Erik Storelv
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Entrepreneur admirer of modern capitalism and liberalism with free and open societies. I believe in modern liberalism and in a strong Europe with a strong European Union. I fight against enemies of democracy, free markets and free speech.
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provocations, despite this horror, this deliberate pursuit of terror, Ukraine has never responded in kind. The temptation must be hard to resist, to make Russians feel as Ukrainians feel, suffer as Ukrainians suffer. Yet Ukrainians hold their ground and do not cross that line. It’s a moral and
April 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
provocations, despite this horror, this deliberate pursuit of terror, Ukraine has never responded in kind. The temptation must be hard to resist, to make Russians feel as Ukrainians feel, suffer as Ukrainians suffer. Yet Ukrainians hold their ground and do not cross that line. It’s a moral and
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TOTAL FAILURE: THE ART OF NO DEAL
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22. 20** **A democratic Russia**
The ultimate goal is not merely aiding Ukraine but achieving a democratic Russia. That would improve the realism of true peace in Europe. Defeating Putin’s fascist ambitions is the first step toward this vision. China is watching in the back ground.
January 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
22. 20** **A democratic Russia**
The ultimate goal is not merely aiding Ukraine but achieving a democratic Russia. That would improve the realism of true peace in Europe. Defeating Putin’s fascist ambitions is the first step toward this vision. China is watching in the back ground.
21. **Conditions for negotiation**
Negotiations should only occur after Russia’s full retreat to Ukraines 1991 borders and must include conditions like regime change, war reparations, justice with trial of war criminals, deputinisation of Russia, closure of FSB, and limits on Russian rearmament.
January 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
21. **Conditions for negotiation**
Negotiations should only occur after Russia’s full retreat to Ukraines 1991 borders and must include conditions like regime change, war reparations, justice with trial of war criminals, deputinisation of Russia, closure of FSB, and limits on Russian rearmament.
20. Ending the war in 2025**
Western democracies must rise to the challenge and act decisively to end the war in 2025. There should be no negotiation about a stronger NATO involvement that could end the war soon. No approval from Putin is necessary for these actions.
January 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
20. Ending the war in 2025**
Western democracies must rise to the challenge and act decisively to end the war in 2025. There should be no negotiation about a stronger NATO involvement that could end the war soon. No approval from Putin is necessary for these actions.
19. NATO’s role**
NATO should deepen its involvement in Ukraine by establishing training centers, providing logistical support, and signaling an unyielding commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty by letting troops evolve on the groups, first with support missions, later with more lethal capacities.
January 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
19. NATO’s role**
NATO should deepen its involvement in Ukraine by establishing training centers, providing logistical support, and signaling an unyielding commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty by letting troops evolve on the groups, first with support missions, later with more lethal capacities.
18. Weakening military capacity**
Russia's military capabilities are significantly degraded. NATO's air superiority, multiple weapons system could decisively shift the balance if fully committed to Ukraine's defense, including enforcing a no-fly zone.
January 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
18. Weakening military capacity**
Russia's military capabilities are significantly degraded. NATO's air superiority, multiple weapons system could decisively shift the balance if fully committed to Ukraine's defense, including enforcing a no-fly zone.
17. Economic collapse**
Russia’s economy is on the brink, with depleting foreign reserves, skyrocketing inflation, and a collapsing ruble. Sanctions should tighten further, targeting restriction trade via intermediary countries. Let the sanction do their job ensuring Russia’s economic collapse.
January 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
17. Economic collapse**
Russia’s economy is on the brink, with depleting foreign reserves, skyrocketing inflation, and a collapsing ruble. Sanctions should tighten further, targeting restriction trade via intermediary countries. Let the sanction do their job ensuring Russia’s economic collapse.
16. Avoiding negotiations**
Peace negotiations are futile while Putin remains in power. The focus should be on overwhelming Russia militarily and economically, spotting the threat of nuclear retaliation as a bluff and mere propaganda.
January 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
16. Avoiding negotiations**
Peace negotiations are futile while Putin remains in power. The focus should be on overwhelming Russia militarily and economically, spotting the threat of nuclear retaliation as a bluff and mere propaganda.
15. Defeating Putin**
The West's goal in Ukraine should not be premature peace talks but the defeat of Putin's regime. Sanctions should intensify, and military support must escalate to secure Ukraine's victory.
January 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
15. Defeating Putin**
The West's goal in Ukraine should not be premature peace talks but the defeat of Putin's regime. Sanctions should intensify, and military support must escalate to secure Ukraine's victory.
14. Recognizing the conflict**
Despite Putin's clear declaration that the war in Ukraine targets Western democracies, the West hesitates to label it as such. Daily acts of sabotage, nuclear threats, and anti-Western alliances highlight the urgency of escalating deterrence measures.
January 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
14. Recognizing the conflict**
Despite Putin's clear declaration that the war in Ukraine targets Western democracies, the West hesitates to label it as such. Daily acts of sabotage, nuclear threats, and anti-Western alliances highlight the urgency of escalating deterrence measures.
13. The slow military support for Ukraine exemplifies the West's reluctance to act decisively—a failure that emboldens dictatorships. Hence, the West actions in Ukraine should signal the revival of the concept of deterrence and active willingness to use force if the situation requires.
January 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
13. The slow military support for Ukraine exemplifies the West's reluctance to act decisively—a failure that emboldens dictatorships. Hence, the West actions in Ukraine should signal the revival of the concept of deterrence and active willingness to use force if the situation requires.
12. The ultimate goal**
The long-term security of democracies and global freedom requires a renewed commitment to regime change as a policy goal - with various tools and automatic incentives. Toppling authoritarian regimes is the only path to lasting peace, freedom, and prosperity.
January 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
12. The ultimate goal**
The long-term security of democracies and global freedom requires a renewed commitment to regime change as a policy goal - with various tools and automatic incentives. Toppling authoritarian regimes is the only path to lasting peace, freedom, and prosperity.
11. Politicians in Western democracies must adopt a narrative that emphasizes permanent confrontation with authoritarian regimes. Defense budgets should double, sanctions should expand, and soft responses to aggression must end.
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
11. Politicians in Western democracies must adopt a narrative that emphasizes permanent confrontation with authoritarian regimes. Defense budgets should double, sanctions should expand, and soft responses to aggression must end.
10. Deterrence must be prioritized over maintaining low tension, as the latter is merely a byproduct of effective deterrence. Diplomacy should serve deterrence, not replace it.
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
10. Deterrence must be prioritized over maintaining low tension, as the latter is merely a byproduct of effective deterrence. Diplomacy should serve deterrence, not replace it.
9. If democracies continue to avoid decisive action, insecurity, conflict, corruption, repression, and hate propaganda will prevail. The only solution is to confront aggression decisively and embrace deterrence as the core of foreign and security policy.
January 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
9. If democracies continue to avoid decisive action, insecurity, conflict, corruption, repression, and hate propaganda will prevail. The only solution is to confront aggression decisively and embrace deterrence as the core of foreign and security policy.
8. Democracies fail to acknowledge that authoritarian regimes like Russia, Iran, and China have declared war on democratic values. Democracies cling to outdated notions of war, ignoring the modern realities of asymmetric and undeclared conflicts as a permanent conflict.
January 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
8. Democracies fail to acknowledge that authoritarian regimes like Russia, Iran, and China have declared war on democratic values. Democracies cling to outdated notions of war, ignoring the modern realities of asymmetric and undeclared conflicts as a permanent conflict.
7. Despite official commitments to defending the rule of law, Western democracies are hesitant to use military capabilities unless directly attacked. As Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviychuk aptly stated, "Democracies must win wars. Only the spread of freedom makes our world safer."
January 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
7. Despite official commitments to defending the rule of law, Western democracies are hesitant to use military capabilities unless directly attacked. As Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviychuk aptly stated, "Democracies must win wars. Only the spread of freedom makes our world safer."
6. As democracies face rising security risks, they are ill-prepared for military confrontation or even the intellectual concepts required for effective deterrence. This blindness has invited new conflicts.
January 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
6. As democracies face rising security risks, they are ill-prepared for military confrontation or even the intellectual concepts required for effective deterrence. This blindness has invited new conflicts.
5. The experiences in Iraq with popular distaste left Western democracies hesitant to use force yet again. Military investments were neglected, and the responsibility to expand the space of freedom was abandoned. The naive belief in trade as a pathway to democracy was both convenient and disastrous.
January 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
5. The experiences in Iraq with popular distaste left Western democracies hesitant to use force yet again. Military investments were neglected, and the responsibility to expand the space of freedom was abandoned. The naive belief in trade as a pathway to democracy was both convenient and disastrous.
4. For too long, democracies misunderstood the regimes in Russia and China, believing economic cooperation and trade would align them with the goals of the free world. Unfortunately this was naive, there was no "End of History" - what arose was a "Fight for Democracies" they were not prepared for.
January 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
4. For too long, democracies misunderstood the regimes in Russia and China, believing economic cooperation and trade would align them with the goals of the free world. Unfortunately this was naive, there was no "End of History" - what arose was a "Fight for Democracies" they were not prepared for.
3. Necessity of Deterrence. Whether democracies like it or not, military power, civilian resistance, and robust deterrence are the only effective tools for countering dictatorships. Diplomacy should serve as a tool to achieve freedom and restrain oppression, not as an end in itself.
January 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
3. Necessity of Deterrence. Whether democracies like it or not, military power, civilian resistance, and robust deterrence are the only effective tools for countering dictatorships. Diplomacy should serve as a tool to achieve freedom and restrain oppression, not as an end in itself.
2. Predictable patterns. Dictatorships align with each other, exchange tools of oppression, and derive their raison d'être from these missions. They cannot be reasoned with or persuaded to change priorities because violence and confrontation are both their oxygen and their core competency.
January 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
2. Predictable patterns. Dictatorships align with each other, exchange tools of oppression, and derive their raison d'être from these missions. They cannot be reasoned with or persuaded to change priorities because violence and confrontation are both their oxygen and their core competency.
1. This essential history lessons has inspired me to comments on main elements of the mental processes of western security policies. Democracies need to raise their voices, put action behind the vision of defending values and engage actively lifting deterrence and target regime changes.
January 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
1. This essential history lessons has inspired me to comments on main elements of the mental processes of western security policies. Democracies need to raise their voices, put action behind the vision of defending values and engage actively lifting deterrence and target regime changes.
By fabricating external threats, these regimes consolidate their power and are inevitably driven toward military adventurism, the suppression of minorities, and wars with neighbouring nations. Its like a law pf physics. The only variable is their capacity for violence.
January 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
By fabricating external threats, these regimes consolidate their power and are inevitably driven toward military adventurism, the suppression of minorities, and wars with neighbouring nations. Its like a law pf physics. The only variable is their capacity for violence.