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A great piece by a fellow Europtimist @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social, recommending a new transatlantic deterrence model ”MAD: mutual asymmetric dependency” that gives Europe actually quite a lot of cards to play (in addition to all the eggs).

Europe might even trigger the ”bazooka”…
Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion
Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relations it has ways of retaliating…
ecfr.eu
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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An article worth reading. S Frederick Starr was one of the few academics/analysts to understand that the USSR was collapsing. nationalinterest.org/feature/ukra...
Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front
Western observers are neglecting important developments: Judging by what is being said on Russia’s home front, Putin has already lost the war and the only question is what face-saving measures can be ...
nationalinterest.org
January 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM