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If Republicans want to show some patriotism today, they should act more like John McCain in 2008 then Donald Trump in 2019.
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The American Centrist
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The American Centrist
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Geopolitics and FP | WW2 history obsessionado | Future member of the deep state
Katılım Eylül 2016
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A thread on how France decarbonized by building nuclear power.
Max Roser@MaxCRoser
Until 50 years ago, CO₂ emissions developed in lockstep with economic growth in France. Since the early 1970s, the opposite has been true: emissions declined as people in France got richer.
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Bingo. Realistically Germany would need to be spending 5+% on defense for multiple years (likely a decade or more) and undergo a complete cultural overhaul with respect to the military to produce the kind of military capability that should be expected from it.
Elbridge Colby@ElbridgeColby
This is the right level of seriousness. It’s not about a number. It’s about real European military capability that has almost totally atrophied. It’s not going to be cheap for Europe to bring it back but the consequences of failing to do so are worse. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Some examples of operational equipment reductions from 1989 to 2024:
Let's start with main battle tanks:
🇩🇪 3,892 -> 248
🇫🇷 1,297 -> 200
🇮🇹 1,206 -> 200
🇬🇧 855 -> 148
🇳🇱 750 -> 16
🇸🇪 660 -> 110
🇩🇰 330 -> 44
🇧🇪 296 -> 0
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the us navy imposed freedom of navigation disproportionately benefits poor countries
if the unholy alliance of far right isolationists and far left anti-interventionists gets what it wants, only countries w advanced navies will be able to benefit from trade
Ryan Petersen@typesfast
The French Navy just posted these photos as they escort French container ships through the Red Sea. Before the American-led order that followed World War 2 this is how trade was done, with each nation protecting its own ships. Is this the future of globalization?
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There is NO meaningful decoupling of global trade from China. China's trade surplus with countries like Mexico (black) and Vietnam (blue) is up massively. Those goods don't stay in Mexico or Vietnam. They're trans-shipped to the rest of the world. No decoupling, only rejiggering.
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What Happened to Africa Rising? It’s Been Another Lost Decade. Oldie but goodie by @JavierBlas
bloomberg.com/opinion/featur…
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Maybe this will finally get some more international press to focus on what's happening in #Myanmar 🇲🇲
Ye Myo Hein@YeMyoHein5
The surrender of 2389 military personnel in Laukkai, including six Brigadier General commanders, marks the largest surrender in the history of Myanmar's military.
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The U.S. is in great danger. We are facing a possible war with China. And if it happened today, there's a significant chance we'd lose.
We need to have more of a sense of urgency about this.
noahpinion.blog/p/were-not-rea…
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Possibly my favorite "WW2 US industrial might" story yet.
Plane a little dinged up after a mission? Bulldoze it off the side of the carrier/airbase and get a shiny new one.
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A Brief History of America is in Decline Like The Roman Empire
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Positive trend summary du jour, from @gapminder by Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling-Ronnlund.
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This is a really important piece by @mattyglesias.
I love the framing of "Malthusian institutions"—groups and special interests worried about protecting their own proverbial nuts and berries—creating mass scarcity out of (ironically) a fear of scarcity.
slowboring.com/p/malthusian-i…
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NEW: The US has a much higher stake in Russia's war on Ukraine than most people think.
As Americans consider the costs of continuing to help Ukraine fight the Russians in the coming years, they deserve a careful consideration of the costs of allowing Russia to win. 🧵(1/19)
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US intelligence assessed that the war in Ukraine has devastated the pre-war Russian military, although Russia has partially offset these losses and continues to prepare for a long war in Ukraine. 🧵(1/5)
Institute for the Study of War@TheStudyofWar
NEW: US intelligence reportedly assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in fall 2023 and through the upcoming winter aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine instead of achieving any immediate operational objectives. (1/2)
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As long as America does not lose faith in its own project, the current international order can thrive for decades to come. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
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How a coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama
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For defence-industrial policy wonks. ASD Doug Bush on US monthly production of 155mm shells.
- Feb 2022: 14k
- today: 28k
- Q1 2024: 36k
- Q3 2024: 60k
- early 2025: 70k-80k
If Congress approves 155mm supplemental of $3.1bn (part of Biden’s $106bn request)
- late 2025: 100k
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Israel invades Gaza. The Myanmar junta collapses across northern Shan state. The RSF goes on a rampage across Darfur and Kordofan. Eastern Syria is ready to explode. Tuareg rebels take more ground in northern Mali, and now the GNU & LNA are moving in Libya.
Crazy times.
Jalel Harchaoui جلال حرشاوي@JMJalel_H
The level of coordination and mobilization displayed by Dabaiba & Turkey yesterday as they took back Gharyan was greater than warranted by the situation. Now Dabaiba forces have gotten about 75 km close the #Shwayref, where the 128th and TbZ of the LNA are fully mobilized. If Dabaiba takes Shwayref, he will go much farther south.
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