Natasha Kuhrt

24.2.2026 Berlin. #Ukraine

Четыре года полномасштабной войны. Как изменилась Украина С 2022 года Украина продемонстрировала общественную устойчивость, инновационный потенциал, экономическую способность и способность к адаптации. Несмотря на это, поддержка США почти прекратилась

На фоне прошлых и нынешних достижений украинского государства, продолжение и усиление решительной поддержки Украины является последовательной и оправданной стратегией для Запада.

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INTERVIEW: EU has ‘no reason’ to change Ukraine strategy, says Letta Former Italian premier tells Euractiv Trump’s "Alaska approach" was a "total failure"

INTERVIEW: EU has ‘no reason’ to change Ukraine strategy, says Letta

The students claiming uni Covid compensation 'for the principle' Dozens of universities have received legal letters over what students say they missed out on during Covid.

Yet again we in Higher Ed get everything bad from being private institutions, and everything bad from being seen as part of the public sector. We can be sued and sued again for actions which we didn't cause, which hit *us*. And yet ppl think we are backed by govt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Doggies are great 😊 but I do still really value your insights on UK universities-they’re much needed when so many seem
Oblivious to the disastrous state of U.K. HE….

“It is the targets set by the Merz coalition and the lack of response from France that push us into unprecedented territory.”

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Europe’s fragmented rearmament undermines its own security | Euractiv Europe risks falling into a dangerous rhetoric-reality gap; it cannot claim unity while pursuing contradictory national policies

"Instead of acting united, EU countries are racing to produce new weaponry on their own terms. The result is a divided military landscape that creates neither credible deterrence nor strategic coherence."
@euractiv.com
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US military base on Diego Garcia: What is its strategic importance? President Trump’s comments regarding the island’s potential use in a strike on Iran show its continued importance in projecting US power in the Indian Ocean region – even in a rapidly changing strateg...

Donald Trump’s comments regarding Diego Garcia’s potential use in a strike on Iran show its continued importance in projecting US power in the Indian Ocean region.

The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas As nine of the "Prairieland 19" face their days in court, the broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance.

Our top story: Protesting, wearing black clothing, owning zines, guns, or first aid kits. Using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The federal government is using all these activities to build a so-called "antifa" conspiracy case.

Observation: leaders praise Trump, but then add their conditions to their pledges.

Qatar: FM/PM says they’ll donate $1B but add a condition of Palestine statehood

Turkey: demands 2-state solution

Albania: asks to free former Kosovo President prosecuted by ICC

Morocco: demands Palestine ownership

Universities face:
*Teachers pension scheme cost increases
*National Insurance rises
*International student levy
*Soaring library costs
*Brutally high energy charges
*Potential 'free speech' fines
*Covid class action
There's nowhere to turn really.

I can’t begin to express my sadness at Pete’s passing…he taught me Soviet foreign policy 1990-91 and then supervised my PhD 95-99. He was a monumental figure in the field, but always so self-deprecating, warm, and also very very funny ….one of a kind 😔

UK Signals Carrier Deployment to Arctic as Europe Doubles Down on High North European leaders used the Munich Security Conference to signal a stronger military and political focus on the Arctic, with Britain pledging to deploy an aircraft carrier and Germany warning about risk...

European leaders used the Munich Security Conference to signal a stronger military and political focus on the Arctic.

#MSC #Arctic #Security @jfcnorfolk.bsky.social #defense

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This is part of a bigger story that hasn't had much coverage about the FCDO being cut to ribbons.

Development funding has been slashed but foreign office staff are also being reduced by 20-30%.

So much mainstream reporting on Epstein focused on whether individuals have been "accused of wrongdoing" and very little on why all these celebs and politicians didn't have a problem hanging out with a known sexual abuser of children.

The unthinkable is on the list of Japanese security options In the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Trump suggested that both Japan and South Korea should consider the acquisition of nuclear weapons to counter the North Korean threat.

Commentary: The option being talked about — whispered, actually — is the nuclear option.

Inside the Russian Monopoly money network moving billions over borders Kremlin-linked business founded in late 2024 is helping companies transact abroad despite western restrictions

Inside the Russian Monopoly money network moving billions over borders

The initiative to make it more difficult to dispose of waste in university buildings is a part of the vice chancellor's bold new Rodent Excellence Framework (REF).

It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.

The latest Oh God, What Now? is really good on how government policies are threatening UK universities. @gsoh31.bsky.social is excellent here

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A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):

Glen has nailed what is happening to UK universities (again). All the grand strategists pontificating about the UK's future in a post-rules based international order need to realise that one of the critical sectors they tout as "world leading" is on the verge of collapse.

Gordon Brown asks top civil servant to investigate Mandelson ‘leak to Epstein’ Ex-PM asks cabinet secretary to investigate whether Mandelson shared market-sensitive information

if there is a man i would trust to pursue a colleague who crossed him to the ends of the earth it is Gordon Brown, so this feels kind of fitting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The economic cost of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan—estimated to reach $10 trillion—would fall heavily on the developing world,” write CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies experts Henrietta Leven and Hugh Grant-Chapman.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/und...

This puts paid to any shred of credibility the so-called‘board of peace’ ever had 👇

If you are a PhD student or early career scholar interested in nationalism join us in Zadar in June:

‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran

"Eyewitnesses say gov't forces have begun opening fire, apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly indiscriminately, on unarmed protesters...protesters had been coming in with pellet injuries but now with gunshot wounds & skull fractures."
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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
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This is all true I grew up there and lived there until 11 years ago. However it’s increasingly unaffordable