu/article/vote...
Voters believe in a sovereign Europe more than elites
For once, integration may not be driven top-down but bottom-up.
www.politico.eu
September 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Very true, this: voters in Europe are ahead of most governing elites on European integration.
The same goes for another once ‘sensitive’ dossier: support for Gaza/Palestine
The same goes for another once ‘sensitive’ dossier: support for Gaza/Palestine
Reposted
One reason Putin now wants a "peace process" (or rather a "get Ukraine to surrender" process) is because in strategic terms the balance is shifting - and not in his favor. He's taking tiny slivers of ground for huge losses, while new UA weapons threaten deeper strategic strikes.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
One reason Putin now wants a "peace process" (or rather a "get Ukraine to surrender" process) is because in strategic terms the balance is shifting - and not in his favor. He's taking tiny slivers of ground for huge losses, while new UA weapons threaten deeper strategic strikes.
Reposted
First the EU delegation in Kyiv hit and now this.
It would be a great timing to say enough is enough and for Europe to deploy into Ukraine.
It would be a great timing to say enough is enough and for Europe to deploy into Ukraine.
Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference on.ft.com/4p2wEAO
Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference
Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying EU commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps
on.ft.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
First the EU delegation in Kyiv hit and now this.
It would be a great timing to say enough is enough and for Europe to deploy into Ukraine.
It would be a great timing to say enough is enough and for Europe to deploy into Ukraine.
Indeed. The backbone of a triangular European security architecture is emerging, also following the defence agreement between the UK and Germany.
Today was the day when Europe announced that it is moving on:
The Franco-British agreement to establish a nuclear supervision group, and a permanent headquarters for the Ukraine coalition of the willing can become contours of a new European security architecture - this time without the US.
The Franco-British agreement to establish a nuclear supervision group, and a permanent headquarters for the Ukraine coalition of the willing can become contours of a new European security architecture - this time without the US.
Contours of European Strategic Autonomy
Europe is moving on without the US, and the US does not seem to like it after all.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Indeed. The backbone of a triangular European security architecture is emerging, also following the defence agreement between the UK and Germany.
Reposted
"Only fools or kremlin tools" is a nice little rhyme that benefits from being the truth.
March 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Only fools or kremlin tools" is a nice little rhyme that benefits from being the truth.
Reposted
BREAKING:
1) France court opens cybercrime investigation into X/Twitter over suspected algorithm bias.
2) Germany court rules that X/Twitter must provide researchers with data to monitor German elections.
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social #EUsky #BigTech
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
1) France court opens cybercrime investigation into X/Twitter over suspected algorithm bias.
2) Germany court rules that X/Twitter must provide researchers with data to monitor German elections.
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social #EUsky #BigTech
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
French Court suspects X algorithm bias
The announcement comes just days before X's owner Elon Musk is expected in Paris for the AI Action Summit.
www.euractiv.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
BREAKING:
1) France court opens cybercrime investigation into X/Twitter over suspected algorithm bias.
2) Germany court rules that X/Twitter must provide researchers with data to monitor German elections.
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social #EUsky #BigTech
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
1) France court opens cybercrime investigation into X/Twitter over suspected algorithm bias.
2) Germany court rules that X/Twitter must provide researchers with data to monitor German elections.
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social #EUsky #BigTech
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
Reposted
Excellent article. Europeans cannot afford to leave it to Trump & Putin to decide the future shape of European security; they have to help Ukraine to defeat Russia, & then set about shaping European security for themselves. That means being a lot more serious about defence right now.
A frozen war in Europe- is this what we want? Europeans must take a leap of faith. Finally. Here is why. 🇺🇦🇺🇦
drstefaniebabst.substack.com/p/a-frozen-w...
drstefaniebabst.substack.com/p/a-frozen-w...
A frozen war in Europe: is this what we want?
Europeans must take a leap of faith. Finally. A starting point could be to agree that a ‘frozen war’ in their heartland is a disastrous strategic prospect. For each European country. For all of us.
drstefaniebabst.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Excellent article. Europeans cannot afford to leave it to Trump & Putin to decide the future shape of European security; they have to help Ukraine to defeat Russia, & then set about shaping European security for themselves. That means being a lot more serious about defence right now.
Reposted
The challenge for Trump envoy, Keith Kellogg: Putin wishes to re-establish a Russian empire where Ukraine does not exist and to restore Russian spheres of influence. Ukraine wishes to maintain its soverignity and future. Difficult to square that circle unless the US commits resources to Ukraine.
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The challenge for Trump envoy, Keith Kellogg: Putin wishes to re-establish a Russian empire where Ukraine does not exist and to restore Russian spheres of influence. Ukraine wishes to maintain its soverignity and future. Difficult to square that circle unless the US commits resources to Ukraine.
Reposted
Reposted
Let's post this once more...
From the horse's mouth.
There was no uprising in the east of Ukraine, it was made in Russia, by Russians, and local oligarch mafiosi from the Donetsk region.
They kept the conflict going by shelling their own and blame the AFU for it.
Don't believe Russian lies..
From the horse's mouth.
There was no uprising in the east of Ukraine, it was made in Russia, by Russians, and local oligarch mafiosi from the Donetsk region.
They kept the conflict going by shelling their own and blame the AFU for it.
Don't believe Russian lies..
Ex-Russian GRU officer Salikov exposes Russia
In a interview, Salikov, who arrived to testify at the ICC, tells how Russia manufactured a “local uprising” in eastern Ukraine, funneled weapons over the border, and shelled its own territory to keep the conflict.
euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/29/e...
In a interview, Salikov, who arrived to testify at the ICC, tells how Russia manufactured a “local uprising” in eastern Ukraine, funneled weapons over the border, and shelled its own territory to keep the conflict.
euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/29/e...
Ex-Russian GRU officer Salikov exposes Russia’s proxy Ukraine “republics” (full translation)
In a bombshell interview, Salikov, who arrived to testify at the ICC, tells how Russia manufactured a "local uprising" in eastern Ukraine, funneled weapons over the border, and shelled its own territo...
euromaidanpress.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Let's post this once more...
From the horse's mouth.
There was no uprising in the east of Ukraine, it was made in Russia, by Russians, and local oligarch mafiosi from the Donetsk region.
They kept the conflict going by shelling their own and blame the AFU for it.
Don't believe Russian lies..
From the horse's mouth.
There was no uprising in the east of Ukraine, it was made in Russia, by Russians, and local oligarch mafiosi from the Donetsk region.
They kept the conflict going by shelling their own and blame the AFU for it.
Don't believe Russian lies..