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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Revolutionizes NATO Military Strategy.
(Or would you rather talk (and talk) about some vague vision of something called “Strategic Autonomy”?)
A great piece by the great @StevenErlanger on NATO’s transformation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-war.html
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Revolutionizes NATO Military Strategy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-war.html
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The Liege sent a subaltern to check if the vassal was fulfilling his obligations. They used to pay tribute to the Golden Horde, now there’s a new master.
RT @Spriter99880: Chinese Defense Minister:
China ready to work with Russia to maintain global security
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This is 2005 vintage Putin, just to put things in developmental perspective.
As with developmental psychology or biology, we need a sub-discipline called developmental authoritarianism. @RadioFreeTom @AshaRangappa_
RT @AshaRangappa_: Can someone remind me what this whole vindictive crusade is about again? It was just Disney publicly expressing disapproval of the Don’t Say Gay law, right?
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This is extremely good and more importantly, very necessary
Freedom needs to be better supplied than tyranny. If democracies stand firm, Putin’s war on Ukraine will fail.
Simon McDonald, Christoph Heusgen, Stéphane Abrial, Jim Jones and Stefano Stefanini https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/17/democracies-vladimir-putin-ukraine-diplomatic-military-europe
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Russia to shackle all potential conscripts
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Send this thread to the office of the president of Brazil please.
RT @InnaSovsun: "I carried out the command. I and my group killed everyone there, we left everyone there. It was a nine-story building and the entire basement, the first and second floors were filled with people. I then gave command: "kill everyone""
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Utterly repulsive yet compelling typical of the Russian army.
RT @Teoyaomiquu: I've listened to an audio intercept in which russian soldier calls his spouse and complains that they have orders to kill everyone, women and children.
It strikes me not that he did it but that his spouse explained that it's a good thing: "Everyone peaceful already left."
I…
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“But it worried about escalation and the reaction from Moscow, particularly given Germany’s troubled history with Russia, and so refused to move first“
Typical. Germans killed far more Ukrainians than Russians, but the “troubled history” is with Russia.
Shame @ecfr to say this.
RT @RusiAlpo: The art of vassalisation: How Russia’s war on Ukraine has transformed transatlantic relations: https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-art-of-vassalisation-how-russias-war-on-ukraine-has-transformed-transatlantic-relations/ käyttäen @ecfr
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What a bizarre person. What a bizarre story. Great by @yarotrof https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-account-overseen-by-former-navy-noncommissioned-officer-helped-spread-secrets-a4b5643b?st=zs1w3c1f1qh1oky&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
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Awful, sickening. What an uncivilized regime, one more pariah in the pantheon of failed post-communist states reverting to authoritarian type, but with capitalism. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/16/mikheil-saakashvili-georgia-jailed-ex-president-nears-death-in-hospital
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Special Military Operation: Just Being Annoying including material on a Russian embassy thug (soon to be PNG-d) who came to bully Americans in America. Ben Wittes encourages RTs and gives permission to make outtakes to spread around. Thug at 1 hr 24 min.
https://www.youtube.com/live/AR0x_IeJM-s?feature=share
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Insightful thread from @AmyZegart
RT @AmyZegart: Been thinking about #Teixeria's fast arrest in the #IntelligenceLeak case and how it showcases the changing nature and rising power of open-source intel. A thread.
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A fascinating thread on air power: Russian pilot fears and Ukrainians’ lack of decent aircraft
RT @Mylovanov: Today I talked to a Ukrainian pilot. He is a commander of an aviation unit conducting combat and evacuation missions. In Bakhmut and elsewhere.
The story that captured my attention was of his conversations with Russian pilots. They know each from before the invasion. 1
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RT @jacopo_iacoboni: Italy let Artem Uss, a Russian trafficker accused in the Us of bringing sanctioned military technology (semiconductors, satellites, radar) to Russia, as well as money laundering, escape from house arrest. With alleged complicity of several countries services with the Russians
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An American posing as a Russian who churned out pro-Russian disinformation now exposed.
RT @P_Kallioniemi: In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American propagandist and podcaster, Donbass Devushka. She's best-known for her fake Russian identity, for her pro-Russian podcast, and for spreading false, pro-Russian narratives on social media.
1/23
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Map Of Europe Re-drawn According To What Countries Look Like. | https://thelanguagenerds.com/2022/guy-re-draws-the-map-of-europe-by-imagining-what-countries-look-like-30-pics/
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Important insights in this thread from @andrewmichta
RT @andrewmichta: 🧵As I follow Russian media and the tenor of Russian politics, I am increasingly convinced that we are potentially looking at a historic inflection point in #Russia. I would call it "de-Westernization"-- an effort to return Russia's self-definition to its pre-European roots. 1/6
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