Tara Varma
@taravarma.bsky.social
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Visiting fellow at the @Brookings.edu Interested in geopolitics: Asian and European security, and women’s rights. Views my own.
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guipascanet.bsky.social
J’attendais une analyse du discours du Mister Tatouage et je l’ai.
J’ai senti comme une angoisse de @taravarma.bsky.social , une émotion et en même temps une analyse froide de ce qui est un coup d’état au ralenti.
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aurelienmorel.bsky.social
Pour apporter quelques précisions suite à cet épisode très intéressant du Collimateur avec @taravarma.bsky.social.

Dans l'extrait du discours de Pete Hegseth, on l'entend parler de deux choses importantes :
- La règle des vitres cassées (broken windows policy)
- Les soldats bien rasés.
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alexjubelin.bsky.social
Il y a énormément de choses dans ce discours (et dans l'épisode qui en découle), mais — peut-être par déformation professionnelle — grosse fascination personnelle pour l'imaginaire historique qu'il déploie et la fixation sur la guerre du Golfe comme mètre-étalon pour les armées américaines.
taravarma.bsky.social
Dernier épisode de « Zone de turbulences » avec @alexjubelin.bsky.social pour #LeCollimateur @lerubicon.bsky.social sur les discours de D. Trump et P. Hegseth aux officiers généraux américains cette semaine, soulignant le changement culturel qu’ils souhaitent apporter aux armées 🇺🇸
À écouter 🎧👇🏽
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foreignaffairs.com
“Instead of engaging on Washington’s terms, Kim, Putin, and Xi are now linking arms in Beijing, flaunting not only their growing willingness to challenge U.S. leadership but also their ability to do so in concert,” writes Patricia Kim.
Don’t Overestimate the Autocratic Alliance
Washington still has significant leverage over China, North Korea, and Russia.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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casmudde.bsky.social
Clickbait headlines are a major source of misinformation and misrepresentation.

Useful headlines would have been:

1. Young men support Reform less than other men.

2. Age is much more important for Reform support than sex.

3. Reform is most popular party among 50+ men and women.
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shashj.bsky.social
How does NATO monitor and defend its airspace? It operates a large, diverse & growing network of sensors & interceptors on air, sea and land—but also one with significant limitations when it comes to countering low-level drone incursions in peacetime.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
A scary struggle with the Kremlin over Europe’s skies
Russian air incursions are testing NATO’s will to resist
www.economist.com
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politico.eu
👀 It wasn't just Poland’s airspace that Russia entered this week. It was cyberspace, too.
Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the early hours Wednesday ... then NASK national research institute analysts spotted increased levels of disinformation.
After testing Poland’s drone defenses, Russia tested its disinformation response too
Disinformation tried to blame the drone incursion on Ukraine and make out Poland to be weak and confused.
www.politico.eu
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cnn.com
CNN @cnn.com · 26d
NATO has launched an initiative to reinforce the defense of Europe's eastern flank after a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace this week, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced on Friday. https://cnn.it/47BO15e
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shashj.bsky.social
1/ Poland has invoked NATO's Article Four, which triggers consultations among allies. It is highly unlikely this will be taken as an "armed attack" meeting the threshold of Article Five. So the question is what NATO does after these consultation. Some ideas below.
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laukaya.bsky.social
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants the EU to help front-line countries monitor and defend their borders against potential Russian aggression — backing a long-standing request from Poland and Baltic nations.
www.politico.eu/article/von-...
Von der Leyen backs ‘drone wall’ to resist Putin
The European Commission president also announces a drone alliance with Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
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profsaunders.bsky.social
As SCOTUS hands this particular president more and more power to suspend rights and use force, remember that SCOTUS helped (w/Congress) dismantle checks on the presidency, and then gave this president immunity. Enablers at the destruction. @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad
American foreign policy in an age of unrestrained executive power.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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alexjubelin.bsky.social
Un épisode avec @taravarma.bsky.social qui ressemble un peu à une partie de Taboo où on aurait pioché le mot "fascisme".

(en vrai j'ai perdu tout de suite après)
taravarma.bsky.social
C’est la rentrée et avec @alexjubelin.bsky.social nous reprenons nos échanges sur les développements stratégiques à Washington - et ils sont nombreux…! - dans ce dernier épisode de « Zone de turbulences » @lerubicon.bsky.social #LeCollimateur

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lerubicon.bsky.social
Pour cet épisode de "Zone de turbulences" consacré à l'actualité militaire et stratégique des Etats-Unis, #LeCollimateur évoque avec @taravarma.bsky.social les événements de l'été, et notamment l'évolution du pouvoir présidentiel trumpien depuis l'envoi de la garde nationale dans la capitale.
Washington au son des bruits de bottes [Zone de turbulences #4]
Pour ce nouvel épisode de "Zone de turbulences" consacré à l'actualité militaire et stratégique des États-Unis, le Collimateur évoque avec Tara Varma les événements de l'été, et notamment l'évolution ...
lerubicon.org
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maxbergmann.bsky.social
Lots in this interview with EU Defense Commissioner Kubilius. Says EU spending on US weapons down from 60% to 40% of EU procurement. “If we manage to incentivise member states also to spend more on European products, it means less for American products, slowly.” www.euractiv.com/section/defe...
INTERVIEW: Europe’s armies at ‘50% of what we need’, says defence commissioner - Euractiv
The commissioner sat down with Euractiv to discuss EU defence policy priorities
www.euractiv.com
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sandertordoir.bsky.social
I, like many others, sincerely struggle to discern any (economic) China strategy from the Trump administration.

Some of his advisors are in the decoupling camp but US president Trump is, well, somewhere else. And mainly all over the place.

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fheisbourg.bsky.social
An excellent update and deepening of prior statements and undertakings (Chequers déclarations, Lancaster House treaties)
sophiepedder.bsky.social
Big strategic moment for 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧 (and Europe) at the summit in London today. The two countries are to state for the first time that their respective nuclear deterrents “can be co-ordinated”, and that “there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by both nations”