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Ferry Biedermann
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Journalist - The Lancet, Tomorrow’s Affairs, The New European - Visiting fellow at the Centre for Brexit Studies, Birmingham City University
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A good rant at knobheaded mainstream politicians is all well and good but we should not forget that many alternatives are much, much worse - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
The landscape of normalisation should not be flat
If there is a systemic crisis in the West, an idea that populists and extremists seek to exploit, then media and journalism are definitely part of it
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January 1, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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The failure to have a full inquiry into 7 October further signals Israel’s democratic decline - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Israel’s democracy fails 7 October probe test
The US under Donald Trump is actively helping to worsen Israel’s internal safeguards by demanding a pre-emptive pardon for Netanyahu in his corruption trial
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December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Someone will have to do the job, and that someone could very well be an #AI . As the technology evolves, that could happen in as yet unforeseen ways - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#JobSecurity #unemployment
Let’s hope AI comes for our jobs or our pensions – not both
Someone will have to do the job, and that someone could very well be an AI. As the technology evolves, that could happen in as yet unforeseen ways
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December 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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We’re all replaceable, but even AI 🤖 says it shouldn’t be trusted to write about itself, so here’s my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Let’s hope AI comes for our jobs or our pensions – not both
Someone will have to do the job, and that someone could very well be an AI. As the technology evolves, that could happen in as yet unforeseen ways
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December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The European Union has taken another step on the journey from being a rule maker to becoming a rule taker - By
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#Regulation
EU-deregulation in the age of emulation
If the cliché holds, the Brussels bureaucracy and its political paladins are patronisingly aloof and set in their ways
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December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Towards a Putinov-Ribbentrump pact? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
What do Trump and his envoys talk about with Putin and Xi?
China’s threats towards Taiwan and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are acts of aggression, regardless of supposed historical territorial claims
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December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Just as the need for European cooperation on defence and technological independence is becoming glaringly obvious, the EU is facing the implosion or ‘scaling back’ of several crucial projects - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#Defense
Europe’s defence and tech misses might be mounting
Europe’s big hitters should realise that the stakes have become a lot higher in recent years and act accordingly
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November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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“The security situation will need to be underpinned by political progress.” Duh 🙄- my latest on Israel and its wars for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
The dangers of returning to the status quo ante in the Middle East
Any ‘peace plan’ or otherwise that does not address this issue head-on as a first step rather than somewhere down the line is not worth its name
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November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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With u-turns on taxation and plummeting Labour poll numbers, does the country even care that Starmer’s EU reset plans are a shambles? - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
UK-EU reset price-tag adds to Starmer’s woes
As with so many other obstacles that Starmer and Labour are running into, the reset ructions seem to be partly of their own making
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November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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As with so many other obstacles that Starmer and Labour
are running into, the reset ructions seem to be partly of their own making - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#Brexit #RESET
UK-EU reset price-tag adds to Starmer’s woes
As with so many other obstacles that Starmer and Labour are running into, the reset ructions seem to be partly of their own making
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Germany’s Syria debate veers dangerously close to dreams of mass expulsion- my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Merz’s ill-advised rush to repatriate Syrians
An imminent mass return from Germany to Syria seems unlikely, making this a dangerous issue for Merz to stake his reputation on vis-à-vis the AfD
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November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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When confronted with geopolitical issues, the EU has neither an effective voice nor a capacity to respond quickly and flexibly - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#EUChina #Tariffs #nexperia
Can mere trade blocs compete with superpowers?
The EU is still primarily an economic and trade bloc and functions best on the international stage when engaged in what remain its core functions
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October 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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It’s almost as if people don’t know what they want, and certainly not what they need - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Dutch voters still all over the place
In the Netherlands, voters also know that whatever party they opt for, it will inevitably have to rule in a coalition
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October 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Dutch elections column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Ganging up on Geert Wilders
Wilders’s party is on course to win the most seats - but an opposition coalition could keep him out of power. Just
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October 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Antimicrobial resistance, climate change and artificial superintelligence, all pose relatively imminent and growing dangers to humanity - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#AMR #AI #climate
We’re only getting worse at dealing with global systemic risk
Deaths from climate change number in the tens of thousands and AMR already in the millions
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October 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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It is hard to contemplate Trump’s #Ukraine policy without taking into account his, and his administration’s, deep-seated hostility towards the #EU - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#UkraineWar
Ukraine fatigue as a strategic goal?
This is exactly the kind of new world order that both Trump and Putin have in mind. Neither Europe’s leaders nor its people can afford to become too fatigued to resist it
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October 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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If there is growing Ukraine fatigue in Europe it appears to be mostly on the political level - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Ukraine fatigue as a strategic goal?
This is exactly the kind of new world order that both Trump and Putin have in mind. Neither Europe’s leaders nor its people can afford to become too fatigued to resist it
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October 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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The current right-wing #populism thrives on promoting hatred, both towards vulnerable minorities and elites, and then crying wolf when called out on it - By
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Europe’s populist wave is set to continue
If that happens both in Czechia and the Netherlands, some might see it as a sign that the populist wave has crested
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October 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Even if they don’t get to govern everywhere right now, Europe’s populists are still on the rise… my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Europe’s populist wave is set to continue
If that happens both in Czechia and the Netherlands, some might see it as a sign that the populist wave has crested
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October 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Trump appears to have engaged in a damage-limitation exercise aimed at Arab and Muslim leaders - By
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#dohaattack #Israel #Egypt
Has Trump shored up the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana?
The question is how far Netanyahu government will go in provoking the Arab governments and whether the Trump administration will do anything to rein him in
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September 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Can the US still be trusted to underwrite the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Has Trump shored up the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana?
The question is how far Netanyahu government will go in provoking the Arab governments and whether the Trump administration will do anything to rein him in
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September 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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There is blood in the geopolitical water, and the sharks are circling to tear pieces off a floundering Europe - By
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#UkraineWar
Is Europe overplaying its weakness?
There is blood in the geopolitical water, and the sharks are circling to tear pieces off a floundering Europe
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September 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Norwegian Labour’s resurrection might offer hope to left and centre parties elsewhere currently languishing in polls that are led by the far-right - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social
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#Norway #election2025
Despite a win for the left, Norway’s elections point right
Norway’s elections fit more in the narrative of the inexorable rise of the European right and the decline of the centre, rather than offering encouragement to the left
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September 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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If the left can just about hang on in wealthy Norway, what are its chances elsewhere? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Despite a win for the left, Norway’s elections point right
Norway’s elections fit more in the narrative of the inexorable rise of the European right and the decline of the centre, rather than offering encouragement to the left
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September 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Muscular migration controls are having their day - My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social
Effectiveness of migration crackdowns becomes political football
Harsh migration measures offer no solution to the much bigger questions of our time. They do not address the West’s demographic decline, nor its need for foreign labour
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September 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM