@paul-dd.bsky.social
Defense Economics and International Relations.
No compromise with fascists - No argument but the canons mouth 🇺🇦
Unfathomably based:
https://youtu.be/1frK-YFv6nk?si=zzDzDEJi2EgHwObw
No compromise with fascists - No argument but the canons mouth 🇺🇦
Unfathomably based:
https://youtu.be/1frK-YFv6nk?si=zzDzDEJi2EgHwObw
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Wenn ich meinen Kameraden erkläre was meine Freunde bei diesen Think Tanks eigentlich machen
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wenn ich meinen Kameraden erkläre was meine Freunde bei diesen Think Tanks eigentlich machen
He made soooo many wrong predicted. Why is this guy being vindicated..
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
He made soooo many wrong predicted. Why is this guy being vindicated..
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"Die EU verliere damit den letzten noch verbliebenen Solarglashersteller" - na Hauptsache, die letzten verbliebenen Hersteller von Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotor werden gefördert.
Letzte Solarglasfirma der EU schließt: Hunderte Jobs gehen verloren
Zuletzt war von einer Rettungschance für den Solarglashersteller im südbrandenburgischen Tschernitz die Rede. Doch nun werden die Hoffnungen enttäuscht.
www.t-online.de
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Die EU verliere damit den letzten noch verbliebenen Solarglashersteller" - na Hauptsache, die letzten verbliebenen Hersteller von Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotor werden gefördert.
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Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
Taps the sign *aggresively*
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Taps the sign *aggresively*
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Das gibt es doch gar nicht! Es geht immer noch tiefer. Unfassbar: Bezahltes Erschießen von Kindern und Zivilisten in Sarajevo durch Urlaubsmörder. www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Schockierende Enthüllung: "Scharfschützensafari" auf Zivilisten in Sarajevo – Ermittlungen
Während der Belagerung Sarajevos sollen wohlhabende Ausländer hohe Summen gezahlt haben, um als "Wochenend-Scharfschützen" auf Zivilisten zu feuern. Die italienische Justiz ermittelt.
www.t-online.de
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Das gibt es doch gar nicht! Es geht immer noch tiefer. Unfassbar: Bezahltes Erschießen von Kindern und Zivilisten in Sarajevo durch Urlaubsmörder. www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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Oil Turnaround Shows How US Can Win in Ukraine | "When many US taxpayers hear about Ukraine, they ask: what’s in it for us? The story of Ukraine's largest oil company shows why helping Kyiv can put America first." Stephen Blank
Oil Turnaround Shows How US Can Win in Ukraine
When US taxpayers hear about Ukraine, they ask: what’s in it for us? Ukraine's largest oil company shows helping Kyiv can put America first.
cepa.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Oil Turnaround Shows How US Can Win in Ukraine | "When many US taxpayers hear about Ukraine, they ask: what’s in it for us? The story of Ukraine's largest oil company shows why helping Kyiv can put America first." Stephen Blank
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BRO JUST ONE MORE AIRSTRIKE BRO PLEASE TRUST ME DUDE COME ON BRO THIS TIME AN AIR CAMPAIGN WILL COERCE A POLITICAL OUTCOME COME ON DUDE
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
BRO JUST ONE MORE AIRSTRIKE BRO PLEASE TRUST ME DUDE COME ON BRO THIS TIME AN AIR CAMPAIGN WILL COERCE A POLITICAL OUTCOME COME ON DUDE
Honestly modern polling has destroyed politics. Just ticking of boxes on a list of numbers without any conviction, argument and ideas is a shadow of leadership. Sometimes it necessary to convince the populous of certain ideas have.
Here with yellow checkmarks we have five examples of real things that Gavin Newsom and leading California Democrats espouse. Not a straw man.
My take is Democrats should drop these ideas, ideas that do not sound at all like economic populism to me.
My take is Democrats should drop these ideas, ideas that do not sound at all like economic populism to me.
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Honestly modern polling has destroyed politics. Just ticking of boxes on a list of numbers without any conviction, argument and ideas is a shadow of leadership. Sometimes it necessary to convince the populous of certain ideas have.
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" #AfD is abusing its parliamentary powers to gather information about #Germany's transport infr, water supply, digital infr. and energy supply."
"With its requests, one gets the impression that the AfD is working through a list of tasks assigned by the Kremlin"
www.dw.com/en/is-german...
"With its requests, one gets the impression that the AfD is working through a list of tasks assigned by the Kremlin"
www.dw.com/en/is-german...
Is Germany's far-right populist AfD party spying for Russia? – DW – 10/26/2025
Lawmakers accuse the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of using its parliamentary powers to gather intelligence on Germany's critical infrastructure to share it with Russia.
www.dw.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
" #AfD is abusing its parliamentary powers to gather information about #Germany's transport infr, water supply, digital infr. and energy supply."
"With its requests, one gets the impression that the AfD is working through a list of tasks assigned by the Kremlin"
www.dw.com/en/is-german...
"With its requests, one gets the impression that the AfD is working through a list of tasks assigned by the Kremlin"
www.dw.com/en/is-german...
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An entire street in Kyiv just wiped out
September 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An entire street in Kyiv just wiped out
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September 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It’s honestly so sad how we in Europa and especially Germany fumbled the industrial potential of providing renewable energy infrastructure to the world. We rather built gas turbines and shitty cars.
Welp, updated my "biggest wind turbine in the world" slide again. Last time I taught thermo, it was a 19 MW turbine with 128 m blades. This year, it's 26 MW with 150 m blades. Always offshore, always in China.
Context: A Boeing 747 is 71 m long. 150 m is about the height of a 50-story skyscraper.
Context: A Boeing 747 is 71 m long. 150 m is about the height of a 50-story skyscraper.
China tests ‘world’s largest’ offshore wind turbine
With a hub height of 185 meters, the turbine will be equivalent to a 63-story skyscraper.
www.offshore-mag.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s honestly so sad how we in Europa and especially Germany fumbled the industrial potential of providing renewable energy infrastructure to the world. We rather built gas turbines and shitty cars.
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Frieden kommt nicht, wenn der Angegriffene aufhört zu kämpfen. Was dann kommt, ist Okkupation - eine Weiterführung des Krieges mit Folter, Entführungen, Vergewaltigungen, Zwangsadoptionen, Mord. Wer will, dass „das Sterben aufhört“, muss den Aggressor stoppen und zurückdrängen.
August 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Frieden kommt nicht, wenn der Angegriffene aufhört zu kämpfen. Was dann kommt, ist Okkupation - eine Weiterführung des Krieges mit Folter, Entführungen, Vergewaltigungen, Zwangsadoptionen, Mord. Wer will, dass „das Sterben aufhört“, muss den Aggressor stoppen und zurückdrängen.
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Endless attacks that are so fucking normalized and literally feels like the world just accepted it as a brute fact, I don’t know just how cynical I will come out of this
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Endless attacks that are so fucking normalized and literally feels like the world just accepted it as a brute fact, I don’t know just how cynical I will come out of this
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In the first half of 2025, Russia spent more on its military than in all of 2022, and a little less than in all of 2023.
In the first half of 2025, Russian military spending was close to $300 billion (purchasing power parity). Usually, there is more military spending in the second half of the year, so Russian military spending of $600 billion PPP in 2025 is realistic. Link to source below.
August 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In the first half of 2025, Russia spent more on its military than in all of 2022, and a little less than in all of 2023.
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I think you should take this literally not seriously tbh
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🤡 "The Baltics are a geopolitical misunderstanding. Who wants to burn in a nuclear Armageddon for the Baltics? Well, who?"
Russian propagandists have begun to talk about "Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn in three days".
🤡 "The Baltics are a geopolitical misunderstanding. Who wants to burn in a nuclear Armageddon for the Baltics? Well, who?"
Russian propagandists have begun to talk about "Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn in three days".
August 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I think you should take this literally not seriously tbh
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Drone and AI mania is all the buzz these days in Defense VC land and Washington. However, I think many are missing what actually constitutes a "military revolution," why drones have emerged the way they have, and the inherent limits they offer as a conventional replacements. My Latest⬇️
The Drone and AI Delusion
What Defense VC Firms Get Wrong about Military Evolutions and War
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Drone and AI mania is all the buzz these days in Defense VC land and Washington. However, I think many are missing what actually constitutes a "military revolution," why drones have emerged the way they have, and the inherent limits they offer as a conventional replacements. My Latest⬇️
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Putin und seine Lautsprecher bei uns feiern stolz die „Einnahme“ der ukrainischen Kleinstadt Tschassiw Jar. Tschassiw Jar hatte bis 2022 etwa 12.000 Einwohner und die Kämpfe um die Stadt dauern bereits 1 Jahr und 3 Monate. Und „Einnahme“ heißt vollständige Zerstörung.
August 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Putin und seine Lautsprecher bei uns feiern stolz die „Einnahme“ der ukrainischen Kleinstadt Tschassiw Jar. Tschassiw Jar hatte bis 2022 etwa 12.000 Einwohner und die Kämpfe um die Stadt dauern bereits 1 Jahr und 3 Monate. Und „Einnahme“ heißt vollständige Zerstörung.
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@michaelthumann.bsky.social dröselt sehr schön auf warum Russland für Rüstung mehr als die EU ausgibt UND für sein Geld auch mehr bangs for the bucks bekommt.
Vielleicht versteht es jetzt auch der Letzte.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Vielleicht versteht es jetzt auch der Letzte.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Militärpolitik: Putins kleingerechneter Kriegshaushalt
Russland gibt angeblich weniger für Rüstung aus als Europa. Doch Moskaus Militärhaushalt ist viel größer, als russische Propagandisten und deutsche Politiker behaupten.
www.zeit.de
July 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
@michaelthumann.bsky.social dröselt sehr schön auf warum Russland für Rüstung mehr als die EU ausgibt UND für sein Geld auch mehr bangs for the bucks bekommt.
Vielleicht versteht es jetzt auch der Letzte.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Vielleicht versteht es jetzt auch der Letzte.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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A substantial amount of the American foreign policy sphere is dictated by guys who think Tom Clancy is real and it's being handed over to guys who think Call of Duty is real
The bar is in hell but war is icky so we'll let them keep it
The bar is in hell but war is icky so we'll let them keep it
Russia is their great white hope against the Chinese menace, and anything fancy they say to make it sound more strategic than that is just window dressing
Also Colby: we can't give any more air defense to Ukraine because we have none to spare. Puh-lease. The Pentagon's obvious pro-russian stance is obvious.
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A substantial amount of the American foreign policy sphere is dictated by guys who think Tom Clancy is real and it's being handed over to guys who think Call of Duty is real
The bar is in hell but war is icky so we'll let them keep it
The bar is in hell but war is icky so we'll let them keep it
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I'd also add: no willingness to do hybrid warfare on offense. If we have mysterious fires at an ammunition plant in Germany and there's probative SIGINT, one should burn in Russia too.
July 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'd also add: no willingness to do hybrid warfare on offense. If we have mysterious fires at an ammunition plant in Germany and there's probative SIGINT, one should burn in Russia too.
It’s honestly disheartening to see how extremely educated people can stumble over simple problems, like that the conversion of military budgets with exchange rates is extremely flawed for some countries, and therefore assume nefarious motives and invite conspiracy thinking.
In 2024, Germany, France & the UK military spend was $236bn. Russia (in active war) spent $149bn. The EU plans to increase military spending to $800bn by 2030.
It is naive to think this burgeoning war economy is about an 'acute threat' from Russia.
www.sipri.org/publications...
It is naive to think this burgeoning war economy is about an 'acute threat' from Russia.
www.sipri.org/publications...
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2024
This SIPRI Fact Sheet examines the regional and national military expenditure data for 2024 and trends over the decade 2015–24. The data, which replaces all military spending data previously published...
www.sipri.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s honestly disheartening to see how extremely educated people can stumble over simple problems, like that the conversion of military budgets with exchange rates is extremely flawed for some countries, and therefore assume nefarious motives and invite conspiracy thinking.
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It worth not overstating Russia’s power (they’re good at overselling themselves) these raw dollar figures don’t say much.
China & Russia get far far more for per dollar than France or Germany. Better to compare actual military capabilities. The Russian army + missile, drone production etc is huge.
China & Russia get far far more for per dollar than France or Germany. Better to compare actual military capabilities. The Russian army + missile, drone production etc is huge.
In 2024, Germany, France & the UK military spend was $236bn. Russia (in active war) spent $149bn. The EU plans to increase military spending to $800bn by 2030.
It is naive to think this burgeoning war economy is about an 'acute threat' from Russia.
www.sipri.org/publications...
It is naive to think this burgeoning war economy is about an 'acute threat' from Russia.
www.sipri.org/publications...
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2024
This SIPRI Fact Sheet examines the regional and national military expenditure data for 2024 and trends over the decade 2015–24. The data, which replaces all military spending data previously published...
www.sipri.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It worth not overstating Russia’s power (they’re good at overselling themselves) these raw dollar figures don’t say much.
China & Russia get far far more for per dollar than France or Germany. Better to compare actual military capabilities. The Russian army + missile, drone production etc is huge.
China & Russia get far far more for per dollar than France or Germany. Better to compare actual military capabilities. The Russian army + missile, drone production etc is huge.
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Die Bombe nicht zu bauen, war ein politische Entscheidung im Iran. Weil die Drohung mit dem Bau dienlicher war. Das ist jetzt vorbei. Sollte, wonach es aussieht, die technische Möglichkeit bestehen, dann stehen jetzt alle Zeichen auf breakout. JCPOA war nicht perfekt. Aber es war besser als all das.
June 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Die Bombe nicht zu bauen, war ein politische Entscheidung im Iran. Weil die Drohung mit dem Bau dienlicher war. Das ist jetzt vorbei. Sollte, wonach es aussieht, die technische Möglichkeit bestehen, dann stehen jetzt alle Zeichen auf breakout. JCPOA war nicht perfekt. Aber es war besser als all das.