John Kennedy
@jpkennedy.bsky.social
Geopolitics, Economics, Energy markets and travel.
@janmarian.bsky.social visited the Czechia pavilion today in Osaka
May 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@janmarian.bsky.social visited the Czechia pavilion today in Osaka
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❗️🇪🇪 Estonia’s FM Margus Tsahkna calls for stripping Hungary of its EU voting rights.
One key reason: If Hungary blocks Russia sanctions in June, the EU might have to return €240B in frozen Russian assets.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/vict...
One key reason: If Hungary blocks Russia sanctions in June, the EU might have to return €240B in frozen Russian assets.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/vict...
Estlands Außenminister Tsahkna bringt Entzug des Stimmrechts für Ungarns Ministerpräsidenten Orbán ins Spiel
Klartext aus Brüssel: Margus Tsahkna hält es für denkbar, Viktor Orbán das Stimmrecht zu entziehen, um eine Spaltung Europas abzuwenden. Der estnische Außenminister fordert zudem, eingefrorenes russis...
www.spiegel.de
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
❗️🇪🇪 Estonia’s FM Margus Tsahkna calls for stripping Hungary of its EU voting rights.
One key reason: If Hungary blocks Russia sanctions in June, the EU might have to return €240B in frozen Russian assets.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/vict...
One key reason: If Hungary blocks Russia sanctions in June, the EU might have to return €240B in frozen Russian assets.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/vict...
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"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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China’s response is not the start of a global trade war since it only targets the USA. It is how you would expect a major player to respond. This is not the global economy breaking down, it is not the 1930s, it is not the formation of multiple imperial blocs, it is the US isolating itself.
April 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
China’s response is not the start of a global trade war since it only targets the USA. It is how you would expect a major player to respond. This is not the global economy breaking down, it is not the 1930s, it is not the formation of multiple imperial blocs, it is the US isolating itself.
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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
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Bloody hell!
MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP.
- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
1/x
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Bloody hell!
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Weeks-149
Victories-0
Casualties - 780,000
Ruble-113💩🧻
Interest rate - ⬆️🆙
Economy - 🚽
War crimes - ♾
Kursk - Partly Russian
🇺🇦 air force - flying
🇦🇿 airliner - not flying
🇸🇾-Lost
Oil refineries - 💥🔥
NATO - much larger
Red lines - Crossed
Happy - New Year
I remain a master strategist
Victories-0
Casualties - 780,000
Ruble-113💩🧻
Interest rate - ⬆️🆙
Economy - 🚽
War crimes - ♾
Kursk - Partly Russian
🇺🇦 air force - flying
🇦🇿 airliner - not flying
🇸🇾-Lost
Oil refineries - 💥🔥
NATO - much larger
Red lines - Crossed
Happy - New Year
I remain a master strategist
January 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Weeks-149
Victories-0
Casualties - 780,000
Ruble-113💩🧻
Interest rate - ⬆️🆙
Economy - 🚽
War crimes - ♾
Kursk - Partly Russian
🇺🇦 air force - flying
🇦🇿 airliner - not flying
🇸🇾-Lost
Oil refineries - 💥🔥
NATO - much larger
Red lines - Crossed
Happy - New Year
I remain a master strategist
Victories-0
Casualties - 780,000
Ruble-113💩🧻
Interest rate - ⬆️🆙
Economy - 🚽
War crimes - ♾
Kursk - Partly Russian
🇺🇦 air force - flying
🇦🇿 airliner - not flying
🇸🇾-Lost
Oil refineries - 💥🔥
NATO - much larger
Red lines - Crossed
Happy - New Year
I remain a master strategist
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This commando operation to take over the Eagle S tanker was very Finnish: someone was in a sauna, another was skiing, but still everything went very quickly, calmly & pragmatically 🇫🇮❄️
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
Eagle S | Vain tunnissa varjolaiva olisi tehnyt paljon tuhoisampaa jälkeä – HS selvitti, miten Suomen ripeä reagointi esti sen
Venäjän varjolaivastoon kuuluva tankkeri sekoitti virkamiesten ja poliittisen johdon joulunvieton. HS selvitti, mitä dramaattisen operaation kulisseissa tapahtui.
www.hs.fi
December 28, 2024 at 7:51 AM
This commando operation to take over the Eagle S tanker was very Finnish: someone was in a sauna, another was skiing, but still everything went very quickly, calmly & pragmatically 🇫🇮❄️
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
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Finnish police being chatty.
December 27, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Finnish police being chatty.
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The incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure.
We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel.
My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB
(1/3)
We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel.
My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB
(1/3)
Joint Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative on the Investigation into Damaged Electricity and Data Cables in the Baltic Sea
Yesterday’s incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in...
europa.eu
December 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
The incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure.
We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel.
My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB
(1/3)
We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel.
My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB
(1/3)
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I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer
@lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social
@lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social
I ask Putin: "Yeltsin told you to 'Take Care of Russia.' Have you?"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer
@lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social
@lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social
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Please sign this petition to get a lift installed at Kensington Olympia Station so that those with mobility issues can use it to get to this massive new London venue. www.change.org/p/give-olymp...
Sign the Petition
Give Olympia Station a lift - make it accessible to all
www.change.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Please sign this petition to get a lift installed at Kensington Olympia Station so that those with mobility issues can use it to get to this massive new London venue. www.change.org/p/give-olymp...
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Romanians alone have the right to decide whom they elect.
I appreciate that #Romania has stood firm against foreign malign interference & gave the voice back to the people.
Russia’s attempts to meddle with democracies wont succeed.
🇪🇪support to our ally #Romania 🇷🇴is steadfast.
I appreciate that #Romania has stood firm against foreign malign interference & gave the voice back to the people.
Russia’s attempts to meddle with democracies wont succeed.
🇪🇪support to our ally #Romania 🇷🇴is steadfast.
December 7, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Face à l'adversité, le courage. Après le choc, la résilience.
L'inauguration de #NotreDame est un hommage à la ténacité du peuple français, qui a su faire renaître de ses cendres l'un des symboles de la culture européenne.
L'inauguration de #NotreDame est un hommage à la ténacité du peuple français, qui a su faire renaître de ses cendres l'un des symboles de la culture européenne.
December 7, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Face à l'adversité, le courage. Après le choc, la résilience.
L'inauguration de #NotreDame est un hommage à la ténacité du peuple français, qui a su faire renaître de ses cendres l'un des symboles de la culture européenne.
L'inauguration de #NotreDame est un hommage à la ténacité du peuple français, qui a su faire renaître de ses cendres l'un des symboles de la culture européenne.
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Starting to sound like Assad might accidentally fall out of a window somewhere: "Russia doesn't have a plan to save Assad and doesn’t see one emerging as long as the Syrian army continues to abandon its positions, according to a person close to the Kremlin." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Syrian Rebels Eye Next Prize With Assad Lacking Russian Help
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is desperate for Russian and Iranian help as rebel forces close in on the strategically important city of Homs, though a repeat of the 2015 rescue by his allies looks ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Starting to sound like Assad might accidentally fall out of a window somewhere: "Russia doesn't have a plan to save Assad and doesn’t see one emerging as long as the Syrian army continues to abandon its positions, according to a person close to the Kremlin." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said on Friday that it's highly likely that the two undersea fiber-optic cables damaged last month in the Baltic Sea were cut intentionally.
Baltic Sea cables cut intentionally, Lithuania suspects
Last year Chinese ship damaged cables connecting Estonia to Finland and Sweden.
tvpworld.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said on Friday that it's highly likely that the two undersea fiber-optic cables damaged last month in the Baltic Sea were cut intentionally.
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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Protests continue in the centre of Tbilisi. What we saw Friday night. Camera Anton Chicherov Producer @bentavener.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Protests continue in the centre of Tbilisi. What we saw Friday night. Camera Anton Chicherov Producer @bentavener.bsky.social
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Appalling. Alex Vindman is one of the bravest & most decent people I have met. We are with you Alex.
November 27, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Appalling. Alex Vindman is one of the bravest & most decent people I have met. We are with you Alex.
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@briancalbrecht.bsky.social highlights some of the unforeseen pitfalls when levying tariffs
FT www.ft.com/content/d950...
FT www.ft.com/content/d950...
November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
@briancalbrecht.bsky.social highlights some of the unforeseen pitfalls when levying tariffs
FT www.ft.com/content/d950...
FT www.ft.com/content/d950...
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social at the Polish bookshop window display in POSK, Hammersmith, London. Gratulacje!
November 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social at the Polish bookshop window display in POSK, Hammersmith, London. Gratulacje!
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Yesterday, I interviewed for La Repubblica the celebrated American novelist John Grisham. For the first time, Grisham revealed that Donald Trump has split his family and that he and his Trump-supporting siblings barely talked anymore. A thread 🧵
November 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Yesterday, I interviewed for La Repubblica the celebrated American novelist John Grisham. For the first time, Grisham revealed that Donald Trump has split his family and that he and his Trump-supporting siblings barely talked anymore. A thread 🧵