Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio considers Mark Carney's proposition that this might be the age of the middle powers. With @olgatokariuk.bsky.social, Steven Borowiec at @asia.nikkei.com and @angelaskujins.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa has resigned amid a political crisis triggered by drone incursions that exposed the country's defence vulnerabilities. @angelaskujins.bsky.social breaks down the scandal.

#Poland's FM making a very good point here. @radek-sikorski.bsky.social also today said Trump's description of #Russia as the aggressor probably helped the Budapest Barrel grudgingly withdraw #Hungary's veto against renewing sanctions on the Kremlin. @angelaskujins.bsky.social

European Policy Centre defence analyst @mariamartisiute.bsky.social explains why the EU could follow the Finnish preparedness model — and, of course, spend bucket loads more on defence. For @tvpworld.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6VX...

It is everyone’s right to know how to prepare for & survive crisis & war when the unthinkable happens. As “security is the foundation of everything,” according to the high-level EU report by the former Finnish President #Niinistö, then civil preparedness is the foundation of every citizen’s rights

Last week former NATO official and current @friendsofeurope.bsky.social senior fellow Jamie Shea spoke with me in the @tvpworld.bsky.social studio about Greenland, EU’s military spending and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Watch below. youtu.be/YI9apg2enDA

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico delivered a press conference today in Brussels on the widening gas crisis facing Bratislava. He said he would explore implementing measures against Ukraine if Kyiv doesn't restore gas flows from Russia.