Thordur Oskarsson
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Moldova’s pro-EU party ahead in polls overshadowed by Russian meddling claims
Moldova’s pro-EU party ahead in polls overshadowed by Russian meddling claims
The ballot is overshadowed by fears of vote buying and unrest, as well as an "unprecedented campaign of disinformation" from Russia, according to the EU
dlvr.it
September 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Moldova’s pro-EU party ahead in polls overshadowed by Russian meddling claims
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"Wars in Ukraine & the Middle East show that irregular warfare is not a relic of the past, but a defining feature of contemporary conflict—one that democratic states must be institutionally & operationally prepared to confront."
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/cha...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/cha...
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Wars in Ukraine & the Middle East show that irregular warfare is not a relic of the past, but a defining feature of contemporary conflict—one that democratic states must be institutionally & operationally prepared to confront."
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/cha...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/cha...
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China’s nuclear stockpile is doubling fast.
2019: ~300 warheads
2025: 600 warheads
2035 (projected): 1,500 warheads
Rapid growth is pushing China closer to parity with the U.S. and Russia—and reshaping global nuclear balance.
Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
2019: ~300 warheads
2025: 600 warheads
2035 (projected): 1,500 warheads
Rapid growth is pushing China closer to parity with the U.S. and Russia—and reshaping global nuclear balance.
Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
September 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
China’s nuclear stockpile is doubling fast.
2019: ~300 warheads
2025: 600 warheads
2035 (projected): 1,500 warheads
Rapid growth is pushing China closer to parity with the U.S. and Russia—and reshaping global nuclear balance.
Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
2019: ~300 warheads
2025: 600 warheads
2035 (projected): 1,500 warheads
Rapid growth is pushing China closer to parity with the U.S. and Russia—and reshaping global nuclear balance.
Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
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Multiple comms cables cut in Red Sea, starting 05:45Z today, acc to Microsoft.
I count 17 cables along and numerous across Red Sea. The combination of unknown cables, position and heavy spoofing will make it hard to id a potential ship culprit.
@garygnutter.bsky.social might try anyway =)
I count 17 cables along and numerous across Red Sea. The combination of unknown cables, position and heavy spoofing will make it hard to id a potential ship culprit.
@garygnutter.bsky.social might try anyway =)
September 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Multiple comms cables cut in Red Sea, starting 05:45Z today, acc to Microsoft.
I count 17 cables along and numerous across Red Sea. The combination of unknown cables, position and heavy spoofing will make it hard to id a potential ship culprit.
@garygnutter.bsky.social might try anyway =)
I count 17 cables along and numerous across Red Sea. The combination of unknown cables, position and heavy spoofing will make it hard to id a potential ship culprit.
@garygnutter.bsky.social might try anyway =)
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There was no GPS-jamming of president von der Leyen's aircraft as she approached Plovdiv, Bulgaria this Sunday.
Bulgarian authorities made a 180° today and denies any signs of interference.
www.politico.eu/article/bulg...
Bulgarian authorities made a 180° today and denies any signs of interference.
www.politico.eu/article/bulg...
Bulgaria: There was no jamming of von der Leyen plane’s GPS
The reversal comes just days after Sofia and Brussels blamed Moscow for the incident.
www.politico.eu
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There was no GPS-jamming of president von der Leyen's aircraft as she approached Plovdiv, Bulgaria this Sunday.
Bulgarian authorities made a 180° today and denies any signs of interference.
www.politico.eu/article/bulg...
Bulgarian authorities made a 180° today and denies any signs of interference.
www.politico.eu/article/bulg...
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Could China win a war today? That’s still unknown—the PLA hasn’t fought in 40+ years.
But one thing is clear: Xi is serious, the military is rapidly modernizing, and the PLA is set to make major leaps in the years ahead.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
But one thing is clear: Xi is serious, the military is rapidly modernizing, and the PLA is set to make major leaps in the years ahead.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
September 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Could China win a war today? That’s still unknown—the PLA hasn’t fought in 40+ years.
But one thing is clear: Xi is serious, the military is rapidly modernizing, and the PLA is set to make major leaps in the years ahead.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
But one thing is clear: Xi is serious, the military is rapidly modernizing, and the PLA is set to make major leaps in the years ahead.
www.csis.org/analysis/chi...
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Allegedly a Russian submarine on Sunday "threatened" carrier USS Gerald Ford operating with allies of north Norway.
Info seem to come from SUN, so sprinkle with salt but it is clear there has been heavy anti submarine aircraft activity in area last days.
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...
Info seem to come from SUN, so sprinkle with salt but it is clear there has been heavy anti submarine aircraft activity in area last days.
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...
- Massiv jakt på russisk ubåt
Siden søndag har det pågått en storstilt jakt etter en russisk ubåt. Skal ha truet et amerikansk hangarskip i Norskehavet.
www.dagbladet.no
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Allegedly a Russian submarine on Sunday "threatened" carrier USS Gerald Ford operating with allies of north Norway.
Info seem to come from SUN, so sprinkle with salt but it is clear there has been heavy anti submarine aircraft activity in area last days.
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...
Info seem to come from SUN, so sprinkle with salt but it is clear there has been heavy anti submarine aircraft activity in area last days.
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...
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Today’s win sends a powerful message that the Voting Rights Act is still a vital safeguard against racial discrimination in our democracy.
August 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today’s win sends a powerful message that the Voting Rights Act is still a vital safeguard against racial discrimination in our democracy.
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Our analysis maps out in detail the deep investments by UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, and Kuwait across six sectors (Infrastructure, Energy, Mining, Ports, Agriculture, and Security) in 12 East African countries.
Mapping Gulf State Actors’ Expanding Engagements in East Africa – Africa Center
Gulf state actors are expanding their engagements in in East Africa as they compete for influence—reshaping the region's security contours.
africacenter.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our analysis maps out in detail the deep investments by UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, and Kuwait across six sectors (Infrastructure, Energy, Mining, Ports, Agriculture, and Security) in 12 East African countries.
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Elections in Latin America could see a shift to the right, increasing the likelihood that other countries might follow Argentina in delivering painful fiscal reforms.
Read @davidlubin.bsky.social's latest for @chathamhouse.org⤵️
Read @davidlubin.bsky.social's latest for @chathamhouse.org⤵️
Milei’s Argentina shows where South America might be heading
Upcoming elections in the region could see a shift to the right, increasing the likelihood that other countries might follow Argentina in delivering painful fiscal reforms.
www.chathamhouse.org
July 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Elections in Latin America could see a shift to the right, increasing the likelihood that other countries might follow Argentina in delivering painful fiscal reforms.
Read @davidlubin.bsky.social's latest for @chathamhouse.org⤵️
Read @davidlubin.bsky.social's latest for @chathamhouse.org⤵️
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"DELVIKA" - false flagged Malawi 🇲🇼🏴☠️
Passing under the Great Belt Bridge, loaded with Crude in Ust-Luga.
Embarrassed to have lost track of how many false flagged ships we have failed to stop, after @lars-loekke.bsky.social gathered the European leaders to agree to do so.
sketchy.boats/9402471
Passing under the Great Belt Bridge, loaded with Crude in Ust-Luga.
Embarrassed to have lost track of how many false flagged ships we have failed to stop, after @lars-loekke.bsky.social gathered the European leaders to agree to do so.
sketchy.boats/9402471
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"DELVIKA" - false flagged Malawi 🇲🇼🏴☠️
Passing under the Great Belt Bridge, loaded with Crude in Ust-Luga.
Embarrassed to have lost track of how many false flagged ships we have failed to stop, after @lars-loekke.bsky.social gathered the European leaders to agree to do so.
sketchy.boats/9402471
Passing under the Great Belt Bridge, loaded with Crude in Ust-Luga.
Embarrassed to have lost track of how many false flagged ships we have failed to stop, after @lars-loekke.bsky.social gathered the European leaders to agree to do so.
sketchy.boats/9402471
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Again, russia has struck a Kharkiv medical clinic. As a result of the explosion, 12 people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl. 1 person was killed. Patients are still trapped under the rubble. Help protect Ukrainians from russia’s terror: u24.gov.ua/sky-sentinel...
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Again, russia has struck a Kharkiv medical clinic. As a result of the explosion, 12 people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl. 1 person was killed. Patients are still trapped under the rubble. Help protect Ukrainians from russia’s terror: u24.gov.ua/sky-sentinel...
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🚨 BREAKING: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss trade, as the US president described the prospect of a deal with the EU as "50-50."
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
July 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚨 BREAKING: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss trade, as the US president described the prospect of a deal with the EU as "50-50."
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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🇷🇺 Russia has moved additional electronic warfare equipment within 20km of its border with 🇪🇪 Estonia, acc to Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.
„The systems … are designed to jam communications, disrupt radar systems, and assert control over the electromagnetic spectrum.“
„The systems … are designed to jam communications, disrupt radar systems, and assert control over the electromagnetic spectrum.“
Russia deploys additional electronic warfare systems near Estonian border
The systems, deployed near the Russian town of Kingisepp — roughly 20 kilometers (around 12 miles) from Estonia's eastern border — are designed to jam communications, disrupt radar systems, and assert...
kyivindependent.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🇷🇺 Russia has moved additional electronic warfare equipment within 20km of its border with 🇪🇪 Estonia, acc to Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro.
„The systems … are designed to jam communications, disrupt radar systems, and assert control over the electromagnetic spectrum.“
„The systems … are designed to jam communications, disrupt radar systems, and assert control over the electromagnetic spectrum.“
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Von der Leyen to meet Trump on Sunday as 30% tariff deadline looms
Von der Leyen to meet Trump on Sunday as 30% tariff deadline looms
Latest from Euractiv
www.euractiv.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Von der Leyen to meet Trump on Sunday as 30% tariff deadline looms
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"The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan is bold, but without foreign policy benchmarks, the United States risks strategic missteps in the very domains it seeks to lead," warns the CSIS Futures Lab.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/ai-...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/ai-...
July 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan is bold, but without foreign policy benchmarks, the United States risks strategic missteps in the very domains it seeks to lead," warns the CSIS Futures Lab.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/ai-...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/ai-...
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"China is more directly providing [Shahed] components to Russia,” @katstepanenko.bsky.social told @theguardian.com. "Integration of Chinese components, where before there was supply from Iran, means the manufacturers now have a lot more available parts,” she said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"China is more directly providing [Shahed] components to Russia,” @katstepanenko.bsky.social told @theguardian.com. "Integration of Chinese components, where before there was supply from Iran, means the manufacturers now have a lot more available parts,” she said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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🔒 ‘The #KensingtonTreaty is a huge step – given the strategic threat from 🇷🇺 – to offer European leadership within #NATO to protect free and open nations,’ argues Rob Rider CBE, Rheinmetall
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
What concrete measures should come from the Kensington Treaty?
The Big Ask | No. 30.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🔒 ‘The #KensingtonTreaty is a huge step – given the strategic threat from 🇷🇺 – to offer European leadership within #NATO to protect free and open nations,’ argues Rob Rider CBE, Rheinmetall
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk
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China’s regime agnostic diplomacy in Africa—investing in countries irrespective of a government’s adherence to the rule of law—holds inherent risks for Chinese investments and regional stability.
africacenter.org/spo...
africacenter.org/spo...
The Limits to China’s Transactional Diplomacy in Africa – Africa Center
China’s regime-agnostic diplomacy in Africa—ignoring regimes' commitment to rule of law—creates risks for investments and regional stability.
africacenter.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
China’s regime agnostic diplomacy in Africa—investing in countries irrespective of a government’s adherence to the rule of law—holds inherent risks for Chinese investments and regional stability.
africacenter.org/spo...
africacenter.org/spo...
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NEW: Russia will likely implement new policies to augment its military administrative capacity to significantly expand the rate at which Russia can call up a larger volume of conscripts and reservists. (1/8)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar072425
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar072425
July 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
NEW: Russia will likely implement new policies to augment its military administrative capacity to significantly expand the rate at which Russia can call up a larger volume of conscripts and reservists. (1/8)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar072425
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar072425
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Hackers breached Norwegian dam’s control system for hours buff.ly/J95OCeH
July 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hackers breached Norwegian dam’s control system for hours buff.ly/J95OCeH
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Asking for America, here: is knowingly destroying evidence of war crimes aiding and abetting war crimes?
Maybe a question Donald Trump and Elon Musk would like to think about also.
Maybe a question Donald Trump and Elon Musk would like to think about also.
Researchers have lost access to evidence of alleged Russian war crimes following Trump admin funding cut | CNN Politics
Researchers have lost access to a major database of evidence on alleged Russian war crimes, including the locations of more than 30,000 abducted Ukrainian children, and funding for their work has been...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Asking for America, here: is knowingly destroying evidence of war crimes aiding and abetting war crimes?
Maybe a question Donald Trump and Elon Musk would like to think about also.
Maybe a question Donald Trump and Elon Musk would like to think about also.
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The number of autocracies (91) has just surpassed democracies (88) on this list for the first time in two decades, and nearly three-quarters of humans now live in an autocracy. US could be next, says head of democracy research project. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
March 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The number of autocracies (91) has just surpassed democracies (88) on this list for the first time in two decades, and nearly three-quarters of humans now live in an autocracy. US could be next, says head of democracy research project. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Several US national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation, cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/us-sus...
Exclusive: US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin
Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine.
www.reuters.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Several US national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation, cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/us-sus...