Nicolas Tenzer
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
Guest Prof Sc Po, Sr Fellow CEPA, Chair CERAP, Sr civil servant
Blogger IR https://tenzerstrategics.substack.com/
Derniers livres : Fin de la politique des grandes puissances, Notre Guerre Ed. l'Observatoire
#HumanRights #InternationalAffairs #SlavaUkraini
Blogger IR https://tenzerstrategics.substack.com/
Derniers livres : Fin de la politique des grandes puissances, Notre Guerre Ed. l'Observatoire
#HumanRights #InternationalAffairs #SlavaUkraini
Demain, Robert Badinter entrera au Panthéon.
Nous rendrons hommage à celui qui fut, entre autres, l'artisan de l'abolition de la peine de mort & le plaideur infatigable pour son abolition universelle.
Je rappellerai aussi son dernier combat pour la justice et son dernier livre : faire juger Poutine.
Nous rendrons hommage à celui qui fut, entre autres, l'artisan de l'abolition de la peine de mort & le plaideur infatigable pour son abolition universelle.
Je rappellerai aussi son dernier combat pour la justice et son dernier livre : faire juger Poutine.
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Demain, Robert Badinter entrera au Panthéon.
Nous rendrons hommage à celui qui fut, entre autres, l'artisan de l'abolition de la peine de mort & le plaideur infatigable pour son abolition universelle.
Je rappellerai aussi son dernier combat pour la justice et son dernier livre : faire juger Poutine.
Nous rendrons hommage à celui qui fut, entre autres, l'artisan de l'abolition de la peine de mort & le plaideur infatigable pour son abolition universelle.
Je rappellerai aussi son dernier combat pour la justice et son dernier livre : faire juger Poutine.
Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, the terrorist movement Hamas and some other groups cold-bloodedly murdered more than 1,200 people because they were Jews.
In the face of radical barbarism, there can be no “buts.”
Without at first this unconditional condemnation, everything else is meaningless.
In the face of radical barbarism, there can be no “buts.”
Without at first this unconditional condemnation, everything else is meaningless.
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, the terrorist movement Hamas and some other groups cold-bloodedly murdered more than 1,200 people because they were Jews.
In the face of radical barbarism, there can be no “buts.”
Without at first this unconditional condemnation, everything else is meaningless.
In the face of radical barbarism, there can be no “buts.”
Without at first this unconditional condemnation, everything else is meaningless.
Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
October 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
No one in history has ever won a war they refused to fight.
Ukrainians know it.
Europeans should.
Ukrainians know it.
Europeans should.
September 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
No one in history has ever won a war they refused to fight.
Ukrainians know it.
Europeans should.
Ukrainians know it.
Europeans should.
Je l'avais rencontrée à Kyiv en mai dernier - une des rencontres les plus essentielles pour moi.
Elle m'en avait parlé. Le livre d'Anastasia
@fomitchova.bsky.social vient de sortir en français.
Lisez-le ! offrez-le !
Il vous accompagnera. Il vous nourrira. Il ne vous laissera pas indemnes.
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Elle m'en avait parlé. Le livre d'Anastasia
@fomitchova.bsky.social vient de sortir en français.
Lisez-le ! offrez-le !
Il vous accompagnera. Il vous nourrira. Il ne vous laissera pas indemnes.
1
September 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Je l'avais rencontrée à Kyiv en mai dernier - une des rencontres les plus essentielles pour moi.
Elle m'en avait parlé. Le livre d'Anastasia
@fomitchova.bsky.social vient de sortir en français.
Lisez-le ! offrez-le !
Il vous accompagnera. Il vous nourrira. Il ne vous laissera pas indemnes.
1
Elle m'en avait parlé. Le livre d'Anastasia
@fomitchova.bsky.social vient de sortir en français.
Lisez-le ! offrez-le !
Il vous accompagnera. Il vous nourrira. Il ne vous laissera pas indemnes.
1
We must stop de-escalating once and for all.
If we want to engage in “strategic signaling” toward russia (we must), NATO countries' actions must be massive, brutal, even disproportionate.
If we don't do it now, when will we?
We must not set any limits other than nuclear ones.
russia must be stopped.
If we want to engage in “strategic signaling” toward russia (we must), NATO countries' actions must be massive, brutal, even disproportionate.
If we don't do it now, when will we?
We must not set any limits other than nuclear ones.
russia must be stopped.
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We must stop de-escalating once and for all.
If we want to engage in “strategic signaling” toward russia (we must), NATO countries' actions must be massive, brutal, even disproportionate.
If we don't do it now, when will we?
We must not set any limits other than nuclear ones.
russia must be stopped.
If we want to engage in “strategic signaling” toward russia (we must), NATO countries' actions must be massive, brutal, even disproportionate.
If we don't do it now, when will we?
We must not set any limits other than nuclear ones.
russia must be stopped.
Après l'attaque de drones russes contre la Pologne, notre pétition #SkyShield pour l'Ukraine prend une nouvelle dimension et trouve sa signification renforcée.
Protéger l'Ukraine, un objectif en soi, c'est aussi protéger les pays limitrophes de l'UE.
45792 ont signé !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Protéger l'Ukraine, un objectif en soi, c'est aussi protéger les pays limitrophes de l'UE.
45792 ont signé !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
September 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Après l'attaque de drones russes contre la Pologne, notre pétition #SkyShield pour l'Ukraine prend une nouvelle dimension et trouve sa signification renforcée.
Protéger l'Ukraine, un objectif en soi, c'est aussi protéger les pays limitrophes de l'UE.
45792 ont signé !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
Protéger l'Ukraine, un objectif en soi, c'est aussi protéger les pays limitrophes de l'UE.
45792 ont signé !
www.change.org/p/skyshield-...
It's a pleasure to be back in Bucharest, where I arrived a few hours ago for an all too short stay.
This is an opportunity to deliver this speech at a time when our decisions will shape Europe for the generations to come.
Either we win, or we sink into barbarism, with no turning back.
This is an opportunity to deliver this speech at a time when our decisions will shape Europe for the generations to come.
Either we win, or we sink into barbarism, with no turning back.
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's a pleasure to be back in Bucharest, where I arrived a few hours ago for an all too short stay.
This is an opportunity to deliver this speech at a time when our decisions will shape Europe for the generations to come.
Either we win, or we sink into barbarism, with no turning back.
This is an opportunity to deliver this speech at a time when our decisions will shape Europe for the generations to come.
Either we win, or we sink into barbarism, with no turning back.
To talk about the prospect of a "just and lasting peace" is nothing but uttering empty and light words if there is no victory plan for Ukraine first.
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
To talk about the prospect of a "just and lasting peace" is nothing but uttering empty and light words if there is no victory plan for Ukraine first.
Saying that we will provide security guarantees that will be put in place once there is a ceasefire that will not happen has nothing to do with security guarantees. It's just a grim fairy tale.
We must stop playing with words. It is not decent.
Ukraine's security depends on russia's defeat.
Period.
We must stop playing with words. It is not decent.
Ukraine's security depends on russia's defeat.
Period.
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Saying that we will provide security guarantees that will be put in place once there is a ceasefire that will not happen has nothing to do with security guarantees. It's just a grim fairy tale.
We must stop playing with words. It is not decent.
Ukraine's security depends on russia's defeat.
Period.
We must stop playing with words. It is not decent.
Ukraine's security depends on russia's defeat.
Period.
Un chaleureux merci à tous les signataires : de nombreux parlementaires français et européens nous ont rejoints depuis le lancement de notre pétition.
Chaque jour le nombre des soutiens augmente.
N'attendons pas pour agir : il en va de la vie des Ukrainiens et de notre propre sécurité.
Chaque jour le nombre des soutiens augmente.
N'attendons pas pour agir : il en va de la vie des Ukrainiens et de notre propre sécurité.
September 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Un chaleureux merci à tous les signataires : de nombreux parlementaires français et européens nous ont rejoints depuis le lancement de notre pétition.
Chaque jour le nombre des soutiens augmente.
N'attendons pas pour agir : il en va de la vie des Ukrainiens et de notre propre sécurité.
Chaque jour le nombre des soutiens augmente.
N'attendons pas pour agir : il en va de la vie des Ukrainiens et de notre propre sécurité.
Children, teenagers, mothers, elderly: these are just some of the civilian victims of the russian terrorist state in Kyiv on August 28, following tens of thousands of others.
Those who support russia are scum.
Our leaders' everlasting sin and guilt before history and humanity: not acting directly.
Those who support russia are scum.
Our leaders' everlasting sin and guilt before history and humanity: not acting directly.
August 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Children, teenagers, mothers, elderly: these are just some of the civilian victims of the russian terrorist state in Kyiv on August 28, following tens of thousands of others.
Those who support russia are scum.
Our leaders' everlasting sin and guilt before history and humanity: not acting directly.
Those who support russia are scum.
Our leaders' everlasting sin and guilt before history and humanity: not acting directly.
34 years ago, #Ukraine regained its independence.
It will win the war waged against it by a totalitarian criminal state that wants to take it away and destroy it.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will be the model nation of Europe, teaching it once again the indomitable strength of freedom.
#UkraineIndependanceDay
It will win the war waged against it by a totalitarian criminal state that wants to take it away and destroy it.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will be the model nation of Europe, teaching it once again the indomitable strength of freedom.
#UkraineIndependanceDay
August 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
34 years ago, #Ukraine regained its independence.
It will win the war waged against it by a totalitarian criminal state that wants to take it away and destroy it.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will be the model nation of Europe, teaching it once again the indomitable strength of freedom.
#UkraineIndependanceDay
It will win the war waged against it by a totalitarian criminal state that wants to take it away and destroy it.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will be the model nation of Europe, teaching it once again the indomitable strength of freedom.
#UkraineIndependanceDay
What is the logic here?
I don't understand.
How can anyone believe that security guarantees will be credible in the future (which presupposes a bold resolution to intervene militarily) when, today, the Alliance states refuse to act against a russia that's less dangerous than it will be tomorrow?
I don't understand.
How can anyone believe that security guarantees will be credible in the future (which presupposes a bold resolution to intervene militarily) when, today, the Alliance states refuse to act against a russia that's less dangerous than it will be tomorrow?
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What is the logic here?
I don't understand.
How can anyone believe that security guarantees will be credible in the future (which presupposes a bold resolution to intervene militarily) when, today, the Alliance states refuse to act against a russia that's less dangerous than it will be tomorrow?
I don't understand.
How can anyone believe that security guarantees will be credible in the future (which presupposes a bold resolution to intervene militarily) when, today, the Alliance states refuse to act against a russia that's less dangerous than it will be tomorrow?
Rather than declaring:
“nothing should be decided about Ukraine without Ukraine; only Kyiv can decide to cede territory,”
Europeans should state:
“We cannot accept that Ukraine be deprived of some of its territory for the sake of international law and security.”
Much more committing — and binding.
“nothing should be decided about Ukraine without Ukraine; only Kyiv can decide to cede territory,”
Europeans should state:
“We cannot accept that Ukraine be deprived of some of its territory for the sake of international law and security.”
Much more committing — and binding.
August 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Rather than declaring:
“nothing should be decided about Ukraine without Ukraine; only Kyiv can decide to cede territory,”
Europeans should state:
“We cannot accept that Ukraine be deprived of some of its territory for the sake of international law and security.”
Much more committing — and binding.
“nothing should be decided about Ukraine without Ukraine; only Kyiv can decide to cede territory,”
Europeans should state:
“We cannot accept that Ukraine be deprived of some of its territory for the sake of international law and security.”
Much more committing — and binding.
I have often written since Trump's election that, in addition to his immorality, his lack of respect for international law and his contempt for victims of mass murders characterize his foreign policy.
Without them, it's doomed to increase collective insecurity.
This fragile guardrail has fallen.
Without them, it's doomed to increase collective insecurity.
This fragile guardrail has fallen.
August 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I have often written since Trump's election that, in addition to his immorality, his lack of respect for international law and his contempt for victims of mass murders characterize his foreign policy.
Without them, it's doomed to increase collective insecurity.
This fragile guardrail has fallen.
Without them, it's doomed to increase collective insecurity.
This fragile guardrail has fallen.
Some say it's diplomacy...
How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, & endless torture?
Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity.
By what it announces, It constitutes a strategic threat.
How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, & endless torture?
Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity.
By what it announces, It constitutes a strategic threat.
August 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Some say it's diplomacy...
How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, & endless torture?
Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity.
By what it announces, It constitutes a strategic threat.
How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, & endless torture?
Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity.
By what it announces, It constitutes a strategic threat.
Demain, jeudi 7 août à 8 heures 30, je serai l'invité de la Matinale de @franceinfo.fr (radio et télévision) où je serai interrogé par @beaudonnet.bsky.social et Benjamin Fontaine.
Que vous soyez au travail ou en vacances - je vous le souhaite -, je serai heureux de vous retrouver.
Que vous soyez au travail ou en vacances - je vous le souhaite -, je serai heureux de vous retrouver.
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Demain, jeudi 7 août à 8 heures 30, je serai l'invité de la Matinale de @franceinfo.fr (radio et télévision) où je serai interrogé par @beaudonnet.bsky.social et Benjamin Fontaine.
Que vous soyez au travail ou en vacances - je vous le souhaite -, je serai heureux de vous retrouver.
Que vous soyez au travail ou en vacances - je vous le souhaite -, je serai heureux de vous retrouver.
Democratic leaders & commentators really need to stop repeating this insane phrase, “We must bring Putin back to the negotiations table.”
There can be no negotiations whatsoever with Russia. Peace will only come through military victory.
No table, but a dark cell in The Hague for Russian criminals.
There can be no negotiations whatsoever with Russia. Peace will only come through military victory.
No table, but a dark cell in The Hague for Russian criminals.
August 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democratic leaders & commentators really need to stop repeating this insane phrase, “We must bring Putin back to the negotiations table.”
There can be no negotiations whatsoever with Russia. Peace will only come through military victory.
No table, but a dark cell in The Hague for Russian criminals.
There can be no negotiations whatsoever with Russia. Peace will only come through military victory.
No table, but a dark cell in The Hague for Russian criminals.
Never forget nor forgive!
16 years ago, on July 15, 2009, Natalia #Estemirova was murdered by Kadyrov's hitmen because she exposed the regime's crimes.
She had worked with Anna Politkovskaya and Stanislav Markelov also murdered by Putin regime, Kadyrov's master.
Western leaders turned a blind eye.
16 years ago, on July 15, 2009, Natalia #Estemirova was murdered by Kadyrov's hitmen because she exposed the regime's crimes.
She had worked with Anna Politkovskaya and Stanislav Markelov also murdered by Putin regime, Kadyrov's master.
Western leaders turned a blind eye.
July 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Never forget nor forgive!
16 years ago, on July 15, 2009, Natalia #Estemirova was murdered by Kadyrov's hitmen because she exposed the regime's crimes.
She had worked with Anna Politkovskaya and Stanislav Markelov also murdered by Putin regime, Kadyrov's master.
Western leaders turned a blind eye.
16 years ago, on July 15, 2009, Natalia #Estemirova was murdered by Kadyrov's hitmen because she exposed the regime's crimes.
She had worked with Anna Politkovskaya and Stanislav Markelov also murdered by Putin regime, Kadyrov's master.
Western leaders turned a blind eye.
#Srebrenica30
30 years ago, Bosnian Serbs and Serbian militias committed the worst genocide in Europe since WWII—before the one committed by russia in Ukraine.
+ 8,000 Bosnian men and children were murdered.
As after Auschwitz, they said, “Never again.”
It's happening again, before our very eyes.
30 years ago, Bosnian Serbs and Serbian militias committed the worst genocide in Europe since WWII—before the one committed by russia in Ukraine.
+ 8,000 Bosnian men and children were murdered.
As after Auschwitz, they said, “Never again.”
It's happening again, before our very eyes.
July 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#Srebrenica30
30 years ago, Bosnian Serbs and Serbian militias committed the worst genocide in Europe since WWII—before the one committed by russia in Ukraine.
+ 8,000 Bosnian men and children were murdered.
As after Auschwitz, they said, “Never again.”
It's happening again, before our very eyes.
30 years ago, Bosnian Serbs and Serbian militias committed the worst genocide in Europe since WWII—before the one committed by russia in Ukraine.
+ 8,000 Bosnian men and children were murdered.
As after Auschwitz, they said, “Never again.”
It's happening again, before our very eyes.
Si vous le souhaitez et le pouvez, retrouvez-moi demain à 8 heures 30 dans la matinale de @franceinfo.fr (radio et télévision) où j'aurai le plaisir de répondre aux questions d'Antoine Comte et de Benjamin Fontaine.
#RussiaMustBeDefeated
#RussiaMustBeDefeated
July 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Si vous le souhaitez et le pouvez, retrouvez-moi demain à 8 heures 30 dans la matinale de @franceinfo.fr (radio et télévision) où j'aurai le plaisir de répondre aux questions d'Antoine Comte et de Benjamin Fontaine.
#RussiaMustBeDefeated
#RussiaMustBeDefeated
The US as it goes now.
Rubio congratulates a country that has murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians since 25 years, which is perpetrating on a daily basis massive war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide.
A disgrace.
The bright future of the world depends on its defeat.
Rubio congratulates a country that has murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians since 25 years, which is perpetrating on a daily basis massive war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide.
A disgrace.
The bright future of the world depends on its defeat.
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The US as it goes now.
Rubio congratulates a country that has murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians since 25 years, which is perpetrating on a daily basis massive war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide.
A disgrace.
The bright future of the world depends on its defeat.
Rubio congratulates a country that has murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians since 25 years, which is perpetrating on a daily basis massive war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide.
A disgrace.
The bright future of the world depends on its defeat.
If the members of the North Atlantic Council were fully aware of their security interests, they would immediately take a decision: to make Ukraine the 33rd member of NATO.
Every day, and even more so today, it has shown it has by far the strongest army in Europe, the one best able to defend us all.
Every day, and even more so today, it has shown it has by far the strongest army in Europe, the one best able to defend us all.
June 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If the members of the North Atlantic Council were fully aware of their security interests, they would immediately take a decision: to make Ukraine the 33rd member of NATO.
Every day, and even more so today, it has shown it has by far the strongest army in Europe, the one best able to defend us all.
Every day, and even more so today, it has shown it has by far the strongest army in Europe, the one best able to defend us all.