Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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About once every half-million years, Earth's magnetic poles switch. After day 1 of #MSC2025, I can't think of a better metaphor for the European politics of the transatlantic alliance: everything is reversing.

— Jeremy Cliffe (@jeremycliffe.bsky.social) 14 February 2025 at 21:01

🇪🇺 Commission chair v. der Leyen will ask the EU Council for the activation of the so-called escape clause which will allow member states to increase defence spending without falling foul of the EU's budgetary disciplines

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— François Heisbourg (@fheisbourg.bsky.social) 14 February 2025 at 13:34

"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...

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— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 14 February 2025 at 16:14