Germany 🇩🇪 and Poland 🇵🇱 must bury the hatchet — I try to make some constructive suggestions in my latest @FT column (online today, in print edition tomorrow) 👇 www.ft.com/content/2471... via @ft

New piece for @euiss.bsky.social Europe’s effort to rebuild its defences hinges on whether Europeans can cooperate more effectively with each other and with Ukraine. EU instruments can play a key role in driving this effort forward. www.iss.europa.eu/publications...

Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference on.ft.com/4p2wEAO

Big worrying scoop from the FT: Trump suggested deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine as part of a peace settlement with Russia, backing yet another idea floated by Vladimir Putin on.ft.com/4mZ4y7y

Germany’s national security council isn’t up to the task My latest @FT column, in today’s print edition 👇 on.ft.com/4oXQFsh

Thank you, @JamesKerLindsay, for inviting me to discuss my country with you!👇 youtu.be/D2PVSqN1MPQ

Fiona Hill injects a healthy dose of realism into the European wishful thinkers’ minds. @nicolange.bsky.social @constelz.bsky.social @joerglau.bsky.social @carlomasala1.bsky.social

US confirming EU carve out on pharma and chips probes under 232. So EU tariffs stay at 15% as reported

As Germany’s centrists squabble, the far right prepares to pounce—This is the real challenge for Merz’s coalition: a revolutionary far right… www.ft.com/content/2290... @constelz.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

As Germany’s centrists squabble, the far right prepares to pounce My latest @FT column, just out online & in print edition tomorrow 👇 As Germany’s centrists squabble, the far right prepares to pounce www.ft.com/content/2290... via @ft

Viibime hetkes, kus sõjajärgne maailmakorraldus ja selle normatiivsed alused murenevad ning neid revideerivad mitte ainult lääne rivaalid, vaid ka riik, mis on seni olnud selle korra kaitsja, ütles Constanze Stelzenmüller #LennartMeriConference kõnes. @constelz.bsky.social @brookings.edu

Trump's Russia announcement is being portrayed as toughening his stance, but in fact what he did was give Putin a 50-day free pass to do anything he likes in Ukraine without further US punishment as the Senate sanctions bill is now put on hold.

A 30% tariff on EU exports would hurt businesses, consumers and patients on both sides of the Atlantic. We will continue working towards an agreement by August 1. At the same time, we are ready to safeguard EU interests on the basis of proportionate countermeasures. → europa.eu/!tPvKn8

Die Aktion Brosius-Gersdorf: eine Probe auf die Handlungsfähigkeit der latenten rechten Mehrheit. Mein Gastkommentar im Deutschlandfunk. www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommentar-zu...

🚨 TOMORROW 🚨 👀 Keep an eye out for the next episode of The UK in a Changing Europe podcast with @constelz.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social 🎙️ They discuss European security, NATO, the impact of the Trump administration, the US foreign policy agenda and much more...

🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎙️ NATO, Trump and ‘Article 5%’: What are the implications for European security? To explore the complexities of American politics and foreign policy and how it affects Europe, @anandmenon.bsky.social is joined by @constelz.bsky.social Listen in full 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/nat...

🎧 Looking for some weekend listening? 🎧 Tune into the latest episode of The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast with @constelz.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social on European security policy and spending, trans-Atlantic relations and Trump's foreign policy agenda👇

A really interesting episode. @constelz.bsky.social as always is a great listen ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/nat...

In the latest episode of The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast, @anandmenon.bsky.social speaks to @constelz.bsky.social about European security, the impact of the Russo-Ukraine war on Europe and the declining role of the US in European security Listen in full here 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/nat...

Raider heißt jetzt Twix www.n-tv.de/politik/AfD-...

Auch beim Samstagsdienst fass' ich die ganz heißen Eisen an, klar. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Samstagabend in der Ukraine. Russland greift mit Raketen an.

Eine weitere Horror-Nacht für die Ukraine. Russland terrorisiert die Zivilbevölkerung mit stundenlangen Luftangriffen. Live-Eindrücke aus Kyjiw für das ARD-Morgenmagazin.

well hello

Seems a bit … un-Dutch.

Come and work with us/me: www.brookings.edu/about/employ...

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/i...

NATO Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You —a note of well-tempered optimism from my @BrookingsFP colleague @MichaelEOHanlon 👇👇👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...

Probably accurate

Fitting on the day the EU is expected to sign the EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership, my analysis on the EU's partnership and alliance strategy is now out in English: www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...

No easy way out on Europe’s nuclear dilemmas, yet plenty to do, @claudmajor.bsky.social & I conclude. Are we too hopeful & unambitious? Tell us! Thanks to @constelz.bsky.social @brookings.edu for the initiative & opportunity. Look also at the great papers by @sophiabesch.bsky.social & Thomas Wright.

How to deal with Europe's nuclear dilemma? @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social and I analysed it for @brookings.edu in a series on European security👇 Delighted to team up with @sophiabesch.bsky.social @constelz.bsky.social Thomas Wright who also contributed to this collection!

Es wäre gut, das iranische Regime stürzen zu sehen. Besonderes Vergnügen würde mir die Panik bereiten, die das in Moskau auslösen würde. Aber diese Aussage verhöhnt die zivilen Opfer im Iran. Viele von ihnen gingen mutig gegen die Mullahs auf die Straße. Unwürdig. www.zeit.de/politik/2025...

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For the uninitiated, the band is playing "Fortunate Son" - which is a protest song against rich folk being able to dodge the draft for Vietnam. Either whoever did the set list is incompetent or it's a 14/10 troll of DJT, who got a very timely diagnosis of bone spurs in 1968 at age 22.

"Fear of Russia, but also of the mercurial US president is a potent driver of policy shifts." @brookings.edu Director Constanze Stelzenmüller writes about Europe's special relationship with the US. @constelz.bsky.social #LennartMeriConference

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« The end of the Imperial Republic and the future of the trans-Atlantic alliance », my @brookings.edu Raymond Aron lecture and the following conversation with @constelz.bsky.social Peter Rough and Mara Karlin is now available online. Special thanks to @taravarma.bsky.social youtu.be/74oUR7wsFFA

1100 kg Sprengstoff an einem der Pfeiler der Kerschbrücke explodiert. Schäden gehen wohl bis auf den Meeresboden. SBU Festtage gerade

Dienstag Brückentag

According to head of #Ukraine delegation, this is what the sides agreed: - exchange all prisoners of war (POWs) who are seriously ill or younger than 25 years old, 6,000 for 6,000. - meet between 20 and 30 June - apparently #Russia has presented the „memorandum“ announced by #Putin on 19 May.

💬 “We are in a moment where the global postwar order, along with its normative foundations, is not only eroding but being actively revised—not only by the rivals and enemies of the West but by the historical protector of this order itself.” — @constelz.bsky.social #LennartMeriConference

👥 Lennart Meri Lecture by Constanze Stelzenmüller: Shall We Go Forward Together? Of Deals and Red Lines @constelz.bsky.social @brookings.edu 📹 youtube.com/watch?v=qBft... 📄 lmc.icds.ee/shall-we-go-... 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCepcc We Shall Go Forward Together #LennartMeriConference

Man kann nicht sagen, dass Wadephul in 🇺🇸 mit Geschenken überhäuft wird. • Gestern erklärte Rubio, dass es vorerst keine neuen Studentenvisa gibt. • Unmittelbar vor dem Treffen kündigte er Visaentzug bei „Zensur“ an. • Während Wadephuls Pk sagt Trump im WH,dass er bei 🇷🇺-Sanktionen nicht mitmacht.

Interesting

My Lennart Meri Lecture (lmc.icds.ee/shall-we-go-fo…) in Tallinn on 5/17 discusses where Europe can/cannot work with Trump’s America on security, geoeconomics, & democracy. A Lennart Meri gem: “The situation is sh**, but that’s our fertilizer for the future!“ @ICDS_Tallinn

LIVE 🔴 Lennart Meri Lecture by @constelz.bsky.social, Director of the Center on the US and Europe at the @brookings.edu #LennartMeriConference

@harvard.edu HKS MPA II Class of ‘88, HLS Visiting Researcher ‘89 here. I was the deeply grateful recipient of a McCloy Fellowship and a small Harvard Law School grant for my doctoral research, and those three years changed my life’s trajectory completely. I would not be what I am without #Harvard.

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Was nach der 1. Runde der polnischen Präsidentschaftswahl bleibt: - PiS kann, komme was wolle, auf ihre 30% zählen - 21% wollen rechtsextreme, offen antisemitische Kandidaten - einer davon, S. Mentzen, ist mit 36,1% der stärkste Kandidat bei den 18-29jährigen - Trzaskowski hat auf Platz 1 verloren