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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 17d

"Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. [...] Few exemptions will be granted."

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 18d

Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base

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The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe

As part of the “America First” agenda, the Department of Defense is stockpiling weapons.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29d

Many in Silicon Valley call China a threat to freedom. But an AP investigation finds U.S. tech giants to a large degree designed and built Beijing’s digital police state, enabling China's Communist Party to smother dissent and tighten its grip on power.

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

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Elie Tenenbaum @elietenenbaum.bsky.social · Sep 9

📖 [À lire] Dernier numéro de la revue Politique Etrangère de @ifri.bsky.social où je co-signe avec G. Garnier un article "L'Europe à découvert" sur la défense stratégique & militaire de l'🇪🇺 avec une participation 🇺🇸 📉: Posture Review, menace russe, scénarios d'avenir www.ifri.org/fr/articles/...

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · Sep 6

💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression."

A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed.

The rest is history.

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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · Sep 6

Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII have been reburied in Ukraine at a ceremony attended by government officials from both countries.

Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.

Polish victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists reburied in Ukraine

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Sep 6

Passionnantes journées de la Fabrique de la Diplomatie qui attirent une foule énorme à l’uni Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)

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Marc Bassets @marcbassets.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Cet été, [les Européens] ont réussi à écarter le pire scénario, celui d’une alliance Washington-Moscou contre Kiev. Mais le lien toxique entre les dirigeants russe et américain n’est toujours pas rompu." Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social et @piosmo.bsky.social
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Guerre en Ukraine : récit d’une folle séquence diplomatique, de Moscou à Washington, en passant par Anchorage

Face à un Vladimir Poutine décidé à ne rien céder, Donald Trump a semblé naviguer à vue pendant tout le mois d’août. Les Européens et Volodymyr Zelensky s’efforcent, de leur côté, d’empêcher un aligne...

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Marc Bassets @marcbassets.bsky.social · Aug 31

"Le Hamas, près de deux ans après avoir déclenché le conflit en cours, continue de faire passer ses intérêts de parti avant ceux d’une population aux abois. Nul doute que le verdict de l’histoire sera sans appel contre les islamistes palestiniens..." Par JP Filiu
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L’écrasante responsabilité du Hamas dans la catastrophe palestinienne

CHRONIQUE. Le mouvement islamiste, au lieu d’accorder la priorité à l’intégrité du peuple palestinien, n’a cessé de fournir à Israël des prétextes pour dévaster la bande de Gaza, explique l’historien ...

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · Aug 30

Modi’s refusal to back Trump for a Nobel peace prize was instumental in the unraveling of a highly strategic relationship that has been carefully nurtured over decades

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Aug 29

🙏Great picture!

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Aug 29

Russian and Chinese submarines patrol together in the Pacific

Russian and Chinese submarines join forces in Pacific patrol first

Mission and choice of vessels reflect the deepening military coordination between the armed forces of the two countries.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Trump on his trade deal with the EU: “They pay us $950 billion”

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Aug 20

Controversy in Warsaw over the absence of the new president, Karol Nawrocki, along the 7 European leaders who went to Washington with Zelenskyy. Missed opportunity for Poland

"Zostaliśmy bez dobrych kart i dlatego nie ma nas w Białym Domu". Dlaczego Polacy nie polecieli do Trumpa

— Polska niewiele może dać w zasadzie i z perspektywy Kijowa, i z perspektywy Donalda Trumpa. Więc teraz nasza rola jest marginalna — mówił w podcaście Naczelni dziennikarz Newsweeka Jacek Gądek.

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Jul 16

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jul 16

je dis ça je dis rien

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · Jul 16

EU proves that defence is the most important strategic priority.

We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund.

It’s 5X more than in today’s budget.

This is a real deterrence!

🇪🇺will be defence-ready!

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jul 16

En 2023, le Danemark a supprimé un de ses 11 jours fériés pour financer l'effort de défense dû à la guerre en Ukraine. Malgré les manifestations, le Parlement l'a voté par 95 voix contre 68. Le "jour de la grande prière" était férié depuis le 17ème siècle

Denmark scraps public holiday to boost defence budget

The extra day of work will provide an additional $400m to the economy.

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ECFR @ecfr.eu · Jul 15

The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, writes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR.
Read his latest commentary:

Britain and Europe are changing together

The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new…

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jul 14

“It’ll be business for us, and we will send them Patriots". The air-defense system Trump will send to Ukraine will be paid for by Europe

Patriot System Will Be Sent to Ukraine, Trump Says

The president’s announcement comes a day before he meets with NATO’s chief.

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jul 13

Very good podcast on where we stand on Europe and Ukraine @ecfr.eu @jkobzova.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social

Beyond the battlefield: Europe’s long-term strategy for Ukraine

Mark Leonard is joined by Camille Grand and Jana Kobzova to discuss ECFR’s new European Security programme and the war in Ukraine…

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Arturo Sarukhan @ambarturosarukhan.bsky.social · Jul 11

Open your eyes: "Kyiv’s allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy. Unmoved by US pressure, Putin is determined to achieve his ultimate goal, whatever the cost". @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social ‬⁩via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/132a...

Russia is digging in for the long haul in Ukraine

Kyiv’s western allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 9

During his lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English-speaking skills.

President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia. wapo.st/4ePJZb6

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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · Jul 9

UK-France nuclear declaration tomorrow will state that "any adversary threatening the vital interests of Britain or France could be confronted by the strength of the nuclear forces of both nations."

www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Prime Minister and President Emmanuel Macron will also today agree to deepen their nuclear cooperation and work more closely than ever before on nuclear deterrence.

In an important step forward for the UK-France nuclear partnership – a newly signed declaration will state for the first time that the respective deterrents of both countries are independent but can be co-ordinated, and that there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by both nations.

As such, any adversary threatening the vital interests of Britain or France could be confronted by the strength of the nuclear forces of both nations. Co-operation between both countries on nuclear research will also deepen, while working together to uphold the international non-proliferation architecture.

The UK and France are Europe’s only nuclear powers, with deterrents that contribute significantly to the overall security of NATO and the Euro-Atlantic.

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sign of the times
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Neurobiologist Wang Jing leaves US to lead institute at China’s Shenzhen Bay Lab

Wang leaves University of California San Diego after 20 years to become director of the laboratory’s Institute of Molecular Physiology.

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Anna López @annalopez.bsky.social · Jul 3

El artículo de @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social deja claro que, para #Trump, la "PAZ" es una TRANSACCIÓN.

NO busca una PAZ JUSTA y duradera, sino acuerdos que sirvan a intereses muy concretos. Esto es diplomacia de alto el fuego, no de resolución real de conflictos.
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