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Could this possibly be in anticipation of the Trump administration's expected (non-)policies on climate change?

Very good, Ruben Brekelmans And the key bit is at the end. Let's keep a certain level of ambiguity, so as not to make it easy for Putin to 'game' the West.

General Keith Kellogg, addressing the audience at #MSC2025, says there will be „two parties and one intermediary at the table“. Russia, Ukraine and US. So 1) he sees US as an intermediary, not a Ukrainian ally or partner. And 2) He does not expect Europe is to be there.

excellent thread

Waar is Trump momenteel mee bezig en wat kunnen we nog verwachten? Beluister hier de nieuwe aflevering van #BuitenlandMetBoswijk met Rem Korteweg hoofd van het Amerika-programma bij Clingendael Institute open.spotify.com/episode/1AZHik…

Een Amerika-strategie is een goed idee! ⬇️

Potentally big news from Germany: the Union & SPD are reportedly discussing the creation of two huge off-books special funds, for defence & infrastructure. Sums close to 1 trillion have been floated. Must be done in outgoing Bundestag, ie in next 3 weeks. bild.de/politik/inland…

On America's new ambassador to NATO: thehill.com/homenews/senat…

LIBERATION DAY RECIPROCAL TARIFFS 🇺🇸

Ondanks de val van het kabinet staat gelukkig niet alles stil. Vanmiddag samen met Anna van Zoest in een panelgesprek met als thema ‘Reimagining European Defence’ Veel dank Rem Korteweg voor de moderatie en Clingendael Institute voor de organisatie.

India will retaliate with tariffs against EU and U.K. plans to impose carbon border taxes, New Delhi's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal tells POLITICO politico.eu/article/india-…

While more and more companies seem to be paying more and more attention to geopolitical risk, this bank likes to swim upstream Otherwise I don't see how this makes sense bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The EU-US trade deal just got messier: the White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events. Let's take a closer look. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…