It was a pleasure to meet with President Djukanovic at the #2BSForum today. I commend #NATO ally #Montenegro for its regional leadership in fostering stability & promoting solutions to common challenges. The #WesternBalkans have a shared future in #NATO & the #EU. Kabinet Predsjednika Crne Gore

FM Darmanović opening the panel at #2BSForum in #Budva⬇️ ▫️NATO remains the most successful political-military alliance in history that strengthened Western security&prosperity ▫️Commitment of Allies is still unwavering and its cohesion proves to be solid in all recent events

Savo Kentera, President of the Atlantic Council of🇲🇪Atlantic Council of Montenegro in intro.speech #2bsforum also didn't avoid the question of🇷🇺occup.of Crimea. 🇺🇦invariably remains on the global agenda & reminds everyone that in XXIc.armed aggression lasts and people die in the very heart of Europe

Reportaje de 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑆𝑎ℎ𝑢𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜 sobre el asunto del petróleo ruso contaminado. El artículo incluye algunos comentarios de mi colega Alan Riley del Institute for Statecraft elpais.com/economia/2019/… vía EL PAÍS España

There are 7.7 billion people on this planet and ~1 billion of them in China do not know the facts about Tiananmen and do not recognize this photo, which the rest of the world does. As we commemorate 30 years since the Tiananmen killings, ponder the power of propaganda.

Succinct facts not subject to interpretation. Russia's portion in global GDP: in 1990 it was close to 5.5% (Japan's level at the time), in 1999 - it dropped to 2.5%, in 2018, after 20 years of "stable" development, it reached 1.98%. And all of that as oil price increased.

Misrule of law: How the Kremlin uses Western institutions to undermine the West bit.ly/2WzYzhQ

Daniel Kimmage: Within our gov'ts, the threat of Russian and other kleptocrats requires a whole-gov't response; on the world stage, it requires an international response. We must share our info and work together if we are to push back effectively. #KremlinAttackingRuleofLaw

Neil Barnett: The threat of Russia is a tripod: Digital, Financial, and classic Espionage; Hungary, Austria, and Italy are in different stages of co-optation. We need a formal charter in NATO nullifying treaties with Russia, suspension as consequence. #KremlinAttackingRuleofLaw

LIVE NOW → Chris Murphy 🟧 discusses the vital importance of a robust and comprehensive defense against disinformation. pscp.tv/w/b9KTfzFEWktv…

Joining Atlantic Council now to discuss how we can defend against disinformation and foreign interference in our elections and beyond. Watch live ⬇️

PACE is destroying its credibility if members lift sanctions on Russia delegation. It’s a very severe blow against defenders of #HumanRights.

The globalizing-localizing Great War conference at the Rotheremere Institute, Oxford, features a number of new scholars who were funded as a commemoration of Oxford men who did not survive to complete their studies. They have been outstanding. Salute.

Here's the thing I've been working on for two months: How anti-vaccine movements threaten global health - part of the BBC News Vaccines season monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200w3… Would be grateful for RTs etc, as I'm needy like that

❗On 24 June, PACE might lift sanctions on the Russian delegation ‼️ This would embolden 🇷🇺 to continue its aggression against 🇺🇦 ❓Will you help Save the Council of Europe from capitulating to Russian pressure? ✔️Join the letter-writing campaign! m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A High #HumanRights Price if the #CouncilofEurope capitulates to #Russia #PACE #Ukraine #CrimeanSolidarity #LetMyPeopleGo khpg.org/en/index.php?i…

"In some ways, the shoot down is a signaling mechanism to the United States that Iran is more capable than we might have assumed.” bit.ly/2x7Oslf

Interview with Chris Donnelly, director of The Institute for Statecraft by Nicolás de Pedro: “The West is yet to understand the paradigm shift in the nature of conflict in the 21st century”: bit.ly/2qlyMuG Institute for Statecraft Nicolas de Pedro 🇪🇸

Nuestro Comité de #Sostenibilidad celebró ayer la sesión "La geopolítica de la energía en el contexto actual", en la que contamos con Nicolás de Pedro Institute for Statecraft, y con Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, Economista del Estado y ex Presidente de Isolux Corsán. amchamspain.com/energia-y-sost…