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European air forces participating in Australia PITCH BLACK air combat exercise this month include: Spain, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom. US and Canada as well. It is good to have a transatlantic footprint in the Indo-Pacific: airandspaceforces.com/fighters-aroun…

Glen Howard interviews former NATO SACEUR General Philip Breedlove (USAF) - an F-16 pilot - on the arrival of F-16s in Ukraine and the role of air supremacy in its battle against Russia's invasion. Listen here: x.com/GlenHoward_GH/…

Why is SLB, a Houston based energy services company, expanding its business in Russia? With Moscow conducting its brutal invasion of Ukraine, BLP is an example of outrageous prioritization of profit over principle. See: ft.com/content/c7bc64…

NATO tests its new regional defense plans: stripes.com/branches/army/…

Nicolae Ciucă, President of the Senate of Romania speaking to a forum of transatlantic conservatives at the Vevey Dialogue on the transformational potential of the Three Seas Initiative.

Good Move!! President Biden announced US will provide #Ukraine $20 billion in loans that will be paid back by the interest earned off immobilized Russian assets. Another $30B in similar loans will be provided by G7 countries. See: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

The similarities between #Trump's approach to #Ukraine, the appeasement of #Chamberlain's Munich agreement that led to WWII and the geopolitical dynamics of that era and today are eery and dangerous. See my piece: thehill.com/opinion/495045…

#Russia attempted to detonate parcel bombs on US-bound transatlantic flights. What will the be the response of the US & its allies? If it is just another demarche Russia will just escalate this form aggression against the west. See: ft.com/content/b58a20…

Says a lot re Germany: Facing high intensity war, Chancellor Sholtz frets about health care: "I am not prepared to finance our support for Ukraine and investments in our defense at the expense of social cohesion, at the expense of pensions, health or care.”washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/…

#NATO SECGEN Mark Rutte calls for more support to Ukraine: "So far, our support has kept #Ukraine in the fight. But we need to do much more...We need to raise the cost for Putin and his enabling authoritarian friends." See: politico.eu/article/north-…

As some naively propose the Finlandization of #Ukraine, #Finland's Foreign Minister Valtonen pour cold water on the idea: "I'm against it (Finlandisation), yes. Let's face it, Ukraine was neutral before they were attacked by Russia." See: reuters.com/world/europe/f…

#Estonia says the West should deploy troops to Ukraine to secure its sovereignty & independence. That courage & strategic wisdom should be shared by all #NATO allies, including the United States. See: ft.com/content/98ceca…

A NATO Strategy to Counter #Russia - The Alliance will roll its strategy when #NATO heads of state convene in the Hague this June. Ryan Arick & I propose the assumptions, objectives, and actions that should define that strategy. See: atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

Denmark raises its defense spending by $7B this year and next. Its defense spending will now match 3.2% of its GDP, up from 1.37% in 2022. This reflects renewed commitment to transatlantic security. It's a good move! See: reuters.com/world/europe/d…

Nordic-Baltic Foreign Ministers stand for Ukraine - In this powerful piece, they call for more robust support to Kyiv as we mark yet another anniversary of #Russia's ongoing, unjustified and brutal invasion of #Ukraine. See: ft.com/content/30d4f3…

Europe is well positioned to support Ukraine against Russia's aggression: Europe's GDP is 20X that of Russia, population 3X, defense spending 3X. See: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

For an excellent summary of #Russia's history of treaty violations, including aggression, see the latest by Eric Edelman & Franklin Miller. It makes clear why #Ukraine needs robust security guarantees: thedispatch.com/article/russia…

This April, #Poland hosts a summit meeting of the Three Seas Initiative. Emma Nix & I explore how to drive forward this effort to accelerate cross border infrastructure development in the region between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas. See: atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

"Russia is conducting an escalating and violent campaign of sabotage and subversion against European and U.S. targets in Europe led by Russian military intelligence (the GRU)." See this report by CSIS: csis.org/analysis/russi…

Estonia seizes Russian Ghost Fleet vessel. Good move by Tallin! See: politico.eu/article/estoni…