Alexandre Krauss

Talking as adults and for adults as you should. Fading memories of leadership. Hope is (still) not lost.

Russian operatives allegedly discussed staging a fake assassination attempt to help Viktor Orbán win. A fake attack. On a European leader. To manipulate voters. This is not politics. This is a theatre of power written in Moscow. Orbán stands exactly where the Kremlin needs him.

North Korea is pushing to integrate AI across both its civilian economy and its military modernisation efforts. But, despite growing ambition and reported progress in areas such as cyber operations and uncrewed systems, major constraints in chips, infrastructure, energy and data are likely to limit what Pyongyang can achieve in practice. Read the latest analysis by @lamikim ➡️ go.iiss.org/3PjhCJD

8/ War ongoing. Pressure easing. That gap is not accidental.

7/ Sanctions are leverage. Leverage is power. Give it up without a strategy, and you’re not shaping outcomes, you’re conceding them.

1/ While Ukraine is still under attack, sanctions on Russia-linked individuals and entities are being lifted. Quietly. Without explanation. This matters more than it looks. kyivindependent.com/us-lifts-sanct…

In modern war, capability, messaging, and perception move together. Iran didn’t hit Diego Garcia. But it just showed it can reach it. That’s the message. wsj.com/livecoverage/i…

Lukashenko helped launch Putin’s war from #Belarus. Now Trump wants to roll out the red carpet. This isn’t diplomacy, it’s laundering dictatorship.

Dear Sadiq Khan, I think some of the prejudice to do with 'singling out Muslims' is to to with their stated intention to kill 'infidels', expecially the bit about beheading them You see, the other religions don't promise that

A generation documenting everything — experiencing nothing. cnn.com/world/no-phone…

The democratic firewall in the EU Parliament is not negotiable. If reports of cooperation between the EPP and AfD are confirmed, that firewall has been obliterated. Europe’s mainstream cannot claim to defend democracy while legitimising those who seek to dismantle it. euronews.com/2026/03/15/eu-…

A Jewish school attacked in Amsterdam. A synagogue targeted in Rotterdam. Another attack in Belgium. Schools and places of worship must never become targets of fear. #Antisemitism is violence against Europe itself. Zero tolerance.

The Strait of Hormuz is becoming a geopolitical toll gate.