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#EuropeanDefence

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demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noelreports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noelreports</span></a></span> IRIS² can't come online soon enough.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@profcarroll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>profcarroll</span></a></span> “This (undisclosed!) settlement may bring relief to the parties involved, but it’s a missed opportunity for public accountability,"</p><p>Hear, hear.</p><p>The article also mentions Peter Thiel (CEO of Palantir and chief hater of liberal democracy) having been 'expected' to give testimony, but only as then Facebook board member.</p><p>Meanwhile information already exists showing that Thiel directed Palantir employees to work with Cambridge Analytica (subverting democracies in the UK and USA and probably elsewhere too), but *without written agreement* as if he had deliberately tried staying off the hook. Apparently it worked and Thiel (a German immigrant) is still leading the charge to dismantle the United States as a democracy and a republic... Nice.</p><p>Meanwhile even European states are doing business with Thiel's Palantir... 🤯 </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CambridgeAnalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeAnalytica</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@AliceStollmeyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AliceStollmeyer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@DefendDemocracy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></span> This is big reason why the world's despots are so happy to have him around.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> A contrarian opinion: Perhaps an attack on US critical infra *during relative peacetime* would finally force the authorities to fix that apparent dystopian security mess? </p><p>If an all-out cyber attack on US critical infra was to take place only hours or minutes before actual war requiring all hands on deck broke out the US 'homeland' would be properly fucked.</p><p>The EU and friendly democracies should also take note. Those emergency light flashes come from the rearview mirror of our rules-based international order.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
Economy<p>EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine, defence, economy</p><p>European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday for a two-day summit to address the bloc’s most…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyofEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyofEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyoftheEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyoftheEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUleaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUleaders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnionleaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnionleaders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>’sPrimeMinisterViktorOrbán <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kyiv</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'sWar <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2195994/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2195994/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2195994/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2195994/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine, defence, economy <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfTheEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfTheEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EULeaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EULeaders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnionLeaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnionLeaders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>’sPrimeMinisterViktorOrbán <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kyiv</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'sWar <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Economy<p>Not the time to mess with EU-US trade, EU’s Costa says</p><p>By John Irish KANANASKIS, Alberta, Reuters) -Europe and the United States should focus on how the bloc takes…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ant%C3%B3nioCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntónioCosta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economicuncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economicuncertainty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyofEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyofEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyofEuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyofEuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyoftheEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyoftheEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyoftheEuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyoftheEuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/presidentdonaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidentdonaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/theUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theUnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tradetensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tradetensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnderscoringCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderscoringCosta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UrsulavonderLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulavonderLeyen</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2170784/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2170784/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2170784/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2170784/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Not the time to mess with EU-US trade, EU’s Costa says <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ant%C3%B3nioCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntónioCosta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicUncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicUncertainty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfEuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfEuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfTheEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfTheEU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomyOfTheEuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomyOfTheEuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheUnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeTensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeTensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnderscoringCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderscoringCosta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UrsulaVonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaVonDerLeyen</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hanse_mina</span></a></span> Until autonomous loitering UAVs and dirigibles become commonplace I'd like to see manned twin-turboprops carrying compact radars, Link16-type comms and APKWS-type low-cost rockets patrolling hostile borders.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>newyorktimes</span></a></span> Opportunity missed? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> are at the very heart of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkState</span></a> project (also see <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>) intent on ending liberal democracy and indeed USA as a republic.</p><p>It also strikes me as insane to have Palantir involved in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> projects. In fact most of the new military startups in the USA are intimately linked to the fascist-leaning <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a>... 😬</p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thejapantimes</span></a></span> Designing and building a small number of expensive snowflakes (like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GCAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GCAP</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FCAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCAS</span></a>) was never a recipe for great success.</p><p>Now the MAGA regime means the USA can't be trusted while the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> China has 5th gen designs and the industrial base and intent to outmanufacture all democracies. And when "the time is right" they will sell their advanced military gear to their despot allies, including putin.</p><p>Perhaps democracies should consider rationalizing their plans and settle for a unified airframe design that can be mass-produced and equipped with mass-produced electronics and armament. The time isn't ideal for profiteering and IP masturbation.</p><p>I've previously suggested using the *existing* Korean <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KF21" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KF21</span></a> as a starting platform because we might not have *years* let alone decades to start building actual deterrence... 😬 </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p>So russia is beginning to intensify its attacks for a more massive summer offensive, having used its fake "ceasefires" to reorganize and redeploy the orc forces in preparation.</p><p>The orcs now also have new priority in targetting the drone operators of the Ukranian defence, with new toys to triangulate locations and more wire guided drones to get at them.</p><p>The obvious counter-defence is for the defenders to run a cable from the drone controller unit to the radio unit reasonable distance away.</p><p>In addition they should have 'killer drones' clearing their skies of russian surveillance drones (preventative effect), and if possible, set the radio unit somewhere that can be protected with discreet netting hung between trees which can snare careless quadcopter types.</p><p>Besides the orc losses and regrettable losses among the defenders there's parallel attrition warfare happening to exhaust enemy resources and finance.</p><p>You don't want to expend a 40k euro Stinger missile on a 1k enemy drone repeteatedly unless you absolutely have to.</p><p>There's over 2000km of front line that must be manned and protected... </p><p>Final punchline: “Ukraine and its partners must strip the Kremlin of its illusions.”<br>💯</p><p><a href="https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/ukraine-prepares-russian-summer-offensive" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rusi.org/explore-our-research/</span><span class="invisible">publications/commentary/ukraine-prepares-russian-summer-offensive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RUSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RUSI</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2013731/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2013731/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> NATO tries sound less ‘woke’ in attempt to get Donald Trump on board | World | News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTAN</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woke</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>NATO tries sound less ‘woke’ in attempt to get Donald Trump on board | World | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/940880/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/940880/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gender</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woke</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p>World's democracies condemned the crackdown in Hong Kong, but did nothing to impose costs on the CCP dictatorship. Instead business (read: Chinese exports) only grew and grew. Gotta empower them despots! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ </p><p>Hong Kong's pro-democracy struggle presented an opportunity for democracies to stand up against dictatorship, but we failed miserably.</p><p>Giving the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> yet another free pass (after its repressive occupation of Tibet in 1950-1951 and the 1989 Tiananmen massacre) surely emboldened <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> to invade <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> in 2022.</p><p>Repression of Tibetans, Uighurs, South-Mongolians, Hongkongers... or a billion+ voiceless Chinese brought no consequences, but at least the invasion of *European* Ukraine gave us Europeans a limited wakeup.</p><p>It's not enough. We could have aided developing democracies when the Soviet empire fell in 1989-1991 and *not aided* repressive regimes. Instead we doubled down on doing business without limits and empowered the likes of Chinese dictatorship.</p><p>There are things I love about Europe, and things I am deeply ashamed of. Talking about human rights while empowering despots belongs in the latter category.</p><p>Some foreign individuals did "Stand with Hong Kong" though. At least one here in Mastodon is, as always, still busy fighting authoritarian takeover. Now in her homeland of the USA.</p><p>“Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.“<br>— Nelson Mandela</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Hongkong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hongkong</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tibet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tibet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Uighurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uighurs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ccp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AxisOfDespots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AxisOfDespots</span></a></p>
Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀<p>If Moscow manages to negotiate the lifting of sanctions in exchange for a ceasefire, its militarised economy will quickly regain strength<br>=<br>Only deterrence by denial – ensuring that any future attack would be impossible or overwhelmingly costly – can secure lasting peace in the region.<br>=<br>Deterrence must be pan-European, treating Ukraine’s security as an integral part of the broader European defence architecture<br>=<br>From: <a href="https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/consolidating-europes-eastern-frontiers-options-ukraine-and-continent" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rusi.org/explore-our-research/</span><span class="invisible">publications/commentary/consolidating-europes-eastern-frontiers-options-ukraine-and-continent</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deterrence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deterrence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@AliceStollmeyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AliceStollmeyer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anneapplebaum</span></a></span> This might be the first time that I must politely disagree with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anneapplebaum</span></a></span>. Pacifism in itself isn't the problem here, but the absolutist version of it advocating for total surrender.</p><p>I'm a (peacetime) pacifist who believes (believed?) not only in credible *deterrence* in military terms but also in holistic *avoidance*. 👇</p><p>I have advocated against empowering dictatorships through business, normalization and appeasement (without credible actions towards democracy and human rights) since the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. First over the bonkers and near instantaneous rehabilitation of the CCP-ruled China out of sheer greed, and in the 2000's the revisionist putin regime which noted how the CCP got away with murder without consequences because *business and greed dictated policy in democracies*.</p><p>Our democracies had a pacifist way forward after the Cold War: Support developing democracies with trade and aid while targeting repressive regimes with punitive tariffs (yes the could be used for good!) and technology embargoes.</p><p>Instead of a strong global alliance of democracies we now have military-expansionist and revanchist China and Russia using all their wealth, power and guile to subvert those still-struggling democracies to the dark side. And not only that, they're trying to disrupt and fragment our once-powerful developed democracies as well! (Hello russian influence on the trump regime!)</p><p>The era of potential pacifist deterrence ended in February 2022 and we're *still funding* those hostile regimes. 🤯</p><p>(Anne's piece was posted on the fundamentally anti-democratic substack site so I steered clear 👀)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pacifism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pacifism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1924868/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1924868/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What if Europe had to fight tonight – without the Americans? » Wavell Room <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>Finnish veteran who fought in Afghanistan explains why comparing US and European defence spending isn’t necessarily compatible:</p><p>The US taxpayer ends up paying much more for the same capability. US bang-per-buck is much lower, up to 10x in some cases.</p><p>Inflated prices for defence procurement look good on paper, which may be what has been intended..</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=BrzunwO_g1M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=BrzunwO_g1</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a></p>
ProScience<p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> </p><p>22-posts-long thread by Sander Tordoir (on BlueSky), summarizing his paywall article "Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card":</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sandertordoir.bsky.social/post/3ljz26txao22c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/sandertordoir</span><span class="invisible">.bsky.social/post/3ljz26txao22c</span></a></p><p>"The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. [...]</p><p>When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water. </p><p>[...] Europe remains a wealthy region with a powerful industrial base that can drive rearmament and the productivity growth needed to fund it."</p>
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