Florian Hamader
@fhamader.bsky.social
🇪🇺 | PoliSci | Strategy | Geoeconomics
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1/5 #Ukraine #Norge
This excellent piece from @thebarentsobserver.com shows in detail how #Russia is actively trying to destabilize its neighbors.
#Norway is a #NATO country with a very important border with Russia in the north. Just across the border is Russia's Northern Fleet, ⤵️
This excellent piece from @thebarentsobserver.com shows in detail how #Russia is actively trying to destabilize its neighbors.
#Norway is a #NATO country with a very important border with Russia in the north. Just across the border is Russia's Northern Fleet, ⤵️
'Apparently, God himself commanded the Russian Orthodox bishop to build a chapel right under NATO radars'
Russian security forces are strengthening their influence in northern Norway — and sowing division within the country.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Europe’s solar boom has handed China remote access to hundreds of gigawatts of its power capacity. Without a 5G-type toolbox banning untrustworthy suppliers of inverters and other grid technologies, Europe risks another energy security crisis, writes @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/article/how-...
ecfr.eu/article/how-...
How China could crash Europe’s energy grid and what the EU can do about it
Europe’s solar boom has quietly handed Beijing remote access to hundreds of gigawatts of its power capacity. Without a 5G-type toolbox banning untrustworthy suppliers of inverters and other grid…
ecfr.eu
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Europe’s solar boom has handed China remote access to hundreds of gigawatts of its power capacity. Without a 5G-type toolbox banning untrustworthy suppliers of inverters and other grid technologies, Europe risks another energy security crisis, writes @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/article/how-...
ecfr.eu/article/how-...
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Why russia cannot help but invade?
Been pondering this question for a decade now...
🇷🇺 didn’t “return” to dictatorship under POO-tihn. It never left.
Rusich is crowdsourcing war crimes, Navalnaya is asking 🇪🇺 to fix 🇷🇺 for russians, and I try to make sense of it all
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
Been pondering this question for a decade now...
🇷🇺 didn’t “return” to dictatorship under POO-tihn. It never left.
Rusich is crowdsourcing war crimes, Navalnaya is asking 🇪🇺 to fix 🇷🇺 for russians, and I try to make sense of it all
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
Why Russia cannot help but invade
The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're going to make a deal." Some view this as a setback for diplomacy, but it may we...
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Why russia cannot help but invade?
Been pondering this question for a decade now...
🇷🇺 didn’t “return” to dictatorship under POO-tihn. It never left.
Rusich is crowdsourcing war crimes, Navalnaya is asking 🇪🇺 to fix 🇷🇺 for russians, and I try to make sense of it all
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
Been pondering this question for a decade now...
🇷🇺 didn’t “return” to dictatorship under POO-tihn. It never left.
Rusich is crowdsourcing war crimes, Navalnaya is asking 🇪🇺 to fix 🇷🇺 for russians, and I try to make sense of it all
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
Another attempt by the US and Russia to carve up and weaken #Europe. Also, let's not forget that both the US and Russia were signatories to the Budapest Memorandum. Any peace deal with involvement of the two is worth nothing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Another attempt by the US and Russia to carve up and weaken #Europe. Also, let's not forget that both the US and Russia were signatories to the Budapest Memorandum. Any peace deal with involvement of the two is worth nothing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The old Russian demand for Ukraine’s capitulation – essentially its destruction – is once again being re-branded as a “new peace plan” allegedly backed by American “security guarantees”. Only a fool with no grasp of even recent history could believe any part of this “plan”.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The old Russian demand for Ukraine’s capitulation – essentially its destruction – is once again being re-branded as a “new peace plan” allegedly backed by American “security guarantees”. Only a fool with no grasp of even recent history could believe any part of this “plan”.
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This Rhodium timeline of the Nexperia saga shows how CEO Zhang Xuezheng set about creating a China-based mirror image of the company almost as soon as he took the reins
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This Rhodium timeline of the Nexperia saga shows how CEO Zhang Xuezheng set about creating a China-based mirror image of the company almost as soon as he took the reins
What a colossal failure of (political) elites this was - and still is!
From the great new NBER paper by Bloom et al on the cost of Brexit.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What a colossal failure of (political) elites this was - and still is!
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According to @Reuters, #Germany's trade deficit with #China has reached USD100b. German exports to China are experiencing negative double-digit growth. For a country with a structural trade surplus, this is something I would really focus on if I were a #German policy maker
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
According to @Reuters, #Germany's trade deficit with #China has reached USD100b. German exports to China are experiencing negative double-digit growth. For a country with a structural trade surplus, this is something I would really focus on if I were a #German policy maker
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America is eating Europe’s lunch again.
Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs.
But...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs.
But...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Europe’s Biggest Rare Earths Producer Forges U.S. Deals
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
America is eating Europe’s lunch again.
Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs.
But...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs.
But...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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At final last Merz is doing the right thing for Germany.
Germany should have excluded Chinese high-risk providers from 5G critical infrastructure six years ago.
Better late than never.
Germany should have excluded Chinese high-risk providers from 5G critical infrastructure six years ago.
Better late than never.
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
At final last Merz is doing the right thing for Germany.
Germany should have excluded Chinese high-risk providers from 5G critical infrastructure six years ago.
Better late than never.
Germany should have excluded Chinese high-risk providers from 5G critical infrastructure six years ago.
Better late than never.
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Not entirely sure Dalia or my proposals are particularly radical anymore - Germany needs to start making moves to level the playing field with China or accept widespread industrial damage from Chinas subsidies, undervalued exchange rate, closed off home market, and overcapacities.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Not entirely sure Dalia or my proposals are particularly radical anymore - Germany needs to start making moves to level the playing field with China or accept widespread industrial damage from Chinas subsidies, undervalued exchange rate, closed off home market, and overcapacities.
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The real story here is that we have *a lot* of Chinese tech in our telecommunications and internet infrastructure. That's what should keep us up at night.
And we could get rid of that stranglehold by supporting European companies Nokia and Ericsson instead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And we could get rid of that stranglehold by supporting European companies Nokia and Ericsson instead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses
Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The real story here is that we have *a lot* of Chinese tech in our telecommunications and internet infrastructure. That's what should keep us up at night.
And we could get rid of that stranglehold by supporting European companies Nokia and Ericsson instead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And we could get rid of that stranglehold by supporting European companies Nokia and Ericsson instead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Regulation to bar heavily subsidized Chinese companies/SOEs from EU funds is long overdue. Our current policy endangers the long term survival of European companies and with it access to technology, jobs, tax revenue etc.
And to make the "pattern" still clearer: today also we learned the Croatian govt will again use public and EU funds to hire a Chinese firm to lead a major infrastructure construction project in the country. We have seen this film in Hungary, Slovakia.
Paging Brussels... n1info.hr/biznis/video...
Paging Brussels... n1info.hr/biznis/video...
Najskuplji projekt nakon Pelješkog mosta: Kinezi će
Prošla su dva desetljeća otkako je nastala ideja o brzoj cesti koja bi Požegu izravno povezala s autocestom A3, a ta ideja konačno će postati stvarnost. Nakon g
n1info.hr
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Regulation to bar heavily subsidized Chinese companies/SOEs from EU funds is long overdue. Our current policy endangers the long term survival of European companies and with it access to technology, jobs, tax revenue etc.
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In a now deleted post, China’s consul general in Osaka said he’s left with no choice but to cut off the “filthy head” of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi because of her pledge to use Japan’s military to defend Taiwan if the Chinese invade the island. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/pol...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In a now deleted post, China’s consul general in Osaka said he’s left with no choice but to cut off the “filthy head” of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi because of her pledge to use Japan’s military to defend Taiwan if the Chinese invade the island. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/pol...
"Exemptions have been granted to exports made by Chinese-owned Nexperia for civilian use [...]."
Civilian use! Beijing now openly decides if we can defend ourselves or not, therefore infringing on our sovereignty.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Civilian use! Beijing now openly decides if we can defend ourselves or not, therefore infringing on our sovereignty.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China exempts Nexperia chips from export controls
The block on exports of the company's chips had raised fears that European car production would be hit.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Exemptions have been granted to exports made by Chinese-owned Nexperia for civilian use [...]."
Civilian use! Beijing now openly decides if we can defend ourselves or not, therefore infringing on our sovereignty.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Civilian use! Beijing now openly decides if we can defend ourselves or not, therefore infringing on our sovereignty.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mindestens 20 Jahre zu spät, aber immerhin.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Mindestens 20 Jahre zu spät, aber immerhin.
Utter disgrace. Universities trading their academic freedom for money...
Those responsible need to be sacked. Their career in academia should be over.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Those responsible need to be sacked. Their career in academia should be over.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Utter disgrace. Universities trading their academic freedom for money...
Those responsible need to be sacked. Their career in academia should be over.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Those responsible need to be sacked. Their career in academia should be over.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Autocephaly for all orthodox churches and then ban the Russian one throughout Europe. It´s not a church, it´s just another branch of Russia´s spy apparatus.
💥Russian Orthodox priest Hilarion (Grigory Alfeyev) – now heading the Czech branch, formerly Hungary’s – seen at the FSB HQ shooting range on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square, in the basement once used by the KGB for torture & executions.
📹 @vsquare.bsky.social @denikn.cz | More: vsquare.org/goulash-puti...
📹 @vsquare.bsky.social @denikn.cz | More: vsquare.org/goulash-puti...
November 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Autocephaly for all orthodox churches and then ban the Russian one throughout Europe. It´s not a church, it´s just another branch of Russia´s spy apparatus.
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Woah what a cover from Handelsblatt.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Woah what a cover from Handelsblatt.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
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This went well: Chinese lawmakers question NATO’s right to exist in first meeting with European counterparts in seven years @fbermingham.bsky.social
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
EU and China lawmakers spar over Moscow, Taipei in first talks since 2018
Beijing’s delegation defends Russia and questions Nato as EU warns ties hinge on China’s stance over Ukraine.
www.scmp.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This went well: Chinese lawmakers question NATO’s right to exist in first meeting with European counterparts in seven years @fbermingham.bsky.social
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
"Despite retailing at over €8 per bottle, the company operates at a loss, prompting defense experts to link its operations to broader patterns of Chinese investment near the Arctic and Northern Sea Route."
www.dw.com/en/is-this-b...
www.dw.com/en/is-this-b...
Is this bottled water company being used to spy on Norway? – DW – 10/14/2025
Voss Water is now entirely under Chinese ownership and Norwegian port officials fear it could be compromising.
www.dw.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Despite retailing at over €8 per bottle, the company operates at a loss, prompting defense experts to link its operations to broader patterns of Chinese investment near the Arctic and Northern Sea Route."
www.dw.com/en/is-this-b...
www.dw.com/en/is-this-b...
After KUKA Europe is poised to lose its second big player in robotics and automation ABB.
Continously selling our most innovative companies is not a viable long term industrial strategy. Although a Japanese buyer I still hope the EU Commission intervenes.
group.softbank/en/news/pres...
Continously selling our most innovative companies is not a viable long term industrial strategy. Although a Japanese buyer I still hope the EU Commission intervenes.
group.softbank/en/news/pres...
Acquisition of ABB Ltd’s Robotics Business | SoftBank Group Corp.
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) today announced that on October 8, 2025 (Central European Time), it entered into a definitive agreement with ABB Ltd (“ABB”), a global technology leader in electrification...
group.softbank
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
After KUKA Europe is poised to lose its second big player in robotics and automation ABB.
Continously selling our most innovative companies is not a viable long term industrial strategy. Although a Japanese buyer I still hope the EU Commission intervenes.
group.softbank/en/news/pres...
Continously selling our most innovative companies is not a viable long term industrial strategy. Although a Japanese buyer I still hope the EU Commission intervenes.
group.softbank/en/news/pres...
Gut, wenn man bei den Prozessen soweit nachgeschärft hat, dass Fehlverhalten inzwischen auffällt. Allerdings auch wieder bedenklich, dass diese Kontakte nicht bei der (hoffentlich durchgeführten?) Sicherheitsüberprüfung aufgefallen sind.
orf.at/stories/3407...
orf.at/stories/3407...
DSN: Polizist nach Abfragen suspendiert
Ein der Direktion Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst (DSN) zugeteilter Polizeibeamter ist am Dienstag vom Dienst suspendiert worden, weil er unzulässige Datenabfragen im Zusammenhang mit den Muslimbrü...
orf.at
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Gut, wenn man bei den Prozessen soweit nachgeschärft hat, dass Fehlverhalten inzwischen auffällt. Allerdings auch wieder bedenklich, dass diese Kontakte nicht bei der (hoffentlich durchgeführten?) Sicherheitsüberprüfung aufgefallen sind.
orf.at/stories/3407...
orf.at/stories/3407...
On top of it the Chinese market is continuously shrinking for Western companies so there is nothing to gain by beating around the bush.
⤵️ tells us that treating China on the basis of not upsetting it undermines national security and judicial processes. The prosecution couldn't bring official evidence to prove China as an enemy because the gov documents refer to it as a Geo-Strategic Challenge.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
China threatened to retaliate against UK over foreign influence rules
Exclusive: Chinese officials warned that targeting its security apparatus would negatively affect relations
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On top of it the Chinese market is continuously shrinking for Western companies so there is nothing to gain by beating around the bush.