So Russia is giving Iranians targeting information to hit US forces, and as a thank you Scott Blessent wants to reduce sanctions on Russian oil. Also, the US needs Ukrainian c-uas drones to take out the Iranian shaheds that fly on Russian intel.
That was today
I'm going to have a drink.
Is this a coincidence that we in Ukraine are having a sharp decrease in the number of Russian Shahed attacks these days?
I mean, it’s very noticeable. Same goes about Russian massive missile attacks.
My third piece for @newyorker.com, on the Iranian regime's desperate gambit for survival, Israel's moment of regional hegemony and the Trump administration's widening strategic quagmire
And naval power. Being able to control the flow of oil to China is a neocon dream constrained for decades by the idea that the USN enforces equal access.
The inability to rein in Hungary is damaging enough on its own. But actively pressing Ukraine to comply is simply disgraceful, even (especially) if you offer to pay for the compliance.
We shouldn't be twisting the arms of Ukrainians while they’re fighting on Europe’s behalf.
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European leaders will gladly deploy jets to protect Middle Eastern skies from Iran.
Yet they sit back and watch Russian missiles destroy Ukraine.
Refusing to defend Europe's own skies while fighting for someone else is completely pathetic
Zelensky highlighting the moral and strategic poverty of the USA under Trump. In the last year Trump has ended all military aid for Ukraine, has undermined Ukrainian air defense, has tried to bully Ukraine in handing over territory, and has rolled out the red carpet for Putin.
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Fascinating on how (and maybe why) the US attack on Iran has faltered
The taint is strong on this one
The battle between the Pentagon and Anthropic couldn't have come at a worse time. AI safety is no longer a hypothetical problem; it's a real concern for the world we live in today. And the US Government's demand? Move faster and break more things. My cover story: www.economist.com/briefing/202...
China can't really invade Taiwan if their energy supply is questionable. Perhaps it's beyond Trump to think like that, but Rubio is an old school hard core neocon.
Certainly exposing the dependency of the world on access to energy producing nations and how the US Navy (used to) keeps that access secure.
The UK strategic alliance is with Europe, Merz seems capable of plotting a center path. The key concern are energy safety and keeping Russia from consolidation in Ukraine until it can be pushed out.
If Britain supports a US war in the Middle East it has learnt nothing from the past. If it opposes action, it invites Trump’s wrath. This is the hideous dilemma faced by the UK — and Europe.
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Delighted to have Emile on. Nobody better to discuss all the implications of this war.
That is what I meant with
EU/German defense companies should invest into Ukr drone producers, help them scale supply chains and get sales licences fo ROW in exchange
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Using a commercial European trailer to get missiles out of the country closer to its target.
This is a highly complex threat if used more often and let's assume it is
Iranian missile launch platform discovered in Al-Zubair, south of Basra, Iraq
All our useless influencers and tax dodgers as well.
Very large numbers of USAF transports return empty from the region. Not exactly comfortable or completely safe, but better than nothing.
4/10 Then you have the Western expats.
They moved to Dubai specifically to dodge taxes and bypass their home countries' regulations.
Now that missiles are flying, they delusionally expect those same countries to send planes to evacuate them.
The hypocrisy is staggering
According to Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense, an Iranian-launched ballistic missile was detected heading toward Turkish airspace and was intercepted by NATO air and missile defense assets.
policy the actual effect of policy. China with less than a year in strategic reserver now unable to secure energy supplies from the Gulf must have wondered how they got to this point that Trump holds this sword over their heads.
It's all conjecture but that's the current outcome.
Yes that's key as well, Rubio is the only "adult in the room" with a honed strategic perspective, wants to "liberate" Cuba and deeply resents Venezuelan Chavism. Leveraging Trump's impulses to achieve a ton of neocon foreign policy objectives primarily isolating China/Russia. This is if not stated
Rough calcs...
The vessel plus cargo was likely valued at as much as $300,000,000
China unlikely to have paids for the cargo, so total loss to Russia.
