This by Rheinmetall CEO is precisely the arrogance that will come to haunt 🇩🇪.
It was arrogance vis-à-vis Chinese competitors that helped bring German carmakers in the ditch they are in.
And it‘s this type of arrogance vis-à-vis lessons learned by Ukrainians that will cost us.
Short thread about Danish military planning for defending Greenland. ⬇️
Just an incredible thought that runways in Greenland are now prepared for demolition because of Trump.
Bonkers!
Hilarious. But disappointing it’s not ‘all weather’. 😉
Fifa is an enormous criminal enterprise which has unilaterally enclosed world football and now charges fees and accepts bribes to access it. Its main responsibility, the oversight and awarding of the World Cup, is a relatively small task that in no way justifies the number of staff it has or the billions of pounds the organisation extorts from sponsors, hosts and broadcasters. And, above all, Fifa is beyond reform. It needs to be abolished completely and replaced by a new world football body.
Happy Christmas eve & China military power report day to all who celebrate. Hope you've all been opening your "purged CMC members & PLA generals of 2025" advent calendar.
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“a newly signed declaration will state for the first time that the respective deterrents of [UK & France] are independent but can be co-ordinated, and that there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by both nations.” www.gov.uk/government/n...
The most important number in the 2025 Lowy Poll. 21 years undefeated! Thanks Australia!
Job at NUS in Singapore - junior, tenure-track, and international relations. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
If you're in Ottawa, I'll be talking about my latest research for the International CrisisGroup on China-West strategic rivalry and Indo-Pacific geopolitics with Jonathan Berkshire Miller on May 14. Thanks to the Canadian International Council for hosting. Join us if you can!
“The opposition can club together to oust a sitting prime minister but then splinter over the divisive question of choosing an alternative leader,” writes Jon Fraenkel in The Interpreter.
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“Sir Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen will on Thursday finalise plans for a new UK/EU defence pact and an agreement on the sensitive area of fishing rights, paving the way for negotiations on a broader economic deal.” on.ft.com/4irTLjB
"I want to say in very clear words that these terrorists and those who conspired towards this attack will get a punishment bigger than they can imagine."
This is stronger rhetoric than I have heard before, after earlier attacks.
OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 11 | Securing Our Data: Subsea Cables and Maritime Security in Southeast Asia by @cynthia-mehboob.bsky.social & @fitbintim.bsky.social.
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As much as anything, a positive and welcome sign of commitment to free trade at a time of rampant protectionism. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/upgr...
New Zealand extends NZDF training, intelligence and logistics deployments in support of Ukraine through to December 2026. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
Source: Tom McIlroy’s excellent new book on “the painting that changed a nation”. Highly recommended.
In 1973, Gough Whitlam responded to criticism about the price paid for Jackson Pollock’s abstract expressionist masterpiece “Blue Poles”, by joking it would at least help offset the US’s “adverse balance of payments” with Australia.
Looking forward to having Amitav Acharya as the 2025 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre for Strategic Studies @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social @davidcapie.bsky.social! Do join us (& register) for his exciting public lecture on 3 April! www.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-st...
NZ’s India engagement gathering pace.
It'll be interesting to see if planes full of returning illegal immigrants plus the imposition of tariffs on Indian goods and services temper Delhi's enthusiasm for the return of Trump. PS. He still doesn't understand how tariffs work. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...
Informative chapter on maritime security in New Zealand by @davidcapie@bsky.social
Interview with Winston Peters about review of NZ aid to Kiribati followed cancelled visit. Stresses need for “accountability”. Also asked about his recent call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and latest Trump pronouncements. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
State Dept readout of call between Marco Rubio and Winston Peters.
“The Secretary praised New Zealand’s commitment to defending our shared values and its proactive stance in aligning with like-minded partners to address these challenges.” www.state.gov/secretary-ru...
“A second New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) payload, hosted on a United States research satellite, has been successfully launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket.”
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"Admiral Sir Ben Key, the head of the navy, is understood not to have asked for more sailors in his submission to the review, believing that in 20 to 30 years destroyers and frigates will be autonomous." www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
“In a show of enhanced cooperation and interoperability between Australia and New Zealand, a senior member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has become Deputy Air Commander Australia (DACAUST) of RAAF as of January 13.”
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It’s hard to overstate how far Republican standards have sunk. In Trump I, John Ratcliffe’s nomination for DNI was withdrawn because he was considered inexperienced. He looks like Dean Acheson compared to Hegseth, who received rave reviews from Wicker & co today. Astonishing.
Today is the day! Delighted that this is out! Co-authored with Amitav Acharya @yalepress.bsky.social 1/n
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