If Russians abandon maximalism over Ukrainian sovereignty the EU/UK will move quickly to talks that will involve de facto concessions on Ukraine's borders But that depends on whether Putin is willing to compromise, and there is no sign he's stopped having fun being chief warlord

What a one-sided article. From claiming that there are 100s of monasteries from the middle ages (absolutely untrue) to not mentioning terrorist attacks by Serbs on Ibar canal and in Banjska. The later was the reason to ban Srpska lista party, since its leader was directly involved in the terrorism.

The weirdest form of this narrative is people not talking about how smaller states vote only to THEN claim that smaller states do not matter.

Ukraine's 63rd Brigade shows Lyman blanketed in fiber optic cables from hundreds of daily drone flights.

Because obvsly another ex UK minister working for American it company was such a resounding success...

All of this. However hard it may be for the people of Ukraine now, settling for a Bosnia-type "peace agreement" will only make the war continues with other means. As a Bosnian, do I wish we had continued fighting in 1995? Absolutely. Of course, there's always a "Nagorno-Karabakh" option but also

It's not often these days that I get proud of @tweede-kamer.bsky.social but yesterday was such day. #slavaukraini

A very definition of "useful idiot" and Putin apologist. There's nothing worse than spoiled western kids who never had any real job or life struggle start preaching us about Russia

Oh dear... We're through the looking glass, inside the narnia wardrobe and definitely on the dark side if tito-nehru-nasser is the answer to anything.

Dilan Yesilgöz is Trumps nuttige idioot

To say that EU has bigger fish to fry would be understatement. This is so unrealistic, out of touch, that is almost tragic. ECFR could claim that they don't take collective positions but to have this published under their banner is embarrassing.

Thor said it brilliantly!

Ever noticed the exact date immigration went from noble pioneers heroically setting out to weave their story's thread into the vibrant tapestry of a new nation to a vile invasion by unwashed savages looking to mooch off our golden birthright tends to be the day after the speaker's ancestors arrived?

Yes! Let's cut the red tape like they do in the US and save our democracy! 🤨

Venezuela is clearly in the US sphere. It has bought foreign militaries into the US backyard & destabilised the region by laying claim to the territories of its neighbors. They should pledge neutrality and choose a new leader Donald approves of in case he lashes out with nukes. Noam Chomsky.

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1 Can't emphasize this enough. EU is home to multiple "second-tier" great powers — who are only "second-tier" because they chose not to make large investments in military capabilities — and is itself an economic & diplomatic great power. NATO is the most powerful security confederation in history.

I'm not as optimistic as Alexander but he keeps saying this for months and you know what? He ain't wrong. 😊

Why I don't watch bbc anymore....

While beter then The current crop of. UK politicians, Major still talk mercantile policies, common markets etc. While that was the main EU idea when he was around making decisions, the EU moved on. It's a first and foremost political and then trade and, soon, military union. UK has to catch up.

Liga.net has the Russian text of Zelenskyy's address to the nation on Trump/Witkoff's Proposal. ChatGPT translation below, which is pretty accurate except in small places that don't really matter. news.liga.net/politics/new...

Brilliant from @explaintrade.com And not just Ukraine but Bosnia and Kosovo tomorrow, being attacked by proto-Russians from Serbia

Edi Rama has many flaws, as Albanians of all extractions will happily confirm. But put the man next to British gvmt minister and he is transformed into a world leader of highest standing 😊

Terrific thread, perfectly capturing LLM and AI madness we're living in.

Perfect assessment of LLMs and people using them excessively.

Well... I'm old enough to remember Obama's drone wars all over Africa and Asia...

To all those Dutch voters voting for PVV, JA21, FvD and yes, VVD.

So little patience for the people perfectly content riding the tiger of white resentment and nativism while it was helping them push through tax cuts, who now stare at it running loose and feral in the streets and are like, "the left should reflect on how it let things get this far."

For (most of) us Europeans, a bleedin obvious fact. But rather depressing witnessing the Anglo-Saxon minds being unable (unwilling?) to see it, too.

Essential listening.

If you use LinkedIn, you may want to read this.

🇪🇺🛣️ On November 19, the European Commission will present a package of proposals that will transform EU logistics into military artery. The goal is to ensure the immediate transfer of weapons and personnel. Poland, Germany, Romania, the Netherlands and the Baltic states will become key transit nodes.

Taps sign.

Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:

These loonies are right when they claim that it takes two to war. What they don't (want) to understand is that it takes only one to genocide.

All of this 👇

Things I find on my phone 🥹

Zelensky should just release a statement that just says "Ukraine didn't blow up those refineries in Hungary but we can do it again"

The same people who defended the collective punishment of Palestinian civilians, which meant thousands of innocent people died, are now outraged by the collective punishment of Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans, which will mean a few hundred innocent people miss a football match.

Is there a critical mass of military staff in the US to mount a decent military coup?

And here it is. A whisker away from American civil war 2.0 One can argue that American South was waiting for their chance to revenge ever since the war ended some 150ish years ago

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch. Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

The Dutch, going all out on general elections in two weeks, hold my stroopwafel.

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

The EU and NATO used to debate if they should defend Ukrainian territory or not. Now the they are debating if they should defend their own territory or not.

Can't stress enough how much the army Pete Hegseth yearns for already exists in Russia... and demonstratively sucks.

Oh dear...we'll need a bigger jail here in the Hague...

None of the EU's top 10 biggest countries (nor the EU itself) are due to hold their main elections in 2026. Given elections every 4-5 years the odds of that happening are around 5% - once every two decades or so. An absence of electoral pressure should offer a major window for reform in the EU.