“The [ECFR] report says many intellectuals in China want Beijing to stand by Moscow to prevent a U.S.-led victory, as they see the Ukraine war as yet another manifestation of their country’s growing rivalry with Washington.” japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/2…

According to information from #Ukraine security not only #Wagner troops in #Belorus reached 10K but they are Already active on #Ukraine border trying to do insurgency activities (like putting mines here and there).

Odesa’s main Orthodox cathedral. Established in 1794, destroyed by Stalin in 1936, rebuilt under an independent Ukraine and destroyed again by Putin in 2023. One of several historical parts of central Odesa, a UNESCO world heritage site, hit by Russian missiles strikes today.

Hackers linked to Beijing accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China in an attack that is believed to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails ⁦Ambassador Nicholas Burns⁩ wsj.com/articles/u-s-a…

Germany's key industry wobbles. Good chart from Handelsblatt: output of 🇩🇪 four large carmakers is sharply declining. Jan-May, they built 500.000. (-20%) cars fewer in Europe than 2019, even as supply chain snags ease. Tepid demand at home & the China shock are starting to hurt

🇨🇳 - China controls the supply of crucial war minerals, for now
• Dependency goes both ways: Chinese moves to curb exports would fuel Western plans to diversify supply
🇧🇷🇨🇩🇺🇸🇦🇺 - Brazil, Congo, US and Australia are other key suppliers of minerals and likely to boost output

Much enjoyed the interaction with colleagues in the IPSA / AISP panel on Neoclassical Geopolitics in Buenos Aires, where we presented part of the academic work building upon the Brill_Social book series ' #Geopolitics and International Relations': brill.com/geop

'EU plans €20B fund to stock Ukraine’s military for years' politico.eu/article/eu-20-…

BREAKING — Turkey signs a massive drone deal with Saudi Arabia

• Baykar CEO says the biggest defense export deal of Turkey’s history signed with Saudi Arabia, involving Akinci medium altitude endurance UAVs

• A production line in Jeddah possible

middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-ara…

Presentation today IPSA / AISP in Buenos Aires of the Brill_Social book series ' #Geopolitics and International Relations': brill.com/geop

July 17th from 11 am to 12:45 pm IPSA / AISP World Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Professor David Criekemans will present the Brill_Social book series ' #Geopolitics and International Relations' in a 'Meet the Editor' session. Welcome colleagues! wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/sponsored/s…

The Russian-Appointed Leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov has announced that the 145th Pillar on the Kerch Strait Bridge has Collapsed as a result of a “Terrorist Attack” causing a Total Halt in Car Traffic across the Bridge; he further stated that No Damage was caused to the Train…

‼️‼️PART OF CRIMEAN BRIDGE IS MISSING!

⚡️⚡️⚡️The Crimean bridge has been hit!

According to 🇷🇺 news sources: One of the spans has fallen. Photos show a partially collapse.

#UPDATE : 'During the first two weeks of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of the weaponry it sent to the battlefield was damaged or destroyed, according to US and European officials' - NYT

nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/…

VK en VS opperen dat Kiev dankbaarder mag zijn voor militaire steun: 'We zijn Amazon niet'
vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023…

NEW 🚨 Macron rejects NATO office in Japan insiderpaper.com/macron-rejects…

BREAKING: Nederland gastland voor de NAVO-top in 2025. Uitdrukking van waardering van de Nederlandse bijdrage aan de #NAVO . En een kans om Nederland binnen het bondgenootschap nog beter op de kaart te zetten.

lnkd.in/ejgKKGMD

The next NATO Secretary-General discussing coffee with the Ukrainian President. Just saying Uncle Joe Biden .

The team of Brill_Social will also be present, and we have a special 'Meet the Editor' session of the book series ' #Geopolitics and International Relations', brill.com/geop

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk and Twitter just announced their new AI company, xAI.

The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe.

The team previously worked at DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Tesla, and the University of Toronto.