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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

1. What is Neo-Idealism? (seeing as many of you have asked) It’s a new approach to Grand Strategy & International Relations that I think we can see emerging in responses to #Russia ’s war & from #Ukraine ’s brave resistance. 1st 🧵in a series on #NeoIdealism 1/25

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26 days

Ukraine does.

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It's sad Israel has to live under constant threat of missile and rocket attacks like this No other modern country has to live with this constant threat

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

#Prague keepin it real. #FCKPTN #SlavaUkraini

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

This week (30-31/08) EU Foreign Ministers meet in #Prague where they'll discussion the #visaban . I've worked on issues relating to visas, borders & EU foreign & security policy for 2 decades. Here's what you need to know - & why you should SUPPORT the #visabanforrussians 🧵/1

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1 year

Just wondering: If a NATO country were hit & it looked like #Germany would be sucked into a shooting war, would it still take a year to get the #Leopards from industry to battlefield? Would normal working practices still apply - or would things be stepped up? B/c they could be.

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2 years

The now infamous open letter by 'intellectuals & artists' calling on #Germany to stop supporting #Ukraine [&, effectively, for 🇺🇦's capitulation to #Russia ] is very revealing. As well as being patronising as hell & totally wrong I think its shows something else too ... 1/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

4 months

It is absurd that #UK & #Germany will sell Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, an authoritarian state that opposes liberal values. These powerful jets should be sent to #Ukraine which directly fights for our values, interests & security.

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Germany drops block to Eurofighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia

Berlin had stalled on deliveries due to human rights concerns.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

So much nonsense in so few characters.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 months

Look at this. Don’t turn away. And give Ukraine what it needs to win. To stop this Barbarism.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

This is how you do it. #Czechia sends more heavy weapons to #Ukraine . They are Czech production. This is on top of T-72 tanks & Dana Howitzers. #Germany , take note - special FAO Robert Habeck, 🇨🇿 is a #NATO member …

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⚡️The Czech Republic handed over RM-70 Vampire multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine. Thank you, we'll never forget!

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1 year

Desperate to be in #Ukraine , where they belong, & frustrated by how long it’s taking to #FreeTheLeopards 🇩🇪 #tanks are taking matters into their own hands - a Leopard2A6 & a Bergepanzer 3 broke loose in Gutersloh … /S - seriously though, how long can this farce go on?

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

7 months

This is so important. When you watch these clips you’ll know what must be done. Only victory and meaningful justice can end the cycle of aggression. And, every day, more evidence is collected for a Special Tribunal on Russian aggression. Let’s get #SpecialTribunalNow trending.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

If you think democracy’s fight is not yours. If you think it’s fine for an autocratic great power to bully it’s neighbour. Then we have a problem - And you don’t speak for Europe - You never have - and you will not have a Europe to lead.

Europe must resist pressure to become ‘America’s followers,’ says Macron

The ‘great risk’ Europe faces is getting ‘caught up in crises that are not ours,’ French president says in interview.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

#Poland , already leading the way, could pile yet more pressure on #Scholz to deliver #Leopard2s (with a little #US help) -🇺🇸 sent 28 #Abrams to🇵🇱 for training🇵🇱 crews. - If #US donates them to 🇵🇱 it would free up as many as 28 Leos to be sent to #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Eh, @apmassaro3 ?

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

In case you didn’t get it, #Russia ’s military defeat is the perfect time to tighten the sanctions, tighten the travel restrictions and increase the isolation …

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

The thing is that even IF #Germany now follows #France & the #US & delivers Armoured vehicles, it will still look like it’s moving at the speed of shame from outside. The only way to now actually regain moral standing is to seize the initiative & go full Leopard #FreeTheLeopards

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

3 months

By failing to seize Russian assets we signal weakness & a lack of resolve to win the war. We risk failing to deter Russia by defeating it in Ukraine & putting ourselves in great danger. We have to #MakeRussiaPay as the brilliant @OlenaHalushka said in Munich #MSC2024

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

🔥THE RACE IS ON 🔥 With #Russia eyeing a spring offensive & mass mobilisation, #Ukraine needs #TANKS - Main Battle Tanks #MBTs - like never before. To get them to 🇺🇦 by March with some training a decision is needed in the next 10-14 days. - Thankfully … 1/3

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

We have to deal with the #Russia we have. Not the Russia some Western intellectuals & politicians wish we had.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

9 months

We don’t have a Putin problem. We have a Russia problem. However much Team Navalny try to convince you otherwise [b/c they are part of the problem].

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Absolutely superb from @ABNPoland

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

5 months

Hungarians should do something about Orban - or we must do something about Hungary. The choice must be clear. - you can have the illiberal, Russia helping Orban. - or you can have EU membership. Not both. #Hexit #HuckOff

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“The only way I can read the Hungarian position, not just on Ukraine but on many other issues, is that they are against Europe and everything that Europe stands for.” — Gabrielius Landsbergis, 🇱🇹 MFA Hungarians should do something about their government before it’s too late.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

The past was yours, but the future’s ours.

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2 years

Old Europe, New Europe

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

#NAFO is the return of repressed courage. decency and moral stature in the West - it erupted at our failure to stand up properly to #Russia , for #Ukraine , and for ourselves. It’s taking back social media & recovering lost hope.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

#Poland has already done so much for #Ukraine . Yet, for a relatively small additional investment it could trigger huge additional benefits. Poland could send ONE of its #Leopard 2PL modified MBTs. This would, at a stroke, remove Berlin's excuse for refusing to #FreetheLeopards

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

7 months

Hungary has no place in the EU or NATO

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7 months

Hungary’s leader chooses to stand with a man whose forces are responsible for crimes against humanity in Ukraine, and alone among our Allies. While Russia strikes Ukrainian civilians, Hungary pleads for business deals.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Today’s the day. Time for Tanks. Following #UK , #Poland & #Finland ’s lead, of course #Germany & all European partners should join them in sending #MBTs . The #US has sent so much - & done so much to lead - but if it now needs to #FreetheAbrams to #FreeTheLeopards , it should. 1/4

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

I support this #Schengen 'tourist' #visaban for Russians🇷🇺. There are good arguments for & against - & neither option is perfect - but deciding between imperfect options is often the essence of politics. After much careful consideration here's why I support the visa ban🧵 1/

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Kaja Kallas

2 years

Stop issuing tourist visas to Russians. Visiting #Europe is a privilege, not a human right. Air travel from RU is shut down. It means while Schengen countries issue visas, neighbours to Russia carry the burden (FI, EE, LV – sole access points). Time to end tourism from Russia now

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Forget the obstacles, time for those who CAN to DO. #UK , #Poland , #Finland & all others who want to give tanks to🇺🇦should do so ASAP. Re-export rules don't matter, #Ukraine 's victory does. - #France can step up #LeclercLibre - & yes, the #US should also #FreeTheAbrams

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3 months

Terrific from Tusk. “We don’t have Ukraine fatigue, we have Orban fatigue,” #Poland ’s position on #Hungary is so important to an EU solution to the Orban problem.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

We don’t, yet, know what caused the deadly explosion in #Przewodow #Poland & should not jump to conclusions. BUT, there are several important things to consider. 1. This would not have happened if we had earlier given #Ukraine the means to defeat #Russia & end the war.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

What to do with a problem like #Steinmeier getting refused an invitation to #Kyiv by #Zelenskiy ? A 🧵 on why it's better for #Germany to get proactive instead of getting offended over #Ukraine .

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

Points on #Ukraine , #Germany , the #EU & #NATO . 1. We should not speak of 'solidarity' with Ukraine -it's our fight too: for democracy against autocracy, for freedom against tyranny, for our collective security and for our shared future. We must consistently talk & act like that.

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2 years

Because it shines a light on their own unwillingness to do so. It threatens to reveal the deep cowardice, cynicism & selfish will for an easy life (never mind the suffering of others or the lost potential for progress at home) that is all too common ... 3/ #Emma #Germany

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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I’ll fix that for you. VisaBan will: - show EU resolve in support of Ukraine & opposition to Russia. - make clear to Russians that this is their war -with consequences (& cause to reflect) - enhance EU security & stop 🇷🇺s laughing in our faces - give us a future bargaining chip

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Leonid ХВ Ragozin

2 years

Visa ban will: - cause human tragedies by creating millions of separated families - make it harder for emigre opposition to liaise with supporters inside the country - fuel Putin’s Russophobia narrative Visa ban will not: - stop the war or help Ukraine in any meaningful way

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2 years

This is combined with a massive superiority complex & the need to be recognised as superior by others. Its deeply ingrained, cherished & is fundamentally threatened by Ukraine's courageous fight, which shows many Europeans what they would not be willing to do themselves 4/ #Emma

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2 years

If there is one country that should understand the need for military solutions to oppressive regimes, it is #Germany . If there is one country that should understand the need to back democratic allies to the hilt when they face a stronger, authoritarian foe, it is #Germany .

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

5 months

It is not ‘unfortunate’ that Ukraine is still at war. - it is a choice we have made by not giving Ukraine what it needs to win. We should not ‘wish’🇺🇦 peace in 2024 - we should MAKE IT HAPPEN by giving Ukraine what it needs to win. Peace comes through 🇺🇦victory.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

3 months

Many of you have asked why I’m pushing for @GLandsbergis as EU HRVP & @kajakallas as NATO SecGen TLDR: they’re the best people for the jobs - and to ensure NATO & the EU hold together & have a bright future we need our best in these positions. I came back from #MSC2024 more…

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

It's not enough for #Russia to lose its aggressive war. ▶️ #Ukraine must win. It's not enough to win a military victory 🇺🇦needs a viable future. That must include a clear path to #EU membership. Here's why🇪🇺should offer that (& what's getting in the way) a🧵

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

I still haven’t heard one *good* reason why sending ‘Western’ Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) or Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to #Ukraine would trigger a significant escalation. I’ve heard a lot of reasons given … but they really don’t stack up & don’t outweigh the benefits.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

We have to challenge this attitude & make sure it doesn't guide our policy -on the war, on reconstructing & integrating #Ukraine & in our own societies. False superiority won't get us anywhere. Let us be inspired by🇺🇦 & let us act in way that again genuinely inspires others. /end

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

8 months

Who’s behind #NAFO ? It’s all of us

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Rick Wilson

8 months

Putin bootlick @basedMikeLee is attacking NAFO and wants to know who’s behind it. All of us, Mike. It’s all of us. #nafoexpansionisnonnegotiable

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Contrary to what some in Berlin are claiming, #Ukraine needs tanks ASAP. - a clear message to #Germany @CinC_AFU Zaluzhny: “I can beat this enemy. I need 300 main battle tanks, 600-700 armored personnel carriers, 500 artillery pieces."🇺🇦 #FreeTheLeopards

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Ukraine’s top soldier runs a different kind of army from Russia’s

Valery Zaluzhny wants to encourage initiative and devolve authority

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8 months

A small point on language, with some big implications. The war is not ‘dragging on’. #Ukraine is fighting desperately for its survival & to liberate its people from #Russia ’s brutality & oppression. We are dragging it out by not giving 🇺🇦 what it needs to win ASAP.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

This is why MUCH stronger action is needed. - cut the gas & oil. now. - arm #Ukraine to the hilt. - recognise 🇺🇦’s 🇪🇺 candidacy

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Aftermath of the attack in Kyiv.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

Its that attitude of false superiority & patronising selfishness, combined with a lack of will to actually fight (metaphorically & literally) for progress - or to spread its benefits more widely - that is the real danger to #Germany & #Europe 's future not - WW3. 7/ #Emma /7

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

There's been a lot said about @TimothyDSnyder 's devastating takedown of Jurgen #Habermas perspective on #Ukraine & #Russia which is, sadly, representative of a major strand of discourse in #Germany that also impacts 🇩🇪policy & positioning. I want to highlight a few things 🧵

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Timothy Snyder

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2 years

Jürgen Habermas, regarded as the greatest political philosopher in Europe, has written a text on its major contemporary crisis, the war in Ukraine. His thesis has directed German discourse away from realities of the past and possibilities of the present.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

It's a way of reinforcing this facade of superiority, but its haunted by the recognition that they themselves would not undertake this struggle & have, in too many ways, given in to cynicism about (geo)politics, ideals & progress more widely. 6/ #EmmaRose

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Ukrainian people’s stunning bravery is an example for the entire world

russian warship, go f**k yourself. There are many more articulate and lyrical quotes about war but few capture the raw emotion and patriotism of the averag...

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Keep #Ukraine in mind this #Christmas

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 months

56bn for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Zero Trust for Germany? 🇩🇪 #Germany is both #Ukraine ’s biggest European supporter in absolute financial terms - AND rightly seen as problem by allies (As well as by many Germans) Here’s why.🧵 (& no, it’s not just Scholz, the SPD & #Taurus )

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

In 2022 Ukrainians reminded us what courage is. - They’ve also given us the wake up call we needed to renew our own democracies & revive the hope of progress. - here’s to a 🇺🇦 Victory in 2023 & to a Happy New Year!

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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Devastating @BWallaceMP “Time & time again Germany has been last to help Ukraine. At every stage they have had to be pushed or embarrassed into doing anything. @aliciakearns : “Scholz’s comments are irresponsible & a slap in the face to allies.

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Ben Wallace tears a strip off Germany's Olaf Scholz in row over missiles for Ukraine

The German Chancellor is criticised after suggesting British troops are helping Ukraine to fire long-range missiles

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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Many of us have been truly inspired by #Ukraine 's incredible struggle to survive, but for others it seems that this rare show of courage, & decency and the valiant defence of country, values, rights & ideals is deeply troubling. Why? ...2/ #Emma #Germany

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Ukraine: How do people drum up courage?

People are awed by the bravery of the Ukrainian people, and of Russians protesting against their state despite all risks. Where does courage come from?

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

Thank you to all who helped make ‘To #Ukraine With Love’ possible. 🇺🇦 & to all of you with whom we have formed community through common purpose this year🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini & #MerryChristmas 🎄

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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The fight back has begun. Everyone has rightly talked about grim mood at #MSC2024 BUT there were major signs that true leaders across Europe have had enough of the gap between words & action & of key Allie’s failing to stand up for our common interests & for our security. 1/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

3 months

Yup. This is the cost of the US delay. This is the cost of Scholz obstinate miscalculation & fear of victory.

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gandalv fellas 💎

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3 months

LOTS of good men have died in Avdiivka because Johnson cut the logistics pipeline.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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We often hear that 'Failure is not an Option' in Ukraine But we are making failure a real possibility. That brings huge danger. For #Ukraine - and for Europe more widely. We can still turn this around, but to do so we need to act strongly - and fast. A🧵

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

Like the obnoxious complaints (in #Germany but also around Western Europe & in the Brussels bubble) about #Ukraine 's "excessive nationalism" - supposedly incompatible with the #EU & 'European values' - 'We've overcome all that nasty outdated stuff - but look [down] at them. 5/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

1 year

How to deal with #Russia - Short thread based on my talk at #LennartMeriConference 2023. #NeoIdealism 1. Ukraine's war is our war - & must be won. That means restoring UA's 1991 borders & ensuring UA's ability to defend them - & the people within them.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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He played the dumb one in Cheers, right? Seriously tho, this kind of false equivalence is hardcore, luxury anti-politics masquerading as principle. It’s corrosive & prevalent It’s totally possibly to be against the Iraq war & in favour of supporting 🇺🇦 to win - arming…

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Woody Harrelson’s response to the press about his views regarding the Russia/Ukraine war is too good 🤣

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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With the great news that #Poland will supply a company of #Leopard2 Main Battle Tanks & the #UK set to provide #Challenger2 #MBTs , the spotlight is now trained firmly on Berlin. Will #Germany join the coalition to give #Ukraine the tanks - #Kampfpanzer !- it needs?🧵1/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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" #Germany ’s approach swiftly reverted to type: idealism about Moscow’s intentions, sympathy for its wariness of Nato, & appetite for its gas & oil [...] Berlin blundered into a giant geopolitical trap, with disastrous results" Excellent from @olivernmoody

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‘Merkel’s toxic legacy’: Germany nears a reckoning over ties to Russia

It was not quite four months ago that Angela Merkel packed up the giant wooden chess queen that stood in a corner of her office and removed the silver-framed p

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

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This is #Austria ’s former foreign minister-the one who danced with Putin at her wedding. She was given her role by Sebastian Kurz then leader of the mainstream party that still governs 🇦🇹. She is a symbol of the penetration of our societies by the agents of dictatorships. Enough.

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1 year

Moscow + Snow = Beauty

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OMG! The world’s most based Prime Minister @kajakallas addresses us and wishes us the most based #NAFOSummit possible. #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable #NeoIdealism

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

3 months

Europe needs to Wake up- and act. Fast.

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3 months

Trump said today during a campaign rally he would encourage Russia to "do whatever the hell they want" to any NATO member country that didn’t meet spending guidelines

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

This is a really bad article. It gets a lot of things straight wrong & is misleading about others. Mostly though, it misses a really key point about #US security & why it is boosted by supporting #Ukraine . This is b/c of blinkered chauvinism. Short 🧵

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Opinion | It’s Time to Bring Russia and Ukraine to the Negotiating Table (Published 2022)

The risk of a wider war between NATO and Moscow is rising by the day, as is the risk that a prolonged war could undermine Western democracy.

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#Germany 's leaders, especially Chancellor #Scholz seem reluctant to really help #Ukraine -especially by providing #heavyweapons . (Too) many reasons are given for this, even avoiding #nuclear war, but there's a problem with these excuses for🇺🇦- AND for🇩🇪& its #NATO allies a🧵

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Neutrality is not naive, it is cowardly and cynical. And should be treated with the full disdain it deserves.

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11 months

Switzerland has vetoed an Italian request to export 96 Swiss-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine. "Neutrality" might have had an enlightened feel before the war, but now looks hopelessly naive–as I argued earlier this year.

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@GLandsbergis @GLandsbergis is 100% right We must wake up to the severe threat we face b/c - we are not supporting Ukraine to win - we lack key capabilities - we may not be able to rely on US - we are projecting weakness not strength BUT we can still turn this around - if we act Fast

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3 former Generals - Brauss & Bühler (🇩🇪) & @general_ben Hodges (🇺🇸) all argue that we should have supplied 🇺🇦 with tanks & other weapons earlier but that despite the Russian defences, the stalemate can be broken, and that #Ukraine should be given #Taurus 💯agree.

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Mattia Nelles

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General Brauß in der FAZ: Wären die deutschen Leoparden und anderes Gerät früher gekommen, hätten die Russen nach ihren Niederlagen Ende 2022 nicht die Zeit bekommen, sich in Stellungen einzugraben, die bei der NATO als „die stärksten in der Geschichte“ beschrieben werden. /1

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Outstanding from #NAFO . Two US Senators (who are not on the right side of history) wondering who pays us. Seeing this happen to BustedMikeLee is especially funny.Well done #Fellas . Cheque’s in the post, right @Official_NAFO ?

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If you think you need ‘cover’ to - defend freedom - support democracy - stand up to a dictator - defeat imperial aggression - & follow your own interests Then you’ve lost your moral & political compass. - #Scholz should be making the case to #Germany ’s ppl not hiding.

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I support @GLandsbergis for the next #EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy He is simply the best choice for a stronger Europe that stands up to dictators & builds the partnerships we need to secure our freedom and prosperity.

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Wow. This is a scandal. Orban needs to know that he’s risking Hungary’s place in NATO & the EU if he carries on working against us. There has to be a credible threat of expulsion.

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3 months

‼️🚫Orbán’s MPs didn’t show up in Hungary’s parliament to vote on 🇸🇪’s NATO accession - no quorum, no vote. Orbán promised to @jensstoltenberg there’d be a vote ASAP. He didn’t keep his word. Meanwhile, ambassadors of NATO allies 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇸🇰🇳🇴🇩🇰 🇪🇪 were present, @Telexhu reports.

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Pistorius has had a storming #MSC2024 - says Ukraine should win (a big deal in German politics - Scholz hasn’t said it) - calls us joint defenders of the free world (not scholzian multipolarity) - says we will need more than 2% Defence spending This is leadership. #Germany

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Rosalia Romaniec🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇮🇹🇪🇺

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3 months

🇩🇪 Verteidigungsminister Pistorius auf einem @MunSecConf Panel über das Zwei-Prozent-Ziel bei den NATO-Ausgaben: „Natürlich brauchen wir mehr“. Es sieht signifikante Erhöhungen kommen, vielleicht bis zu 3,5 Prozent

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2 years

🇺🇦: we need to defend our cities from Russia’s onslaught. @amnesty : but there are civilians there 🇺🇦: we know, that’s why we have to defend them, so 🇷🇺won’t butcher them Amnesty - can’t you defend in that field over there. 🇺🇦: but then 🇷🇺 will take the city A: we know

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1 year

“This journey to #Washington from #Zelenskiy , it is an act of desperation." Disgraceful from #Germany ’s main, public-funded news ‘analysis’ show . - @tagesthemen & Host @HelgeFuhst highlight this view from their Washington correspondent @gudrun_engel -why? Short🧵

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"Diese Reise nach #Washington von #Selenskyj , sie ist ein Akt der Verzweiflung." Die Meinung von @gudrun_engel . (red)

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7 months

The destruction of the Kerch bridge is not a risk - it is the point. FFS #Germany

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German Aid to Ukraine 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦

7 months

There are also said to have been talks between British and German government representatives in recent weeks, in which British representatives tried to convince Germany to deliver Taurus. The German side is said to have expressed fear of the destruction of Crimean bridge. 5/5

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'Security Guarantees' for #Ukraine are a hot topic - but it's a false debate. NATO membership is the only viable option - but there's no consensus. So we need an interim solution: ⏩We should extend the #JEF & transform it into a 'Joint European Defence Initiative' ( #JEDI ) 🧵1/

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Absolutely! It’s time for all allies to stop making excuses, stop hedging their bets on future relations with Putin, start making the proper calculation about what helps democracies & democratic ordering, do the right thing & what’s in our interest: It’s time to #makeRussiaPay

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18 days

A crucial milestone on confiscating russian assets. Thank you everyone who has been working tirelessly. Thank you @Billbrowder and all the allies for your contributions!

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2 years

After this week in #Germany , we can really ask ‘What Zeitenwende’? - Hamburg Port part sale to Chinese company COSCO - push for selling a chip manufacturer to a Chinese company - Still no Leopards for #Ukraine

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What Zeitenwende?

Instead of introvertedly focusing on defense, internationalizing and socializing their country’s transformation will give Germans the best options for action—and drive lasting change, which they must...

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 months

Good day to retweet this gem

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1 year

We're not postsoviet, we're #neversoviet 🇱🇹

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And Stoltenberg is Right. The US attempting to limit the targets Ukraine can hit - including to prevent oil prices from being affected ahead of the election - is pure cynicism and should be called out & resisted.

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Teri Schultz

29 days

#NATO chief Stoltenberg sides with Ukraine -- potentially against the US -- in saying Kyiv has the right to determine "legitimate" targets in defending itself against Russia's illegal aggression.

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4 months

Until victory. Whatever it takes. As fast as possible.

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4 months

Until victory. Whatever it takes. 🇪🇪🇺🇦

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It’s way beyond time for #Germany to send Taurus. Scholz continuing to block even after his US excuse is blown, clearly shows he doesn’t want #Ukraine to win. This is a massive geopolitical error - it hurts🇺🇦🇩🇪, Europe & the free 🌏 StormShadow, Scalp, ATACMS, now #FreeTaurus

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7 months

Dem @Bundeskanzler ist nun jede letzte #Taurus Ausrede weggefallen. Er kann sich nicht einmal mehr hinter Biden verstecken. Mit jedem weiteren Tag der Verzögerung blamiert Scholz sich selbst sowie unser Land, und kostet der #Ukraine Zeit und Menschenleben. Es reicht. #FreeTaurus

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5 months

Is this for real @thetorontosun ? - antisemitic - pro Putin.

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10 months

Just had a German journalist explain to me that if #Ukraine had *joined* (!) #NATO yesterday then today we would all be at war with #Russia . 🤦‍♂️ They understood nothing.

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Try supporting Ukraine & try doing something to change your country into a liberal democracy & then come back. Then actually do it on both counts. And come back again. And we might consider your wishes. Enough of this entitled, poor Russians me first crap. No one cares.

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Many Russians living in Finland and dual-nationals say the decision to close the crossings will make it harder for them to reach their relatives in Russia.

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I support @kajakallas for the next @NATO Secretary General. She is simply the best for the Collective West. #NATO #Defense #Security

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Regina Bauer 🇪🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🇫🇮 🇸🇪🇮🇱

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3 months

I support @kajakallas for the next @NATO Secretary General. She is simply the best for the Collective West. #NATO #Defense #Security

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7 months

By throwing Ukraine under the bus and rewarding Russian aggression, Washington could abandon the cause of democracy & freedom and help seal its own fate along with those of its allies, repeating the worst mistakes of our past, sowing ecological doom & cancelling our future.

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Foreign Affairs

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7 months

“By abandoning efforts to turn Russia into an international pariah and restoring normal diplomatic relations, Washington could use Moscow to help create regional balances of power across Eurasia that favor U.S. interests,” writes Thomas Graham.

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2 years

“From the fog of war in #Ukraine , the contours of a new European politics are emerging. Not in #Germany or #France , but rather it is in the EU’s Central & East European states that a new hard-edged geopolitical idealism is taking shape.” #CEE @RUSI_org

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Are Czechia and Slovakia the EU’s New Radical Centre?

In their response to the invasion of Ukraine, Czechia and Slovakia are showing a new way forward for Western democracies.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 months

Not enough Germans yet realise this: “Russia has identified #Germany as the weakest link in the alliance” - given 🇩🇪is also Europe’s largest economy & thus crucial to winning in Ukraine & deterring Russia in future - this makes 🇩🇪 a tempting target

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German leaks putting British troops at risk are ‘tip of the iceberg’

Russia sees Olaf Scholz as a ‘useful idiot’ and may have intercepted more secrets, say sources

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

2 years

#Germany ’s moral authority is currently under extreme duress (to put it mildly). The role of 🇩🇪 identity & history in its response to #Ukraine has come up again & again. I have a new piece out that deals with both of these issues (& more) -A 🧵

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“Scholz’s behaviour has showed that as far as the security of Europe goes he is the wrong man, in the wrong job at the wrong time.” Ben Wallace telling it how it is. How long will Scholz’s coalition partners tolerate this? And how long will Germany’s voters let them?

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@bctallis Ex 🇬🇧 defence sec Ben Wallace, tearing @Bundeskanzler a new one. Clearly frustrated at Scholz. “Scholz’s behaviour has showed that as far as the security of Europe goes he is the wrong man, in the wrong job at the wrong time.”

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The #EU should not take a 'halfway house' approach to #Ukraine . Instead 🇪🇺 should learn from its past, immediately grant 🇺🇦 candidacy, & seize the moment to play a stronger role in ordering the emerging world. Delighted to have this in @ForeignPolicy .

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Ukraine Doesn’t Need Half-Measures From the EU

Europeans should learn from the success of enlarging the bloc.

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Too good from @kajakallas : “the new NATO leader should come from a newer member state, committing at least two percent of its budget to defense, & should ideally be a woman. So it’s logical it should be Mark Rutte" [who meets none of the criteria. Kallas meets them all]

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This is the way!

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BREAKING — Parliament refuses discharge of the Council budget until European Council decided to support Ukraine with additional Patriot anti-missile systems !

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