Ny pod ute nå med @tarjeiskirbekk.bsky.social! Spennende valg i Bolivia og Moldova. podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/p...

Nok en politikk og valgpod! Nå om drama i Spania og dynamikk i Latvia - blant annet open.spotify.com/episode/7qhQ...

Interesting reflections from @catherinedevries.bsky.social about a liberal and democratic future in light of the increased social and political polarization in Europe. "If liberalism is to endure (...) it demands political imagination and institutional reform." www.socialeurope.eu/polands-pola...

Rolig helg? Trenger noe å lytte til? Hør meg og @tarjeiskirbekk.bsky.social diskutere valgene i Romania, Albania, Portugal og Polen i denne podcasten!

Vil høyrepopulistene vinne presidentvalg i Polen 1.juni? Hva var dramatikken valgkvelden i Romania? Hvordan gikk det 3 valget på 3 år i Portugal? Og hva var dynamikken i valget i Albania? Finn ut ved høre på podkast! open.spotify.com/episode/6xNZ...

Jeg har blitt fortalt at de fleste synes det er gøy å følge med på valg, men at mange sliter med å ha tid til å følge med. Full forståelse. Derfor kan du nå høre en podkast som hjelper deg. Her om Canada, Australia, UK, Ecuador, Filippinene, Romania og Singapore. open.spotify.com/episode/61b0...

Von der Leyen: The West as we knew it no longer exists.

Internasjonale valg og dynamisk politikk - også utenfor USA. Hør påskeutgaven av podkasten. open.spotify.com/episode/41Dt...

Hva skjer med de kommende valg i Polen, Canada og Australia? Og hvordan går det med regjeringsbygging i Tyskland og Østerrike? Dette og mer i podkast med @amundvik.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/4eia...

The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here theblue.report

Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

More to defense, yes. But 5% is not likely

A good reminder that Musk has no interest in American or European security.

One in four Germans can no longer cope with their household income according to report. The energy price crisis, inflation and Corona have left their mark: real wages have shrunk for many.

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

Breaking: the first round of Romania‘s elections, in which Russia-backed cyber attacks, social media accounts, and paid content promotion schemes boosted pro-Moscow presidential candidate Calin Georgescu to a shock lead in the polls, will be annulled

Finally have some time for this now: Monday’s discussion with Friedrich Merz (CDU chancellor candidate) on security and defence policy. Let’s see whether he says anything interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDH...

Interesting map: Strong social institutions important for political and social trust.

Yes, X demotes link posts; been that way for a while www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu... Huge pain for news orgs. Source told me NYT's X traffic plunged 50% in 1 month www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... X also delays sites Elon dislikes, as we first reported www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

1st round of presidential elections in Romania: Far right and pro-Russia candidate Georgescu about 22% and on to the 2nd round (8th Dec) against Ciolacu (21.7%), from the (somewhat conservative) Social Democratic Party. In total, far-right candidates get up to 40%. Will they mobilize further?

Hm. Dette var litt verre enn jeg hadde fått med meg så langt.

50 years ago this month, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn changed pop music forever. I drove from Bonn to Hamburg to capture the iconic road's sights and sounds – and work out why nobody in Dusseldorf seemed bothered about the band (and yes this WAS a dream commission!) www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

Europe is facing historical challenges and European countries needs to play a greater role in assuring their own security, states joint declaration from European Foreign Ministers.

On November 18, the Swedish authorities issued a new brochure "In case of crisis or war" (see the film) - in Swedish and English. www.msb.se/sv/rad-till-...

RT (= Russia Today) and Musk - hand-in-hand 😡