Lea Konrad
@leakonrad.bsky.social
PhD-ing, Research & Teaching @JLU Gießen; NATO Politics of Cyber Security/Defence; 🇩🇪 & 🇺🇸 Security Policy.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh... 🚨 Significant statement (18.7.25) NATO has only published such a statement (outside summits) exclusively focusing on condemning malicious cyber activities a handful of times. Russia has been named as a malicious actor in cyberspace before but the tone is more decisive ⬇️
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh... 🚨 Significant statement (18.7.25) NATO has only published such a statement (outside summits) exclusively focusing on condemning malicious cyber activities a handful of times. Russia has been named as a malicious actor in cyberspace before but the tone is more decisive ⬇️
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⚡Zelensky arrives at NATO summit in The Hague as Netherlands pledges new aid.
"Let me be clear: Ukraine is part of the family that we call the Euro-Atlantic family," Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told Zelensky in front of reporters.
"Let me be clear: Ukraine is part of the family that we call the Euro-Atlantic family," Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told Zelensky in front of reporters.
Zelensky arrives at NATO summit in The Hague as Netherlands pledges new aid
Welcoming Zelensky at the Catshuis official residence, Schoof presented a new military aid package for Ukraine, including 100 drone radar systems, front-line vehicles for evacuating the wounded, and 8...
kyivindependent.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
⚡Zelensky arrives at NATO summit in The Hague as Netherlands pledges new aid.
"Let me be clear: Ukraine is part of the family that we call the Euro-Atlantic family," Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told Zelensky in front of reporters.
"Let me be clear: Ukraine is part of the family that we call the Euro-Atlantic family," Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told Zelensky in front of reporters.
#NATO #5ProzentZiel ist 1) signaling an USA (burden-sharing) und Russland (abschrecken). 2) 2% wurden 2014 beschlossen, die meisten Staaten haben es erst nach RU Angriff auf UA erfüllt. 3) Mil. nutzbare Infrastruktur ist Auslegungssache (Bahn, Häfen etc 4) NATO hat keine Instrumente zu sanktionieren
June 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
#NATO #5ProzentZiel ist 1) signaling an USA (burden-sharing) und Russland (abschrecken). 2) 2% wurden 2014 beschlossen, die meisten Staaten haben es erst nach RU Angriff auf UA erfüllt. 3) Mil. nutzbare Infrastruktur ist Auslegungssache (Bahn, Häfen etc 4) NATO hat keine Instrumente zu sanktionieren
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Mützenich und Stegner, die Ewiggestrigen der deutschen Sicherheits- und Außenpolitiker. Ihr „Manifest“ ist ein realitätsverweigerndes Pamphlet voller fataler Fehleinschätzungen. Wie sehr kann man eigentlich übersehen, was nicht erst seit über einem Jahrzehnt bereits in Europa passiert?
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Mützenich und Stegner, die Ewiggestrigen der deutschen Sicherheits- und Außenpolitiker. Ihr „Manifest“ ist ein realitätsverweigerndes Pamphlet voller fataler Fehleinschätzungen. Wie sehr kann man eigentlich übersehen, was nicht erst seit über einem Jahrzehnt bereits in Europa passiert?
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Also it violates both the NATO Articles of Agreement and the UN Charter, both of which are treaties ratified by the Senate & therefore also part of US law.
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Under US law, the president has no authority to unilaterally order military action v. Canada, Greenland, or anyone else unless responding to an actual or imminent attack. Outside of this emergency scenario, unilateral presidential action is unconstitutional. everything trump muses about is illegal
WELKER: Would you rule out military force to take Canada?
TRUMP: I think we're not gonna ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest. With need that for national and international security.
TRUMP: I think we're not gonna ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest. With need that for national and international security.
May 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Also it violates both the NATO Articles of Agreement and the UN Charter, both of which are treaties ratified by the Senate & therefore also part of US law.
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Q: "Would you rule out military force to take Canada?"
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
May 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Q: "Would you rule out military force to take Canada?"
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
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Ende August soll der Entwurf einer neuen Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie der #USA vorliegen; gestaltet von Elbridge Colby. Der entwickelte schon Trumps NSS von 2018. Colby vertritt wie kein anderer eine radikale Fokussierung der US-Streitkräfte auf China/Asien, weg von Europa.
May 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ende August soll der Entwurf einer neuen Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie der #USA vorliegen; gestaltet von Elbridge Colby. Der entwickelte schon Trumps NSS von 2018. Colby vertritt wie kein anderer eine radikale Fokussierung der US-Streitkräfte auf China/Asien, weg von Europa.
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FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS to oppose the Trump administration...there is a strategy worth pursuing, one familiar to underdogs the world over: Push the aggressor beyond their limits.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
What the First 100 Days Taught Us About Resisting Trump
For starters, it’s better to push back than to appease.
www.thebulwark.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS to oppose the Trump administration...there is a strategy worth pursuing, one familiar to underdogs the world over: Push the aggressor beyond their limits.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
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CBS reports NSA Mike Waltz & NSC's Alex Wong are leaving. This is bad news for European allies—many have been concerned that Waltz's firing would expand influence of MAGA types. The loss of Wong, who was subject to racist conspiracy theories by Laura Loomer, will also concern China hawks.
May 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
CBS reports NSA Mike Waltz & NSC's Alex Wong are leaving. This is bad news for European allies—many have been concerned that Waltz's firing would expand influence of MAGA types. The loss of Wong, who was subject to racist conspiracy theories by Laura Loomer, will also concern China hawks.
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Here is a brief breakdown of the differences between the US and Ukrainian/European (UA/E.) proposals for ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
The UA/European proposal is a response to the US one-pager that emerged from Wittkoff's trip to Moscow last week.
The UA/European proposal is a response to the US one-pager that emerged from Wittkoff's trip to Moscow last week.
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Here is a brief breakdown of the differences between the US and Ukrainian/European (UA/E.) proposals for ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
The UA/European proposal is a response to the US one-pager that emerged from Wittkoff's trip to Moscow last week.
The UA/European proposal is a response to the US one-pager that emerged from Wittkoff's trip to Moscow last week.
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Governor JB Pritzker just announced that Illinois will be defunding investments in companies controlled by El Salvador to punish the country for holding American residents without due process.
More of this.
More of this.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker acts against El Salvador over Kilmar Abrego’s detention
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has announced that the state will take punitive actions against El Salvador for holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody, while a federal judge has ordered the Trump admini…
www.mystateline.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Governor JB Pritzker just announced that Illinois will be defunding investments in companies controlled by El Salvador to punish the country for holding American residents without due process.
More of this.
More of this.
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but does he have the cards
April 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
but does he have the cards
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Rubio shutters office uncovering Foreign disinformation and subversion efforts because it surfaces too many dirty Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put about 40 employees on leave who had tracked disinformation by China, Russia, Iran and terrorist groups.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Rubio shutters office uncovering Foreign disinformation and subversion efforts because it surfaces too many dirty Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
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Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol:
"The confiscations appear to be part of a larger scheme to “Russify” the occupied coastal city, which includes the construction of new military facilities and renaming streets to Moscow-approved titles."
- BBC Verify
"The confiscations appear to be part of a larger scheme to “Russify” the occupied coastal city, which includes the construction of new military facilities and renaming streets to Moscow-approved titles."
- BBC Verify
Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol - BBC News
To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol:
"The confiscations appear to be part of a larger scheme to “Russify” the occupied coastal city, which includes the construction of new military facilities and renaming streets to Moscow-approved titles."
- BBC Verify
"The confiscations appear to be part of a larger scheme to “Russify” the occupied coastal city, which includes the construction of new military facilities and renaming streets to Moscow-approved titles."
- BBC Verify
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Alarming. 'Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure.' www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Alarming. 'Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure.' www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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„The memo proposes eliminating almost all funding for international organizations like the United Nations and NATO, ending the budget for supporting international peacekeeping operations and … the Fulbright Program.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half (Gift Article)
The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations that include the United Nations and NATO.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
„The memo proposes eliminating almost all funding for international organizations like the United Nations and NATO, ending the budget for supporting international peacekeeping operations and … the Fulbright Program.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Hungary to oppose EU military training mission in Ukraine, minister says
Hungary to oppose EU military training mission in Ukraine, minister says
Foreign Minister Szijjarto said his country would not agree to any part of the mission as the move crosses a line that would make the conflict more likely to spill over into Europe.
dlvr.it
April 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hungary to oppose EU military training mission in Ukraine, minister says
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Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
April 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
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Reuters: Chinese military officers have been touring close to Russia's frontlines with Beijing's approval to draw lessons and tactics from the war. t.me/c/1817343196...
April 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Reuters: Chinese military officers have been touring close to Russia's frontlines with Beijing's approval to draw lessons and tactics from the war. t.me/c/1817343196...
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With Trump’s trade war threatening to leave Norway in the crossfire of US-EU sanctions, Norway is facing a similar moment of truth about EU membership as Finland and Sweden did with regard to NATO 3 years earlier.
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
To join or not to join? Norway is edging closer to the EU
Trump’s trade war has brought Norway even closer to the EU and increased the urgency for it to make a decision about membership.
www.chathamhouse.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
With Trump’s trade war threatening to leave Norway in the crossfire of US-EU sanctions, Norway is facing a similar moment of truth about EU membership as Finland and Sweden did with regard to NATO 3 years earlier.
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and British Secretary of State for Defence John Healey will co-host a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group #UDCG at the NATO HQ in Brussels today.
ℹ️ Find the programme here: nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
ℹ️ Find the programme here: nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and British Secretary of State for Defence John Healey will co-host a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group #UDCG at the NATO HQ in Brussels today.
ℹ️ Find the programme here: nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
ℹ️ Find the programme here: nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
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The EU plans to cut purchases of US LNG to reduce overall import costs, - Politico
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The EU plans to cut purchases of US LNG to reduce overall import costs, - Politico
Will we finally see Laschet and Pistorius in a „das doppelte Lottchen“ international Relations Version? I doubt still doubt it but we will know more at 3pm. Also unlikely, not impossible, that the Social Democrats give up Labour agreeing to such a ministry. It will be their first pick after finance
Bloomberg on the likely distribution of key ministerial posts in the new government in Germany:
Chancellor: Merz (CDU)
Vice Chancellor, Finance: Klingbeil (SPD)
Economy and labour: Linnemann (CDU)
Defence: Pistorius (SPD)
Foreign: Laschet (CDU)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chancellor: Merz (CDU)
Vice Chancellor, Finance: Klingbeil (SPD)
Economy and labour: Linnemann (CDU)
Defence: Pistorius (SPD)
Foreign: Laschet (CDU)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Merz’s German Cabinet Starts to Take Shape: Possible Key Members
Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats appear close to a coalition agreement to form Germany’s next government, with an announcement possibly coming later on Wednesday, paving the way...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Will we finally see Laschet and Pistorius in a „das doppelte Lottchen“ international Relations Version? I doubt still doubt it but we will know more at 3pm. Also unlikely, not impossible, that the Social Democrats give up Labour agreeing to such a ministry. It will be their first pick after finance
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#KRITIS Sektor #Staat und #Verwaltung
Hackers hit Ukrainian state agencies, critical infrastructure with new ‘Wrecksteel’ malware
"Ukraine recorded..3 cyberattacks in March targeting #government agencies and critical infrastructure with new #spying #malware"
#KRITIS
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Hackers hit Ukrainian state agencies, critical infrastructure with new ‘Wrecksteel’ malware
"Ukraine recorded..3 cyberattacks in March targeting #government agencies and critical infrastructure with new #spying #malware"
#KRITIS
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Hackers hit Ukrainian state agencies, critical infrastructure with new ‘Wrecksteel’ malware
A Ukrainian cyber agency said a suspected espionage campaign using the new malware has been active seen the fall, with at least three incidents detected in March.
therecord.media
April 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#KRITIS Sektor #Staat und #Verwaltung
Hackers hit Ukrainian state agencies, critical infrastructure with new ‘Wrecksteel’ malware
"Ukraine recorded..3 cyberattacks in March targeting #government agencies and critical infrastructure with new #spying #malware"
#KRITIS
therecord.media/hackers-ukra...
Hackers hit Ukrainian state agencies, critical infrastructure with new ‘Wrecksteel’ malware
"Ukraine recorded..3 cyberattacks in March targeting #government agencies and critical infrastructure with new #spying #malware"
#KRITIS
therecord.media/hackers-ukra...