Geir Flikke (@geirflikke) 's Twitter Profile
Geir Flikke

@geirflikke

Professor at University of Oslo. Tweets are personal. Re-tweets reflect news-value; interest in protests and movements, Russian regime/society, Ukraine, and HR.

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calendar_today08-06-2011 12:13:17

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Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Large number of 🇺🇸 tanker aircraft deploying to Europe. This is what you need for a major and sustained air campaign. It looks like Trump 🇺🇸 is going to war.

Large number of 🇺🇸 tanker aircraft deploying to Europe. This is what you need for a major and sustained air campaign. It looks like Trump 🇺🇸 is going to war.
Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam (@inahpkvam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cluster munitions are designed to max damage of a single strike by releasing submunitions over a larger area—in effect distributing expl force to multiple impact zones, indiscriminately targeting beyond the range of one concentrated blast. Putin is launching them at kindergartens

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@tsihanouskaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dictatorships often appear stable—until they suddenly collapse. Beneath the surface lies only fear, violence & repression. They lack legitimacy, truth & the support of their people. That’s why we must stay united & ready to act when the moment for change in Belarus comes.

Dictatorships often appear stable—until they suddenly collapse. Beneath the surface lies only fear, violence & repression. 

They lack legitimacy, truth & the support of their people. 

That’s why we must stay united & ready to act when the moment for change in Belarus comes.
Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

” 🇮🇱’s decision to go to war with Iran 🇮🇷 risks opening a Pandora’s box by dealing a fatal blow to diplomacy and pushing Iran towards either nuclear weaponisation as its primary security guarantee or towards state collapse.” ⁦ECFR⁩ ecfr.eu/article/enough…

Timothy Snyder (@timothydsnyder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t want to hear any 🇪🇺 statement that the 🇺🇸 has the right to defend itself. This is a clearcut violation of international law.

Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I will look with keen interest on whether 🇪🇺 today refers to international law in what it will say on the 🇮🇱🇺🇸 strikes on 🇮🇷. The 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 statement was remarkable for completely ignoring the subject. I hope they understand that by being blind on this issue they undermine their

Geir Flikke (@geirflikke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another completely bizarre message: Trump Declares ‘Complete, Total’ Cease-Fire In Israel-Iran Conflict#entry-shared rferl.org/a/us-iran-isra…

Pat Ryan 🇺🇸 (@patryanuc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump just cancelled a classified House briefing on the Iran strikes with zero explanation.    The real reason?  He claims he destroyed “all nuclear facilities and capability;” his team knows they can’t back up his bluster and BS  Here's what they're scared we'll ask:  🧵

Geir Flikke (@geirflikke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exactly. U.S. initial damage report: Iran nuclear program set back by months, not obliterated washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Hanna Liubakova (@hannaliubakova) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm struck by how closely Lukashenka seems to be following Putin’s lead in every detail. The recent small-scale releases of political prisoners in #Belarus only began after Putin carried out a prisoner swap and released some of his most prominent critics.

I'm struck by how closely Lukashenka seems to be following Putin’s lead in every detail. The recent small-scale releases of political prisoners in #Belarus only began after Putin carried out a prisoner swap and released some of his most prominent critics.
Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudanjakeli) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Almost every Georgian opposition leader is now in jail: 1. Mamuka Khazaradze – arrested, sentenced 2. Badri Japaridze – arrested, sentenced 3. Zurab Japaridze – arrested, sentenced 4. Nika Melia – arrested, sentencing pending 5. Nika Gvaramia – arrested, sentencing pending 6.

Almost every Georgian opposition leader is now in jail:

1. Mamuka Khazaradze – arrested, sentenced
2. Badri Japaridze – arrested, sentenced
3. Zurab Japaridze – arrested, sentenced
4. Nika Melia – arrested, sentencing pending
5. Nika Gvaramia – arrested, sentencing pending
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Geir Flikke (@geirflikke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And this — As the New Syrian Regime Gains Legitimacy, It Is Pushing Russia Out - The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/26/as-…

Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“NATO is at risk of succumbing to the whims of US politics and becoming totally consumed by internal management crises, rather than focusing on growing external security threats.” ⁦RUSI⁩ rusi.org/explore-our-re…