Santiago Moncada

One could also try to limit semiconductor exports to Russia so they can't build advance missiles as fast, but the only way to do it effectively would require secondary sanctions and there's no appetite for that

A recurrent theme throughout this war has been that Western decision-makers, driven by inherent risk aversion, are being pushed ever closer to a position where they will sooner or later have to accept tremendous risks to avert Ukrainian defeat and its catastrophic consequences.

Beschaffungsprozess von Eva Einheit 01 "Bayern" und Eva Einheit 02 "Brandenburg" dauert noch, weil das Faxgerät noch nicht repariert werden könnte wegen mangelnder Ersatzteile

Das kann nicht echt sein 🫠

The disrespect these people have for the lives of their allies soldiers that went to fight and die in wars they started is astonishing. It's also strange that some people on this side of the Atlantic still believe we are friends

You're only allowed to wear that if you can dance Salsa

Isn't that just Responsible Statecraft or whatever their awful magazine is called?

I have been repeating this for the past 2 years and it’s time to repeat it once again to everyone in the west now complaining about escalation risks:

If we in the west don’t help Ukraine, they will help themselves. And we will have no control over how they do that.

Schelling rolling in his grave rn

After nearly 10 years of Brexit debate, it's quite remarkable to see how many commentators and policymakers in the UK still can't get their heads around the reality that most of their counterparts in the EU don't think much about the UK at all.

Colombia’s Stolen Children Bogotá must do more to stop armed groups from recruiting minors.

Hundreds of children are fighting in #Colombia's conflict, as armed groups depend on their unpaid labor to sustain the scale of their fight.

Today, I write in @ForeignAffairs on how recruitment happens and why we must get the kids out of this war.

www.foreignaffairs.com/north-americ...

Are there gonna be illegal Anime and telenovela rings because they're too expensive?

How does this even work? Does Netflix have to pay the us government the same they paid for streaming rights? What if they make a movie outside the US but it's their movie. Do they pay the govt. The production value? Also foreign films are a national security threat? Sounds like North Korean Policy

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy

I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...

Any so-called security expert who still believes he can separate international alliances from domestic politics is utterly and completely kidding himself.

#Vance

The gravity of USAID's shuttering in #Colombia go well beyond gaps in the budget line.

Programs have been shut down in a way that could endanger communities and devastate U.S. access and credibility for many years. It also stands to destabilize #Colombia's delicate security🧵

Es freut mich sehr, das wir so wahrgenommen werden :)

Am Vormittag den Opfern der Faschisten von gestern gedenken, um am Nachmittag den Faschisten von heute die Hand zu reichen. Ein zutiefst beschämender Tag für dieses Land und für eine Partei, die sich immer noch christlich nennt.

Oh Gott. Was ist diesmal?

The Moron doctrine

We are also on Bluesky now! Follow for @hdhiik.bsky.social!

Fantastic NYT framing as always

Turning the Monroe doctrine into the Moron doctrine

So the Russians are negotiating keeping their Syrian bases and therefore their supply lines to Africa. Even after they bombed the rebels for years while the west just waits and squanders an amazing opportunity to cut said supply line. Another wasted chance...

it's a bad day for the international network of dictators who live in similar palaces

People voted for Trump to "improve the economy", only for him to immediately proceed to nuke it by starting trade wars with the US's three largest trading partners.

Es ist unglaublich, dass sie trotz alles was danach geschehen ist, nicht in der Lage ist, das Projekt als ein Fehler anzuerkennen

Kinda just developed from the MA thesis I don't know where that would fit

The lack of discipline of Trump and his courtiers means that any trust that was low to begin with between US military, intelligence, and law enforcement institutions will evaporate as each agency and unit hoards information out of fear that others in Washington or the White House will leak it.

Really can't wait to see all the FAZ columnists make a huge U turn on the issue