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While everyone is focused on rise of the AfD in German elections the party that could now have influence over the German defence budget is the leftist Die Linke. Ulrike Franke in a welcome return to Comment is Freed explains why. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/die-linke-is…

What does Vance think of the FR-UK reassurance force? “20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years” France and the UK, nuclear powers that are currently still deployed alongside Americans in OIR are “some random country” Crystal clear.

Backpedalling furiously, I see. Only the UK & France had proposed anything approaching scale of 20k troops, so I don't see how Vance would be referring to anyone else. But let's take smaller states. Denmark & Estonia took same casualties per capita as America in Afghanistan.

The suspension of U.S. assistance for Ukraine is a very unfortunate and significant development, but it may not have immediate impact. Ukraine is far less dependent on the U.S. for day to day battlefield needs in 2025, than it was in earlier periods of the war. 1/

Quick service-post to the non-German-speakers on the substantial 🇩🇪defense & infrastructure package which the lead negotiators of the potential new 🇩🇪gvmt coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD CDU·CSU SPD Parteivorstand 🇪🇺, Friedrich Merz Lars Klingbeil 🇪🇺 Saskia Esken and Markus Söder just announced:

I think it’s often those in Europe who have been most pro-American that are now reacting most strongly to what Trump is doing. Huge sense of betrayal and disgust

Security policy has become the most urgent challenge for Germany. The country’s prospective government isn’t backing away from it, Ulrike Franke writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/germany-defens…

The new German government has not been formed yet, and it is already facing Berlin’s—and Europe’s—most momentous foreign and defense policy challenges in a generation, Ulrike Franke writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/germany-defens…

Dear British students – Please learn German! It's a beautiful, rich & useful language & you can compete to make the longest compound noun. Mine is "'Weltpolitikfähigkeitverlustvermeidungsstrategie'". 47 letters (& yes, it does make sense). #shoutoutforgerman Wolfgang Ischinger

Wir sind online! In der neuen Folge versuchen wir alle (naja, fast) Fragen zu beantworten, die sich aktuell stellen. Von F35 Cancellation zur deutschen/ europäischen Atombombe. sicherheitspod.de/2025/03/22/fol…

"Sir, the Americans don't know that Martinique and Guadeloupe are part of France, they have only slapped a 10% tariff on them."

This is the post I never wanted to have to make. Earlier today, news arrived that my position as a history professor for US Army CGSC has been eliminated in accordance with DOD cuts. There is no chance of reassignment, and the entire Fort Belvoir campus will be stood down.

Die neue Folge ist online! Wir haben den Koalitionsvertrag gelesen - und diskutieren über Wehrpflicht. Plus: Klimakatastrophe und Sicherheit. Jetzt hier hören: sicherheitspod.de/2025/04/15/94-…

Große Ehre und eine noch größere Verantwortung. Ich freue mich sehr, dass ich von meiner Partei für das Amt der Staatsministerin im Auswärtigen Amt vorgeschlagen wurde. Jetzt heißt es: schnell ins Arbeiten kommen, die Welt wartet nicht. 1/2

In Folge #94 sprachen wir über die Ausrichtung der zukünftigen Bundesregierung in der Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik, und über den Zusammenhang zwischen Klimawandel und Sicherheit. Jetzt noch schnell hören, bevor die nächste Folge kommt! sicherheitspod.de/2025/04/15/94-…

Quick reminder as new ppl are following here - I actually post, write, and analyse elsewhere. Same handle!

Germany’s new government faces a range of new security challenges. Addressing them while making the new course sustainable will entail a change in mindset—in how security and defense policy are discussed in Germany, Ulrike Franke writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/germany-defens…

Alors que des négociations s'ouvrent une nouvelle fois à Istanbul entre Russie et Ukraine, le "Casque et la plume" revient sur leurs perspectives et le rapport de force, avec Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social), Ulrike Franke et Elie Tenenbaum. Retrouvez cet épisode de #LeCollimateur sur #LeRubicon.