Democratic Strategy Initiative

YouTube video by Silicon Curtain Aaron Gasch Burnett and Bill Browder - We Must Choke Off Funds to Putin's War Economy to End the War

Stop Putin’s $300 bn bailout and seize Russia’s frozen assets.

@billbrowder.bsky.social & I join @siliconcurtain.bsky.social to explain how we #MakeRussiaPay

youtu.be/DKzqcj2FaAQ

Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s new chancellor and Mark Carney in the White House - Monocle Friedrich Merz overcomes a tough vote and Mark Carney meets Trump.

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @aarongburnett.bsky.social on Merz's startling stumble, @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and Gregory Scruggs on the day's other stuff, and Tim Birkhead introduces his new study of the wretched demise and strange immortality of the great auk. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

How will the US engage with the IMF and World Bank? - Monocle We speak with economist Liliana Rojas-Suarez about treasury secretary Scott Bessent and the US’s position on the IMF and World...

Joined Monocle Radio to talk #MakeRussiaPay - & our @dsi-strategy.bsky.social open letter signed by 4 former Prime Ministers, among 70+ prominent signatories, calling for G7 Chair Canada to lead on seizing Russia's frozen assets.

Segment at 9:30 mark.

monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Impressive line up of signatories to open letter in 🇨🇦 National Post calling for seizing & transferring $300 bn in Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine and preventing a bailout for Putin. Spearheaded by DSI, The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. #MakeRussiaPay

nationalpost.com/opinion/opin...

Opinion: Canada must lead on supporting Ukraine with Russia’s frozen assets Open Letter: The next Canadian leader should set a powerful precedent against Russian aggression

The world is watching. Global leaders are signatories to this initiative. Russia MUST be held accountable. Canada MUST lead to ensure the US$300B in Russian state assets held in Europe goes to #Ukraine - not back to Russia. We can’t allow a bailout & let Putin's war machine continue. bit.ly/3S0CiUD

Opinion: Canada must lead on supporting Ukraine with Russia’s frozen assets Open Letter: The next Canadian leader should set a powerful precedent against Russian aggression

An immense honour to be among 70+ signatories to this letter - calling on Canada’s next PM - whoever it is - to use our G7 chairmanship & lead on #MakeRussiaPay - or risk a $300bn bailout for Putin.

Signed by 4 former PMs, spearheaded by @dsi-strategy.bsky.social

nationalpost.com/opinion/opin...

Opinion: Trump is right to fear a Canada-Europe team-up. But Canada must rise to the challenge first Ottawa must summon the will for potentially unpopular reforms to energy and environmental policy to win over the EU

Trump has nothing to worry about on a Canada-EU team-up if Canada doesn’t get serious about shipping what the EU actually needs—LNG & critical minerals.

Otherwise, Trump & Putin can be assured “Elbows Up” is an empty phrase.

Me for @theglobeandmail.com

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

YouTube video by Silicon Curtain Benjamin Tallis - Europe Rearms to Defend Against Russian Aggression but is it Fighting the Last War

Europe can’t afford to arm for the last war.
So it was great to be able to talk about the emerging defence tech & defence industrial strategy Europe needs
- to deter Russia, fast & get our industry in shape for the future
On the brilliant @siliconcurtain.bsky.social

youtu.be/fweMfkqE5TQ

Huge blast devastates Russian nuclear airbase & troops ‘not encircled’ in Kursk Ukraine: The Latest · Episode

Delighted to be on today’s
🇺🇦 ‘Ukraine: The Latest’ podcast, discussing our new @dsi-strategy.bsky.social report on why Europe must focus on emerging defence tech to defeat the Russian threat
@telegraphnews.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0zBH...

At last week’s #CafeKyiv panel on CRINK, I mentioned a great & very timely @dsi-strategy.bsky.social piece by Jochen Kleinschmidt on why Germany needs to dispense with its obsession with multipolarity.

Read it here!

democraticstrategy.substack.com/p/multipolar...

ARTE Journal - Israel greift Gaza-Streifen an / Trump telefoniert mit Putin - Komplette Sendung | ARTE Israels Militär greift erneut Ziele im Gaza-Streifen an, es gibt Hunderte Tote. / Nach Telefonat zwischen Trump und Putin: Wie geht es weiter in der Ukraine? / Der deutsche Bundestag hat über das Schu...

Nice to be (briefly) on @artede.bsky.social talking about the significance of Germany’s vote to allow massively increased defence spending.
- the weight of the world’s 3rd largest economy swinging behind a European defence is BIG
- but it depends how they spend it👇
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

New @dsi-strategy.bsky.social report out now on better strategy for Europe’s security and the crucial role of emerging defense tech by our Director @bctallis.bsky.social Have a look! 👇🏼

Europe must be ready to defeat Russia in 3-5 years.

Big money is coming, but spending it on lots of old platforms (tanks, IFVs), won't get us what we need in time - & will arm for the last war.

Europe needs a tech-based 'Offset' strategy
My new report 👇

www.democratic-strategy.net/s-projects-b...

At this crucial juncture Europe needs better strategy -based on emerging defence technologies- to ready itself to defeat Russia in the short-term, & position itself to compete geopolitically in the long-term.

New @dsi-strategy.bsky.social Strategy Paper👇
www.democratic-strategy.net/s-projects-b...

Ukraine bietet Waffenstillstand an: Putins Antwort entscheidet Ukraine bietet 30-Tage-Waffenstillstand an, doch der Kreml schweigt. Experten diskutieren mögliche Reaktionen und die geopolitischen Folgen.

Putin refuses ceasefire—which as @mattian.bsky.social @sumlenny.bsky.social & I previously told @julianroepcke.bsky.social we expected.

Read our analysis of what happens next.

www.bild.de/politik/ausl...

An immense honour to moderate this panel on stopping the CRINK (🇨🇳🇷🇺🇮🇷🇰🇵) Axis of Authoritarians in Ukraine & Beyond at #CafeKyiv 🇺🇦

With @rodki.bsky.social & many more.

#MakeRussiaPay team hits #CafeKyiv 🇺🇦

Very proud that we @dsi-strategy.bsky.social & Director @bctallis.bsky.social brought #CafeKyiv this important panel - Ukraine can help us all WIN - and for our own security this must be the goal.

Thank you @julianroepcke.bsky.social for moderating an excellent @dsi-strategy.bsky.social panel on Russia’s Info War against the West—& how we win it. With:

@dornblueth.bsky.social @robinwagener.bsky.social @makeiev.bsky.social & Arndt Freytag vin Loringhoven

My #CafeKyiv highlight was moderating this terrific discussion on
Beating Russia - & how we do it
Some Key takeaways in next tweets but BLUF is
- understanding that beating Russia is necessary & must be the goal &
- as Serhii Rotchuk said
‘Be Not Afraid’

Es war eine Ehre, dieses Panel zum Thema Konfiskation der russischen Vermögenswerte bei #CafeKyiv zu moderieren. Vielen Dank an unsere Experten Dr. Sebastian Schäfer MdB, Prof. Andreas Paulus, Dr. Patrick Heinemann, Mattia Nelles und an die Konrad Adenauer Stiftung für die tolle Zusammenarbeit!

It was an honour to speak about
why🇺🇦 must be integral to European strategy
(b/c it’s integral to European security)

In front of a packed house on an excellent joint @dsi-strategy.bsky.social
& KAS panel at #CafeKyiv w. Toni Hofreiter Stefanie Babst
@Robert Vass & Christine Krause

Lietuvos-Vokietijos forumas 2025 Lietuvos-Vokietijos forumas 2025 2025.03.07 09:30

My speech on Europe's urgent need to focus on emerging defence technologies to get ready to defeat Russia, fast
(from the Lithuanian 🇱🇹 - 🇩🇪 German forum) (07/03/25)

www.lrt.lt/mediateka/ir...

#MakeRussiaPay is getting a special @dsi-strategy.bsky.social focus at #cafekyiv in partnership with @razomforukraine.org & @mattian.bsky.social DUB.

2 panels—1 🇩🇪 & 1 🇬🇧, take up why seizing Russia’s state assets is strategically imperative.

@britta-jacob.bsky.social @patrickheinemann.bsky.social

Honored to speak on the key role emerging defence tech must play in European defence strategy at the 🇱🇹🇩🇪forum in great company!
@KestutisBudrys
@ZygisPavilionis
@LaurynasKasciunas
@rodki.bsky.social @Thomas Erndl @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social

And very much looking forward to moderating this discussion on how we sink CRINK ( 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 🇰🇵) with a host of experts on these authoritarians—including @rodki.bsky.social

I’m looking forward to moderating our second #MakeRussiaPay panel—this one in English—on the strategic necessity of seizing Russia’s assets and sending them to Ukraine.

#cafekyiv

@dsi-strategy.bsky.social Director @bctallis.bsky.social will take us through the most important lessons Ukraine has for how we must defend ourselves—& how our procurement must adapt to meet Russia’s challenge.

Looking forward to @julianroepcke.bsky.social moderating this one about how we win the Info War and communicate the true stakes of Ukraine’s resistance to our publics.

With @dornblueth.bsky.social @robinwagener.bsky.social & Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven.

#cafekyiv

Next up, Sr Fellow @britta-jacob.bsky.social will moderate this 🇩🇪-language panel on #MakeRussiaPay - and why 🇩🇪 must push to seize Russia’s state assets.

Featuring @patrickheinemann.bsky.social & in partnership with @mattian.bsky.social and the German-Ukrainian Bureau.