Sain marraskuussa vinkin, että venäläisten bulvaanilentoyhtiö yrittää Suomen markkinoille. Seurasi piinallista penkomista, iso kasa firmoja ja ihmisiä, WTF-hetkiä ja lopulta alkoi naurattaa. Ketju aiheesta Southwind Airlines, liittyy tänään julkaistuun artikkeliini.🧵

Jeden z nejzajímavějších rozhovorů, který jsem v poslední době vedl: mluvil jsem s finskou analytičkou Minna Ålander 🌻 o švédském a finském vstupu do NATO.

Zaujalo mě zejména to, že Finsko má v otázce Ruska jasno a neexistuje v něm žádná proruská strana. forum24.cz/finska-analyti…

Mixed feelings but shutting out Russia and China a little further plus having a significant say over their operational utility is by default a gain for European security interests.

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I don’t know how many people are aware of this, but Russia is currently spending an ungodly amount of money on bots posting psyops in Ukrainian, probably as much as I’ve ever seen. They are under every post on this website.

Winter tends to overstay its welcome in this part of the world, but its departure is always beautiful

Jeg hører stadig at utfallet av valget i USA er det viktigste for Russland nå, senest av Øyvind Østerud på Nupis utenrikspolitiske konferanse. Men, faktum er at selv om Putin er tjent med Trump som president, så vil han fortsette som før uansett hvem som vinner valget. 1/4

W ostatnim numerze miesięcznika 'Polska Zbrojna' rozmawiałem z red. Łukaszem Zalesińskim nt. drogi 🇸🇪do #NATO oraz korzyści. Dziękuję za rozmowę i zapraszam do lektury :)

Here comes my full write-up of the new Norwegian Defence Pledge. There's a lot you can do when you throw 57 Bn Euro at a problem, and as allies we are very happy with our Norwegian brothers and sisters! #StrongerTogether #ForNorgesTrygghet corporalfrisk.com/2024/04/09/to-…

Petri Aukia Laittaisin samaan nippuun Elina Valtonen ja Minna Ålander 🌻 in, jotka saavat Prime Timea #Saksa n mediassa. Menee viesti perille kun nyanssit ovat hallussa. #kielitaito on #kokonaisturvallisuus juttu, jonka suuntaviivat on Suomessa delegoitu kunnille ja jälki on rumaa.

Much has been written on the military capabilities 🇸🇪 brings to NATO. Less known is the civil defense system that can serve as a model to increase resilience and bolster Article 3 across the Alliance.

Jason C. Moyer | @jasoncmoyer.bsky.social and I write for War on the Rocks ⬇️

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Gloomy figures for Macron & his centrist alliance in the first of 2 months of daily polls by IFOP before the EU elections on 9 June. Marine Le Pen’s Far Right has a 13-point lead despite Macron’s efforts to make the election a referendum on her party’s links to Vladimir Putin 1/

Von Eberhard Sandscheider lernen wir:

Pekings Charme ist ernst gemeint. Wir müssen nett sein zu 🇨🇳 wegen Russland/Ukraine. Und können dafür 'maximal symbolisch' etwas erwarten.

Wir fallen auf Charme herein und bekommen Symbolik und nennen das dann 'Realpolitik' . Großartig.

This is a good positive step taken by the government--I was skeptical there would be such a growth in defence spending, but I'm willing to eat crow (although I don't think it's still enough but whatever). For those on the submarine watch, we're going to... explore options!

The meaning of Russia's National Welfare Fund is often exaggerated. If it is empty one day, nothing will happen. Think of it as a Russia-internal instrument for managing fiscal policy... What really matters is inflation.

It would’ve indeed been great if Russian troops had had enough sense to steer clear of the nuclear power plant.

Russia has indeed gotten pretty far with pure rhetoric, without significant changes in posture to indicate preparations for nuclear use.

Ich freue mich, mich vitsche_berlin und Bamberg:UA 🇺🇦 als #UkraineVerstaerker_in anzuschließen. Als Ukraineverstärker kräftige ich die Stimme der Ukraine im Ausland - Hunderte Kilometer von den Frontlinien entfernt und dennoch macht es einen Unterschied für die Menschen dort. 1/4

It's soon 20 years since the 'big bang' EU enlargement. I was happy to tell arte.tv about the success of Baltic states' accession. Now the EU faces another big historical task, with Ukraine as a candidate country
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Minna Ålander 🌻 We might be in an era where the moral leadership is in NB8, and countries more capable in terms of volume must follow. An additional question is whether Europe should have one leader or whether Europe should be led by a common goal - the victory of Ukraine.

Keeping nuclear deterrence
and escalation talk on the table is effective reflexive control from the Russian side.