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On Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has made a spectacular two-year journey from apparent dove to leading hawk. Why? French officials say the facts have changed and Macron has changed with them. Is that a full explanation? A VERY LONG historical thread... 1/

‼️ President Emmanuel Macron said today that he would “never take the initiative” to send ground troops to Ukraine but it might become “necessary at some point to counter Russian forces”. 1/

Navalny showed Russians what civic courage looks like. Putin wants to show Russians that courage is pointless.
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“Putin is a traitor to Russia

Hundreds of thousands of our soldiers are dead. He’s killing Ukrainian children too.

We need to rise up against him. There’s 140 mln of us. I’m not afraid. I’m too old for that.”

82-y-o Russian woman after Navalny’s murder

Yes. It's an interesting phenomenon: there is obviously a sense of urgency, but no real sense of action.

Navalny's wife Yulia at the Munich security conference:

'If it's true, I want Putin, his entourage, Putin's friends and his government to know they will be held responsible for what they have done to our country, my family, and my husband. And that day will come very soon.'

A thread ahead of this yr Munich Security Conference. 2024 is proving to be an exceptionally anxious yr for EU. Resurgent populism, flat growth & concerns over what Donald J. Trump will do if he returns to power are equalled only by EU's inability or unwillingness to meet these challenges 1/

What do Eurasia Group's #toprisks2024 mean for Europe?
eurasiagroup.net/issues/Top-Ris…

Just out! Eurasia Group's Top Risks 2024. Check out where danger lurks in the coming year. #toprisks2024 eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-ris…

Jetzt zum Nachschauen verfügbar: Der gestrige Webtalk mit Jan Techau zum Thema „Amerikas Wahl, Europas Sorgen“. Den dazugehörigen IP-Beitrag finden Sie im Heft & online hier 👉 internationalepolitik.de/de/gegen-den-s…

Zur Webtalk-Aufzeichnung hier entlang 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=vglDt2…

„Putin und der Westen – Strategien der Destabilisierung“ dazu diskutiere ich heute abend um 19:15 Uhr mit Gesine Dornblueth und Daniela Schwarzer im Deutschlandfunk in der Sendung Zur Diskussion. Thilo Kößler

The fabulous people at CEPA in Washington asked all CEPA fellows to name their top three Europe books. Great idea, hard choices! — here is my favored trio.

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A must watch:
A Gazan woman surprises Al Jazeera reporter and tells him that Hamas is taking all the humanitarian aid to its terrorists in the tunnels. The reporter tries to convince her otherwise but she continues to attack Hamas.

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Das ist übrigens ein Vertreter von Putins Partei 'Einiges Russland' - Vertreter von 'Verhandlungen jetzt' oder 'es ging nur um Neutralität für Ukraine statt NATO' sollten sich das gut ansehen!

Einigung zum #Haushalt : Keine Notlage 2024, keine Steuerhöhungen. Das 17 Mrd Euro Loch soll gestopft werden. Dazu kommt heute um 15 Uhr der Koa-Ausschuss zusammen

Berlin und Washington müssen jetzt Farbe bekennen: Soll die Ukraine den Krieg gewinnen oder zu einem „Kompromiss“ mit Russland genötigt werden? Zehn Gründe für eine entschiedenere Ukrainepolitik. spiegel.de/ausland/russla… via DER SPIEGEL

The EU's geopolitical contribution to 🇺🇦 war was meant to be € & EU integration, while US would lead on the harder (military) stuff. But these 2 pillars of EU support are now unravelling ahead of Dec EU leaders meeting

What's going on? Only read if you want to be depressed 1/

„Wenn..in der 🇺🇦 …die Kräfteverhältnisse in ein Patt münden, setzt sich das Putin-Prinzip durch: Grenzen können mit Gewalt verändert werden. Osteuropa wäre dauerhaft bedroht.“
.Nico Lange⁩ und ich morgen in ⁦ZEIT ONLINE⁩ was das konkret bedeutet nzz.ch/meinung/2024-w…