Wo bleibt euer Widerstand? Die USA verwandeln sich in Russland Verblüffend schnell entwickeln sich die USA unter Donald Trump in eine Richtung, an deren Ende Russland schon lange angekommen ist.

Mein Kommentar in der NZZ - wie sich die USA im Turbotempo in Russland verwandeln. "Es gibt plötzlich so viel, wofür man kämpfen muss, und dabei so wenig erreichen kann, dass man seine Energie lieber darauf fokussiert, wo man unmittelbar helfen und so das Gefühl der Ohnmacht überwinden kann"

You can't make this up. Elon Musk's X mistakes CIS - the name of a think tank - for the opposite of "trans", and labels it a slur. Reminds me of russia, where a rainbow on an ice cream box is considered gay propaganda

but I'm sure the majority are pretty appalled by this administration that is ruining their life's work. Which makes me wonder how many of them will actually resign, and what that tells us about human nature.

I can't even imagine how American diplomats must feel, people who have spent their lives representing a democracy, playing by the rules, and now have to choose between quitting and enforcing the insane demands of an ugly, thuggish regime. Of course, there are many Trumpists among them too,

Germany's Stance on Russia: No Lessons Learned A weak response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine has damaged German democracy.

My analysis of Russia's role in German politics (spoiler: bad!), written for the Baltic Defence College in December, and focused on the election campaign. The campaign has since taken a populist turn and is now mainly about immigration. But I expect things to go back to bad normal pretty soon

Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex...

The GRU funded Afghan attacks on U.S. troops via a gemstone trading firm. The Insider was able to ID the network's key players.