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Ian Bond
10 days ago
Remeslo is now reportedly undergoing compulsory psychiatric treatment, as in Soviet times. But smart Western leaders might think this was a good time to turn up the heat under Putin, rather than making life easier for him. The system is showing signs of strain; so increase the pressure on it. 2/2
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Ian Bond
10 days ago
Interesting news from Russia. Like Prigozhin, Remeslo seems to have had a revelation. He hasn't turned into a pro-Western liberal (as his comments on how much better Russia would be doing in Ukraine if Putin listened to criticism shows). But he can see the damage from Putin's current policies. 1/2
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The perils of the Hormuz escort plan
[FREE TO READ] Mines, fast boats and missiles would threaten one of the most dangerous US naval missions in decades
https://as.ft.com/r/dea6ec9d-319f-4ade-91c8-c8d93cbc8bca
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Helene von Bismarck
10 days ago
Nobody would bemore delighted to see more EU-UK rapprochement than me, but I am simply exhausted by the way in which such a major decision is entirely framed in terms of what is politically expedient in Westminster. How about pursuing goals because you think they are right?
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Stanislas Jourdan
11 days ago
This exactly supports
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's latest point on energy subsidies:
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10 days ago
*** How (not) to help with high energy prices -
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via @FT
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How (not) to help with high energy prices
Heed the lessons from 2022
https://www.ft.com/content/b94e79d6-ece9-417a-ae1e-eace69e1106e?shareType=nongift
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Jan Rosenow
11 days ago
Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.
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ChrisO_wiki
11 days ago
1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️
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News Eye
11 days ago
Line of the year in the new edition of The Economist: "Although President Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy..."
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How the Iran war is weakening Donald Trump
Donald Trump faces mounting political pressure as his war with Iran drives up petrol prices across America, threatening Republican prospects in the midterm elections.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/03/18/how-the-iran-war-is-weakening-donald-trump
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Teresa Ribera
11 days ago
Doing better or shooting our feet? 🇪🇺 Of course, we choose prosperous and fair Europe!!
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Stephen Bush
12 days ago
You'll never guess how Kemi 'Defending British values from domination by prayer' Badenoch voted on buffer zones outside of abortion clinics:
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Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 - Commons' votes in Parliament - UK Parliament
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/Division/1368#noes
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LoĂŻc Delorme
12 days ago
In the week since this
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piece, lobbying by challenged incumbents has (mostly) stalled. Two industry associations can't speak for "industry" when claiming that "competitiveness" requires turning back the clock to their glory days
#EUSky
🔌💡
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/095332c4-046d-4799-b55e-6a9a51ac015e
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Agathe Demarais
12 days ago
Electric vehicles helped to avoid the consumption of 2.3 million barrels of oil per day last year • Iran war-fuelled rise in oil prices is reigniting interest in EVs • Drop in oil consumption could reach 5.3 million barrels/day by 2030, roughly Canada's output
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Ron Filipkowski
12 days ago
We’re begging China now. That’s where we’re at.
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Lennart Jonasson
12 days ago
"De ukrainska styrkorna gör framryckningar i flera riktningar vid fronten. Nu tycks Ryssland tvingas kalla in fler reservister och ställa om till att försvara sina positioner. – Så här mycket terräng har inte Ukraina tagit på tre år, säger militärexperten Johan Huovinen."
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Ukrainas största framgång på tre år: ”Tagit stopp”
De ukrainska styrkorna gör framryckningar i flera riktningar vid fronten. Nu tycks Ryssland tvingas kalla in fler reservister och ställa om…
https://www.dn.se/varlden/ukrainas-storsta-framgang-pa-tre-ar-tagit-stopp/
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Federica Genovese
12 days ago
This is a big deal. It won’t make the politics easier, but will empower the coalitions that have been gated from information about land so far. Information is power.
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So bad in so many ways. Good article
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Gernot Wagner
18 days ago
If you read one thing about Iran & geopolitics & economic fallout & climate, make it this
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Abe Newman
20 days ago
1/US unprepared for key Iranian strategy -- target key hubs of the global economy. Put pressure on allies and markets to turn interdependence into a weapon. Rather than an alternative to war, economic nodes are being used as a key tactic to degrade political support.
www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Why blocking Hormuz could threaten the world's food supply
While most of the world is focused on the impact of oil disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the current blockade could also pose long-term risks to the global food supply.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/03/09/why-blocking-hormuz-could-threaten-the-worlds-food-supply
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Chris Murphy
19 days ago
2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal. But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.
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Mats Engström
20 days ago
"This is natural: creative destruction has few champions. But it is not wise. Europe is clearly capable of speeding up its transition to energy independence via renewables." Excellent piece by
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www.ft.com/content/a6be...
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
https://www.ft.com/content/a6bec11f-e522-4caf-908b-f0cac664b1a9
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Helene von Bismarck
21 days ago
An utterly brilliant article on a revolting spectacle. Do Read.
@questingvole.bsky.social
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Trump is heading for a hard reckoning over Iran
It isn’t a sign of Trump Derangement Syndrome to consider the Trump administration's Iran war video obscene
https://spectator.com/article/trump-is-heading-for-a-hard-reckoning-over-iran/
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Submit your questions: How is the Iran war impacting the global economy?
Take part in a live Q&A with economics leader writer Tej Parikh and European economics commentator Martin Sandbu on Wednesday March 11 at 1pm GMT
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@EU_Dempsey
21 days ago
Quite.
@martinsandbu.ft.com
"The war on Iran has again exposed the EU’s impotence, not just over world affairs but over its own economic prospects...they risk entrenching rather than reducing the bloc’s vulnerability."
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/7452cdc5-05d8-4806-98b4-2457e5e62250
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Anton Bunia
21 days ago
Yet another must-read memo from purgatory by
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
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Jorge Tamames
21 days ago
Great column from
@martinsandbu.ft.com
on the EU's miguided turn away from an ambitious energy transition. Its main effect has been to make us weaker, more vulnerable, and ultimately less competitive.
www.ft.com/content/a6be...
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
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Klimahandling - ikke mere varm luft🌍
21 days ago
De Europæiske ledere svigter i omstillingen til vedvarende energi. Det er et problem for klimaet, erhvervslivet og vores sikkerhed. Læs
@martinsandbu.ft.com
analyse i
@financialtimes.com
#klimahandling
#dkpol
#dkgreen
#klimakrise
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Europe’s impotence extends to energy
The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated
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Ulrike Franke
24 days ago
This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this. The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”
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An economic question we don't ask enough about AI.
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The economic question we forget to ask about AI
[FREE TO READ] Forget the singularity and robot takeovers; what matters is who captures the value added
https://as.ft.com/r/ec467fc3-b98a-4ad6-873f-ae92d34abcb4
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Parody Nigel Farage
27 days ago
"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
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René Smits 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
“So big is the European economy that even significantly larger Ukraine support would be a rounding error in a macroeconomic perspective.” one of many insights from
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko
about 1 month ago
A new piece by
@martinsandbu.ft.com
"Put all this together, and it’s not much of an exaggeration to say that Europe and
#Ukraine
are, economically, the much stronger side in this war. It is time to realise this, and press the victory home." 100% a great subtitle too: "it’s the economy, stupid"
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Ukraine and the new economics of war
Lessons from four years of war: it’s the economy, stupid
https://www.ft.com/content/d78cffa4-f74c-436e-8215-d06a5f02f143
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MGEmancipation
about 1 month ago
The FT's
@martinsandbu.ft.com
with the money shot: 2nd reason btw: "for all the White House bluster about Kyiv having to come to the table and accept a deal, the US has very little leverage left" having already withdrawn all its financial support when Trump regime MkII began. Genius negotiator
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Oleksandra Matviichuk
about 1 month ago
This case will be studied in universities, especially in the US. Yesterday, the US submitted an amendment to the UN General Assembly resolution on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. According to the media, they tried to remove the clause on Ukraine's territorial integrity from the text
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Giles Wilkes
about 1 month ago
London hellhole update
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CSDS Brussels
about 1 month ago
This is really excellent to see!
@martinsandbu.ft.com
from the
@financialtimes.com
recently cited a
#CHIPDIPLO
report by Joris Teer, Riccardo Bosticco and Antonio Calcara for a feature on Europe's tech supply chains. Read
www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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Joris Teer
about 1 month ago
Good to see our CHIPDIPLO-paper discussed in
@financialtimes.com
by
@martinsandbu.ft.com
Our 50 workshop experts coalesced around one European semiconductor vision: “European indispensability; Allied autonomy” Read report📕🚨:
csds.vub.be/publication/...
And FT article:
www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU's Semiconductor Lodestar - CSDS
The hyper-specialised division of labour underpinning the global semiconductor value chain has produced acute vulnerabilities. China increasingly weaponises supply chains against Europe, while Preside...
https://csds.vub.be/publication/autonomy-or-indispensability-identifying-the-eus-semiconductor-lodestar/
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Ole Fredrik
about 1 month ago
Absolutely
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For some reason the Europeans act like there’s a lot of time to start to do what’s necessary. I hope there is, but foolish to bet on it
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://www.ft.com/content/b92fd917-9f1b-4393-b96d-6d22ba757c72?shareType=nongift
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A Reader of the FT
about 1 month ago
It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints— Power in the sense of having instruments of coercion is not the same as power in the sense of successfully securing one’s interests. The latter…
www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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@financialtimes.com
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://www.ft.com/content/b92fd917-9f1b-4393-b96d-6d22ba757c72
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Johnny Ryan
about 1 month ago
This idea is gathering some support - see
@martinsandbu.ft.com
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www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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Bert Huisman
about 1 month ago
Europe is better armed for geopolitical conflict than its leaders might think. Excellent piece by
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www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
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René Smits 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
super krachtige ideeën over EU’s gebruik van macht in internationale relaties // very potential ideas about the use of power in international relations by the
#EU
- by
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/a9742c84-16db-469d-b5d1-c439a156efcf
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Ivaylo Iaydjiev
about 1 month ago
"Europe is better armed for geopolitical conflict than its leaders might think".
@martinsandbu.ft.com
makes two key points: 1) defense, or resilience, today is not enough; 2) for offence, you need political will to leverage (latent) power. Resilience and response.
www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://www.ft.com/content/b92fd917-9f1b-4393-b96d-6d22ba757c72?shareType=nongift
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Thomas Hansen
about 1 month ago
It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same: By:
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://www.ft.com/content/b92fd917-9f1b-4393-b96d-6d22ba757c72
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Tom Jenkins
about 1 month ago
Thanks to
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for drawing attention to it
www.ft.com/content/b92f...
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
https://www.ft.com/content/b92fd917-9f1b-4393-b96d-6d22ba757c72
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Joerg Lau
about 1 month ago
Soft power is hard thing to acquire, yet oh so easy to squander. These are the new friends of the mightiest power on the planet.
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Nash Is Here For It
about 1 month ago
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Peter Walker
about 1 month ago
To reiterate this point: during the Q&A Farage dismissed very arrogantly a perfectly fair question from the brilliant Anna Gross of the FT and then took the piss out of the paper. If you want to persuade people that you don’t have predilections towards bullying it was not ideal. It was grim.
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg
about 1 month ago
2/ "Disse regimene - Washington, Moskva og Beijing - ser bedre enn vi europeere selv at vi har noe som både er sterkt og attraktivt. Vi europeere, og EU spesielt, bør være stolte over å bli utpekt til hovedfiende for både Maga og tek-oligarkene."
@martinsandbu.ft.com
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