« How Europe should learn to fight, build and deter on its own » My interview in The Parliament Magazine www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...

« How Europe should learn to fight, build and deter on its own » My interview in The Parliament Magazine www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...

Fascinating story on supply chains, rare-earths and how a Belgian company based in France saved U.S. Defense Industry from a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs nytimes.com/2025/12/22/bus… via @nytimes.com

Fascinating story on supply chains, rare-earths and how a Belgian company based in France saved U.S. Defense Industry from a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs nytimes.com/2025/12/22/bus… via @nytimes.com

Telegraph : La Russie envoie des soldats "jetables" au front, sans casque ni armure. Le phénomène s'est largement répandu ces derniers mois. De nouvelles images du front dans la région de Donetsk montrent des soldats russes prenant d'assaut des positions ukrainiennes sans protection élémentaire.⬇️

The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat www.reuters.com/world/moldov...

This turns a bad peace proposal into a filthy deal www.wsj.com/world/russia...

It takes a special talent to come up with a Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine and present it as your own. But then that has been Steve Witkoff’s modus operandi from the start: take Russia’s side and force Ukraine to accept it. My latest @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Very true

Confirmation Quand je dis que ce sont des pieds nickelés ! 😅

Interviewed after his speech at the opening of the 5th European Defence and Security Conference earlier this month, ASD Secretary General @camillegrand.bsky.social talks about the major challenges facing Europe’s security and defence sector today.

@camillegrand.bsky.social “We need to help and partner with Ukraine. And build capacity now. While also preparing for the future. We have the money and we need legacy and new companies for this.” At Defending Europe’s future, today with @eu2025dk.bsky.social and @danskindustri.dk #euidk

ASD welcomes @camillegrand.bsky.social as Secretary General - bringing NATO, ECFR and think‑tank experience with a focus on turning strategy into delivery for Europe’s aerospace, security and defence industries. bit.ly/3HDVmXz

So the plan is to restrain Ukraine to convince Russia to negotiate… Genius… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Back to Biden...Note: Trump is on the record criticising (correctly) the Biden administration for having imposed such restrictions

📢 Ma tribune dans @lemonde.fr à propos de l'Ukraine et du débat sur les garanties de sécurité: j’y défends une idée simple mais exigeante : ne pas attendre le cessez-le-feu pour agir 👉 : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Petit 🧵à dérouler ⤵️

ENTRETIEN. Ukraine : « Un processus diplomatique bizarre », selon un ancien de l’Otan #Le grand entretien #Ukraine #Vladimir Poutine @OuestFrance Ukraine : l’étrange diplomatie de la maison Trump journal-twipe.ouest-france.fr/data/309770/...

ENTRETIEN. Ukraine : « Un processus diplomatique bizarre », selon un ancien de l’Otan #Le grand entretien #Ukraine #Vladimir Poutine @OuestFrance Ukraine : l’étrange diplomatie de la maison Trump journal-twipe.ouest-france.fr/data/309770/...

“Putin’s “land swap” is really a grab for Ukraine’s fortress belt”: this needs to be reminded to all “negotiators” economist.com/europe/2025/... from The Economist

And Budapest has a special and reassuring flavour for the Ukrainians

« Pour l’ancien secrétaire général adjoint de l’Otan, ces garanties doivent permettre le déploiement d’une force militaire qui engagerait d’emblée les Alliés, tout en évitant l’escalade. » Mon internview dans @lexpress.fr www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe...

“It’s us who decide what kind of security guarantees we put up for Ukraine, not the Russians.” Finnish President Alexander Stubb says.

@camillegrand.bsky.social in @nytimes.com is spot on wrt European troops as security guarantees to 🇺🇦: "Moscow’s reluctance or willingness to accept such guarantees “will be a test of its good faith.” Still, Mr. Grand said, “what worries me is who in Europe is willing to do something.”

5e épisode de ma série d'été sur @franceculture.fr consacrée aux accords internationaux. Aujourd'hui, l'accord de garantie qui lie les Etats-Unis et Taïwan depuis 1979. Est-il remis en cause par Trump ? Avec @aliceekman et @camillegrand.bsky.social . A 11h00

@stevenerlanger.bsky.social on Europe, the US and security guarantees with my take in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

One thing we didn’t hear from the Europeans though is the threat of more pressure on Russia if there’s no ceasefire or a deal. They explicitly mentioned such option in their post-Alaska statement on Saturday — yet no one mentioned it during the press mtg w/ Trump.

Even more useful for the non-followers of @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Trump blaming the victim, as usual. How about “President Putin of Russia can end the war with Ukraine almost immediately if he wants to”? Unlike Trump, some of us do remember how the war started - with Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea & his acts of aggression in the Donbas.

Very important reminders for the coming days substack.com/@snyder/note...

For tomorrow: US population: 340 million EU Pop. 450 M EU+UK+UKR 565 M Russia 143M US GDP 29 Trillion EU GDP 20 T EU + UK 24 T Russia 2.2 T What does neither the US nor Europe get? Trump thinks Russia is the only other superpower. Europe thinks it’s not a superpower.

So, apparently a new Ukrainian cruise missile has entered the chat. 3,000+ km range, 1,000 kg payload capacity. That's the long-range, heavy-hitter Ukraine has been waiting for. The fact that this leaked today is unlikely to be a coincidence.

@sbg1.bsky.social nails it in The New Yorker

Was on the BBC this morning for 2.5 hours trying to unpack the Alaska summit www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Europe’s defenceambitions are racing against the clock —and against itself. Diverging threat perceptions, fragmented industries, and political instability are slowing down what must speed up. 👉EDINA IV maps the path forward! @camillegrand.bsky.social providing a sharp French perspective!

Invité de la matinale de @franceinter.fr ce matin pour « le grand entretien » avec Annie Daubenton et Claude Blanchemaison pour débattre des dernières annonces diplomatiques sur l’Ukraine www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

🚨 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French nuclear weapons, 2025. By @nukestrat.bsky.social @mattkorda.bsky.social @elianajjohns.bsky.social @mknight.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social In @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/premium/2025... #France #ballisticmissiles #bombers #submarines #nuclearweapons #nukesky

🎙️Yesterday Mark Leonard was joined by @jkobzova.bsky.social and @camillegrand.bsky.social to discuss ECFR’s new European Security Programme and the war in Ukraine. 🔗Click to catch-up on this, the latest episode of the World in 30 Minutes: bit.ly/464YzJl

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

Ahead of today's Annual Council Meeting, catch-up on Wednesday's podcast episode on the 2025 NATO Summit. Mark Leonard was joined by @camillegrand.bsky.social to discuss support for Ukraine, US commitment to European security and increases in defence spending.

Great to be launching @ecfr.eu new European Security Programme at ECFR’s annual council meeting, this time in Warsaw, with @nicupopescu.bsky.social and @dmytrokuleba.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social #ACM2025

In the first plenary discussion ‘Boosting European Security through coalitions of the willing’, moderated by @SylvieKauffmann.bsky.social, Clément Beaune, @camillegrand.bsky.social, Thomas Bagger and John Sawers discuss a new European defence framework fit for today's geopolitical reality #ACM25

@camillegrand.bsky.social, Distinguished Policy Fellow says that: "the 5% was a big win for Trump, because this was the figure he had been using. Of course we are playing with the 3.5 plus 1.5 by 2035... #ACM25

Pour ce nouvel épisode enregistré depuis le sommet de l'OTAN à La Haye, #LeCollimateur fait le point sur la clôture du sommet et sur le communiqué final, avec Camille Grand (ECFR), ancien secrétaire général adjoint de l'OTAN. Retrouvez cet épisode sur #LeRubicon lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

Some truth in this tough assessment, but wasn’t the point to dodge tough debates?

"Instead of beginning to reckon with the reality that the United States is less politically committed to European security, NATO and European leaders have decided to pretend that nothing has changed." New analysis on the #NATOsummit by @maxbergmann.bsky.social ⏬ www.csis.org/analysis/nat...

#NATOsummit : crédibilité ? Sommet de l' #Otan : Face à la menasse russe et au risque de désengagement de Donald Trump en Europe, les Alliés doivent s'accorder sur une hausse inédite de leurs dépenses militaires, avec Camille Grand @camillegrand.bsky.social www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

This morning, @remkorteweg.bsky.social, @camillegrand.bsky.social, @robdewijk.bsky.social and @lianafix.bsky.social looked at the highlights of the NATO summit in The Hague and the alliance's near future. 📺Full session at The NATO Public Forum: t.co/yUJja0EGc6