toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu

Russia Steps Up Spy War on West
https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-steps-up-spy-war-on-west/7525424.html

[2024-03-16 21:49 UTC]

Germany: The Weakest Link
https://cepa.org/article/germany-the-weakest-link/

[2024-03-10 20:37 UTC]

A Washington Bulwark Against Putin Is Rocked by Internal Strife. Is It Simple Dysfunction — or Something Worse?
The Helsinki Commission is roiled by claims its Republican director has made against his Democratic-appointed predecessor (and vice versa).
https://politi.co/4cadGBZ

[2024-03-09 14:33 UTC]

Raiffeisenbank was advertising loans to Russian war criminals killing and raping in Ukraine.
It's about the ghoulish Schweine get cut off from US financial institutions.
https://euobserver.com/world/158200

[2024-03-09 11:16 UTC]

America’s New Twilight Struggle With Russia
An important piece by
https://nitter.privacydev.net/maxbergmann
,
https://nitter.privacydev.net/MSnegovaya
,
https://nitter.privacydev.net/mkimmage
and jeffrey mankoff in
https://nitter.privacydev.net/ForeignAffairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/americas-new-twilight-struggle-russia?utm_medium=social

[2024-03-09 10:40 UTC]

Europe kicked out Vladimir Putin’s spies. Now they’re back.
Game of ‘cat and mouse’ returns to cold war levels, say intelligence officers.
Beware of Russian carrying Gift.
A gift article for my followers.
https://on.ft.com/48EcO5y

[2024-03-07 07:26 UTC]

New, in depth analysis from the think tank
https://nitter.privacydev.net/Bruegel_org
Read it
Ukraine’s path to European Union membership and its long-term implications
The war complicates the accession process, but Ukraine can work progressively towards meeting entry conditions
https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/ukraines-path-european-union-membership-and-its-long-term-implications

[2024-03-07 07:08 UTC]

Now The Truth! The never before revealed history of Europe.
Western Europe can finally begin to learn its real history.
Up till now only CEE and Northern Europe had the long hidden truth revealed by Putin and Russian historians
https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-exists-thanks-to-russia-putin-claims/

[2024-03-07 06:16 UTC]

https://digipro.geenius.ee/rubriik/uudis/endiseid-riigitootajaid-kes-maletavad-mriigi-otsust-minister-riisalost-erinevalt-tuleb-aina-juurde/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1757751217294352805#m

[2024-02-14 12:58 UTC]

Europe’s Trumpdämmerung (Trump Anxiety)
https://cepa.org/article/europes-trumpdammerung-trump-anxiety/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1757128428162040154#m

[2024-02-12 19:43 UTC]

Time to Panic on Europe’s Rusting Defenses? Probably
https://cepa.org/article/time-to-panic-on-europes-rusting-defenses-probably/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756819848724684892#m

[2024-02-11 23:17 UTC]

Former Finland PM Alexander Stubb wins presidential election
https://www.politico.eu/article/alexander-stubb-finland-election-nato-russia-eu-ukraine-war/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756798117960208656#m

[2024-02-11 21:51 UTC]

As usual, Timothy Garton Ash
https://nitter.cz/fromTGA
is ahead of everyone. This is from 4 days before Trump said he'd encourage Russia to invade Europe.
As Putin and Trump threaten from east and west, Europe must stand up for itself. |
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/06/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-europe-defence-community?CMP=share_btn_tw

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756744121035698485#m

[2024-02-11 18:16 UTC]

This, by Tom Nichols
https://nitter.cz/RadioFreeTom
is brutally spot on.
No punches pulled. Just the way it is.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/02/if-russia-wins/677398/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756403996552520139#m

[2024-02-10 19:45 UTC]

How Tucker Carlson became Putin’s useful idiot
https://www.ft.com/content/8fb346c0-6d6c-4f2d-a2cc-8758d5728446
via
https://nitter.cz/FT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756040506197389365#m

[2024-02-09 19:40 UTC]

Verstehers gonna stay Verstehinin'
"Ramping up military pressure on Russia in Europe after the war could pose more risks than benefits"
Could, but would probably be the best post-war deterrent after self-deterring since 2014.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2510-2.html
via
https://nitter.cz/RANDCorporation

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756044323404001294#m

[2024-02-09 19:56 UTC]

I'm stuck with an earworm, except it's not the original but a remake of the BeeGees "Stayin' Alive" ...called "Verstehen Alive"
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2510-2.html
via
https://nitter.cz/RANDCorporation

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756045237737148607#m

[2024-02-09 19:59 UTC]

Russia could attack a Nato country within 3 to 5 years, Denmark warns
https://www.ft.com/content/b3101099-9516-4b0b-92c6-179997d7e4cf
via
https://nitter.cz/FT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756076386148639165#m

[2024-02-09 22:03 UTC]

Trump’s already back and America has ditched Ukraine
https://www.politico.eu/article/olaf-scholz-joe-biden-united-states-support-ukraine-trump-return/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755518567007535148#m

[2024-02-08 09:06 UTC]

The Coming Flood of Disinformation
How Washington Gave Up on the Fight Against Falsehoods
by
https://nitter.cz/wiczipedia
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/coming-flood-disinformation?utm_medium=social
via
https://nitter.cz/ForeignAffairs

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755306728458010972#m

[2024-02-07 19:05 UTC]