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Jim Townsend

@jteurope.bsky.social

Podcaster, think tanker, educator and consultant on all things Europe/NATO. Recovering Pentagon Druid!! @jteurope on that other platform.

491 Followers  |  134 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 03.11.2023  |  1.5801

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Had a wonderful time with an excellent team (headed by @jteurope.bsky.social) representing the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social at the Spanish Foreign Ministry.

04.12.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Russia Could Exploit a Vacuum in Europe The dangers of a rapid drawdown in American forces.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

10.07.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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81 years ago todayโ€ฆ

06.06.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Hidden Past and Uncertain Future of the U.S. and Ukraine with Celeste Wallander Brussels Sprouts ยท Episode

Luistertip: @jteurope.bsky.social
en @akendalltaylor.bsky.social
bespreken met Celeste Wallander over hoe het achter de schermen toeging bij Amerikaanse hulp aan Oekraรฏne, heel interessant om te weten wat de doelen zijn van VS en hoever ze wilden gaan.

open.spotify.com/episode/2xP5...

16.04.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Washington Journal
#CSPAN #CSPANWJ
Skeet at @c-span.bsky.social and cspanwj.bsky.social

Jim Townsend @jteurope.bsky.social, adjunct senior fellow CNAS Transatlantic Security Program, to discuss Russo-Ukraine war, Trump Regime's effort to negotiate Ukraine surrender.

WATCH: tinyurl.com/59jzr67h

04.05.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada and Carneyโ€™s New American Approach Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธNew Brussels Sprouts๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@kimnossal.bsky.social and @elizabethre.bsky.social join
@akendalltaylor.bsky.social and @jteurope.bsky.social to discuss the recent Canadian elections and implications for Canadaโ€™s foreign policy. www.cnas.org/publications...

09.05.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can Europe Fight Back with Shashank Joshi and Camille Grand Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

On Friday I took part in the @cnas.bsky.social Brussels Sprouts podcast with @camillegrand.bsky.social, @akendalltaylor.bsky.social and @jteurope.bsky.social to discuss America, Ukraine and European security.
www.cnas.org/publications...

11.03.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Can Europe Fight Back with Shashank Joshi and Camille Grand Podcast Episode ยท Brussels Sprouts ยท 07/03/2025 ยท 1h 13m

@camillegrand.bsky.social on Brussels Sprouts with @jteurope.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/b...

15.03.2025 04:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:

Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

29.03.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8434    ๐Ÿ” 3888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 209    ๐Ÿ“Œ 430

Letโ€™s hope this spreads across the land!

01.03.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can Ukraine and Europe Win Alone? with Gustav Gressel and Franz-Stefan Gady Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

Joined @hoanssolo.bsky.social, @cnas.bsky.social, @akendalltaylor.bsky.social, @nlokker.bsky.social, and @jteurope.bsky.social for a Brussels Sprouts discussion on the ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ war and what ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ is up to given the erratic nature of ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ foreign policy.
www.cnas.org/publications...

26.02.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Washingtonโ€™s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing Unlike Nixon and Kissingerโ€™s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.

www.wsj.com/world/trump-... Is Trump's embrace of Putin a serious plan to split the Russia-China entente? Possible Answers: a "reverse Nixon," "the reverse of a 'reverse Nixon,'" a "reverse Kissinger"(@jteurope.bsky.social), or simply "a fantasy," as Admiral Paparo has said. @yarotrof.bsky.social

22.02.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World with Hal Brands Brussels Sprouts ยท Episode

Luistertip: Hal Brands bespreekt samen met
@akendalltaylor.bsky.social en @jteurope.bsky.social
waarom geopolitiek Euraziรซ zo belangrijk is en wat we kunnen leren van geopolitieke denkers zoals Rooseveld & Spykman hoe hiermee om te gaan!

open.spotify.com/episode/6G6b...

02.02.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump World Takes on Europe Podcast Episode ยท Brussels Sprouts ยท 02/07/2025 ยท 53m

Excellent episode with the latest on transatlantic relations with @mijrahman.bsky.social
& Stephen Erlanger
@jteurope.bsky.social
Andrea Kendall Taylor w/ the great questions
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

08.02.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the protest in Washington

17.02.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The resistance begins! Protests erupt in front of the Capitol in Washington.

17.02.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is an important piece. No matter the future shape of the US relationship with its European allies, Europe needs to stand on its own feet in defense and economic development. A stronger and more independent Europe doesnโ€™t have to weaken the transatlantic bond.

07.01.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare Russian-linked attacks on undersea infrastructure are rising

Letโ€™s make 2025 the year in which other Europeans and NATO become more like the Finns.

Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare
econ.st/4gBufbL

01.01.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1254    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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NATO to enhance military presence in the Baltic Sea Allies met today (30 December 2024) at NATO Headquarters to consult on the security of critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, following damage to undersea cables connecting Estonia and Finland on ...

www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh... NATO - News: NATO to enhance military presence in the Baltic Sea, 30-Dec.-2024. NATO is on the move; I hope this is just the beginning. We need a naval task group out there.

31.12.2024 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good Lord โ€” the number of things on which he had no particular expertise but which Rickover confidently asserted to advise the President! It can be no less true of military leaders than broligarchs to believe that being good at one thing makes you good at everything.

31.12.2024 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You are an honorable man!

29.12.2024 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIP Jimmy Carter. A life well lived.

29.12.2024 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the Norwegian PM's biannual summary, given on December 19th.
This wasn't widely reported but a commentator in Aftenposten picked it up:

"We must be prepared for serious incidents, also on Norwegian soil."

www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/s...

29.12.2024 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

NATO needs to deploy its standing naval force to patrol the Baltic cable area and establish presence. Putin is testing both the US during the transition and NATO unity. We must respond. If nato cannot the Joint Expeditionary Force should.

29.12.2024 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The tainted legacy of the Merkel-Obama years A failure to respond to Russian, Chinese and Syrian aggression helped to create the unstable world of today

www.ft.com/content/0a53.... Excellent

03.12.2024 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An #AltGov had joined the fray. As x2 federal employees have been doxed of late. There are many at risk. While we enjoyed complaining about other civil service, they are who have kept our government working in a stable fashion from admin to admin. They are people who do believe in serving democracy.

29.11.2024 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on Blue Sky!!

29.11.2024 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Life is not one damn thing after another,โ€ he wrote, โ€œit is the same damn thing over and over.โ€ George F. Will

27.11.2024 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me too! Your post yesterday was the first to pop up!

24.11.2024 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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