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!["Trump says he is strongly considering pulling out of Nato - Telegraph report
Donald Trump is strongly considering pulling the US out of Nato, according to an interview he gave to the Telegraph.
The newspaper says Trump called the alliance a "paper tiger" and claimed the UK does not have a navy.
Asked if he would reconsider the US's membership of the alliance after the conflict in the Middle East, Trump said: “Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration...
“I was never swayed by Nato. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibav5verd2nfvk32bzxu2f3lgzvswlgvxnftdm4efg4jpgv4emhgy)
"Trump says he is strongly considering pulling out of Nato - Telegraph report Donald Trump is strongly considering pulling the US out of Nato, according to an interview he gave to the Telegraph. The newspaper says Trump called the alliance a "paper tiger" and claimed the UK does not have a navy. Asked if he would reconsider the US's membership of the alliance after the conflict in the Middle East, Trump said: “Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration... “I was never swayed by Nato. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”"
As many others have pointed out, Trump invariably refers to NATO as 'they' and 'them', never as 'we' or 'us'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Screenshot of a 14 Dec 2023 tweet from @SenMarcoRubio reading "No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure."
Marco Rubio in 2023
President Trump said that other countries should guard the Strait of Hormuz, calling on Japan, France, South Korea and China to take up the task.
Maybe giving this speech was a bad call. (And who wrote this mess?) Trump is clearly lost; admitting it to the rest of the world is a bad idea.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Doubt it will fracture the GOP when nothing else has. Ironically they might kick up a fuss because it's a treaty, but as @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social and I wrote during the 2024 election, as commander-in-chief he can withdraw US troops and gut NATO in all but name. www.brookings.edu/articles/nat...
Spread the word. I've had the privilege of working for @cergrant.bsky.social, @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social's founding director, for 13 years. After 28 years in charge, he will step down at the end of the year. It will take someone with outstanding qualities to replace him. Details on our website.
So delighted to hear that our edited volume, Speaking Science to Power, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Book of the Year prize by the Conflict Research Society. All credit goes to our amazing coeditors, @oliverkaplan.bsky.social & Rachel Epstein
➡️ conflictresearchsociety.org/the-conflict...
Our cover this week
Dmitry Trenin, formerly Director of Carnegie Moscow and now with Higher School of Economics and IMEMO, was elected to be the next President of the Russian International Affairs Council instead of the former foreign minister Igor Ivanov
I think this is a remarkable development, even if it comes with substantial budget cuts (which probably means more reliance on voluntary contribution, more secondment, or less activities). I’m curious to read the final budget documents once they are out.
Hostilities in the Middle East have served as an unwelcome reminder that the region is not just crucial to the global supply of oil and gas, but a vital conduit for the world’s airline passengers econ.st/4lSUhe9
American Presidents invariably claim that the use of U.S. military force abroad benefits the local population. U.S. Presidents often explicitly or implicitly claim that "the intervened population" therefore welcomes U.S. military intervention - a powerful moral claim.
"Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it."
-- Hannah Arendt
www.jstor.org/stable/23025...
This paper by @proftalmadge.bsky.social is extremely prescient, and highlights how many of the challenges we're bumbling into were already well understood by those paying close attention in 2008
We are delighted to welcome Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, at the Jacques Delors Centre at the Hertie School for a discussion on the future of Europe next week.
Join us!
Spaces are limited, link for registration: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
A special moment: Returning home from international travel to find physical Advanced Readers Copies of my first book in the mail!
WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM is now available for pre-order @wwnorton.com. Out August 4.
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Wir suchen eine neue Leitung für unsere Kommunikation mit Pressesprecher:in-Funktion! 📣
Abwechslungsreiche, spannende Aufgaben, hochaktuelle Themen und ein großartiges, dynamisches Team erwarten dich.
⏰ Bewerbungsschluss: 29. März 2026.
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Danish elections set for March 24
Elections held after surge in support and popularity of incumbent PM Frederiksen following the crisis with the US over Greenland.
www.politico.eu/article/mett...
Registration open for @uarctic.bsky.social Congress 2026 & Ocean Connectivity Conference - from 26–29 May 2026 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands conference.verk.fo/Welcome?Prom... @tinganes.bsky.social @foroyar.bsky.social @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social @apecs-denmark.bsky.social @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social
This is more funny than the author knows because ”to be out and biking” is a Swedish idiom meaning that you’ve totally misunderstood something.
Apart from the catchy headline, many very good points in the text by Stephen M. Walt. Worth your while.
🚀 Today, we kicked-off #MSC2026 with the launch of our #MSCreport 2026 at the Federal Press Conference and a Townhall discussion featuring Matthew Whitaker, Hina Rabbani Khar, Arancha González Laya, Wolfgang Ischinger, and Gordon Repinski.
📘 The full report: securityconference.org/en/publicati...
Pleased to see 'THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE' recommended in this year's Munich Security Report 'Under Destruction' securityconference.org/assets/02_Do...
On this day in 1898, the publication of a diplomat’s confidential criticism of President McKinley helped propel the U.S. into the Spanish-American War, which marked its emergence as a world power, writes James Lindsay.
@princetonupress.bsky.social is having a 30% off sale on new and classic military history books, including work by @profsaunders.bsky.social and yours truly (code: PUP30)
press.princeton.edu/books
I’m back with another Reading Russia Weekend Extra. In this edition: what the Russian papers have been saying about the talks in Abu Dhabi and the Olympics in Milan-Cortina, plus memories of a Nato chief visiting Moscow 25 years ago. #ReadingRussia
Ab heute gibt es mein Buch im Handel. Es geht um Russland, China und die Frage, was es heisst, wenn die USA vom Verbündeten zum Bully werden.
Mein Buch zeigt, vor welchen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen Europa steht, was zu tun ist, und welche Rolle Deutschland dabei spielt.
📣 We are now accepting expressions of interest for the #BritishAcademy International Fellowships 2026!
The Programme enables researchers working outside the UK and not hold UK citizenship to work for 2 years at a UK institution.
OSGA Deadline 30 Jan
www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/British-Acad...
I keep returning to one passage from Trump’s Davos speech. “You need ownership to defend something,” he said. “You can’t defend it on a lease. Who the hell wants to defend a licence agreement, or a lease?”
Taken seriously, this logic is devastating. 1/4
