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Power, democracy, human rights and the rule of law - Who should steer the course for us Europeans in the world: Putin, Trump, Xi, or the European prime minister?

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The Personalist Global Order When individual whims drive great-power policy.

Delusion, narcissism and corruption
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

04.03.2026 12:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Espanjan Sánchez tylynä Trumpille: ”Miljoonien kohtalolla ei voi pelata venäläistä rulettia” Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.

Ovatko Espanja ja Norja ainoat Euroopan talousalueen maat, jotka puolustavat kansainvälistä oikeutta, YK:n peruskirjaa ja Naton perussopimusta?
yle.fi/a/74-2021351...

04.03.2026 11:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pääkirjoitus | Suomi luottaa enemmän Yhdysvaltojen kuin Ranskan ydinaseeseen Ranskan presidentin Emmanuel Macronin linjaus ydinaseista ei mullistanut Ranskan saati Euroopan ydinpelotetta. Pelote on edelleen Yhdysvaltojen varassa.

#Yhdysvallat #Ranska #Eurooppa
Voiko eurooppalainen luottaa yhteenkään kansalliseen ydinaseeseen?
Ulko-, turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikka kuuluu uuden, demokraattisen ja toimintakykyisen Euroopan hoitoon.
#eupol #euco #demokratia
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...

04.03.2026 11:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kauppasuhteet | Trump uhkaa katkaista kaiken kaupan Espanjan kanssa Uhkaus liittyy Trumpin ja Espanjan erimielisyyksiin espanjalaisten tukikohtien käytöstä Iranin-operaatiossa. Trump on myös tyytymätön Espanjan panokseen Natossa.

Laittoman hyökkäyssodan käynnistänyt Trump uhkaa rangaista Espanjaa YK:n peruskirjan, Nato-sopimuksen ja kansainvälisen oikeuden noudattamisesta.
www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...

04.03.2026 11:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Why Europe's leaders have struggled to speak as one on Iran European nations say they want to work better together but have differing priorities

Liberum veto
#eupol #euco
The national leaders of the EU member states created a union to act as 27 different voices on foreign, defense and security policy.
We Europeans suffer the consequences, every day.
bbc.com/news/article...

04.03.2026 06:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As Trump Bashes Spain, the German Chancellor Looks On

Spain standing up for UN Charter, NATO's values and international law, and the UK offering the faintest gesture of independence,
Trump criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and threatened to cut off all trade ties with Spain as a punitive measure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 05:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Update from Jim Tankersley

Treatise on Logic - forget international law and NATO founding values:
German chancellor resists Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, while egging on Israel and the US in their war of aggression against Iran.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

04.03.2026 05:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nearly 900 People Have Been Killed in Fighting in the Middle East

By now more than 870 people have been killed in the Middle East since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

04.03.2026 05:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Live updates: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in Iran conflict identified; 3 U.S. embassies close amid air strikes U.S. diplomatic outposts in Kuwait, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia were closed on Tuesday, as Israel struck targets in Iran and Lebanon.

Despite scattered responses, the war of aggression is essentially about Israel and the USA trying to bomb Iran into submission.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

04.03.2026 05:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Middle East conflict: Israel launches ‘extensive strikes’ on Iran Donald Trump said the US military could begin escorting oil and gas tankers transiting the Gulf ‘if necessary’

Trying a positive take:
Is the war of aggression unleashed by Israel and the USA in the Middle East going to teach the world to convert to renewable energy, climate protection and to saving our planet and humanity?
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

04.03.2026 05:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Binyamin Netanyahu is the big winner from the Iran war, for now To avoid a row with Donald Trump, Western allies are endorsing Israeli theories of war

Moral bankruptcy
Western leaders abandon international law in order to please the aggressors USA and Israel.
www.economist.com/internationa...

04.03.2026 05:02 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Iran Update Morning Special Report, March 3, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted strikes on key Iranian political institutions in Tehran on March 3.

The aggressors USA and Israel continued bombing multiple targets in Iran.
understandingwar.org/research/mid...

04.03.2026 04:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Predatory Hegemon Ever since Donald Trump first became U.S. president, in 2017, commentators have searched for an adequate label to describe his approach to U.S. foreign relations. Writing in these pages, the political...

The Predatory Hegemon
How Trump Wields American Power,
by Stephen M. Walt
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

04.03.2026 03:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What Comes Next? Iran Through a Middle Powers Lens The recent conflict in Iran is having significant economic, diplomatic, and security repercussions around the world. In this collection, experts from a range of middle power countries examine how deve...

How do some middle powers navigate the war of aggression the USA and its "model ally" Israel have launched against Iran, without legal authority, for purposes of regime change (by force), and without a clear end in sight?
www.belfercenter.org/quick-take/w...

04.03.2026 03:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Conflict with Iran

So, other US allies should strive for the "model ally" status of Israel, the perpetrator of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, apartheid, illegal occupations, lawless annexations, denial of universal human rights, rejection of international law? Tragic.
www.gmfus.org/news/conflic...

04.03.2026 03:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
We’re closer to breaching Paris climate limits than we thought—but nations can still make change Buma et al., Policy solutions to better assess progress toward Paris goals given warming-induced ecosystem emissions, which shorten timelines by 2–5 years, One Earth (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101571

The world needs to do more to battle climate change, but the main theme of the Trump administration is unsustainable greed.
www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

04.03.2026 03:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So, other US allies should strive for the "model ally" status of Israel, the perpetrator of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, apartheid, illegal occupations, lawless annexations, denial of universal human rights, rejection of international law and lack of basic humanity? Tragic.

04.03.2026 03:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Iranians, principally.

04.03.2026 03:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump is always prepared to betray the Kurds in the end, like everyone else.

04.03.2026 03:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The North Atlantic Treaty The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. They are det...

Le Traité de l'Atlantique Nord
Les Etats parties au présent Traité, réaffirmant leur foi dans les buts et les principes de la Charte des Nations Unies et leur désir de vivre en paix avec tous les peuples et tous les gouvernements.
Déterminés à sauvegarder ...
www.nato.int/en/about-us/...

03.03.2026 15:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The North Atlantic Treaty The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. They are det...

Le Traité de l'Atlantique Nord
Les Etats parties au présent Traité, réaffirmant leur foi dans les buts et les principes de la Charte des Nations Unies et leur désir de vivre en paix avec tous les peuples et tous les gouvernements.
Déterminés à sauvegarder ...
www.nato.int/en/about-us/...

03.03.2026 15:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The North Atlantic Treaty The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. They are det...

Is NATO founded on the principles of peaceful solutions, international law and human rights?
Yes, if you read the North Atlantic Treaty:
www.nato.int/en/about-us/...

03.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Guerre en Iran : pourquoi le Liban est-il rentré dans la guerre ? L’annonce par l’armée israélienne de l’élimination du chef de son renseignement à Beyrouth illustre l’entraînement du Liban dans la guerre. Le pays est-il rentré malgré lui dans une guerre dont il ne ...

Moyen-Orient
Guerre en Iran : pourquoi le Liban est-il rentré dans la guerre ?
Les Enjeux internationaux (12:43), avec Ziad Majed
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

03.03.2026 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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There was a time once when international law was important for the USA. #r4today

03.03.2026 08:57 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

When is it going to dawn on Trump that Ukraine is defending its freedom against an illegal war of aggression, while Trump and his sycophants have just started another unlawful war of aggression?

03.03.2026 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Guerre régionale : quelle est la stratégie de l'Iran ? La guerre initiée par Israël et les États-Unis contre l’Iran se régionalise : les Gardiens de la Révolution ont en effet déclaré avoir visé quelque 500 points stratégiques dans la région – des cibles ...

Moyen-Orient
Guerre régionale : quelle est la stratégie de l'Iran ?
Questions du soir (38:18), avec Thierry Coville et Julia Tomasso
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

03.03.2026 14:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Quite, there is no credible proof of the existence of any god, but hords of people acting as agents, often force-feeding dogma and repressing others,

03.03.2026 14:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Suppressing free speech, spying on social media, strangling universities, revoking visas and green cards, abusing visitors, locking up people in newly built concentration camps, blocking people from many countries etc.
Fewer want to visit the USA for business, study, research or pleasure.

03.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...
(Amendment I)

03.03.2026 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Right, I meant any God with a modicum of ethics.

03.03.2026 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0