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Timuçin İbu
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Pilot | Digital Strategy | Ethics | Human Dignity | Professional father of 3 daughters👩‍👧‍👧 | ❤️ UFC 😵‍💫 & Formula1️⃣ 🏎️ |
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🌍Asia on the Horizon

Asia recalibrates diplomacy, trade & security as major powers hedge amid uncertainty—China–India signals, EU–India ties, and global power projection.

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#AsiaOnTheHorizon #IndoPacific #Geopolitics #StrategicHedging
Asia on the Horizon | Weekly Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Briefings
Asia on the Horizon offers weekly insights into Indo-Pacific geopolitics, military trends, trade dynamics, and strategic developments across Asia-Pacific.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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🇬🇧🤝🇨🇳 Starmer’s Beijing visit signals a cautious UK‑China reset. Pragmatic economic talks meet persistent security + rights concerns.

A controlled thaw, not a realignment — showing how geopolitics and economics now intertwine.

#UKChina #Starmer #Xi #Geopolitics #WorldAffairs
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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📊 UK–China Relations: The Pragmatic Reset

The UK recalibrates China policy under Keir Starmer—balancing trade, security, and diplomacy via a 3-C framework: cooperate, compete, challenge.

🔗 https://www.rfr.bz/b337505

#UKChina #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #Trade #SoftPower
UK–China Relations: Starmer’s Pragmatic Strategic Reset
An infographic analysis of UK–China relations under Keir Starmer, examining trade imbalances, security concerns, and the new pragmatic 3-C strategy.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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🇨🇳🪖 China’s sweeping purge of senior PLA commanders has thinned the CMC to just two members. Political loyalty is trumping military expertise — widening capability gaps and raising the risk of strategic miscalculation, especially over Taiwan.
#China #PLA #MilitaryPurge #Geopolitics
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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China–Russia Defence Talks Deepen Coordination

China and Russia reaffirm closer military coordination in a Jan 27 video call, citing global security risks. Not a formal alliance, but cooperation is clearly expanding.

#China #Russia #Defense #Geopolitics #GlobalSecurity #MilitaryCooperation
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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🇨🇳🤝🇫🇮 China–Finland Talks in Beijing

Xi Jinping and PM Petteri Orpo met in Beijing, stressing trade, innovation, and dialogue. Cooperation continues, but EU–China imbalances and Ukraine remain key tensions.

#China #Finland #Chinaf="/hashtag/ChinaEU" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ChinaEU #Geopolitics #Diplomacy #GlobalTrade
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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📊 New Infographic: EU–India Trade Agreement

EU & India enter the final phase of a landmark deal covering trade, investment & GIs—impacting 1.9B consumers and global markets.

🔗 https://www.rfr.bz/bbb3eaa

#EUIndia #TradeAgreement #GlobalTrade #Geopolitics #2026
January 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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📃 Europe & the 2026 U.S. Defense Strategy

The 2026 NDS signals a shift: Europe is now a secondary theater. U.S. support is conditional on Europe’s leadership, spending, and real capabilities—making strategic autonomy a necessity, not a choice.

🔗https://www.rfr.bz/bbd91fb

#NATO #EuropeanSecu
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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🔥 W.A.R. on the Horizon: Europe at a Strategic Crossroads

Arms control is fraying, Ukraine faces energy warfare, and Europe is being pushed toward strategic autonomy as transatlantic assumptions shift. January ends with a decisive test for European security.

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Europe on the Brink: War, Defence and the New Security Order
Europe enters a new security era shaped by war, defence expansion, and strategic realignment. Analysis of NATO, Ukraine, SAFE and Europe’s defence transformation.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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🌏 Asia on the Horizon | Indo-Pacific Reset

A new U.S. defence doctrine, Europe’s strategic pivot to Asia, and rising middle-power autonomy are reshaping the Indo-Pacific. Security, tech, and supply chains now define power—and regional actors are stepping up.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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🔔U.S. 2026 Defense Strategy: Indo-Pacific

China deterrence comes first. The Indo-Pacific is the core theater, centered on deterrence by denial and tougher alliance burden-sharing—raising real risks for credibility and cohesion.

#IndoPacific #USDefense #China #Geopolitics
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🇪🇺🤝🇮🇳 Historic moment: India and the EU seal a long-awaited free trade deal after nearly 20 years of talks. A major step for open markets, resilient supply chains and a rules-based order in a fragmented world.

#IndiaEU #FreeTradeAgreement #GlobalTrade #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Great start to the DEFRA 2026 Information Days! 🎯

Day 1 at the Royal Military Academ provided valuable insights into Belgium's 6th Defence-related Research Action call. The breakout sessions covering themes 1-9 offered excellent networking opportunities with researchers and industry members.
January 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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🎥 Watch the video for Key Takeaways from “China’s Increasing Influence in the Global South” ✍️ by Jeremy Garlick & Anja Senz

📖 Read here: eh4s.eu/publication/...

#eh4s #GlobalSouth #Geopolitics #BRICS #ChinaEU #StrategicAutonomy #GlobalGovernance #BeltAndRoad #HorizonEurope
January 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
A critical but overlooked aspect of the 2026 #NDS is its focus on the industrial base. The US administration has signaled a willingness to expand Transatlantic defense industrial cooperation and, crucially, to "reduce defense trade barriers".

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#DefenseIndust
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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New 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy marks a sharp shift: homeland first, China as central challenge, tougher alliance burden-sharing, and defense industry as core power base—a move toward hard-edged realism in a multipolar world.

#NationalDefenseStrategy #NDS2026 #USDefense #DoW
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Don't Lose Your Funding to Audit Errors 💰

Personnel costs are the most audited area in Horizon 🇪🇺 Europe. Did you know the EU uses a fixed daily rate based on a 215 working days divisor?.

#FinancialCompliance #PersonnelCosts #EUAudit #HorizonEurope #Finance
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The release of the 2026 National Defense Strategy signals a definitive structural shift in the Transatlantic alliance. The message from Washington is unambiguous: the era of the US underwriting European security gaps is over.

https://www.rfr.bz/bab4271

#NationalDefenseStrategy #2026NDS #ReA
January 25, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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The new U.S. defense strategy formally pushes Europe down Washington's list of priorities while elevating Greenland to a core homeland security concern.
New US defense strategy downgrades Europe, elevates Greenland to American priority
Washington’s new blueprint says European allies should take the lead on regional threats, while the U.S. shifts focus toward China and securing key Arctic territory.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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📊 New Infographic | EU–Mercosur Deal

The EU–Mercosur Partnership Agreement creates the world’s largest free trade zone, reshaping global trade, climate policy, and EU strategic autonomy.

🔗 https://www.rfr.bz/ba3b777

#EUMercosur #Infographic #Geopolitics #GlobalTrade
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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📃 SAFE and Europe’s Shift to Permanent War Finance

SAFE is embedding war finance into EU governance, turning defence from a crisis response into a permanent policy.

🔗Read more: https://www.rfr.bz/b889c52

#EU #Defence #Geopolitics #Security #NATO #Policy #WarFinance
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Davos 2026: Europe faces a defining moment. Leaders call for unity amid US tariff threats & Greenland disputes. Strategic autonomy or fragmentation? An emergency EU summit looms.

#Davos2026 #WEF #EuropeanUnion #Geopolitics #GlobalTrade #TransatlanticRelations
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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🇮🇹 Italy’s Asia Signal: Strategy, Not Spectacle.
Meloni’s visits to 🇯🇵 & 🇰🇷 show hedging, not pivoting—defence ties with Japan, tech & energy with Korea. It’s risk management, not ambition.

#Italy #Asia #Japan #SouthKorea #Geopolitics #StrategicAutonomy #IndoPacific
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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🌍 The Old Order Is Not Coming Back.
At #Davos2026, PM Carney warns: the U.S.-led system is over. Middle powers must act or be acted upon—Canada opts for autonomy + flexible coalitions.

#GlobalOrder #StrategicAutonomy #Geopolitics #EconomicSecurity #Canada
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Europe can’t rely on US space and AI assets forever. The next conflict will hinge on algorithms, satellites, and cyber resilience. If we don’t control our digital backbone, we don’t control our security.

#DefenseTech #Space #CyberSecurity #DigitalSovereignty
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 AM