VDL tells FT she doesn't want a trade war with China

“Let’s say we share some of the concerns of our American counterparts. But our approach is different. The Americans have just applied blanket tariffs... but we want it to be fair and by the rules.”

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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book 'Berlin in the Cold War' (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin

Russia conducted an exercise in which it practiced starting a nuclear war. A short thread.
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Thanks for posting this, Casillic! I’ve worked at FAS for 18 years 👨🏻‍🦳 and I’m always amazed about the history of the organization and the people who have been involved in its efforts to reduce nuclear risks over the years.

More info here: fas.org/issue/nuclear-… Federation of American Scientists🔬

Honored to see our analysis of Chinese missile silos in Financial Times: ig.ft.com/taiwan-battleg…

Thanks to Planet for access to satellite imagery making discover and documentation possible:

Partial dealerting in Rep. Adam Smith piece about trimming costly Sentinel ICBM program: deploying part in road mobile configuration would not mean driving nuke-tipped ICBMs on trucks on roads but stored in vaults and only be put on alert if necessary. newsweek.com/congressman-us…

Ed Robinson Saint1 Ryan Chan 陳家翹 The B-52 deployment is part of “Large Scale Global Exercise 2024, an umbrella term for nearly 30 exercises around the world, including 11 in Europe. eucom.mil/pressrelease/4….

Ed Robinson Saint1 Here is the USAF announcement of the B-52 deployment to UK. usafe.af.mil/News/Article-D…

For some reason (h/t Ryan Chan 陳家翹) at least one of them is missing base ID on tail. Also on front. Here are comparisons.

Russian move to move sea state borders sounds like a text book Putin step to test the waters (no pun intended) for NATO reactions. moscowtimes.ru/2024/05/21/ros… Is there an international law expert that has analyzed what the move is and means?

【Book】フィンランドサウナとは？サウナストーンや木材、換気方法など、サウナを作るにあたっての基礎知識が満載。作者は技術や製品デザインの専門家Lassi Liikkanen氏。英語版は「The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design」
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Germany: Antisemitic incidents in Berlin hit record levels p.dw.com/p/4g8i2?maca=e…

訪韓したウクライナの‘準政府組織’『ICUV』代表団が、北朝鮮がロシアに短距離弾道ミサイルKN-23(北朝鮮版イスカンデル)60発を輸出し、その内20発が今年1月のハルキウ攻撃などに使われたと改めて明かしました。「北朝鮮は戦争から教訓を得ている」という旨の発言も。KBS。

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プーチンが指示した戦術核演習の第一段階が開始。イスカデル-M運用部隊とキンジャール運用部隊を含む空軍部隊で核弾頭の受け取り・装着と展開訓練を実施した由

「スペイン、ノルウェー、アイルランドがパレスチナ国家承認を表明」　 - 日本経済新聞 nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

ゼミでコール首相の会談記録などを読んでいると、しばしば通訳の仕事に議論が及ぶ。僕もわからないことが多いのだけど、この（西）ドイツ外務省の通訳担当官のインタビューは面白い
Dolmetscher Andreas Weiß im Interview: Von Breschnews Wodka und Kohls fehlenden Verben tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/v…

暗殺説含め、様々な情報が飛び交っています。くれぐれも情報の出所を確認しつつ、慎重に判断しましょう。 bbc.com/japanese/artic…