Mareike Ohlberg
@mareikeohlberg.bsky.social
Senior fellow @gmfus | CCP interference, digital, media, ideology | Permanent email/DM bankruptcy | #peasantpride | Usual disclaimers
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📊Those 🇩🇪numbers are even more dramatic when looking at responses according to party preference, laying bare how much of an outlier AfD is.
Excluding AfD voters, we get:
🇫🇷 93.5% trust in France
🇬🇧 89.75% trust in UK
🇺🇦 62.5% trust in Ukraine
🇺🇸 8.5% trust in USA ‼️
🇷🇺 3% trust in Russia.
Short 🧵
Excluding AfD voters, we get:
🇫🇷 93.5% trust in France
🇬🇧 89.75% trust in UK
🇺🇦 62.5% trust in Ukraine
🇺🇸 8.5% trust in USA ‼️
🇷🇺 3% trust in Russia.
Short 🧵
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
📊Those 🇩🇪numbers are even more dramatic when looking at responses according to party preference, laying bare how much of an outlier AfD is.
Excluding AfD voters, we get:
🇫🇷 93.5% trust in France
🇬🇧 89.75% trust in UK
🇺🇦 62.5% trust in Ukraine
🇺🇸 8.5% trust in USA ‼️
🇷🇺 3% trust in Russia.
Short 🧵
Excluding AfD voters, we get:
🇫🇷 93.5% trust in France
🇬🇧 89.75% trust in UK
🇺🇦 62.5% trust in Ukraine
🇺🇸 8.5% trust in USA ‼️
🇷🇺 3% trust in Russia.
Short 🧵
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There will be a lot of big stories in 2026 regarding US democracy, but the biggest IMO will be the effort to reshape the electoral system
More from the party of federalism: "the states are merely an agent for the federal government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the federal government, as represented by the president of the United States, tells them, for the good of the country, to do."
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
There will be a lot of big stories in 2026 regarding US democracy, but the biggest IMO will be the effort to reshape the electoral system
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🔴Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/t...
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
bylinetimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
🔴Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/t...
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/t...
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Die AfD bereitet die deutsche Bevölkerung schon mal darauf vor, dass Deutschland zum russischen Großraum gehört.
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Die AfD bereitet die deutsche Bevölkerung schon mal darauf vor, dass Deutschland zum russischen Großraum gehört.
I agree with this. The damage to the international order is less immediately relevant to Taiwan than some have argued. At the same time, the damage done (by this specific attack and the Trump presidency more generally) is much bigger and goes beyond giving China a convenient excuse to annex Taiwan.
Ryan Hass wrote an excellent thread on Twitter that I appreciate,
calling for us not to overstate what had happened today in terms of what it means for Taiwan. I agree with him as I posted above that today won’t likely change Xi’s calculus in the short term. His whole thread is worth reading.
calling for us not to overstate what had happened today in terms of what it means for Taiwan. I agree with him as I posted above that today won’t likely change Xi’s calculus in the short term. His whole thread is worth reading.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I agree with this. The damage to the international order is less immediately relevant to Taiwan than some have argued. At the same time, the damage done (by this specific attack and the Trump presidency more generally) is much bigger and goes beyond giving China a convenient excuse to annex Taiwan.
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Required reading for those European capitals that are still in denial. As a recent Rhodium note cited by the FT stresses, a weak renminbi, persistent deflation and excess capacity in China will erode the bite of conventional trade defence tools. New thinking is needed
www.ft.com/content/079f...
www.ft.com/content/079f...
Why China is doubling down on its export-led growth model
The country plans to reinforce its dominance of global manufacturing, despite persistent deflation at home and rising tensions abroad
www.ft.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Required reading for those European capitals that are still in denial. As a recent Rhodium note cited by the FT stresses, a weak renminbi, persistent deflation and excess capacity in China will erode the bite of conventional trade defence tools. New thinking is needed
www.ft.com/content/079f...
www.ft.com/content/079f...
X soft censored the video of Elon Musk agreeing with Thierry Breton on the DSA by declaring it "age-restricted adult content" 🙄🙄🙄
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
X soft censored the video of Elon Musk agreeing with Thierry Breton on the DSA by declaring it "age-restricted adult content" 🙄🙄🙄
Before I sign off to enjoy a few days in peace and away from the news, a word on the recent U.S. sanctions: The "global censorship-industrial complex" is a far right fantasy. Most of the DSA is about transparency and forcing platforms to provide info about how they moderate and boost content 1/
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Before I sign off to enjoy a few days in peace and away from the news, a word on the recent U.S. sanctions: The "global censorship-industrial complex" is a far right fantasy. Most of the DSA is about transparency and forcing platforms to provide info about how they moderate and boost content 1/
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I read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social this year, and this quote by White Nationalist Chris Cantwell really stuck with me: "The goal was to become the system... We want to wield the tremendous power of the United States government."
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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My wish for 2026 is for Americans to realize they're not that special. Many other countries have gone through these types of authoritarian crackdowns before, and their experiences hold valuable lessons, but obsession with their own exceptionalism is preventing Americans from making use of them.
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My wish for 2026 is for Americans to realize they're not that special. Many other countries have gone through these types of authoritarian crackdowns before, and their experiences hold valuable lessons, but obsession with their own exceptionalism is preventing Americans from making use of them.
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“Chinese analysts have interpreted the new strategy as evidence of American retreat.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
China Is Feeling Strong and Senses an American Retreat
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Chinese analysts have interpreted the new strategy as evidence of American retreat.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
I read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social this year, and this quote by White Nationalist Chris Cantwell really stuck with me: "The goal was to become the system... We want to wield the tremendous power of the United States government."
December 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social this year, and this quote by White Nationalist Chris Cantwell really stuck with me: "The goal was to become the system... We want to wield the tremendous power of the United States government."
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🇨🇳 How is Beijing shaping global narratives—and what role does Washington play?
In their latest analysis, GMF's Mareike Ohlberg and Andy Chen explore China’s efforts to “tell its story well” and the implications for democratic discourse worldwide.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/fiZW8OR
In their latest analysis, GMF's Mareike Ohlberg and Andy Chen explore China’s efforts to “tell its story well” and the implications for democratic discourse worldwide.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/fiZW8OR
Washington Is Helping Beijing “Tell China’s Story Well”
Beijing has for decades invested significant resources into manipulating Western public opinion, but 2025 marks a significant change. This is not because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) created a…
www.gmfus.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🇨🇳 How is Beijing shaping global narratives—and what role does Washington play?
In their latest analysis, GMF's Mareike Ohlberg and Andy Chen explore China’s efforts to “tell its story well” and the implications for democratic discourse worldwide.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/fiZW8OR
In their latest analysis, GMF's Mareike Ohlberg and Andy Chen explore China’s efforts to “tell its story well” and the implications for democratic discourse worldwide.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/fiZW8OR
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The US is now making coercive threats to fine random European companies in retaliation for EU digital regulations that are designed to prevent hate speech, disinformation and harm to children.
www.ft.com/content/001d...
www.ft.com/content/001d...
Washington threatens European groups over EU’s treatment of US tech giants
French and German companies warned their access to the American market could be disrupted
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The US is now making coercive threats to fine random European companies in retaliation for EU digital regulations that are designed to prevent hate speech, disinformation and harm to children.
www.ft.com/content/001d...
www.ft.com/content/001d...
‘Once we become submissive, thinking that [accommodation] can protect us, we still get targeted in the end … [B]eing targeted has nothing to do with content actually having an issue’ madeinchinajournal.com/2025/12/12/w...
What Is the Purpose of ‘China-Watching’ in the United States Today?
The executive ignored widespread dissent to force through an illiberal agenda. Violent confrontations between protesters and police brought forth increased repression. In less than a year, new policie...
madeinchinajournal.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
‘Once we become submissive, thinking that [accommodation] can protect us, we still get targeted in the end … [B]eing targeted has nothing to do with content actually having an issue’ madeinchinajournal.com/2025/12/12/w...
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This never was a “national security trial”. It was a regime security kangaroo court. It’s purely about political control.
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This never was a “national security trial”. It was a regime security kangaroo court. It’s purely about political control.
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“🇺🇸 Americans continue to have a positive view of relations between the two countries, even with a significant decline in perceptions since last year.
🇩🇪 Germans have completely flipped their assessments of the relationship over that same period.”
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
🇩🇪 Germans have completely flipped their assessments of the relationship over that same period.”
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“🇺🇸 Americans continue to have a positive view of relations between the two countries, even with a significant decline in perceptions since last year.
🇩🇪 Germans have completely flipped their assessments of the relationship over that same period.”
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
🇩🇪 Germans have completely flipped their assessments of the relationship over that same period.”
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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"Foreign journalists can hardly gain access to Xinjiang. But, good for me I can." With these words Guan Heng starts his documentary providing crucial evidence of mass incarcerations of muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China. He had to flee to the US.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Foreign journalists can hardly gain access to Xinjiang. But, good for me I can." With these words Guan Heng starts his documentary providing crucial evidence of mass incarcerations of muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China. He had to flee to the US.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.
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Trump is envisioning a new world order where great powers cut deals — and look the other way when needed — rather than restrain each other's ambitions www.axios.com/2025/12/12/t...
Trump embraces great power cooperation with China and Russia
Trump's first term launched "Great Power Competition." His second is actively working to end it.
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Trump is envisioning a new world order where great powers cut deals — and look the other way when needed — rather than restrain each other's ambitions www.axios.com/2025/12/12/t...
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Du sagst nach einer Chinareise, Du hast mit einer ominösen Diamanten-Firma mit Chinaverbindungen gar nichts zu tun.
Aber auf einer Visitenkarte bist Du als Vertriebsleiter angegeben: Jan-Wenzel Schmidt von der AfD.
Text von @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social & Annika Leister
Aber auf einer Visitenkarte bist Du als Vertriebsleiter angegeben: Jan-Wenzel Schmidt von der AfD.
Text von @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social & Annika Leister
China-Affäre in der AfD | Die Diamant-Visitenkarte des "Vertriebsleiters Schmidt"
Ein chinesischer Spion, Diamantendeals und eine Visitenkarte bringen Jan Wenzel Schmidt (AfD) in Erklärungsnot. Er selbst wittert eine Kampagne gegen sich.
www.t-online.de
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Du sagst nach einer Chinareise, Du hast mit einer ominösen Diamanten-Firma mit Chinaverbindungen gar nichts zu tun.
Aber auf einer Visitenkarte bist Du als Vertriebsleiter angegeben: Jan-Wenzel Schmidt von der AfD.
Text von @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social & Annika Leister
Aber auf einer Visitenkarte bist Du als Vertriebsleiter angegeben: Jan-Wenzel Schmidt von der AfD.
Text von @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social & Annika Leister
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GMF wrapped the inaugural GMF–GWU Masterclass on City International Engagement, convening members of GMF’s City Directors of International Affairs Network from 15 cities across North America and Europe to deepen skills and exchange practical tools for local‑level international engagement.
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
GMF wrapped the inaugural GMF–GWU Masterclass on City International Engagement, convening members of GMF’s City Directors of International Affairs Network from 15 cities across North America and Europe to deepen skills and exchange practical tools for local‑level international engagement.
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According to this report, a longer internal version of the NSS exists in which the US proposes creating a “Core 5” (C5) made up of the US, China, Russia, India and Japan. It would meet regularly, as the G7 does, for summits.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
According to this report, a longer internal version of the NSS exists in which the US proposes creating a “Core 5” (C5) made up of the US, China, Russia, India and Japan. It would meet regularly, as the G7 does, for summits.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Stupid and short-sighted move by the Trump Administration, but also by Nvidia. They're basically acting like the German automotive industry and are selling their future in return for better numbers in the next quarter www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China
Commerce department finalising deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict Biden-era restrictions relaxed
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Stupid and short-sighted move by the Trump Administration, but also by Nvidia. They're basically acting like the German automotive industry and are selling their future in return for better numbers in the next quarter www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This should go on the next banner overlooking Schuman.
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This should go on the next banner overlooking Schuman.