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Erlingur

@rlingur.bsky.social

Defense & Tech Policy consulting. Senior Visiting Fellow at IIA Univ. of Iceland. Former Facebook/Meta, Icelandic Diplo, SAIS Fellow, UN, NATO/ISAF, UNICEF. Oxon ABD on WWI tanks. “Basically a modern day viking”

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Pour one out for the UN Charter.

22.06.2025 09:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not surprising in the least.

22.06.2025 09:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If he would go to a Federal Penitentiary that would be helpful..

18.06.2025 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump is the crisis

18.06.2025 15:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (21 May 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (21 May 2025)

Russia continues to celebrate the Putin-Trump call. Today’s Russian papers: “Trump’s stance couldn’t be more advantageous to Moscow.” “Trump is our ideological partner.” Another paper tells European leaders: “Just breathe in the smell of the new world order.” #ReadingRussia

21.05.2025 08:16 — 👍 348    🔁 159    💬 20    📌 15

Stick to economics 😘

07.05.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also risky for him

01.05.2025 19:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How about this bathroom art at Arlington restaurant in London 😉

23.04.2025 20:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The US “peace plan” is a capitulation that rubbishes the UN Charter. Europe has to reject this American collusion with Russia. Full stop.

23.04.2025 19:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bananas

21.04.2025 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow marks 250 years since the "shot heard round the world" as Emerson described it.

It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.

At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.

18.04.2025 20:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, agree. China can win big here.

18.04.2025 13:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Was he there as himself or as Ron Vara?

14.04.2025 07:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I agree protectionist talk has increased, and there’s a fun debate to be had about how we have enabled China.

But your post reads as if its lending reason to what is a deeply irrational, uniquely stupid, Trumpian policy approach with no real understanding of economic impact (or theory).

14.04.2025 06:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Alignment on underlying challenges doesn’t mean policy alignment. Your sign is not very helpful 😉

14.04.2025 06:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

A billionare simp.

13.04.2025 21:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rogue state

13.04.2025 15:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Iskander?

13.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FUNDSTRAT tonight:

“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”

09.04.2025 02:37 — 👍 14401    🔁 3779    💬 1457    📌 885

Happy with Pistorius!

09.04.2025 19:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Troismanuel

09.04.2025 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You had a decent innings… 250 years

07.04.2025 21:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

💯

07.04.2025 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Careful what you wish for 🙃

07.04.2025 12:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'd prefer pretty much anyone

07.04.2025 11:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dave Chappelle - Bringing Chinese jobs back to America  | Equanimity
YouTube video by Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle - Bringing Chinese jobs back to America | Equanimity

“for what **** so iPhones can be nine thousand dollars?”

youtu.be/inlDT62oGy8?...

06.04.2025 23:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Surprise that the failed businessman doesn’t understand fiscal and trade policy.

06.04.2025 23:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

and demolishing US soft power, but tbf he’s not the only one working on that…

04.04.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China The Rachman Review · Episode

also very worth listening to the similarly-excellent interview with Kevin Rudd, and a reminder for me to buy Rudd's book on Xi Jinping!

04.04.2025 13:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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