A great conversation with @marialuisamoreira.bsky.social in ‘The Diplomat’s Cabinet’ Podcast on #StrategicForesight in the #EU and beyond. 🎧 here: open.spotify.com/episode/4h2O...
#TheDiplomatsCabinet #EuropeanUnion #Foresight #Diplomacy #EUinstitutions #Policy #Geopolitics #Analysis #Permacrisis
Russia significantly stepped up its sabotage campaign over the past two years as it sought to pressure Europe and the U.S. to curb their support for Ukraine, according to a new study.
Gender equality gains have stalled and at this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full parity, according to a report by JPMorgan
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"Ukraine’s war effort will not suddenly collapse despite the significant challenges a prolonged freeze would impose"
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"Something was different about this speech. The level of baldfaced lying. The way Republicans cheered along. How uncomfortable and uncertain Democrats seemed. It was as if, watching it all, you could feel something rupturing."
Captured by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
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What pressure is being put on Russia to negotiate?
“But the focus of European discussions is almost entirely on funding, not the tremendous structural problem of Europe’s fractured defense landscape made up of 25+ bespoke militaries. To put it bluntly, these militaries are not designed to defend Europe.” @maxbergmann.bsky.social
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
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“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
This was about Starlink, but it applies to almost every single layer of the tech stack.
Europe can’t keep dithering, our tech dependency is critical risk to our security.
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
Lindsey Graham immediately following up an Oval Office meeting at which Trump and Vance disgraced themselves and the United States with a call for Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine's presidency only makes me feel more strongly that this whole event today was pre-planned and in service of Kremlin interests.
Telegraph editorial:
"Mr Trump and Mr Vance were indisputably in the wrong, factually, geographically and morally."
Never have I ever stood tanto for Ukraine
“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
Costa has turned into a serial EU tweeter 🎯🇪🇺🇺🇦
#proud #slavaukraini
I have decided to convene a special European Council on 6 March.
We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security.
In my consultations with European leaders, I’ve heard a shared commitment to meet those challenges at EU level:
I have studied relations between Russia and the European far right for years, and while there may be ideological similarities between the two sides, Russia’s primary goal in this cooperation is to weaken Europe — politically, socially, and economically. 1/2
At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
People are examining the wreckage at the scene of a destroyed building in Gaza City that was reduced to rubble. A headline reads: "How Israel Weakened Civilian Protections to Unleash Deadly Bombing in Gaza." Photo by Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times.
Israel severely weakened safeguards meant to protect civilians to make it easier to strike Gaza in the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, unleashing one of the deadliest bombing campaigns in modern warfare, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/49XyoV2
Sobre Hamas, Israel, Síria e um cessar-fogo que se tornou num mito urbano 🌍 cnnportugal.iol.pt/videos/a-amb...
Here it is: my viral Bluesky thread significantly expanded into a full essay. Hope you will share it with anyone you think might be interested.
NEW: Trump and his allies are using legal threats to try to intimidate news outlets and others that criticize or question him and his cabinet picks.
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
