Bernie Kaussler
bernie-kaussler.bsky.social
Bernie Kaussler
@bernie-kaussler.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at JMU. 🇺🇸 Thinking out loud about geopolitics and security. ✍️Author of several books on Middle East security and U.S. foreign policy. Latest 📖: “Proxy War in Yemen” ( 2023) from 🇩🇪🇪🇺, educated in 🇬🇧 (views are my own)
MAGA talking points these last 7 days:
- EU democracies are the real problem
- far right pro-Russian party needs to win in 🇩🇪
- No to Ukrainian territorial integrity
- No NATO membership
- Zelensky must go
- 🇺🇸🇷🇺 talks without Europe
- and now: ❗️Ukraine started it all
February 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia left the Russian power grid yesterday and synchronized with the EU network today. Quite the symbolism as the final link to the former USSR of those 3 EU members has been cut.
February 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In the Lebanese elections for president, one MP voted for #BernieSanders. Bernie bros seem to be everywhere. I suppose that would make Lebanese politics even more exciting! #polisci
January 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Pentagon spokesperson refuted Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s (R-N.J.) claim that #Iran had launched drones recently spotted in New Jersey via a mothership somewhere off the U.S. East Coast. After recent congressional hearings on UAP‘s, these drones probably aren’t from China either. 🛸 #geopolitics
December 11, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Polish Foreign Minister, Radek Sikorski, to Russian delegation at the OSCE:

„We are not taken in by your lies. We know what you are doing. You are trying to rebuild the Russian Empire and we will not let you. We will resist you every inch of the way.“ #academicsky #geopolitics #polisci #ukraine
December 7, 2024 at 4:35 AM