Dalibor Rohac
@daliborrohac.bsky.social
Senior fellow, AEI. Suburban dad. Runner.
Priatelia v Bratislave! Ak máte čas, zastavte sa v stredu o 17.00 v Ukrajinskom inštitúte na diskusiu o Trumpovi, stave americkej demokracie a transatlantických vzťahov. Bude o čom diskutovať!
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Priatelia v Bratislave! Ak máte čas, zastavte sa v stredu o 17.00 v Ukrajinskom inštitúte na diskusiu o Trumpovi, stave americkej demokracie a transatlantických vzťahov. Bude o čom diskutovať!
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I'm very pleased to announce @icwa.org has launched Compass, a new journal about global cultures and affairs, with terrific contributions from Michael Ignatieff, @daliborrohac.bsky.social, Roger Reynolds and more. Check it out!
Introducing Compass
A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs.
compass.icwa.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm very pleased to announce @icwa.org has launched Compass, a new journal about global cultures and affairs, with terrific contributions from Michael Ignatieff, @daliborrohac.bsky.social, Roger Reynolds and more. Check it out!
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Great to have @daliborrohac.bsky.social weigh in on the Czech Republic's upcoming elections: The leading candidate is "a perfect avatar for Trump’s style of politics, complete with his own red hat that says 'Strong Czechia.'”
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.
compass.icwa.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Great to have @daliborrohac.bsky.social weigh in on the Czech Republic's upcoming elections: The leading candidate is "a perfect avatar for Trump’s style of politics, complete with his own red hat that says 'Strong Czechia.'”
I was thrilled to contribute to @icwa.org's exciting new publication, Compass, with an essay on the Czech Republic's Trump-in-waiting, @andrejbabis.bsky.social, and the likely contours of his looming premiership.
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.
compass.icwa.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I was thrilled to contribute to @icwa.org's exciting new publication, Compass, with an essay on the Czech Republic's Trump-in-waiting, @andrejbabis.bsky.social, and the likely contours of his looming premiership.
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In other news, the president has issued a call for ICE agents to arrest each other.
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In other news, the president has issued a call for ICE agents to arrest each other.
The Trump administration has so far ignored Georgia, despite its autocratic government’s best efforts. Let’s hope it stays that way. /1
May 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Trump administration has so far ignored Georgia, despite its autocratic government’s best efforts. Let’s hope it stays that way. /1
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1/A government that is willing to do this is the same government that would nationalize a company. It is the same mentality of state-market relations. This is not an issue of Universities need to stand up. The whole free market system needs to stand up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1/A government that is willing to do this is the same government that would nationalize a company. It is the same mentality of state-market relations. This is not an issue of Universities need to stand up. The whole free market system needs to stand up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
In June, Ukraine is bound to lose much of its tariff-free access to the EU for its agricultural goods. Not a great move by the EU, given the size & importance of Ukraine's agriculture -- and the fact that the EU is underwriting Ukraine's budget (& will pay for lost revenue). /1
May 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
In June, Ukraine is bound to lose much of its tariff-free access to the EU for its agricultural goods. Not a great move by the EU, given the size & importance of Ukraine's agriculture -- and the fact that the EU is underwriting Ukraine's budget (& will pay for lost revenue). /1
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One of the crazymaking features of the current political moment is that MAGA keeps trying to retcon ideas that were just an uncontroversial part of our shared American values as of a couple years ago into some wacky left-wing position.
May 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One of the crazymaking features of the current political moment is that MAGA keeps trying to retcon ideas that were just an uncontroversial part of our shared American values as of a couple years ago into some wacky left-wing position.
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Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, says she resigned because she could not carry out Trump policy of pressuring Ukraine, the victim, rather than Russia, the aggressor: "Peace at any price is not peace at all ― it is appeasement." www.freep.com/story/opinio...
I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.
www.freep.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, says she resigned because she could not carry out Trump policy of pressuring Ukraine, the victim, rather than Russia, the aggressor: "Peace at any price is not peace at all ― it is appeasement." www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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This isn’t getting nearly enough attention.
Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.
Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.
Multiple Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet operational flights before noon over the harbour city of Kotka located in South-East of Finland.
(follows the yday evening aborted attempt by Estonian navy trying to inspect the shadow fleet tanker JAGUAR when a russian Flanker fighter jet intervened)
(follows the yday evening aborted attempt by Estonian navy trying to inspect the shadow fleet tanker JAGUAR when a russian Flanker fighter jet intervened)
Ilmavoimien hävittäjät hämmästyttivät Kotkassa
Puolustuvoimat kertoo, että kyse on operatiivisesta lentotoiminnasta.
yle.fi
May 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This isn’t getting nearly enough attention.
Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.
Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.
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A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump.
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents
Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist ...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump.
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were
Putin’s pals blame the Allies always, the Nazis sometimes, the Soviets never.
www.thebulwark.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were
Putin’s pals blame the Allies always, the Nazis sometimes, the Soviets never.
www.thebulwark.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
V @dennikn.bsky.social píšem o probléme, ktorý pre americký žurnalizmus predstavuje Donald Trump (a nie, nie je to "TDS") dennikn.sk/4625316/trum...
Trump a novinári
Svojím strachom a neochotou pomenovať realitu štandardné americké médiá Trumpovi len nahrávajú.
dennikn.sk
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
V @dennikn.bsky.social píšem o probléme, ktorý pre americký žurnalizmus predstavuje Donald Trump (a nie, nie je to "TDS") dennikn.sk/4625316/trum...
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The US Army War College was supposed to organise a panel discussion at the Arctic Spirit Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, but had to cancel as they weren’t allowed to travel.
Yhdysvaltalaisia asiantuntijoita kiellettiin lähtemästä Lappiin tiedetapahtumaan – syynä Trumpin hallinto
Yhdysvalloissa vallitsee epävarmuuden aika. Arktista tiedeyhteistyötä on vaikeuttanut esimerkiksi sanojen poistaminen verkkosivuilta ja suora kielto osallistua tapahtumiin.
yle.fi
May 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The US Army War College was supposed to organise a panel discussion at the Arctic Spirit Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, but had to cancel as they weren’t allowed to travel.
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We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.
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Wow, the first American pope is also the first NeverTrump pope!
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wow, the first American pope is also the first NeverTrump pope!
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The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
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I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
Insane & sickening.
Under the guise of saving taxpayer money, Kari Lake is using free content from the conspiracy-laden, oft-sued OAN network to substitute for actual journalism from VOA reporters.
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America
Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Insane & sickening.
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"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏é𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐝ő. They are calling my race a TOSS-UP. My finance director has told me that if I don't receive 1,000 contributions in the next 24 hours, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖. . ̲𝚆̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚢̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚞̲ ̲𝚍̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝟸̲𝟶̲𝟶̲𝟶̲ ̲𝙵̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚖̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚘̲ ̲𝙸̲ ̲𝚌̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚢̲ ̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚝̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚏̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲?"
April 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏é𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐝ő. They are calling my race a TOSS-UP. My finance director has told me that if I don't receive 1,000 contributions in the next 24 hours, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖. . ̲𝚆̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚢̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚞̲ ̲𝚍̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝟸̲𝟶̲𝟶̲𝟶̲ ̲𝙵̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚖̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚘̲ ̲𝙸̲ ̲𝚌̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚢̲ ̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚝̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚏̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲?"
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1/29/24: “THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
April 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
1/29/24: “THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
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No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...
Ukraine Holds More Cards Than You Think
Trump wants to throw the country under the bus—but Ukrainians and Europeans don’t have to let him.
www.persuasion.community
April 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...
No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...
Ukraine Holds More Cards Than You Think
Trump wants to throw the country under the bus—but Ukrainians and Europeans don’t have to let him.
www.persuasion.community
April 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...