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“After Putin, there will be Putin.” –Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman, Russian Duma thetimes.com/article/5bf5cb…

“More than 1,200 scientists who responded to a Naturepoll — three-quarters of the total respondents — are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by Trump. Europe and Canada were among the top choices for relocation.”

The USA is claiming that Greenland is under threat and needs a much stronger military presence. But they already have full military acces to Greenland through a defense agreement with Denmark, and this is how they have used it. It does not add up.

Part of the reason the UK has been so quiet about the technical capability notice sent to Apple (eschewing any public debate) is officials strongly want to avoid an “unproductive public argument” with JD Vance. Now, they're bracing for one nevertheless… therecord.media/uk-online-safe…

China admits its latest aggression around #Taiwan is a rehearsal for a blockade. This latest exercise is described as "stern warning and forceful deterrence" by an Eastern Theater Commander spokesman. A quick examination of the exercise and its purpose. 1/9 🧵

The Finnish Government has today taken two key decisions, reflecting the changes in our security environment. First, Finland will raise its defence expenditure to 3% of GDP by 2029. This is a part of Finland’s contribution to Europe taking greater responsibility for our own

Carl Sagan was prescient.

Bessent told lawmakers today that tomorrow’s tariffs are a “cap” - that the amounts announced tomorrow are the highest the tariffs will go and counties could then take steps to bring the tariffs down, per Congressman Kevin Hern

Thief robs thief.

TikTok admits 27,000 fake accounts supported Călin Georgescu & AUR’s electoral campaigns in Romania. Romanian prosecutors say Turkish IPs and Russian email addresses were used by troll farms to create 20,000 TikTok accounts that posted over 2 million comments in November 2024 1/

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we

Never before has an hour of Presidential rhetoric cost so many people so much. Markets continue to move after my previous tweet. The best estimate of the loss from tariff policy is now is closer to $30 trillion or $300,000 per family of four.

This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR

“[Other] governments should focus on increasing trade flows among themselves, especially in the services that power the 21st-century economy. With a share of final demand for imports of only 15%, America does not dominate global trade the way it does global finance or military

"If the West wants to negotiate effectively with the Russian state, it must first understand the psychological architecture of its diplomacy. Dialogue will not succeed on liberal terms — it must be grounded in realism, deterrence, and strategic clarity." themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/i-t…

For the first time ever, a Ukraine maritime drone shot down a military fighter jet. Ukraine's Defence Intelligence destroyed a Russian Su-30 air superiority fighter using a Magura maritime drone equipped with anti-aircraft missiles. 1/

Bad news for the Kremlin: Boris Pistorius will remain Germany’s defense minister in the new government 🇩🇪As the most popular member of Scholz’s cabinet, Pistorius has been one of the strongest advocates for rebuilding the German army and stepping up military support for Ukraine.

Germany will consider suspending EU funding to Slovakia if the country continues to drift away from the bloc’s common direction, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned.

Talking algorithmic conflict and the geopolitics of cyber strategy tonight at All Souls College. I'll examine how legalistic paradigms in Western security policy are – problematically – carrying over into the emerging domain of AI competition. Founded in 1969 by Sir Michael

Kellogg has effectively confirmed that Russia has lost nearly 1 million people in the war against Ukraine. In an interview, the Trump representative stated that total losses in the Russia-Ukraine war have already reached 1.2 million people, and this number exceeds U.S. losses