NATO’s posture in the North getting stronger and stronger. Nordic Defence Ministers signed the ”Nordefco Vision 2030” today. Significant joint contribution to NATO’s deterrence and defence through geography, capabilities and forces. #Nordefco #NATO 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇮🇸

The combined economies of the EU, UK, US and Canada dwarf Russia's economy. The only reason there are any shortages of what is needed for Ukraine and for ensuring the protection of our own citizens is lack of political Will. More leaders need to lead as Kaja Kallas leads.

I know Admiral Bauer extremely well from my days as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.  He is now in a crucial job for the alliance and is unafraid to speak truth to power, in this case to our European allies. politico.eu/article/nato-n…

The GPS system has served the world extremely well, but with jamming becoming more frequent in a peridot of rising global tensions, we need to de-risk by reducing GPS dependency or making these systems more jam-resistant. euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/30/rus…

Baltic Connector pipeline investigations have progressed as far as possible without China's help. Finland has sent a request for legal assistance to China to interrogate the ship's captain and coxswain but 🇨🇳 has not answered to the request. hs.fi/kotimaa/art-20…

Bravo to Italy (which has ~ 400 SCALPs). Hoping our German friends will be brave enough to follow

Are you a #NATONerd ? If you are a young leader who wants to protect our shared future, you surely want to be where the conversation is happening – at the #NATOYouthSummit in Stockholm, 🇸🇪 and Miami, 🇺🇸 on May 13!

Register at the website and join young people across the Alliance

Min Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 concluded his speech by stating that Poland and our Allies stand before a clear joice when it comes to the War, we will have either “defeated Russian army beyond Ukraine’s border, or vicious Russian army on Polish borders”
The choice is ours.

There were not many steps missing - Sweden 🇸🇪 is now a fully integrated #NATO ally - after 8 weeks of membership. #WeAreNATO #föpol #turpo

Notre Europe peut mourir.
Cela dépend uniquement de nos choix.

Präsident Macron hat heute seine zweite Sorbonne Rede gehalten.

Hier zum Verständnis etwas Kontext zur aktuellen Neuaufstellung der französischen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik von Sven Arnold und mir 👇
Auch Frankreich hat seine Zeitenwende...
swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2024A…

FM Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 has just finished answering questions from MEPs during the debate on 🇵🇱 foreign policy tasks and priorities.
I would like to draw particular attention to the statements concerning the states of the Baltic Sea region #BSR #PolishNorthernPolicy .

Short 🧵

These are serious times.

The Royal court 🇸🇪 has announced that Crown Princess Victoria this autumn will begin special officer training to gain deeper understanding of tactics, war science and military strategy at Swedish Defence University and within the Swedish Armed Forces

Today, I addressed representatives of partner countries and international organizations in Ukraine, as well as our diplomats.

We have specific intelligence data indicating that Russia not only wants to disrupt the Peace Summit, but also has a specific plan for how to do so,

Macron-explainer, brace yourselves. The next few days are likely to be busy again.

What an incredible moment to be in Washington.

All my thanks to Eurasia Center John Herbst Jacob Heilbrunn Shelby Magid and the whole team at the Atlantic Council.

Your advocacy for Ukraine helped to get this aid package to President Biden Biden’s desk. An historic achievement all around

Great news from the White House! The U.S. support package for Ukraine is now ready to be carried out. Our shared support for 🇺🇦 makes Ukraine, Europe and Nato safer.

This starts to look like a trade war between the EU and China: the EU conducts a ‘dawn raid’ on Chinese security equipment supplier.

Good luck Xi in Paris in early May, convincing Macron to turn the tide. on.ft.com/4b9lySJ

In a critical election year, radical-right parties are gaining ground across Europe.

At Carnegie Europe, we unpacked their rise and potential impact on EU foreign policy through 14 country case studies: carnegieeurope.eu/p-92139

A few highlights from our new report 👇
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'Having Sweden and Finland in the alliance is a strategic breakthrough for NATO. It is very important for the defense of Northern Europe to have one strategic operational area.'

Anna Wieslander i #CNN Greece om det svenska Nato-medlemskapet, se intervjun här: cnn.gr/kosmos/video/4…