Weitere sehr hörenswerte Ausgabe @gideonrachman.bsky.social
Simon Gass, ehem. Botschafter in Teheran, bringt seine Verachtung für diesen Krieg spektakulär höflich zum Ausdruck. Can you be more polite than Sir Simon in expressing what an utter bollocks this war is?
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Rabobank on the unfolding worst case scenario:
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.
Die beste, nüchternste und sehr deprimierende Analyse der Lage, die ich diese Woche gehört habe, kommt von @emile-hokayem.bsky.social bei @gideonrachman.bsky.social
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Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
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Delighted to have Emile on. Nobody better to discuss all the implications of this war.
RACHMAN: “.. Trump is now committed to a process for which there is no real precedent: regime change brought about by air power alone.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Boris Johnson very articulate here on why we need really increase pressure on Putin if we want peace in Ukraine and how to do it - podcast interview with @gideonrachman.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/996c...
What an incredibly cool FT article and WWI story!
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)
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General consensus is that Trump's presidency has ushered in a new world order from which there is no turning back. This view deserves scrutiny, argues @gideonrachman.bsky.social.
Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/38QnpBf
Then have your say in today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/PdHOXLf
Striking how completely absent from leadership talk Rachel Reeves and David Lammy are. Normally you would think chancellor or deputy pm would be in with a shout. Fact they aren’t tells its own story
@gideonrachman.bsky.social of the @financialtimes.com thinks that "after Trump, the old America could make a comeback," but concedes that "there could be more violence and civil disorder before an American restoration can truly take place."
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Nice weather for Pallas cats.
The major flaw with the claim that Trump's foreign policy is "realist" is the fact that it is so deeply ideological. There is no "realist" case for driving South Africa into China's embrace, rather than competing for its partnership. The only reason Trump is doing so is based on racist memes.
Podcast🎙️| Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?
Sanam Vakil (@chmenap.bsky.social) joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social's podcast to discuss the risks of a US war with Iran and the crisis of legitimacy facing the Islamic Republic.
Listen via @financialtimes.com⤵️
Let’s discuss some time
Not sure about that
Now please throw the pint glass away
I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.
Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
Absolutely mad.
Paul Krugman not joining in with the praise for the appointment of Kevin Warsh
Weird on many levels. Mandelson himself was a wealthy man through Global Counsel. Can’t believe he couldn’t stump up 10k himself
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
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Wow -- incredible!!!
"on the European side, there is real respect for the diplomatic work done by Jared Kushner — who is regarded as serious and diligent." @gideonrachman.bsky.social writes
In Ukraine, it’s all about the land - www.ft.com/content/eb32... via @financialtimes.com
India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a 5-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves, Bloomberg reports.
People “are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds,” Katie Koch said.
Kyiv.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.
Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
