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Charly Salonius-Pasternak
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Geopolitics analysis & advisory at Nordic West Office (CEO): US FP; transatlantic relations; Nordic defence; Finland; Tech & society.

‘Alumni of’ @fiia.fi, Wesleyan Univ, FDF J5, CCW at Oxford. Thousands of media interviews over the years. Capt (res)
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Miten 15 ihmistä joilla parinsadan vuoden kokemus ulko- ja turposta hahmottaa maailmaa, historiaa ja tuntematonta tulevaisuutta?

Tämä kirja (+äänikirja) avaa sitä keskustelujen muodossa; lue pari tai koko kirja - takaan uusia näkökulmia.

www.tammi.fi/kirjat/tunte...
Tuntematon tulevaisuus - Tammi
Keskusteluja globaalin turvallisuuden murroksesta Euroopan turvallisuuden yhdestoista hetki. Tutkija Charly Salonius-Pasternak kartoittaa kansainvälistä turvallisuustilannetta huippuasiantuntijoiden k...
www.tammi.fi
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Nordic cooperation 💪🏼: Swedish 🇸🇪media reporting on Danish 🇩🇰 politician arguing for military signalling re #Greenland along similar paths suggested by Finns 🇫🇮 @corporalfrisk.com and undersigned.

www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Dansk riksdagstopp: Skicka militär direkt
Danmark borde skicka militära styrkor till Grönland. Så fort som möjligt. Det säger Rasmus Jarlov, försvarsutskottets ordförande, till danska TV2 .
www.expressen.se
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Todellakin, Pv hoitaisi tämän hyvin ja tehokkaasti.

Koska päätös on poliittinen, demokratiassa päätöksen mahdollisuudesta pitäisi myös keskustella julkisesti.
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Erikseen kommentoin tätä reserviläisnäkökulmasta (ehkä @mightyfinland.bsky.social voi liittyä keskusteluun), tässä voisi varmaan koeponnistaa sitä reserviläisistä koottua "hätävaraa" ja tiedustella miten moni lähtisi Grönlantiin pariksi viikoksi kertaamaan. ping @corporalfrisk.com
This analysis should be read by EVERYONE who thinks about Greenland:

"the FDF can afford to send an expeditionary force of a few air defence batteries, a mineship, a coastal defence battery, and a battalion-sized battlegroup to Greenland..."

PING #finnishmedia

corporalfrisk.com/2026/01/08/i...
In Defence of our Neighbours, Pt. 2
With the threat of US invading Greenland becoming more realistic, what should Europe do about it?
corporalfrisk.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Toimittajalle joka sattuu lukemaan tämän:

Pv tietää että jos vastaus on "kyllä voidaan" niin se on poliittisesti 'hankala', mutta vastaus "ei voida" indikoisi että Suomen puolustus on hiuskarvan varassa - mikä ei ole totta. Redundanssia on, ollaanko sitä valmiita käyttämään liittolaisen puolesta?
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
ping @puolustusvoimat.fi tai @defencefinland.bsky.social, päätös on poliittinen, mutta virkamiesvastuulla voitte varmaan vahvistaa että ilmeinen vastaus tähän on "kyllä voidaan toteuttaa", vaikka se olisi poliittisesti epämukava.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This analysis should be read by EVERYONE who thinks about Greenland:

"the FDF can afford to send an expeditionary force of a few air defence batteries, a mineship, a coastal defence battery, and a battalion-sized battlegroup to Greenland..."

PING #finnishmedia

corporalfrisk.com/2026/01/08/i...
In Defence of our Neighbours, Pt. 2
With the threat of US invading Greenland becoming more realistic, what should Europe do about it?
corporalfrisk.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yhdysvallat vetäytyy mm ilmastopaneeli IPCCä ja Helsingissä olevasta Hybridi CoEa.

Huomioiden presidentin (rikollisen) taustan, on ymmärrettävää että vetäytyy myös lapsiin- ja seksuaaliseen väkivaltaan ja sen torjumiseen liittyvistä YK instansseissa.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
No, not complicit.
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is the kind of clear speaking / phrasing that politics needs.
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Kokonaisuudessa suuntaa ei ole, joissakin asioissa väärä (monessa keskustelussa ilmastonmuutos tulee esille, mutta tiedämme kaikki ettei tässä kaikki tee asioita joita pitäisi - Kiina tässä valopilkku USA ei oikein).
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Republican controlled congress will not do anything to prevent Trump Administration from "annexing" or making Greenland "a protectorate."

What's amazing is the COMPLETE lack of appreciation as to negative consequences of this re US relationships with all of its allies (perhaps excepting M-E).
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc?

He had no idea.
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Ja vastaus on siis ilmeinen: ei tule löytymään, silloinhan jotkut eturivin Suomalaiset poliitikot eivät voisi käyttää alustaa…ja joku valittaisi että kyseinen ministeriö olisi tekoäly-vastainen.
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Olisikohan joku ministeriö Suomessa joka uskaltaisi kieltää Grok/Xn käytön Suomessa?

Jos esim Hesari tai YLE julkaisisi tuotteen/palvelun jolla voisi tehdä 👇🏼, heidät laitettaisiin heti ruotuun - syystä. Eikö yksikään virkamies uskalla löytää syytä vain kieltää Grok/Xää ?
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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The US has loads of military installations in Europe. It likes to pretend this is for Europe’s protection, but this is only partly true. Ramstein, as mentioned here by the Greens’FP expert is a good example. If the US decides to attack Greenland, throwing out US mil installations should be discussed
Deutschland muss jetzt schnell sagen, welchen Preis die USA zahlen werden, sollten sie wirklich versuchen Grönland einzunehmen.

(Selbstverständlich hinter den Kulissen.)

Konsequenzen müssen angedroht werden. Alles muss auf den Tisch. Ramstein gehört ganz oben auf den Stapel.
January 5, 2026 at 10:54 AM
A joint NORDEFCO exercise would go some way to bolster this excellent show of unity.

A few hundred soldiers practicing the defence of Greenland within NATO scope would rhetorically be what Trump has demanded, while also sending another signal to DC, and show Nordic leadership in this matter.
The leaders of all Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland - express their strong support for Denmark and Greenland.

What a time to live in, where this needs to be said.
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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If you want a sense of how MAGAworld sees the motivations behind Venezuela and what might be next, my full interview with Angie Wong might help. Must confess, parts left me pretty stunned.

youtu.be/7F9N4eLP0uc?...
Was Maduro ‘captured’ or ‘kidnapped’?
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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"The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia."
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I would love to see political leadership from NORDEFCO -countries (Nordic 5) announcing a months long “long-time” planned exercise in 🇬🇱 (Greenland).

Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks.

#noparticularreason
January 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The precedent - well, this isn’t unique in US history - is bad.

Other supporters of terrorism, suppressors of human rights and democracy - like the Saudis - must be next ;-)
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM