Corentin Brustlein
@corentinbr.bsky.social
Former think tanker and lecturer on strategy and nuclear weapons, turned bureaucrat. Views are my own.
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Cette page de Sputnik France vous est offerte par Vincent Bolloré.
#VincentBolloréIsAKremlinAsset
#VincentBolloréIsAKremlinAsset
July 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Cette page de Sputnik France vous est offerte par Vincent Bolloré.
#VincentBolloréIsAKremlinAsset
#VincentBolloréIsAKremlinAsset
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16 April 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Micheline Caen, was born in Montmorency.
She arrived in #Auschwitz on her 12th birthday in the 71st transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After selection she was murdered in the gas chamber.
She arrived in #Auschwitz on her 12th birthday in the 71st transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After selection she was murdered in the gas chamber.
April 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
16 April 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Micheline Caen, was born in Montmorency.
She arrived in #Auschwitz on her 12th birthday in the 71st transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After selection she was murdered in the gas chamber.
She arrived in #Auschwitz on her 12th birthday in the 71st transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After selection she was murdered in the gas chamber.
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The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
Archived Resources | The Society for Military History
www.smh-hq.org
April 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
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Le mois prochain : « le feu brûle-t-il? » Merci le Diplo pour ces vraies questions
April 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Le mois prochain : « le feu brûle-t-il? » Merci le Diplo pour ces vraies questions
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Survival, the journal of IISS, kindly published a shortened version of the speech I gave to the defence event of the AI summit at the École militaire in February. It starts with a reflection on Europe's first major AI summit—in Paris in 1951. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
April 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Survival, the journal of IISS, kindly published a shortened version of the speech I gave to the defence event of the AI summit at the École militaire in February. It starts with a reflection on Europe's first major AI summit—in Paris in 1951. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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🧵 I've been reviewing many of the past year's US & European military & intelligence assessments of how long it would take Russia to rebuild its military capability and the timeline on which any threat to NATO could unfold. A brief thread below which summarises these assessments.
Re-reading the Danish intelligence report from February 2025, which, I think, is the least conservative assessment of Russian reconstitution timelines & capability among all the published views from European intelligence services in the past year.
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
April 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🧵 I've been reviewing many of the past year's US & European military & intelligence assessments of how long it would take Russia to rebuild its military capability and the timeline on which any threat to NATO could unfold. A brief thread below which summarises these assessments.
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If Europe can't count on Washington, should it turn to London and Paris instead?
Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force - War on the Rocks
Recently published Signal discussions in which senior Trump administration officials admit they “hate bailing out” America’s “pathetic” European allies
warontherocks.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If Europe can't count on Washington, should it turn to London and Paris instead?
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An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
March 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
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1. This isn't a game of who has the most warheads.
2. If Europe needs more warheads, we can do that.
www.ft.com/content/7fed...
2. If Europe needs more warheads, we can do that.
www.ft.com/content/7fed...
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This isn't a game of who has the most warheads.
2. If Europe needs more warheads, we can do that.
www.ft.com/content/7fed...
2. If Europe needs more warheads, we can do that.
www.ft.com/content/7fed...
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Worth revisiting Vipin Narang's analysis earlier this week (in his newsletter with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social ) on the upsides of U.S. extended deterrence.
March 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Worth revisiting Vipin Narang's analysis earlier this week (in his newsletter with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social ) on the upsides of U.S. extended deterrence.
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🚀 La fusée européenne Ariane 6 a placé en orbite un satellite militaire embarqué pour le compte de la France, un premier vol commercial lourd d'enjeux pour la souveraineté spatiale européenne.
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚀 La fusée européenne Ariane 6 a placé en orbite un satellite militaire embarqué pour le compte de la France, un premier vol commercial lourd d'enjeux pour la souveraineté spatiale européenne.
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NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency
A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout government rattle lawmakers.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Le Collimateur, c'est bien, c'est bon, c'est utile.
Et aussi, ça s'écoule gratuitement, à croire que c'est un service public.
Et aussi, ça s'écoule gratuitement, à croire que c'est un service public.
Je repensais à cet extrait (et à toute l’émission d’ailleurs) avec @olivierschmitt.bsky.social (et @rmomtaz.bsky.social) ce soir, sans raison particulière hein.
"On change de monde".
March 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Le Collimateur, c'est bien, c'est bon, c'est utile.
Et aussi, ça s'écoule gratuitement, à croire que c'est un service public.
Et aussi, ça s'écoule gratuitement, à croire que c'est un service public.
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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
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Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
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Le narratif russe mot pour mot : Xenia Fedorova, ex-directrice de Russia Today France, affilié au Kremlin et interdit dans l’UE, chronique désormais l’actualité internationale dans le JDNews et sur Cnews et publie bientôt chez Fayard (groupe Bolloré, encore) un livre sur … la liberté d’expression
February 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Le narratif russe mot pour mot : Xenia Fedorova, ex-directrice de Russia Today France, affilié au Kremlin et interdit dans l’UE, chronique désormais l’actualité internationale dans le JDNews et sur Cnews et publie bientôt chez Fayard (groupe Bolloré, encore) un livre sur … la liberté d’expression
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Trois ans après le déclenchement de l’invasion du territoire ukrainien par les forces armées de la Fédération de Russie, #VIGINUM publie une synthèse des principaux modes opératoires informationnels observés depuis le 24 février 2022 ➡️ www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications...
February 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Trois ans après le déclenchement de l’invasion du territoire ukrainien par les forces armées de la Fédération de Russie, #VIGINUM publie une synthèse des principaux modes opératoires informationnels observés depuis le 24 février 2022 ➡️ www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications...
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NEW: Pentagon says it is firing 5,400 civilians next week as part of an effort to cull up to 8% of the civilian workforce, while implementing a hiring freeze. 46% of DoD civilians are veterans.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
@politico.com
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Pentagon prepares to fire thousands of civilian employees in dramatic culling
The Department of Defense is preparing to eliminate 8 percent of its civilian workforce
www.politico.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
NEW: Pentagon says it is firing 5,400 civilians next week as part of an effort to cull up to 8% of the civilian workforce, while implementing a hiring freeze. 46% of DoD civilians are veterans.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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🇺🇦 La cote de confiance du président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky s'élève à 57%, après trois ans d'invasion russe, et non à 4%, comme l'a affirmé son homologue américain Donald Trump, selon un sondage publié mercredi en Ukraine #AFP
February 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🇺🇦 La cote de confiance du président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky s'élève à 57%, après trois ans d'invasion russe, et non à 4%, comme l'a affirmé son homologue américain Donald Trump, selon un sondage publié mercredi en Ukraine #AFP
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La France si elle était occupée aujourd’hui en mêmes proportions que l’Ukraine
February 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
La France si elle était occupée aujourd’hui en mêmes proportions que l’Ukraine
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EU defence industry problems:
EU Member States are not procuring European defence products (<50%), too much fragmentation, not enough production capacity, lack of interoperability and need to meet NATO standards…⬇️
A thread 🧵1/8
andriuskubilius.lt/en/european-...
EU Member States are not procuring European defence products (<50%), too much fragmentation, not enough production capacity, lack of interoperability and need to meet NATO standards…⬇️
A thread 🧵1/8
andriuskubilius.lt/en/european-...
European Union Added Value in the Development of European Defence
The European defence industry is struggling with several well-known challenges: 1) Its production capacities are too low for the European Union to be ready for the most extreme military contingencies,...
andriuskubilius.lt
February 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
EU defence industry problems:
EU Member States are not procuring European defence products (<50%), too much fragmentation, not enough production capacity, lack of interoperability and need to meet NATO standards…⬇️
A thread 🧵1/8
andriuskubilius.lt/en/european-...
EU Member States are not procuring European defence products (<50%), too much fragmentation, not enough production capacity, lack of interoperability and need to meet NATO standards…⬇️
A thread 🧵1/8
andriuskubilius.lt/en/european-...
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The moment Estonia disconnected its power grid from Russia has been shared online. A historic step toward energy independence.
February 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The moment Estonia disconnected its power grid from Russia has been shared online. A historic step toward energy independence.