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Up next a session I have looked forward to on the intersection between foreign policy & technology (who said digital sovereignty?). Kicked off by ECFR’s very own tech bro Nacho Torreblanca. This will be fun… 🌐

Final remarks by Carl Bildt at ECFR #ACM25: The faith of Ukraine will determine the future of Europe. Russia has been remarkably unsuccessful. It controls less of Ukraine than 3yrs ago. Not sure the Russian army can change that. But Putin hopes the weakening of the West will.

An Financial Times article right down my alley….😂: “Optimists believe they have more control over what happens in the world than they actually do”. ft.com/content/c767e8…

Off to another part of EMEA to meet another great Zscaler team (+ customers & government officials). #DigitalSovereignty 🛡️🌍

The view from the office: Fantastic to spend some days w/ the Zscaler MEA-Team in 🇦🇪. Warm welcome (litterally) & excellent meetings w/ the government in Abu Dhabi. Including a very generous tour of the- by all means - impressive Grand Mosque. And yes, world affairs => ✈️detour

Retweet to join us in celebrating our Ally the 🇺🇸 United States on their Independence Day! #4thofJuly #WeAreNATO 🤝 U.S. Mission to NATO

Each time the world reaches out, Putin answers with missiles. Russia’s escalating attacks on Kyiv show that Moscow doesn’t want peace. Air defence systems and missiles are scarce everywhere. But Ukraine needs them now, every single day, to protect its people.

OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale. It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals. ow.ly/mBlu50WiPRx

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President Macron speaking at Guildhall, "The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union" "We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"

In a new pattern of intensity there has been a second successive night of massive 🇷🇺 missile and drone attacks against Kiyv and other parts of 🇺🇦. This is the Kremlin policy of destruction that must be met with a 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇯🇵 policy of determination. kyivindependent.com/russia-targets…

The socialist government of Spain is going bonkers. They let the Chinese do their wiretapping. What could possibly go wrong? therecord.media/spain-awards-c…

AAIB confirm engine switch movement in Air India 171 preliminary report theaircurrent.com/dispatches/?en… (via The Air Current)

Thinking today of the men and women of the State Department — Foreign Service and Civil Service. Their dedication to serving the national interest and the American people is second to none. It was the privilege of a lifetime to work by their side.

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The recent Iberian blackout reminded us just how fragile our infrastructure can be—whether due to cyberattacks, sabotage, or natural disasters. At the GLOBSEC Forum, the side session Betting on Resilience: Essential Infrastructure and its Protection, moderated by Alena Kudzko,

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Mood is EU-USA moving closer to a deal with a base rate 15% tariff as landing zone. Sector exemptions pending - and that’s important. Commission initially pitched zero for zero tariffs. That’s a long way. If no deal, Brussels sees 93 billion worth of USA goods targeted with