Erlingur
@rlingur.bsky.social
Defense & Tech Policy consulting. Senior Visiting Fellow at IIA Univ. of Iceland. Former Facebook/Meta, Icelandic Diplo, SAIS Fellow, UN, NATO/ISAF, UNICEF. Oxon ABD on WWI tanks. “Basically a modern day viking”
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Erlingur
@rlingur.bsky.social
· Feb 17
The West was unified, if not perfect, in the face of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine three years ago.
@rlingur.bsky.social reflects on Europe’s response as Trump's return raises concern over US support:
www.justsecurity.org/107999/trump...
@rlingur.bsky.social reflects on Europe’s response as Trump's return raises concern over US support:
www.justsecurity.org/107999/trump...
A Nordic Trump-Mitigation Strategy Amid a Return of Power Politics
The Northern European States, with their Baltic neighbors, will be vital for Ukraine and international law amid instability in the Trump era.
www.justsecurity.org
The “Nordic-Baltic 8” have a lot to offer as Europe stands up in defence of Ukraine and for its own security. Managing an erratic America is part of that, including to defend international law & human rights
Pleased to work with @justsecurity.org and @violagienger.bsky.social to publish this piece
Pleased to work with @justsecurity.org and @violagienger.bsky.social to publish this piece
Pour one out for the UN Charter.
June 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Pour one out for the UN Charter.
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Russia continues to celebrate the Putin-Trump call. Today’s Russian papers: “Trump’s stance couldn’t be more advantageous to Moscow.” “Trump is our ideological partner.” Another paper tells European leaders: “Just breathe in the smell of the new world order.” #ReadingRussia
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (21 May 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
May 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Russia continues to celebrate the Putin-Trump call. Today’s Russian papers: “Trump’s stance couldn’t be more advantageous to Moscow.” “Trump is our ideological partner.” Another paper tells European leaders: “Just breathe in the smell of the new world order.” #ReadingRussia
The US “peace plan” is a capitulation that rubbishes the UN Charter. Europe has to reject this American collusion with Russia. Full stop.
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The US “peace plan” is a capitulation that rubbishes the UN Charter. Europe has to reject this American collusion with Russia. Full stop.
Tomorrow marks 250 years since the "shot heard round the world" as Emerson described it.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
April 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tomorrow marks 250 years since the "shot heard round the world" as Emerson described it.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
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FUNDSTRAT tonight:
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
FUNDSTRAT tonight:
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
Madness, malpractice. Government by conspiracy theory, grievance, and stupidity.
A moment of serious concern for America’s Five Eyes partners:
“The director of the powerful wiretapping and cyberespionage service, the National Security Agency, was fired Thursday…The firings were advocated for by far-right activist Laura Loomer” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“The director of the powerful wiretapping and cyberespionage service, the National Security Agency, was fired Thursday…The firings were advocated for by far-right activist Laura Loomer” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal
Gen. Timothy Haugh, the director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyberespionage service, was fired Thursday, according to U.S. officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Madness, malpractice. Government by conspiracy theory, grievance, and stupidity.
Look, we all know this tariff seppuku is idiotic, as are most of the MAGA policies. They only make sense if the aim is to demolish and dethrone the US, so that’s worth recognizing.
Here’s a former President talking about tariffs
Here’s a former President talking about tariffs
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Look, we all know this tariff seppuku is idiotic, as are most of the MAGA policies. They only make sense if the aim is to demolish and dethrone the US, so that’s worth recognizing.
Here’s a former President talking about tariffs
Here’s a former President talking about tariffs
Fantastic interview, as so often, by @gideonrachman.bsky.social with
Albright Stonebridge’s Jörg Wuttke who has decades of experience doing business in China, including as three-time President of the EU Chamber of Commerce
Albright Stonebridge’s Jörg Wuttke who has decades of experience doing business in China, including as three-time President of the EU Chamber of Commerce
China in the age of Trump 2.0
The Rachman Review · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Fantastic interview, as so often, by @gideonrachman.bsky.social with
Albright Stonebridge’s Jörg Wuttke who has decades of experience doing business in China, including as three-time President of the EU Chamber of Commerce
Albright Stonebridge’s Jörg Wuttke who has decades of experience doing business in China, including as three-time President of the EU Chamber of Commerce
My op-ed on Russian war crimes in Ukraine just ran in a local paper. While there's a great deal of coverage of developments on the battlefield and the curious "peace" process, there's little coverage of the vast suffering Ukrainians are being subjected to at the hands of the invaders.
Mannréttindabrot og stríðsglæpir Rússa í Úkraínu - Vísir
Þrátt fyrir að mikill fréttaflutningur sé nú um Úkraínustríðið þá er helst fjallað um framgang átakanna, stuðning Vesturlanda og mögulegar leiðir til friðar. Sjaldan er fjallað um þann gríðarlega fjöl...
www.visir.is
March 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My op-ed on Russian war crimes in Ukraine just ran in a local paper. While there's a great deal of coverage of developments on the battlefield and the curious "peace" process, there's little coverage of the vast suffering Ukrainians are being subjected to at the hands of the invaders.
The Ritter-Mearsheimer-Sachs coalition of Putin supporters
OTD in 2022 leading children's rights campaigner and military expert of great renown issued a proclaimation
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Ritter-Mearsheimer-Sachs coalition of Putin supporters
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📍 In Paris for the 4th Ukraine meeting.
We’re working to strengthen Ukraine’s security - and Europe’s as a whole.
Reinforcing Ukraine to defend itself is the starting point.
We also need a common and long-term plan.
This is our Readiness 2030 plan.
We’re working to strengthen Ukraine’s security - and Europe’s as a whole.
Reinforcing Ukraine to defend itself is the starting point.
We also need a common and long-term plan.
This is our Readiness 2030 plan.
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📍 In Paris for the 4th Ukraine meeting.
We’re working to strengthen Ukraine’s security - and Europe’s as a whole.
Reinforcing Ukraine to defend itself is the starting point.
We also need a common and long-term plan.
This is our Readiness 2030 plan.
We’re working to strengthen Ukraine’s security - and Europe’s as a whole.
Reinforcing Ukraine to defend itself is the starting point.
We also need a common and long-term plan.
This is our Readiness 2030 plan.
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pretty much the same reason we in Iceland are third, every town has an open air geothermal-heated pool that many of us use year round.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
pretty much the same reason we in Iceland are third, every town has an open air geothermal-heated pool that many of us use year round.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
This is where we are people…
French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant que son or...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is where we are people…
So today the real estate swindler will try to sell out Ukraine. It will be down to Europe to stop it from happening - for Ukraine’s sake and our own.
March 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
So today the real estate swindler will try to sell out Ukraine. It will be down to Europe to stop it from happening - for Ukraine’s sake and our own.
Been saying for a couple of months that this admin is gonna slow walk into a full blown Mexican conflict. I’m naming it MexiCOIN
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Been saying for a couple of months that this admin is gonna slow walk into a full blown Mexican conflict. I’m naming it MexiCOIN
Russia will regret waking Germany up…
Incoming German Chancellor Merz - "There will be no shortage of financial resources to defend freedom and peace on our continent. Germany is back."
March 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Russia will regret waking Germany up…
I heard @eliotacohen.bsky.social on some podcast (maybe @gideonrachman.bsky.social’s) say that “first rate people hire first rate people, and second rate people hire third rate people”
💡I keep coming back to this as it explains so much!
💡I keep coming back to this as it explains so much!
March 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I heard @eliotacohen.bsky.social on some podcast (maybe @gideonrachman.bsky.social’s) say that “first rate people hire first rate people, and second rate people hire third rate people”
💡I keep coming back to this as it explains so much!
💡I keep coming back to this as it explains so much!
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Ukrainian successes have been underreported for the entire war. Why?
Toretsk was completely in the control of Russia, now Ukrainian forces have pretty much taken back the city.
Toretsk was completely in the control of Russia, now Ukrainian forces have pretty much taken back the city.
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Ukrainian successes have been underreported for the entire war. Why?
Toretsk was completely in the control of Russia, now Ukrainian forces have pretty much taken back the city.
Toretsk was completely in the control of Russia, now Ukrainian forces have pretty much taken back the city.
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Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.
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"Russia is the aggressor, Zelenskyy is a war leader whose country has been invaded, and we should all be supporting him and not fawning over Putin!" - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Russia is the aggressor, Zelenskyy is a war leader whose country has been invaded, and we should all be supporting him and not fawning over Putin!" - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer:
We stand with #Ukraine for as long as it may take, and I hope you heard that cheering in the street - the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and Ukraine,and our absolute,unwavering determination to stand with you ⤵️ 1/2
We stand with #Ukraine for as long as it may take, and I hope you heard that cheering in the street - the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and Ukraine,and our absolute,unwavering determination to stand with you ⤵️ 1/2
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer:
We stand with #Ukraine for as long as it may take, and I hope you heard that cheering in the street - the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and Ukraine,and our absolute,unwavering determination to stand with you ⤵️ 1/2
We stand with #Ukraine for as long as it may take, and I hope you heard that cheering in the street - the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and Ukraine,and our absolute,unwavering determination to stand with you ⤵️ 1/2
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Untill Trump's full scale evasion of 28 February 2025, 🇺🇦 has managed to hold the line against ceaseless Russian attacks. Hopefully, European 🇪🇺 decisions will allow 🇺🇦 to continue to hold back the onslaught.
Guerre d'Ukraine - Février 2025
Synthèse, de fin de mois, des superficies occupées par l'armée russe | LPR | DPR dans les oblasts d'Ukraine.
+ Répartition par zone.
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
Synthèse, de fin de mois, des superficies occupées par l'armée russe | LPR | DPR dans les oblasts d'Ukraine.
+ Répartition par zone.
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Untill Trump's full scale evasion of 28 February 2025, 🇺🇦 has managed to hold the line against ceaseless Russian attacks. Hopefully, European 🇪🇺 decisions will allow 🇺🇦 to continue to hold back the onslaught.