It has arrived!

The Foreign Policy extract of Goodbye Globalization.

How Globalization Rose and Fell With Nord Stream

foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/29/glo…

So shameful. There are things more important than profits, like not funding terrorism. I hope the employees and shareholders of these companies will rethink their actions.

Western banks in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Kremlin last year ft.com/content/cd6c28… via @ft

Der Kreml hätte sich kein besseres Kanzler-Bundespräsidenten-Duo wünschen können als Scholz und Steinmeier.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Congratulations to my a true Transatlantic policy visionary and my pal Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦 for all the amazing work you have done in Berlin, especially holding German policymakers to account for still unfulfilled promises under Zeitenwende and for vocal & sustained analysis

Spotted this on FB and couldn't help posting here.

My home region (Fagaras) in the heart of Romania.
Otherworldly beautiful

(📷 Jeno Major)

Article 4.

'It was only a matter of time: Russia’s shadow fleet of uninsured and strangely equipped oil tankers has taken to loitering in the waters of Sweden, NATO’s newest member state.' Elisabeth Braw buff.ly/4aRWcsW

It’s been a great time at DGAP
but in June it’ll be time to move on.

I’m proud of what we achieved with #ActionGroup #Zeitenwende & #BerlinsideOut but new opportunities beckon.

I’m excited to soon share my new project - we’ve much to do to defend & renew the free world.

So for all his talk about troops on the ground and nuclear deterrent, Emmanuel Macron will not give a single Euro to the Czech ammunition initiative that’s providing a lifeline to Ukraine.
And seemingly France won’t allow a common EU contribution

Must read from Bojan Pancevski and laurence norman - bottom line is keep calm and carry on freezing and seizing Russian assets to support Ukraine’s military defense and reconstruction.

As I’ve said for nearly two years now: “The perpetrator of the crime needs to pay for the crime”🇷🇺➡️💰➡️🇺🇦

The great Elisabeth Braw's in depth look at Nordstream 2 and how it killed globalization.

Has it had any effect of Germany's desire always to accommodate Russia?

foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/29/glo…

Turkey will refuse Russian gas in favor of American LNG

While Putin does not give up hopes of organizing a gas hub in Turkey, Ankara has decided to move in the opposite direction - to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources.

To replace Russian gas, Turkey is supposed to

The largest western banks in Russia paid the Kremlin more than €800mn in taxes last year, a fourfold increase on prewar levels, despite promises to minimise their exposure after the invasion of Ukraine, ⁦Euan Healy⁩ and ⁦Anastasia Stognei⁩ report on.ft.com/3UBv6k3

Shameful. These banks should leave Russia right now.

RE: disabling of GPS on air and sea by Russian jamming in the Baltic region, NATO's article 4 states:

'The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened'.

The foreign ministers of all thre Baltic states are now linking the Russian GPS jamming with risks of an air disaster.
During weekend, the jamming forced two Finnish flights to turn around and the Tartu - Helsinki line is now under threat of closing.

archive.ph/kk0ga

'There can be no return to business as usual with Putin on energy,' Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇦 and Aura Sabadus discuss the need to divest from Russian gas amidst Putin's attacks on large-scale gas storage facilities in Western Ukraine. buff.ly/4aLnTDR

Must read from Bojan Pancevski and laurence norman - bottom line is keep calm and carry on freezing and seizing Russian assets to support Ukraine’s military defense and reconstruction.

As I’ve said for nearly two years now: “The perpetrator of the crime needs to pay for the crime”🇷🇺➡️💰➡️🇺🇦

First there were 'The Americans', now there are 'The Czechs': Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe theins.press/en/politics/27…

Six years ago I warned of the GPS disruption that's now taking place in the Baltic Sea.

It was obvious that something like this was going to happen.