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Like one third SK/ Asian, another third DE/ European and the last North-American. Sounds like a realistic spread, and a reasonable setup. Heard that the Abrams are high and expensive AF in maintenance, so setting up spare parts is a good step.

Progressive thinking is about always finding new ways to improve living conditions.

This 💯 %

Tbh, good point. I was actually taking a good groundwork for granted, which it obviously isn’t. But don’t negate " the story" and the message. Take also Canada’s Mark Carney as an example, and how he’s able to communicate and resonate among many people and borders with his speeches of “working together” etc.

It is possible considering these examples of inclusive, centre-oriented (not extreme right) and connecting political campaigns like Obama’s " Yes we can" and Mandela’s “Rainbow nation”.

We need some progressive parties to take this to heart and translate this message to this age, like the Dutch Rob Jetten did this year with his campaign “It is possible”, which he copied from Obama.

" Shhh. Do not mention to Trump that it is the Kingdom of Denmark that has won"

This is the title of an analysis in Danish news outlet “Berlingske”, link. Basically it says :

" The wildest thing is not the agreement itself, which the USA enters into with Greenland and Denmark. The wildest thing is that ministers, diplomats and officials have succeeded in selling it to Trump as a great personal success for the president. Make no mistake – it is a shame it is a great success for both the USA, Greenland and Denmark that the Americans »will defend security in Arctic«, as Trump writes on Truth Social.

But it is far from Trump’s wild dream of making Greenland American and expanding the American territory by annexing the world’s largest island. Instead, it has apparently succeeded in entering into an agreement where no red lines are violated. Where the sovereignty of the Kingdom is not violated and persists."

feel this just shouldn’t have gotten this far.

I agree that the US pressure didn’t help. But afaik, the Cny didn’t (really) fold. I’m confident, knowing how flexible, unscrupulous and solution-oriented most Dutch CEos are, it probably was a hardline CCP agenda which led to an untenable situation.

Here a report in the issue by the Bruegel Institute:

" The Nexperia saga illustrates how Chinese FDI operates under a fundamentally different logic to traditional market-driven investment: it is inherently conditional and reversible, based on geopolitics. When Wingtech acquired Nexperia, it wasn’t simply a private equity play. The acquisition was made possible by Beijing’s huge industrial policy push to increase its power over the global semiconductor supply chain."

Here the official Pressrelease & Ruling of the Court per June 2026. link

These kind of headlines make me say that I hope that the UK can take back the reigns. Seems like they are being sold off bit my bit, year by year to the highest bidders, while being compromised from all sides, both via the left hand and the right hand.

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Canada & EU are really are fast-tracking their collaborations. I am curious as to what exactly will be announced:

“Short of EU membership, the EU and Canada want to get as close as legally possible, one of the people said. The two sides have also discussed working together through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multi-country trade agreement of which Canada is a member.”

you immediately jump to election interference then?

Because there is and was,. Germany and other countries have been trying to cope with it for years. I just don’t know the exact details.

So, now that you know that, why did you jump to your conclusions?

I think…

Pease don’t put words in my mouth. Don’t be like the enemy if you wanna be friends.

I’m questioning the validity of this vote due to irregularities in the campaign and external interference I’d start an investigation if I were Germany.

Still haven’t seen anything about the role of the disinfo campaign here, which was afaik very sizeable, and extra info graphs about who voted what . Anyone more info?

found this DW source and NTV source.

" According to Platform Wahlen, there have been several acts of influence that can be attributed to Russian actors. Russian propaganda networks such as Operation Overload (“Matryoshka”) and “Storm-1516” attempted to discredit the candidates of the CDU, SPD, FDP, Left Party and Greens from Saxony-Anhalt."

For a more indepth take see also Balkaninsight article, War Criminal or ‘Serb Hero’: Reactions to Ratko Mladic’s Death Reflect Balkan Divisions.

@OP your link must be this one

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219 incidents of suspected Russian hybrid warfare in Europe were documented between 2014–2025, with 46% occurring in 2024 alone ​⁠.

151 incidents of Russian-linked hybrid warfare (sabotage, arson, cyberattacks, etc.) were recorded between February 2022 and February 2026, with 41 new incidents identified between summer 2025 and early 2026

Germany recorded 321 cases of sabotage in 2025, though attribution to Russia remains challenging due to plausible deniability

See also csis, eeas and globsec

Just watched YT channel “A different bias” saying the media should call this hybrid warfare for what is:

State sponsored Terrorism( by the Ruso/Sino axis).