Nicolas Bouchet
@nickbouchet.bsky.social
German Marshall Fund Senior Visiting Fellow.
US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
Now there's a birthday party (I thought for one second)
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Now there's a birthday party (I thought for one second)
Kudos to the Moldovan vote counters in Delhi for completing their job early.
September 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Kudos to the Moldovan vote counters in Delhi for completing their job early.
Too many Europeans still don't want to grasp this fully
Few people are as well placed as @carnegiedcg.bsky.social's Tom Carothers to join these dots.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Few people are as well placed as @carnegiedcg.bsky.social's Tom Carothers to join these dots.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Too many Europeans still don't want to grasp this fully
Few people are as well placed as @carnegiedcg.bsky.social's Tom Carothers to join these dots.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Few people are as well placed as @carnegiedcg.bsky.social's Tom Carothers to join these dots.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Yea, sure, we all laughed at the time, but that was some seriously good foreshadowing by Rudy.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yea, sure, we all laughed at the time, but that was some seriously good foreshadowing by Rudy.
Talent-wise, we’re talking more 👇
August 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Talent-wise, we’re talking more 👇
Might as well get as many dictators as possible praised today, I guess.
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Might as well get as many dictators as possible praised today, I guess.
Apparently this is Louis XIV style.
Though why a cherub in a fireplace? Maybe for the blowing to fan the flames?
Here for all your antique fireplace questions...
Though why a cherub in a fireplace? Maybe for the blowing to fan the flames?
Here for all your antique fireplace questions...
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Apparently this is Louis XIV style.
Though why a cherub in a fireplace? Maybe for the blowing to fan the flames?
Here for all your antique fireplace questions...
Though why a cherub in a fireplace? Maybe for the blowing to fan the flames?
Here for all your antique fireplace questions...
The figure here looks Germanic (based on clothing and sword) as Clovis was, but, as @franrbell.bsky.social notes, it seems there are variants with an African figure with bow and arrow kneeling to the Sun King, Louis XIV.
June 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The figure here looks Germanic (based on clothing and sword) as Clovis was, but, as @franrbell.bsky.social notes, it seems there are variants with an African figure with bow and arrow kneeling to the Sun King, Louis XIV.
This has always been the case, not just today, but still: thank God for Mel Brooks
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This has always been the case, not just today, but still: thank God for Mel Brooks
That headline should really say “permanent”
May 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
That headline should really say “permanent”
"Anti-EU alliance with Ukraine"?
May 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"Anti-EU alliance with Ukraine"?
This is very good with lessons that are universally applicable.
April 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This is very good with lessons that are universally applicable.
VIL
What?
October 25
What?
October 25
March 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
VIL
What?
October 25
What?
October 25
Important point made by Neil Hauer on the Georgia protests
December 5, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Important point made by Neil Hauer on the Georgia protests
Many good points here, but this non-Romania-specific one sticks out for me.
Grand centre-left/centre-right coalition should be kept for exceptional circumstances for precisely this reason.
[Sitting in Berlin]
Grand centre-left/centre-right coalition should be kept for exceptional circumstances for precisely this reason.
[Sitting in Berlin]
November 29, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Many good points here, but this non-Romania-specific one sticks out for me.
Grand centre-left/centre-right coalition should be kept for exceptional circumstances for precisely this reason.
[Sitting in Berlin]
Grand centre-left/centre-right coalition should be kept for exceptional circumstances for precisely this reason.
[Sitting in Berlin]
Always read Tom Carothers for a level-headed view of democracy support issues.
Plus here ending with a potential silver lining.
Plus here ending with a potential silver lining.
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Always read Tom Carothers for a level-headed view of democracy support issues.
Plus here ending with a potential silver lining.
Plus here ending with a potential silver lining.
Guess the guy selling Red Army hats at Checkpoint Charlie is happy to have his own personal police cordon 😂
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Guess the guy selling Red Army hats at Checkpoint Charlie is happy to have his own personal police cordon 😂
