Christina Keßler
@christina-kessler.bsky.social
📍 Brussels | Security & Defence @ European Parliament | Committee @europeangreens.eu | she/her | 🌻
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For my first Substack post, I wrote about the noxious rhetoric and virulent political atmosphere following the Charlie Kirk assassination, and how it reminds me of my time living and reporting through a very bleak period in Turkey.
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On dehumanizing rhetoric in Trump's America and Erdoğan's Turkey
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October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For my first Substack post, I wrote about the noxious rhetoric and virulent political atmosphere following the Charlie Kirk assassination, and how it reminds me of my time living and reporting through a very bleak period in Turkey.
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Moldovans chose Europe - despite Russian interference. Now the EU must deliver: make accession real, rigorous, and successful. We owe it to the people of Moldova.
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Moldovans chose Europe - despite Russian interference. Now the EU must deliver: make accession real, rigorous, and successful. We owe it to the people of Moldova.
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Der einzige Spitzenpolitiker der Union, der seinerzeit die Ehrlichkeit an den Tag legte, dies auszubuchstabieren (Ablehnung der Zusammenarbeit, aber aus vollkommen anderen Gründen; AfD verfassungsfeindlich, Linke nicht), war Armin Laschet.
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Der einzige Spitzenpolitiker der Union, der seinerzeit die Ehrlichkeit an den Tag legte, dies auszubuchstabieren (Ablehnung der Zusammenarbeit, aber aus vollkommen anderen Gründen; AfD verfassungsfeindlich, Linke nicht), war Armin Laschet.
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Und aus diesem Grund müssen diese verfassungsfeindlichen Positionen verharmlost und die Linke verteufelt werden, damit die Union als "gemäßigte Kraft der Mitte" sich dazwischen verorten kann.
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Und aus diesem Grund müssen diese verfassungsfeindlichen Positionen verharmlost und die Linke verteufelt werden, damit die Union als "gemäßigte Kraft der Mitte" sich dazwischen verorten kann.
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Dass Jens Spahn die Union nach rechtsaußen zieht und zumindest skrupellos genug für eine Koalition mit der AfD wäre, liegt auf der Hand. @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org von netzpolitik.org sagte es heute in aller Klarheit: Jens Spahn ist eine Gefahr für die Demokratie.
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Dass Jens Spahn die Union nach rechtsaußen zieht und zumindest skrupellos genug für eine Koalition mit der AfD wäre, liegt auf der Hand. @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org von netzpolitik.org sagte es heute in aller Klarheit: Jens Spahn ist eine Gefahr für die Demokratie.
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Transparently not true
Ukraine-EU Association Agreement prompted a Russian economic embargo of Ukraine
Ukraine-EU Association Agreement prompted a Russian economic embargo of Ukraine
September 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Transparently not true
Ukraine-EU Association Agreement prompted a Russian economic embargo of Ukraine
Ukraine-EU Association Agreement prompted a Russian economic embargo of Ukraine
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Exactly. Wrong reporting about this all over the place: Trump "punishing India for buying Russian oil" - that is not his concern. It is about his damn Nobel.
And, btw, Trump having a childish fit with India has nothing to do with Russia-Ukraine and has actually already helped Putin by driving India closer to China and Russia. It was all because India would not lie on Trump's behalf and claim he settled their dispute with Pakistan.
September 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Exactly. Wrong reporting about this all over the place: Trump "punishing India for buying Russian oil" - that is not his concern. It is about his damn Nobel.
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Ich gebe demokratischen Politiker_innen gerne einen Gratis-Beratungstipp:
Hört auf mit der Metaebene. Bitte keine „Demokratie verteidigen“, „Gegen Rechts“ und „Wir sind mehr“-Kampagnen mehr.
Das macht die Zivilgesellschaft oder kann man als letzte Karte noch spielen.
Aber es ist abgenutzt.
Hört auf mit der Metaebene. Bitte keine „Demokratie verteidigen“, „Gegen Rechts“ und „Wir sind mehr“-Kampagnen mehr.
Das macht die Zivilgesellschaft oder kann man als letzte Karte noch spielen.
Aber es ist abgenutzt.
August 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ich gebe demokratischen Politiker_innen gerne einen Gratis-Beratungstipp:
Hört auf mit der Metaebene. Bitte keine „Demokratie verteidigen“, „Gegen Rechts“ und „Wir sind mehr“-Kampagnen mehr.
Das macht die Zivilgesellschaft oder kann man als letzte Karte noch spielen.
Aber es ist abgenutzt.
Hört auf mit der Metaebene. Bitte keine „Demokratie verteidigen“, „Gegen Rechts“ und „Wir sind mehr“-Kampagnen mehr.
Das macht die Zivilgesellschaft oder kann man als letzte Karte noch spielen.
Aber es ist abgenutzt.
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The #Commission’s proposal for the new #MultiannualFinancialFramework (#MFF) shows welcome ambition: more funding for defence, external action, and support to our friends in #Ukraine. But many questions remain on the details. Here’s my initial assessment. (1/)
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The #Commission’s proposal for the new #MultiannualFinancialFramework (#MFF) shows welcome ambition: more funding for defence, external action, and support to our friends in #Ukraine. But many questions remain on the details. Here’s my initial assessment. (1/)
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“But if not, God forbid — all of this: the paper commitments, the gushings of weakness and meekness — will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in modern history.”
Former foreign minister of Lithuania @glandsbergis.bsky.social on the NATO summit on Twitter
Former foreign minister of Lithuania @glandsbergis.bsky.social on the NATO summit on Twitter
June 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“But if not, God forbid — all of this: the paper commitments, the gushings of weakness and meekness — will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in modern history.”
Former foreign minister of Lithuania @glandsbergis.bsky.social on the NATO summit on Twitter
Former foreign minister of Lithuania @glandsbergis.bsky.social on the NATO summit on Twitter
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Bundeswehrsoldaten, Reservisten, und solche die es werden woll(t)en: Wir wollen von euch hören! Was sind eure Erfahrungen mit Karriereentwicklung, Recruitment und ähnlichem in der BW? Positives wie negatives.
Antworten gerne hier oder per Mail an mail@sicherheitspod.de.
Antworten gerne hier oder per Mail an mail@sicherheitspod.de.
June 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Bundeswehrsoldaten, Reservisten, und solche die es werden woll(t)en: Wir wollen von euch hören! Was sind eure Erfahrungen mit Karriereentwicklung, Recruitment und ähnlichem in der BW? Positives wie negatives.
Antworten gerne hier oder per Mail an mail@sicherheitspod.de.
Antworten gerne hier oder per Mail an mail@sicherheitspod.de.
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Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten.
🚨 BREAKING: Romania elected a moderate centrist as president in a major surprise, after weeks when voters looked likely to propel another hard-right populist to lead a large European country.
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/roma...
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/roma...
May 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten.
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I can’t help but scratch my head at the anti-green, deregulation rhetoric currently circulating in Germany.
Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub.
Let's review a few facts.
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Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub.
Let's review a few facts.
1/4
May 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I can’t help but scratch my head at the anti-green, deregulation rhetoric currently circulating in Germany.
Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub.
Let's review a few facts.
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Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub.
Let's review a few facts.
1/4
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Was sagen eigentlich die ganzen Leute, die „dem Westen“ vorgeworfen haben, den Krieg zu eskalieren jetzt, nachdem Putin den Vorschlag zu einem Waffenstillstand abgelehnt hat?
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Was sagen eigentlich die ganzen Leute, die „dem Westen“ vorgeworfen haben, den Krieg zu eskalieren jetzt, nachdem Putin den Vorschlag zu einem Waffenstillstand abgelehnt hat?
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The horrific Pahalgam attack and its aftermath.
My piece on India‘s Kashmir Dilemma for @ipq.bsky.social
ip-quarterly.com/en/indias-ka...
My piece on India‘s Kashmir Dilemma for @ipq.bsky.social
ip-quarterly.com/en/indias-ka...
May 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The horrific Pahalgam attack and its aftermath.
My piece on India‘s Kashmir Dilemma for @ipq.bsky.social
ip-quarterly.com/en/indias-ka...
My piece on India‘s Kashmir Dilemma for @ipq.bsky.social
ip-quarterly.com/en/indias-ka...
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Nazi-Deutschland hat Europa in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Noch immer ist es ein Wunder, dass die EU auf den Ruinen des 2. Weltkrieges gebaut werden konnte. Es ist für immer Auftrag, dieses Europa weiterzuentwickeln und gegen die zu verteidigen, die es wieder zerstören wollen.
May 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Nazi-Deutschland hat Europa in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Noch immer ist es ein Wunder, dass die EU auf den Ruinen des 2. Weltkrieges gebaut werden konnte. Es ist für immer Auftrag, dieses Europa weiterzuentwickeln und gegen die zu verteidigen, die es wieder zerstören wollen.
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1/29 Ich weiß ich wiederhole mich. Aber aus gegebenem Anlass (bzw. aus gegebenen Anlässen) ein Thread zu der Frage, ob wir nicht mal etwas mehr nüchterne strategische Analyse statt Panikmache bräuchten.
May 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
1/29 Ich weiß ich wiederhole mich. Aber aus gegebenem Anlass (bzw. aus gegebenen Anlässen) ein Thread zu der Frage, ob wir nicht mal etwas mehr nüchterne strategische Analyse statt Panikmache bräuchten.
Somewhere in the last months, between the Munich Security Conference and the ReArm Europe Plan, I started a new job: I'm now Policy Advisor on Security and Defence for @greens-efa.eu. Thank you for the incredibly warm welcome to the European Parliament!
April 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Somewhere in the last months, between the Munich Security Conference and the ReArm Europe Plan, I started a new job: I'm now Policy Advisor on Security and Defence for @greens-efa.eu. Thank you for the incredibly warm welcome to the European Parliament!
To any young person interested in foreign and security policy: Apply, apply, apply! This fellowship is an amazing experience. It gives you an amount of freedom you rarely get at this stage of your professional journey and allows you to work with a group of absolutely brilliant people.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
To any young person interested in foreign and security policy: Apply, apply, apply! This fellowship is an amazing experience. It gives you an amount of freedom you rarely get at this stage of your professional journey and allows you to work with a group of absolutely brilliant people.
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This is not about national security in any way we used to understand it, I fear. It is about greatness. Territory. Backyard. Spheres of influence.
The US gets more for national security, and the world gets more for international security, from America’s NATO alliance with Denmark and good relations with Greenland, where the US has had an active military base since the 1950s, than what bullying or conquest could yield.
Making America weaker.
Making America weaker.
More deranged, dangerous threats. "We need Greenland for national security & international security...we'll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland. And the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark. Denmark has to have us have Greenland" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
March 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is not about national security in any way we used to understand it, I fear. It is about greatness. Territory. Backyard. Spheres of influence.
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Good point. It’s an approach that’s consistent with Trump’s view that “the European Union was formed to screw the United States”, & Witkoff’s approach to Russia - Europe is the enemy you can’t trust & should extract concessions from, Putin is the much maligned guy you can rely on.
In reflecting a bit more on this what should concern Europe is how central it is to the discussion.
The main objection to strikes is they believe it helps rather than hurts Europe. Sticking it to Europe is thus a core policy priority.
Prepare for massive collisions www.csis.org/analysis/tra...
The main objection to strikes is they believe it helps rather than hurts Europe. Sticking it to Europe is thus a core policy priority.
Prepare for massive collisions www.csis.org/analysis/tra...
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Good point. It’s an approach that’s consistent with Trump’s view that “the European Union was formed to screw the United States”, & Witkoff’s approach to Russia - Europe is the enemy you can’t trust & should extract concessions from, Putin is the much maligned guy you can rely on.
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VANCE: I just hate bailing Europe out again.
HEGSETH: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
...
MILLER: ..we soon make clear ...what we expect in return....if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?...there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
HEGSETH: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
...
MILLER: ..we soon make clear ...what we expect in return....if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?...there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
March 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
VANCE: I just hate bailing Europe out again.
HEGSETH: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
...
MILLER: ..we soon make clear ...what we expect in return....if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?...there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
HEGSETH: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
...
MILLER: ..we soon make clear ...what we expect in return....if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?...there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
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Weil sich häufig (auch in Zuschriften an den @sicherheitspod.de) Fragen dieser Art stellen...:
»Wie soll das militärisch geschwächte Russland mit der heißlaufenden Wirtschaft, das schon in der Ukraine nicht mehr vorankommt, denn die NATO gefährden?«
... ein Thread mit einer Antwort. 1/14
»Wie soll das militärisch geschwächte Russland mit der heißlaufenden Wirtschaft, das schon in der Ukraine nicht mehr vorankommt, denn die NATO gefährden?«
... ein Thread mit einer Antwort. 1/14
March 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Weil sich häufig (auch in Zuschriften an den @sicherheitspod.de) Fragen dieser Art stellen...:
»Wie soll das militärisch geschwächte Russland mit der heißlaufenden Wirtschaft, das schon in der Ukraine nicht mehr vorankommt, denn die NATO gefährden?«
... ein Thread mit einer Antwort. 1/14
»Wie soll das militärisch geschwächte Russland mit der heißlaufenden Wirtschaft, das schon in der Ukraine nicht mehr vorankommt, denn die NATO gefährden?«
... ein Thread mit einer Antwort. 1/14
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The criteria the EU Commission is proposing for joint procurement are creating quite a stirr, especially in the EU-UK bubble. So based on the published documents, I put together this map of countries which could - potentially - be included:
March 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The criteria the EU Commission is proposing for joint procurement are creating quite a stirr, especially in the EU-UK bubble. So based on the published documents, I put together this map of countries which could - potentially - be included:
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A few thoughts after digesting the defence white paper
1 ) It powerfully sets out the need for Europe to strengthen its defences. The prescription have been discussed many times, from strengthening support to Ukraine, aggregating demand, filling capability gaps
commission.europa.eu/topics/defen...
1 ) It powerfully sets out the need for Europe to strengthen its defences. The prescription have been discussed many times, from strengthening support to Ukraine, aggregating demand, filling capability gaps
commission.europa.eu/topics/defen...
Future of European defence
White paper on the future of European defence sets out investment needs to deliver EU defence capabilities to secure Europe’s peace. Find out more.
commission.europa.eu
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A few thoughts after digesting the defence white paper
1 ) It powerfully sets out the need for Europe to strengthen its defences. The prescription have been discussed many times, from strengthening support to Ukraine, aggregating demand, filling capability gaps
commission.europa.eu/topics/defen...
1 ) It powerfully sets out the need for Europe to strengthen its defences. The prescription have been discussed many times, from strengthening support to Ukraine, aggregating demand, filling capability gaps
commission.europa.eu/topics/defen...