@uschneck
Professor of International Relations and Peace & Conflict Studies, Osnabrück University, Germany. Co-Director of MA Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding. Lives & works in Osnabrück, Berlin and Vienna. Fussball: @werder.de 💚
Sehr hörenswerter und bewegender neuer NDR-Podcast "Streitkräfte und Strategien", direkt aus Lwiw, u.a. auch sehr informative Eindrücke und Analyse von Susanne Petersohn zur Lage in den Frontgebieten.
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Katja Petrowskaja über Kälte als Waffe: "Die Elektriker reparieren ununterbrochen Kraftwerke, die ständig bombardiert werden. Sie arbeiten unter Wasser oder in völlig vereisten Anlagen; einige sind dabei schon ums Leben gekommen."
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Am #HolocaustMemorialDay, gedenken wir den Millionen Opfer des Holocausts. Etwa 1,5 Millionen von ihnen stammten aus der #Ukraine. Ermöglicht wurde der Massenmord des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands im östlichen Europa durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg, zu dessen Hauptschauplätzen Polen, Belarus
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EU-Mercosur: Fatale Fehlentscheidung von acht deutschen Grünen im EP auf mehreren Ebenen - geopolitisch ebenso wie parteipolitisch (Schützenhilfe für linke EU-Gegner und rechte EU-Feinde). Trump und Putin sind erfreut.
Katastrophale Fehlentscheidung von acht deutschen Grünen im EP auf mehreren Ebenen - geopolitisch ebenso wie parteipolitisch (Schützenhilfe für EU-Gegner und EU-Feinde).
Trump hat in Davos eine weinerliche Opfer-Rede gehalten, alle (v.a. Europa, besonders Dänemark) sind so gemein + undankbar gegenüber den USA. Er macht das, was alle Rechtspopulisten + Putinisten am besten können, sich als Opfer zu inszenieren, um Drohungen u Gewalt zu legitimieren. Sehr gefährlich.
A new European defence treaty organisation might be needed rather sooner than later. NATO may still exist but no longer able to act united, no matter whether Trump stays or leaves. A group of NordicBaltic8 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇬🇧 can take the lead, 🇺🇦 should be included or associated, forming a Defence-G16.
Timm Graßmann: Marx hat nicht nur den Kapitalismus kritisiert, sondern auch vor Russlands imperialen Absichten gewarnt. Daraus, meint er, könne die heutige Linke nur lernen.
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No surprise: AfD and BSW MEPs (together now 20 deputies) are among the Top-Pro-Kremlin forces in the EP. But also Die Linke (3 MEPs) voted consistently pro-Russia. Concering voting patterns, even stronger than Le Pen's Rassemblement National, Orbán's FIDESZ and Wilders' PVV.
He also encouraged the Kremlin to ask for more Ukrainian land according to the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump's advisor Witkoff is also the advisor of Putin's advisor and, thereby, a useful idiot of a Kremlin information operation pretending its willingness to peace and negotiation.
"Geneva talks" by 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🇪🇺: Telling symbolism of the site, since talks between transatlantic partners do not take place in Washington, Brussels or London, but at a location known for talks between enemies who either cannot travel elsewhere or do not to talk to each other anywhere else or both.
E3 (France, Germany, UK) counter-proposal to the Witkoff-Dimitriev Plan according to Reuters, now 27 instead of 28points: www.reuters.com/business/fin...
The only viable answer the EU has left is to offer speed-up EU membership for the "free" (non-occupied) 🇺🇦 hoping to prevent political turmoil in 🇺🇦 and an exodus of Ukrainians. A highly unlikely scenario since EU-27 are not prepared to agree on this.
Now: If the Witkoff-Dimitriev plan becomes reality, it will be a de facto end of NATO, since Trump allows Putin a say (or a veto) in NATO matters (up to the point what kind of fighter aircrafts can be stationed in Poland, see no. 9 of the plan). /5
Ideas for such formats have been existing since a while. The latest had been a proposal by EU Commissioner Kubilius to form a treaty-based European Defence organisation including the EU-27 (or EU-27 minus Hungary), UK, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine and Moldova. /4
But EUrope still lacks a sustained strategy, better coordination of bilateral support structures and a plan for integrating 🇺🇦 in established or new institutionalized European security frameworks which would have also strengthend EUrope's bargaing power vis-à-vis Trump erratic politics. /3
Since Feb. 2022, 🇪🇺 politicians had time to move beyond ad hoc decisions, "coalitions of the willing", "crowd funding" and piecemeal support for 🇺🇦. True, in total EU+ (incl. 🇬🇧, 🇳🇴 etc.) invested more than US from the beginning of 🇷🇺invasion and outperformed US in military support since March 2025. /2
Trumputin collusion: Over months, EUropean leaders have wasted time and resources to please Trump (oftentimes in a rather painful manner) to soften or alter his approach towards 🇺🇦. It did not work and turns out to be a desaster for 🇪🇺 security and a catastrophy for 🇺🇦. /1
Trumputin collusion: Over months, EUropean leaders have wasted time and resources to please Trump (oftentimes in a rather painfully manner) to soften or alter his approach towards 🇺🇦. It did not work and turns out to be a desaster for 🇪🇺 security and a catastrophy for 🇺🇦.
but also by self-styled "peace parties" such as pro-Kremlin AfD and BSW (or similiar forces in EU states), further undermining liberal democracy and EU's solidarity with 🇺🇦. Trump via his aide Witkoff created a lose-lose situation for 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 and a win-win situation for the Kremlin.
If 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 reject the plan, Trump will remove the remaining (already reduced) US support from 🇺🇦 and Putin will continue war + attacks on 🇺🇦 society. Both will blame 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 for this. They will not only be joined by corrupted European figures such as Orbán, /3
If 🇺🇦 is forced by Trump to accept the plan, 🇺🇦 political future will be very uncertain and 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 security are at great risk since 🇺🇦 ability to defend itself will be diminished (while 🇷🇺 will not face any arms reduction or control) + security guarantees offered by US are vage + hardly reliable /2
The Witkoff-Dimitriev Plan for 🇺🇦 marks essentially the end of the transatlantic alliance (or whatever is left of it). It is already another great propaganda victory for Putin served by the Trump administration. /1
28points of Witkoff-Dimitriev Plan for 🇺🇦 marks essentially the end of the transatlantic alliance (or whatever is left of it). It's already a big propaganda win for Putin. If 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 reject the plan, Trump will remove US support from 🇺🇦 + Putin will continue the war, both will blame 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 for this.
Vermeintliche Sicherheitsgarantien aus dem Hause Trump für 🇺🇦, konditioniert für einen "bedeutenden, vorsätzlichen UND anhaltenden bewaffneten Angriff". Der Kreml weiß genau, was dann zu tun wäre.
Investitionen in Bahn-Infrastruktur im Vergleich mit Österreich, Schweiz u. Luxemburg. Jahrelang hieß es: Hauptsache, die "schwarze Null" steht. Jetzt muss bei steigenden Kosten alles gleichzeitig saniert werden.
Getrennte Erinnerungskulturen in EUropa: In 🇩🇪 feiert man am 11.11. traditionell Sankt Martinstag (oder aktuell des Kanzlers Geburtstag), in 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇧🇪 dagegen Gedenken an das Ende des 1. Weltkrieges (Waffenstillstand von Compiègne), in 🇵🇱 zudem Tag der nationalen Unabhängigkeit.