Paul T. Levin
@paultlevin.bsky.social
Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. Managing Director Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey. Docent (Assoc. Prof.) of and pontificator on international relations. Opinionated. Painter.
It pays to be first.
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It pays to be first.
Thank you Aysha! That’s lovely to hear.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you Aysha! That’s lovely to hear.
This is an impartial observation? 😉
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is an impartial observation? 😉
Tack Eva! Det kommande halvåret har RoC EU-presidentskapet. Då gissar jag det blir svårt att göra mycket, men jag skulle hålla ögonen på Cypern det kommande året. Ang parallellen till Palestina har 🇹🇷 sedan 2017 pratat om en ”tvåstatslösning” för Cypern. TRNCs nye president vill diskutera federation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tack Eva! Det kommande halvåret har RoC EU-presidentskapet. Då gissar jag det blir svårt att göra mycket, men jag skulle hålla ögonen på Cypern det kommande året. Ang parallellen till Palestina har 🇹🇷 sedan 2017 pratat om en ”tvåstatslösning” för Cypern. TRNCs nye president vill diskutera federation.
No it’s very rational. But it’s insane that it is needed.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
No it’s very rational. But it’s insane that it is needed.
True. But it’s all insane.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
True. But it’s all insane.
Now you’re thinking.
Tkt Smart GIF
ALT: Tkt Smart GIF
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November 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Now you’re thinking.
And what do those two (Orban’s Hungary and Austria) have in common with the Trump administration? Documented penetration by/contacts with Russian intelligence services. It’s a simple deduction.
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And what do those two (Orban’s Hungary and Austria) have in common with the Trump administration? Documented penetration by/contacts with Russian intelligence services. It’s a simple deduction.
Also, I doubt that European intelligence services would suddenly decide to stop sharing intel with the USA just because of general concerns about “political interference and human rights”. I’l wouldn’t be surprised if there are more concrete reasons for their concerns.
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Also, I doubt that European intelligence services would suddenly decide to stop sharing intel with the USA just because of general concerns about “political interference and human rights”. I’l wouldn’t be surprised if there are more concrete reasons for their concerns.
As I wrote then, I think this is way underreported. It’s only known that Dutch intelligence has stopped some sharing, but as I noted, Netherlands are as far as I understand part of the Maximator intel alliance, so I don’t think it’s just them. And Radcliffe didn’t go to The Hague but Brussels…+
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
As I wrote then, I think this is way underreported. It’s only known that Dutch intelligence has stopped some sharing, but as I noted, Netherlands are as far as I understand part of the Maximator intel alliance, so I don’t think it’s just them. And Radcliffe didn’t go to The Hague but Brussels…+
That’s what happens in countries like Turkey, where the President & the elites around him can’t afford to lose power due to having violated too many laws. Accepting an election loss & stepping into opposition for a term is not an option. I call it the corruption effect, for lack of a better term.
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
That’s what happens in countries like Turkey, where the President & the elites around him can’t afford to lose power due to having violated too many laws. Accepting an election loss & stepping into opposition for a term is not an option. I call it the corruption effect, for lack of a better term.
"Beyond that, the official said Turkey had so far rejected taking back around 1,000 senior and mid-level PKK figures, and wants them relocated to a third country, possibly in Europe."
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Beyond that, the official said Turkey had so far rejected taking back around 1,000 senior and mid-level PKK figures, and wants them relocated to a third country, possibly in Europe."
Well deservedly so. That’s honestly one of the best captions to a graph that I’ve ever seen.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Well deservedly so. That’s honestly one of the best captions to a graph that I’ve ever seen.
That hit hard. It took me a while to realize what I was looking at.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
That hit hard. It took me a while to realize what I was looking at.