Germany won't allow allies to export German-made tanks to Ukraine unless the U.S. agrees to send its own battle tanks, senior German officials said [_link]

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 18, 2023

Berlin will allow exports of German tanks to Ukraine if U.S. sends its tanks -source | Nasdaq - Reuters |

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⚡️Two US House Republicans urge Biden to provide weapons to Ukraine.

U.S. House members Michael McCaul and Mike Rogers released a statement urging the Biden administration and its allies "to transfer to Ukraine urgently critical weapon systems they need to defeat Russia."

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 19, 2023

#WeAreNato aim to defeat Russia, assassinate Putin if there is no regime change from within, and make the country a vassal state of US capitalism, adopt our "moral values" [Judeo-Christian perhaps?] and abandon their nuclear weapons.

We will retake Crimea too with or w/o support from Türkiye #ottoman #atatürk

As soon as mission is accomplished, it's Beijing here we come ...
#tradewar #hongkong #taiwan #pelosi #deglobalization #maga

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⚡️New York Times: US warms to helping Ukraine regain Crimea.

The Biden administration has come around to the idea that Ukraine may need the military equipment to strike Russian-occupied Crimea, regardless of the risks, the NYT reported, citing several unnamed U.S. officials.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 18, 2023

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In an interview with CNN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Stoltenberg also said that allies need to step up support to Ukraine. "If we want peace ... then we need to provide military support to Ukraine," the NATO chief said.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 18, 2023

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US think tank suggests Washington should consider deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea amid growing tensions in the region [_link] pic.twitter.com/FrYzaPpAd7

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) January 19, 2023

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Keeping up the necessary escalation to avoid defeat in Ukraine proxy war ...

The US @DeptofDefense has asked its forces stationed in South Korea to provide equipment to help Ukraine in the war against Russia, the US military said on Thursday.#Ukraine | #SouthKorea | #Russia [_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 19, 2023

Days of Cannibalizing Military Aircraft for Spare Parts Coming to an End | National Defense Mag - Nov. 20, 2018 |

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Undermining the politics of the German state and judging past decisions of top leaders Angela Merkel (CDU) and Olaf Scholz (SPD). Not so amazing she offers no path to ending the war, nor does she have an view what peace would look like. A new generation making the same misjudgments of the past, not learning the lessons of history.

Liebe Berliner, mark your calendars: [_link]

— Jessica Berlin (@berlin_bridge) January 15, 2023

Just for starters speaking in a raised voice ....

Geopolitics expert Jessica Berlin on the reasons Germany won't investigate its Moscow connection, Merkel's reverence for Russia and Scholz' China fumble.

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After the speech opportunity by actor Zelensky ... a repeat performance on stage.

Calling things "Orwellian" is a bit of a cliche. But come on. This is like "Orwell for Dummies" [_link]

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 19, 2023

Nothing like the exclamation received at last year's Munich Security Summit. Zelensky for the Nobel Peace Prize [AEI]  or an Emmy Award?

Zelensky Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize in Shock Upset | Newsweek - Oct. 7, 2022 |

war is peace ☮️ and peace is war ... difficult to find anyone truly in an effort for peace in the world? Wel don't look to the Western nations. Look for someone in the permanent struggle for survival in third world countries: Middle East - Africa or South America.

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Open, transparant and no shame ...war is our core business.

Palantir CEO tells tech workers who don't like the company's military deals, 'Don't work here' | CNBC |

Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp knows many tech workers in Silicon Valley have misgivings about his data mining firm's dealings with intelligence agencies and the military.

He has a message for them.

"You may not agree with that and, bless you, don't work here," Karp said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during a conversation with David Rubenstein, co-chair of private equity firm The Carlyle Group.

Palantir sells software to government and private sector organizations that helps them analyze large quantities of data. For years, the firm has been closely tied to government work, which is often secretive in nature.

Karp on Wednesday defended his company's work with the military and other government agencies, saying it helped reduce terrorism and defeat "human rights abuses largely done by adversaries to the West."

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The worst thing about Davos? The Masters of the Universe think they are do-gooders | Hamilton Nolan [_link]

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 19, 2023

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The OSCE in Europe fact-finding mission returned to Moscow from Grozny on 30 January, the Los Angeles Times reported. Delegation member Audrey Glover said she had never seen anything as horrific as the consequences of the Russian attack on the Chechen capital, the Czech daily Lidove noviny reported. "It is only possible to compare Grozny to the state Dresden was in after the Second World War," she said. Delegation head Istvan Gyarmati specifically condemned Russian bombing of Chechen cities, which have killed thousands of people. However, he found no evidence that Russian soldiers are torturing and summarily executing Chechen prisoners. Gyarmati said both the warring sides had agreed to allow representatives of the ICRC to visit their prisoners of war. This was the first international mission to Chechnya during the seven-week war, and its conclusions were at odds with Moscow's official version of events.

Discover the Heart of Chechnya, Russia

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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was made an 'Honorary Citizen of Kyiv' by the city's mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, on the sidelines of the #WEF in #Davos pic.twitter.com/oNsjD5xGXM

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 19, 2023

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Noam Chomsky is a fan of "very astute commentator" @MoonOfA?!?! 👀👀👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/zdKY61GuzH

— Kit Klarenberg (@KitKlarenberg) January 16, 2023

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... at whatever cost!

.@SecDef: The members of this Contact Group are standing up for a world where rules matter, and where rights matter...and where sovereignty is respected...and where people can choose their own path, free from tyranny and aggression. pic.twitter.com/VhWiQWMB5q

— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) January 20, 2023

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Western allies have failed to reach a decision on supplying powerful battle tanks to Ukraine at a meeting at the United States Ramstein air base in Germany. [_link]

— DW News (@dwnews) January 21, 2023

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Netherlands reveals plan to supply Ukraine with Patriot missiles, launchers & training [_link]

— NL Times (@NL_Times) January 20, 2023

BTW not a complete Patriots system of six launchers

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"The attacking Russian force is the 58th army of the Russian Federation... This is the real Russian army, the Red one, with all its heavy resources and capabilities to wage combined arms warfare." #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar [_link]

— DarrenEll (@elldarren) January 21, 2023

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Senseless wars, sack generals as they know nothing about preventing war #breedlove #ivodaalder #dickcheney  

🇩🇪 #Germany has yet to announce whether they will export or allow re-export of #Leopard2 tanks to #Ukraine.

💡 Michel Yakovleff, former Vice-Chief of Staff at Shape NATO, explains why the Leopard 2 tanks are crucial ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/wK1DRPXsBp

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 20, 2023

Michel Yakovleff, former Vice-Chief of Staff at Shape NATO ...

Russia's war on Ukraine: NATO is 'cowered by Putin' and his threats of 'consequences'

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To build-up a military alliance one needs an enemy as condition for war ...

Europe in a Changing Global Order: Militarization and the New EU Global Strategy for Security and Defence

The new Global Strategy for the European Union's Security and Defence Policy presented in June 2016 by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini, followed by the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July of the same year, come at a moment of high uncertainty and radical change in the international system. Traditional alliances are being questioned and both national and regional political and economic interests are taking shape along emerging fault lines, while new strategic perspec- tives are being outlined on various fronts.

In this context, the idea of the return of "cosmopolitics" in Europe emerge as one of the most overbearing themes in the current debate. European security and defence have been once again put on the political agenda as priority issues. Mogherini's Global Strategy, while pledging for a stronger and more independent European Union "as a global security provider", stressed that the EU has now "to cope with superpowers as well as with increasingly fractured identities" and, in doing so, it cannot be alone. For this reason, the new strategy, as well as a Joint Declaration by Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Junker and NATO's Secretary General, solemnly asserts the need of a strengthened cooperation and interdependence between the EU and NATO - and that, in both operational and ideological terms.

"The purpose, even the existence of our Union is being questioned. Yet, our citizens and the worlds need a stronger European Union like never before". Yet, it seems, the EU institutions' answer to Europe's "identity crisis" is a military one, where the definition of common interests and needs is built again upon an imperialist vision of the world. If the process of reconstruction of the European identity is more and more anchored to the existence of "external threats", while the measure of cooperation and solidarity among the Member States is based solely on an increasing level of militarization, how can Europe find a credible alternative to the offence-defence dipole?

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When it comes to these matters, how do actors define their preferences? More specifically, at the European level, the "ancestral dichotomy" between Europeanists and Atlanticists seems to be back again, leading the political debate about the future (and the present) of European security on a slippery terrain.

European Integration: From Gaullism to Atlanticism and Europeanism | SSRN - April 4, 2014 |

I have stated it before, the year 2014 was pivotal for security in Europe ... we failed miserably as we watched in awe how democracy in the United States struggled with domestic issues, liberal values, division and managed te elect an Evangelical Nationalist as its president supporting white supremacy ... a step towards fascism.

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this is hilarious and here's what the actual graph should look like scaled properly on just one axis lol [_link] pic.twitter.com/Kgngxhi9oo

— Gerard (@GerardDalbon) January 23, 2023

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A new report from the CSIS think tank argues that there are not enough US weapons to support Ukraine and "deter Chinese military aggression."

Left unmentioned: CSIS major corporate funders include the weapons makers in question. [_link] pic.twitter.com/WFbaJEDj9B

— Jonathan Guyer (@mideastXmidwest) January 23, 2023

US unprepared for potential war with China: Study | CSIS - Seth Jones |

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The rental market in Germany is becoming nightmarish and experts say the government hasn't even begun to grasp the scale of the crisis.

So what's causing the problem and what needs to be done about it? [_link]

— DW News (@dwnews) January 26, 2023

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Dear @ZelenskyyUa, while Ukrainians are fighting to defend our common values, we support your economic security.

To date, our EU support amounts to €50 billion.

We are with you on this for the long haul. [_link]

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 2, 2023

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