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Rarely has so much ignorance and ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know you and Donald J. Trump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, and destroying the security of America and her allies, but you would do well, JD Vance, to

The height of dishonesty is accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський of having started the war against Russia, of being a dictator, of having the support of only 4% of Ukrainians, and of wanting to plunder Ukraine's mineral resources as payment for his help. (1/2)

🎙️ Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Iuliia Osmolovska GLOBSEC tells Ian Bond that many Ukrainians want a negotiated end to fighting, but not at the expense of concessions to Russia. 🎙️ New CER podcast. Listen here: buff.ly/3Xc0pCK

22 years ago – how time flies – I wrote a report on Russian corruption. I told Putin about corruption in his circle, gave examples. I asked him directly: does Putin want 25% of his compatriots to consider the Russian President a bribe-taker? 🧵What happened after showed I

If the Reuters report of a US threat to terminate Ukraine’s access to Starlink for the sake of leverage is accurate, the US will have shown itself to be untrustworthy, to the delight of our adversaries. America Alone. 1/2

I’ve been staying away from Twitter for months, but it’s worth a brief return to give this excellent response to J D Vance a retweet. Chapeau to Shashank Joshi for a point by point rebuttal, with evidence to back it up.

"Where we are at the moment is that the East Europeans by and large, don't need to get the memo," says Ian Bond, deputy director, CER. "The further west you go, the more problematic it becomes until you get to Spain and Italy." buff.ly/C73xRSn

My colleague Luigi Scazzieri with a very good explanation of why, although European Commission is offering member-states scope to spend up to €800 billion extra on defence, the eventual boost to budgets is likely to be much smaller.

“It is essential that Europeans don’t fall for this US/Russian stitch-up, which will strengthen Russia, weaken Ukraine, and undermine the security of the rest of Europe,” wrote Ian Bond, deputy director of the CER think-tank. buff.ly/sN8zo46

It must be said that even the beneficial effects of Trump are the products of efforts by European countries to mitigate the damage Trump is doing. Still, that's better than nothing, given the harm Trump is causing, identified by Charles Grant .

The dollar is likely facing a “moron premium” from investors worried about Washington’s obvious economic illiteracy, according to @Sander Tordoir of CER. “Confidence is a feeble, vulnerable commodity: the US is squandering it by the boatload,” he said. buff.ly/dzjbwnZ

Non-EU nationals already face heavy penalties and future entry bans if they overstay and there is no evidence to suggest that the EU’s high #visa rejection rate reduces overstaying. New CER insight by Katherine Pye buff.ly/sG2CUGr

“If your company decides to build a T-shirt factory in Mississippi, and then tariffs go back down, then your factory makes no economic sense,” says John Springford, an associate with the CER think-tank. buff.ly/adMsSRr

Charles Grant Trump’s efforts to devalue the transatlantic security relationship, combined with fears of Putin’s Russia, are leading not only to the growth of national defence budgets but also to more EU involvement in defence.

Time to get into essay crisis mode! I'm looking forward to reading applications this weekend - the deadline for sending them is Friday 11th.

Spread the word! CER is recruiting to replace the irreplaceable Luigi Scazzieri (moving to @EUISS, while remaining an associate fellow at the CER). This is a great job in a high-profile area, at a time when Europeans are having to revisit all their assumptions about defence.

Ahead of the EU-UK summit, Aslak Berg Charles Grant & I look at the prospects. Conclusion: it's a summit of low ambitions, & a bit of a missed opportunity, considering the global context. But it could at least pave the way for future summits to be more productive.

🎙️ Can #Ukraine stay at the centre of its own future? New CER podcast with Ian Bond, Mykola Bielieskov and Olesya Khromeychuk Ukrainian Institute London🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/TY03mNk

It's been a long time coming, but I am delighted to announce that the 2nd edition of the Routledge Guide to the European Union will be published on June 30th, and is available for pre-order from June 9th. Routledge Books routledge.com/The-Routledge-…

I used to think fans of reviving the WEU were quaint, but with the US an unreliable ally & the EU unable to run real defence operations, for those who want to be serious about defence in Europe, something like a new WEU, with links to the EU & NATO, looks more attractive now.