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Tjeerd
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Professional soldier. Amateur Bsky-er. Multinational by choice. Peak interest in the Baltics. Posts are personal. Repost ≠ endorsement.
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Das deutsch-niederländische Korps werde künftig als Korps-Kommando an der Nordost-Flanke der Nato dienen, sagte Pistorius. Damit stelle das Korps "das militärische Hauptquartier, also die Stabsstruktur".
www.stern.de/news/deutsch...
Deutschland und die Niederlande wollen Verteidigungskooperation vertiefen
Deutschland und die Niederlande wollen ihre Zusammenarbeit im Bereich der Verteidigung vertiefen. Die Nachbarländer wollten künftig etwa bei der Ausbildung
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The very same day Russia attacks the Baltics, Ukraine becomes part of of both NATO and EU. True or false?
September 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"it will not get better, not by itself". These are not just pranks.
🇩🇰✈️ As of 20:26 local time, all takeoffs and landings at Copenhagen Airport, the capital of Denmark, have been suspended due to reports of drones. At least 11 flights have been diverted.
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
En die hebben we dan ook graag voor het optreden op land!
September 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Over de gevolgen van sancties, bevriezen van tegoeden en UKR aanvallen op infrastructuur.
De Russische economie stevent af op een crisis die grote gevolgen kan hebben voor het regime van Vladimir Poetin. De oorlogsmachine draait op zijn laatste reserves, de inkomsten uit olie en gas lopen terug en Oekraïne blijft olieraffinaderijen in zijn oorlogszuchtige buurland bestoken. Met de ...
’Explosieve cocktail’ dreigt voor Rusland: ’Regime Poetin kan deze winter wankelen’
www.telegraaf.nl
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"gecorrigeerd voor koopkracht (arbeids- en productiekosten zijn in Rusland lager) is het Russische defensiebudget inmiddels hoger dan dat van alle Europese NAVO-landen bij elkaar."
April 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
V. (US) Corps and @1GENLCorps teaming up. Good visit of LTG Costanza (with his team) to HQ 1GNC in Muenster.
In the presence of Mayor Lewe they both signed the so-called "golden book". Peace & Security is achieved together!
www.presse-service.de/medienarchiv...
March 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Guten Urlaub und Ruhestand, Herr Bischof! Es war immer eine Ehre und noch mehr ein Vergnügen.

www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
March 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Feuchter Traum von Russland: NATO-Truppen gebunden in einer Friedentruppe in Ukraine. Passt im Putin's nationaler Narrativ, wobei er selbst die Hände frei hält um die >500 K Truppen in Ukraine aus Irkutsk, Jakutsk... irgendwo anders ein zu setzen. Und dass wäre dann bestimmt nicht Russia's Far East.
Mehrheit von 56% der Deutschen befürwortet Einsatz einer internationalen Friedenstruppe in der #Ukraine für den Fall eines Waffenstillstands. Allerdings unterstützen nur 23% eine Beteiligung deutscher Soldaten der #Bundeswehr an einer solchen Truppe.
www.n-tv.de/23143824
+++ 07:03 Forscher-Ehepaar stirbt bei Angriff auf Kiew +++
Ukraine-Krieg im Liveticker
www.n-tv.de
January 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Production is key. Not only in Latvia. Not only for Ukraine.
February 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
At this sort of symposiums it's also interesting who's not there.
Symposium Rewatch | Panel: The Politics of the Baltic Defence Line and NATO’s Defence posture

On January 15, four Defence ministers discussed the topic of eastern flank defence, NATO’s forward defence strategy in Europe, and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Baltic Defence Line: Strengthening the Defence of NATO's Eastern Flank Event Recording
HCSS was very honored to have hosted the three Baltic Ministers of Defence, together with Dutch Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans, for a symposium on the ...
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February 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
De NAVO lijkt op dit moment de enig functionerende regionale, semi-mondiale veiligheidsorganisatie. Koester en steun dit bondgenootschap.
Vrij Europa balanceert op de rand van de afgrond. Het antwoord hierop begint bij een gevoel van urgentie, leiderschap en de noodzaak onorthodoxe stappen te zetten. Ondanks Trumps retorische uitholling ervan blijft de Navo, nu actiever dan ooit, daarbij cruciaal.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Europese Landen die de dreiging wél zien moeten actiever gaan samenwerken
Donald Trumps houding vergroot de urgentie voor onorthodoxe stappen om de Europese veiligheidscrisis het hoofd te bieden.
www.volkskrant.nl
January 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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On this day in 1609, the Bank of Amsterdam is established. It was the first public bank to offer accounts not directly convertible to coin. As such, it has been described as the first true central bank. It introduced the first-ever international reserve currency, the bank guilder
January 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
After being bored to death for years over the importance of the Suwalki corridor by thinktanks...
Did anyone track a sound analysis of how the admission of Sweden and Finland to NATO effects this importance?
Something big changed .. and no-one noticed?
Take the challenge: @clingendael.bsky.social?
January 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Verder zal het Nato Defense Planning Process (NDPP) met de trage cyclus van 4 jaar versneld moeten worden"
Fout-fouter-foutst. Het NDPP is okay.
Het gaat erom dat landen zich aan de targets houden, maar dat willen en kunnen ze (struisvogel-politiek) niet.
www.clingendael.org/sites/defaul...
www.clingendael.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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NATO ships patrol Baltic Sea as part of the Baltic Sentry program after damage of undersea cables.

▪️ Three NATO ships anchored in Tallinn. One of them is the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate Tromp, which leads the squadron.
January 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Es geht hier nicht um 'einfaches' Erhöhen aber es geht hier um erhöhen um die Nato-Targets zu holen (vergessen Sie die algemeine Richtlinie von 2%, das war so was von 2014).
Sollten eigentlich mehr/alle Nationen machen...
January 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
For those complaining the Baltic states do not invest enough!
Richer nations in the EU - or the EU itself - should step up. Since manpower is always an issue, buy materiel for these states. They will (wo)man it for they really sense the threat.
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
En de hele familie ging daar wonen
en we hoorden niets meer van ze: droomeiland
January 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Canada first... But why fix if it ain't broke?
A proposal from a reader. "Greenland could join Canada instead. As a new Canadian province or territory, Greenlanders would keep a large part of their autonomy, a universal health-care system and better social security" www.economist.com/letters/2025...
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"This will be very much affected by the situation in Ukraine, whether the war in Ukraine will end or possibly remain in some state of a frozen conflict," he said.
January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Het zijn speldenprikken over en weer." Eh nee.
"Spelen Estland en Rusland kat en muis". Eerder andersom.
Maar dat is zeuren: lees het artikel! Het is interessant.
January 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Extremely interesting from a German and Netherlands perspective.
The leaders of the Baltic and Nordic countries have tasked ex-NATO SG Jens Stoltenberg to write a report on how to deepen the Nordic-Baltic cooperation.

Happy to see this, especially since investing in the NB8-cooperation was my recommendation to Norway last year 😉
Jens Stoltenberg får ny rolle: Skal utrede forsvarssamarbeid i Norden og Baltikum
Jens Stoltenberg får nå et nytt oppdrag: Han skal utrede et tettere samarbeid om forsvar og sikkerhet mellom de åtte landene i Norden og Baltikum.
www.vg.no
January 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Fun fact. None of these accounts "exchanged". They only have 'sent' ... or answered their own tweets. Just saying.
German MoD stops posting on X because an "objective exchange of arguments is becoming increasingly difficult" on the platform. Also affected: official profiles of top generals, Armed Forces channel and channels of the subordinate structures. Press release [in German]: www.bmvg.de/de/presse/bm...
BMVg und nachgeordneter Bereich lassen Auftritte auf „X" ruhen
Das Verteidigungsministerium wird seinen X-Kanal ab dem 15. Januar 2025 ruhen lassen. Gleiches gilt für den nachgeordneten Bereich.
www.bmvg.de
January 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So macht man dass...gleich 4T Folger! Wilkommen, frue mich.
So. Ab jetzt bin ich hier aktiv. Freue mich auf guten Austausch und spannende Infos. 🌹
January 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM