"Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. [...] Few exemptions will be granted."

Many in Silicon Valley call China a threat to freedom. But an AP investigation finds U.S. tech giants to a large degree designed and built Beijing’s digital police state, enabling China's Communist Party to smother dissent and tighten its grip on power.

📖 [À lire] Dernier numéro de la revue Politique Etrangère de @ifri.bsky.social où je co-signe avec G. Garnier un article "L'Europe à découvert" sur la défense stratégique & militaire de l'🇪🇺 avec une participation 🇺🇸 📉: Posture Review, menace russe, scénarios d'avenir www.ifri.org/fr/articles/...

💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression." A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed. The rest is history.

Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII have been reburied in Ukraine at a ceremony attended by government officials from both countries. Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.

Passionnantes journées de la Fabrique de la Diplomatie qui attirent une foule énorme à l’uni Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)

"Cet été, [les Européens] ont réussi à écarter le pire scénario, celui d’une alliance Washington-Moscou contre Kiev. Mais le lien toxique entre les dirigeants russe et américain n’est toujours pas rompu." Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social et @piosmo.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

"Le Hamas, près de deux ans après avoir déclenché le conflit en cours, continue de faire passer ses intérêts de parti avant ceux d’une population aux abois. Nul doute que le verdict de l’histoire sera sans appel contre les islamistes palestiniens..." Par JP Filiu www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...

Modi’s refusal to back Trump for a Nobel peace prize was instumental in the unraveling of a highly strategic relationship that has been carefully nurtured over decades www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

Russian and Chinese submarines patrol together in the Pacific

Trump on his trade deal with the EU: “They pay us $950 billion”

Controversy in Warsaw over the absence of the new president, Karol Nawrocki, along the 7 European leaders who went to Washington with Zelenskyy. Missed opportunity for Poland

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

EU proves that defence is the most important strategic priority. We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund. It’s 5X more than in today’s budget. This is a real deterrence! 🇪🇺will be defence-ready!

En 2023, le Danemark a supprimé un de ses 11 jours fériés pour financer l'effort de défense dû à la guerre en Ukraine. Malgré les manifestations, le Parlement l'a voté par 95 voix contre 68. Le "jour de la grande prière" était férié depuis le 17ème siècle

The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, writes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR. Read his latest commentary:

“It’ll be business for us, and we will send them Patriots". The air-defense system Trump will send to Ukraine will be paid for by Europe

Very good podcast on where we stand on Europe and Ukraine @ecfr.eu @jkobzova.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social

Open your eyes: "Kyiv’s allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy. Unmoved by US pressure, Putin is determined to achieve his ultimate goal, whatever the cost". @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social ‬⁩via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/132a...

During his lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English-speaking skills. President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia. wapo.st/4ePJZb6

UK-France nuclear declaration tomorrow will state that "any adversary threatening the vital interests of Britain or France could be confronted by the strength of the nuclear forces of both nations." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Sign of the times www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

El artículo de @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social deja claro que, para #Trump, la "PAZ" es una TRANSACCIÓN. NO busca una PAZ JUSTA y duradera, sino acuerdos que sirvan a intereses muy concretos. Esto es diplomacia de alto el fuego, no de resolución real de conflictos. lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social

"But there’s another future in which the liberal centrist forces prevail in a series of national contests, with a crowning triumph in German, British and European elections in 2029..." By @fromtga.bsky.social on.ft.com/446Wr2n

His mastery of the deep intricacies of international relations continues to boggle the mind.

Géorgie: la répression s'accroît, multiples arrestations et condamnations d'opposants. Par @faustinevincent.bsky.social

@ecfr.eu‬ has a new podcast mini-series that brings Ukrainian perspectives to the forefront! In the first episode, hosts Leo Litra and Lesia Ogryzko welcome @wesslau.bsky.social‬ and Volodymyr Yermolenko to explore the roots and evolution of #Ukraine’s remarkable societal resilience.

Un divorce transatlantique 🇪🇺🇺🇸 en 5 traumatismes par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social : 1️⃣ Les mensonges sur l'Irak 🇮🇶 (2003) 2️⃣ Le raté de la Libye 🇱🇾 (2011) 3️⃣ La volte-face en Syrie 🇸🇾 (2013) 4️⃣ La débâcle d'Afghanistan 🇦🇫 (2021) 5️⃣ La trahison de l'Ukraine 🇺🇦 (2025) À lire ! ⤵️ www.lemonde.fr/divorce-tran...

Fin de la passionnante serie de @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social sur le divorce UE-US www.lemonde.fr/histoire/art...

This Wednesday, the IWM hosts the annual Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture. Renowned historian Margaret MacMillan will explore past and present international orders and what they may reveal about the future of global power. Join us via livestream: www.youtube.com/live/Y6lnqQ6...

🚨New publication!🚨 With input from experts across @ecfr.eu, @taszuc.bsky.social, @camillelons.bsky.social, @arturovarvelli.bsky.social & I have explored the foreign policies of Europe's populist parties and how these might play out over coming years. Read the study here ⬇️ ecfr.eu/publication/...

In the latest Regions Calling newsletter, we examine how Russian regional elites’ penchant for educating their children in the West never really ended after the invasion of Ukraine:

"L’Ukraine n’a plus de missile pour ses deux batteries de SAMP/T, et elle n’a « pas reçu un seul missile depuis un an et demi » pour le système antiaérien de courte portée Crotale".

"Tous les partenaires commerciaux des Etats-Unis ont été confrontés au même dilemme: faire front au risque d’exciter Washington, ou courber l’échine dans l’espoir de se voir appliquer un traitement de faveur. La réponse de l’UE est du deuxième type". @pisaniferry.bsky.social

Compare these robust POWs with the skeletons Russia returned to Ukraine.

Trump is now threatening to impose 50% tariff on the EU - a quick thread with thoughts (disclaimer: we do not know much, things could change in a minute and Trump himself may not know what he wants from US-EU trade negotiations) 🧵 [1/10] 👇

So true, sadly. Specially when they are young and dress like women

En Afghanistan, les talibans interdisent les échecs, jugés contraires à la loi sur les mœurs

Exclusive: US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America's sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations, US officials and a person familiar say reut.rs/456sK2f

No mention by the Trump administration of additional US military assistance for Ukraine: it has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced

"Nobody knows how this will end and what will happen to the country. What might happen to each of us. Even those who work for President Trump are scared." 2025 Washington DC, by Sally Quinn

Trump could well push for a global deal to weaken the dollar when the US holds the G20 presidency in 2026 - in my latest for @foreignpolicy.com I explore how a Mar-a-Lago accord would be almost impossible to pull off and run counter to Washington’s global interests foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/08/d...

You have to hand it to HMG's ambassador in Washington Peter Mandelson. No one touches him when it comes to being craven at the feet of the rich and powerful.

"La relation Pékin-Moscou se porte à merveille. Voilà qui tord le cou à la théorie du "Kissinger à l'envers" avancée par certains pour justifier le rapprochement Trump-Poutine"

I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.

Gathering for Day 161 of #GeorgiaProtests From our friends, we need further targeted sanctions, non-engagement with the regime, and aid with funding CSOs and independent media as possible.

The tone is softer but JD Vance's message to the Europeans is very clear : spending more to build up your defence means buying American military hardware & software

Day 153. #GeorgiaProtests 📷 David Chkheidze

Money can't buy you EU citizenship. Today, the European Court of Justice found Malta's golden passport scheme in breach EU law. It was about time