Marion Messmer
@mgmessmer.bsky.social
Programme Director for International Security at Chatham House
Former BASIC, King's College London
Former BASIC, King's College London
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Fits Trump’s narcissistic policy patterns (internationally and domestically) - and adequate response strategies (including unity and resolve), grounded in psychology and applied to the administration-level @sofielillistoffel.bsky.social : gppi.net/2025/10/12/w...
When Your Ally Turns Narcissistic: A Self-Help Manual for Europe Navigating Transatlantic Relations
This study applies insights from psychological research on narcissism to offer a new approach to understanding — and countering — the unprecedented way the US currently wields power vis-à-vis its alli...
gppi.net
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fits Trump’s narcissistic policy patterns (internationally and domestically) - and adequate response strategies (including unity and resolve), grounded in psychology and applied to the administration-level @sofielillistoffel.bsky.social : gppi.net/2025/10/12/w...
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"China is worrying about its own supply chain, worrying about its own sustainability in terms of its economic resilience."
Yu Jie on China's key priorities going into this year.
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Yu Jie on China's key priorities going into this year.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"China is worrying about its own supply chain, worrying about its own sustainability in terms of its economic resilience."
Yu Jie on China's key priorities going into this year.
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Yu Jie on China's key priorities going into this year.
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I am beyond horrified to read this.
We live in a world where women are at risk of being systematically bullied out of public life.
This is despicable.
We live in a world where women are at risk of being systematically bullied out of public life.
This is despicable.
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I am beyond horrified to read this.
We live in a world where women are at risk of being systematically bullied out of public life.
This is despicable.
We live in a world where women are at risk of being systematically bullied out of public life.
This is despicable.
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When normalised by population size, the death toll of US troops in Afghanistan is broadly similar to that of four other countries, including the UK... and Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
When normalised by population size, the death toll of US troops in Afghanistan is broadly similar to that of four other countries, including the UK... and Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...
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Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
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South Korea’s new government faces significant challenges in stabilizing the country’s foreign policy – particularly in the face of a transactional United States and assertive China. https://bit.ly/45Wbg8l
How South Korea can balance its US commitments with global engagement
The key foreign policy challenges for the Lee government
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January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
South Korea’s new government faces significant challenges in stabilizing the country’s foreign policy – particularly in the face of a transactional United States and assertive China. https://bit.ly/45Wbg8l
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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It sure does feel like everyone only ever reads the first chapters.
Hans Morgenthau, of Jewish descent (!), spent a career concerned about how to LIMIT and AVOID whatever Stephen Miller is doing. He'd turn in his grave seeing his name cited as inspiration.
nationalinterest.org/feature/step...
Hans Morgenthau, of Jewish descent (!), spent a career concerned about how to LIMIT and AVOID whatever Stephen Miller is doing. He'd turn in his grave seeing his name cited as inspiration.
nationalinterest.org/feature/step...
Stephen Miller Channels Hans Morgenthau
President Donald Trump’s closest advisor has an intuitive grasp of the hard realities of global power politics.
nationalinterest.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It sure does feel like everyone only ever reads the first chapters.
Hans Morgenthau, of Jewish descent (!), spent a career concerned about how to LIMIT and AVOID whatever Stephen Miller is doing. He'd turn in his grave seeing his name cited as inspiration.
nationalinterest.org/feature/step...
Hans Morgenthau, of Jewish descent (!), spent a career concerned about how to LIMIT and AVOID whatever Stephen Miller is doing. He'd turn in his grave seeing his name cited as inspiration.
nationalinterest.org/feature/step...
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I keep returning to one passage from Trump’s Davos speech. “You need ownership to defend something,” he said. “You can’t defend it on a lease. Who the hell wants to defend a licence agreement, or a lease?”
Taken seriously, this logic is devastating. 1/4
Taken seriously, this logic is devastating. 1/4
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I keep returning to one passage from Trump’s Davos speech. “You need ownership to defend something,” he said. “You can’t defend it on a lease. Who the hell wants to defend a licence agreement, or a lease?”
Taken seriously, this logic is devastating. 1/4
Taken seriously, this logic is devastating. 1/4
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Senior research fellow @mgmessmer.bsky.social on Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos and US ambitions towards Greenland⤵️
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Senior research fellow @mgmessmer.bsky.social on Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos and US ambitions towards Greenland⤵️
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Here is why Europe/world can take no comfort in his non-promise to not use force. Denmark CANNOT enter into negotiations for the US to "buy" Greenland. Negotiation is *impossible* without conceding Trump's view of sovereignty as negotiable. Maybe a negotiation on military access, but not ownership.
it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
January 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Here is why Europe/world can take no comfort in his non-promise to not use force. Denmark CANNOT enter into negotiations for the US to "buy" Greenland. Negotiation is *impossible* without conceding Trump's view of sovereignty as negotiable. Maybe a negotiation on military access, but not ownership.
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“Donald Trump, like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, believes in power and power only,” warns Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Europe must prepare to play by those same rules” econ.st/4qV624W
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Donald Trump, like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, believes in power and power only,” warns Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Europe must prepare to play by those same rules” econ.st/4qV624W
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The US attack on Venezuela and the seizure of Russian flagged oil tankers show the limits in China's promises of support — with Beijing’s military pledges proving insubstantial for now.
Read @jkynge.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @jkynge.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Attack on Venezuela highlights growing US–China rivalry in Latin America
US actions in Venezuela and its identification of the Western Hemisphere as a US sphere of influence presents a complex set of challenges for China.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The US attack on Venezuela and the seizure of Russian flagged oil tankers show the limits in China's promises of support — with Beijing’s military pledges proving insubstantial for now.
Read @jkynge.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @jkynge.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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Donald Trump hat dem Premierminister von Norwegen geschrieben, dass er sich Grönland nehmen wird, weil er den Friedensnobelpreis nicht bekommen hat und sich jetzt dem Frieden nicht mehr so verpflichtet fühlt.
Dann ist ja beruhigend, dass dieser besonnene, erwachsene Mann 6.000 Atomsprengköpfe hat.
Dann ist ja beruhigend, dass dieser besonnene, erwachsene Mann 6.000 Atomsprengköpfe hat.
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Donald Trump hat dem Premierminister von Norwegen geschrieben, dass er sich Grönland nehmen wird, weil er den Friedensnobelpreis nicht bekommen hat und sich jetzt dem Frieden nicht mehr so verpflichtet fühlt.
Dann ist ja beruhigend, dass dieser besonnene, erwachsene Mann 6.000 Atomsprengköpfe hat.
Dann ist ja beruhigend, dass dieser besonnene, erwachsene Mann 6.000 Atomsprengköpfe hat.
Tbh as a German I'm very pleased about the year of the cabbage
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Tbh as a German I'm very pleased about the year of the cabbage
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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This is a red line. If we let the United States force Denmark to give up territory by threatening an invasion, we're done. There are no good options here, but we have to stand with Denmark
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM
This is a red line. If we let the United States force Denmark to give up territory by threatening an invasion, we're done. There are no good options here, but we have to stand with Denmark
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"We can begin to talk about an era of US hemispheric imperialism, where it intends to dominate its hemisphere on terms that it sets."
General Sir Richard Barrons on the worldview guiding Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4pKbff0
General Sir Richard Barrons on the worldview guiding Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4pKbff0
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
"We can begin to talk about an era of US hemispheric imperialism, where it intends to dominate its hemisphere on terms that it sets."
General Sir Richard Barrons on the worldview guiding Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4pKbff0
General Sir Richard Barrons on the worldview guiding Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4pKbff0
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it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
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Here's another thing, regarding US sec. guarantees to UA: at any moment, he could say "you'll have to give us some more stuff on top of what we agreed on, like, all of your offshore resources in the Black Sea. And space for a trump tower in the middle of Lviv's market square (=demolish town hall)"
Trump will likely try to make Denmark choose between NATO and Greenland, and wider Europe between Greenland and Ukraine.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
What European leaders have been most nervous about is the US pulling back on NATO or Ukraine… but how can Europe trust the US will come to its defense if its trying to seize territory from a NATO country. They can’t. So why cave to keep a security commitment that is not real. 6/
January 18, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Here's another thing, regarding US sec. guarantees to UA: at any moment, he could say "you'll have to give us some more stuff on top of what we agreed on, like, all of your offshore resources in the Black Sea. And space for a trump tower in the middle of Lviv's market square (=demolish town hall)"
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Russia is making calculated choices, prioritizing its war effort in Ukraine over military support for Venezuela, Iran or Syria — and is losing its prestige in doing so. https://bit.ly/4pFUlOA
Venezuela shows Russia has lost the initiative in Trump’s global order
Moscow has prioritized the war in Ukraine over its commitments in Venezuela, Syria and Iran as Trump reshapes the world order.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Russia is making calculated choices, prioritizing its war effort in Ukraine over military support for Venezuela, Iran or Syria — and is losing its prestige in doing so. https://bit.ly/4pFUlOA
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Puh. Jetzt gibt's in Dänemark schon eine Debatte, ob die dänischen Soldaten in US-Einrichtungen weltweit (z.B. bei der Pilotenausbildung in den USA) Gefahr laufen, Kriegsgefangene zu werden...
100 danske soldater på amerikanske baser: I yderste konsekvens risikerer de at blive krigsfanger
Forsvaret har en 'udstrakt' pligt til at informere soldaterne, lyder det fra officerernes fagforening.
www.dr.dk
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Puh. Jetzt gibt's in Dänemark schon eine Debatte, ob die dänischen Soldaten in US-Einrichtungen weltweit (z.B. bei der Pilotenausbildung in den USA) Gefahr laufen, Kriegsgefangene zu werden...