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Trump’s quest for Greenland could be NATO’s darkest hour If the United States intervenes to seize Greenland the future of NATO would be at stake. Such a development would be contrary to US national interests.

My latest: should the darkest hour come and the #US uses military force to annex #Greenland🇬🇱, the essence of Article 5 and collective defense within #NATO would lose its meaning.
Read the article:⬇️

@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @isdp-sweden.bsky.social

www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/t...

08.01.2026 13:53 👍 46 🔁 24 💬 4 📌 2

Ukraine's National Bank's gross foreign reserves reached a new all-time high of $57.3bn (+31% y-o-y) at the end of 2025 (Dragon Capital).
Ukraine's macroeconomic management remains impressive in the midst of the war.
The EU & IMF are rightly full of praise.

08.01.2026 22:08 👍 99 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1

Correct but one should compare NSS with the Defense Budget for 2026. It says totally different things: Yes to the NATO alliance and (some) assistance to Ukraine. Mind boggling.

23.12.2025 23:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all

12.12.2025 17:48 👍 1601 🔁 509 💬 235 📌 45
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Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage' An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.

Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...

17.11.2025 13:01 👍 732 🔁 273 💬 21 📌 13
Російська дипломатія як інструмент системного впливу у війні проти України В умовах повномасштабної війни українська дипломатія стоїть перед викликом зрозуміти специфіку ведення переговорів з РФ, яка успадкувала багато рис радянської дипломатичної школи.

Excellent! It should be read and studied by all diplomats and politicians who deal with Russia. Valerii @Zaluzhny :Russian diplomacy as a tool of systemic influence in the war against Ukraine.
www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2025...

11.11.2025 08:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Liberalism in the end times In an age of populist revolution and radical upheaval, can the centre left do anything more than survive?

Truly excellent Ivan Krastev in @prospectmagazine.co.uk -- Liberalism in the end times. In an age of populist revolution and radical upheaval, can the centre left do anything more than survive?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lib...

04.10.2025 11:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This, my dear friends, is the speech of the leader of the free world. Deputy Prime Minister Sikorski - always among the few who hold the line. Full 4 mins speech ⬇️.

22.09.2025 18:55 👍 153 🔁 53 💬 11 📌 8
English - Open Letter Against the rise of Fascism in 2025 June 14th, 2025 A Century Later: A Renewed Open Letter Against the Return of Fascism On May 1st 1925, with Mussolini already in power, a group of Italian intellectuals publicly denounced Mussolini’s f...

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Stop the return of fascism! Join 31 Nobel Prizes and 500 intellectuals from all over the world in the fight to defend democracy.
stopreturnfascism.org/english/

14.06.2025 07:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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For Poland, There Is No Plan B Poland is deeply worried that President Trump is not taking its concerns and those of Europe with the gravity they deserve.

Enjoy (or "enjoy") my take on Poland and the future of transatlantic relations: @nationalinterest
For Poland, There Is No Plan B, The National Interest nationalinterest.org/feature/for-...

13.06.2025 17:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

What happened when the editor of @theatlantic.com was included on Mike Walz's group chat

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

24.03.2025 17:24 👍 1608 🔁 407 💬 113 📌 112
Śniadanie z Mistrzem – Fundacja "Szkoła z Charakterem"

Regularne nagrania Jacka Szyndlera, dyr. katolickiej "Szkoły z charakterem" im. Edyty Stein w Gliwicach. Byłem-wspaniała atmosfera.
Warto śledzić: szkolazcharakterem.pl/sniadanie-z-...
Rozmowa ze mną o stos. międzynarodowych:
www.spreaker.com/episode/euge...

16.03.2025 10:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Po awanturze w Białym Domu. Co robić, gdy świat się chwieje? Skoro europejscy sojusznicy nie mogą już traktować USA jako pewnego alianta, który przyjdzie im z pomocą w chwili próby, muszą samodzielnie zatroszczyć się o swoje bezpieczeństwo.

Dzisiaj w internecie @gazeta_wyborcza mój tekst o konsekwencjach polityki Trumpa wobec Ukrainy po skandalu w Białym Domu. wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3173...

01.03.2025 23:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

28.02.2025 19:31 👍 23139 🔁 5775 💬 438 📌 276
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Mario Draghi barrels into European politicians and leaders for their inaction:

"You say no to public debt. You say no to the single market. You say no to create a capital market union. You can't say no to everything...You ask me what's best to do…I don’t know, but do something"

18.02.2025 17:56 👍 352 🔁 160 💬 8 📌 31

Jutro w Plus Minus "Rzeczypospolitej" @rp.pl Eliza Olczyk rozmawia ze mną o sytuacji w USA, UE i o wyborach, przed jakimi stoi Polska. Zapraszam.

13.02.2025 07:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dzisiaj w @wyborcza.pl moja ocena „Polska między Brukselą a Waszyngtonem”.
Zapraszam.

13.02.2025 07:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0