Priatelia v Bratislave! Ak máte čas, zastavte sa v stredu o 17.00 v Ukrajinskom inštitúte na diskusiu o Trumpovi, stave americkej demokracie a transatlantických vzťahov. Bude o čom diskutovať!
Dalibor Rohac
@daliborrohac.bsky.social
Senior fellow, AEI. Suburban dad. Runner.
I'm very pleased to announce @icwa.org has launched Compass, a new journal about global cultures and affairs, with terrific contributions from Michael Ignatieff, @daliborrohac.bsky.social, Roger Reynolds and more. Check it out!
Introducing Compass
A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs.
compass.icwa.org
Great to have @daliborrohac.bsky.social weigh in on the Czech Republic's upcoming elections: The leading candidate is "a perfect avatar for Trump’s style of politics, complete with his own red hat that says 'Strong Czechia.'”
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.
compass.icwa.org
I was thrilled to contribute to @icwa.org's exciting new publication, Compass, with an essay on the Czech Republic's Trump-in-waiting, @andrejbabis.bsky.social, and the likely contours of his looming premiership.
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.
compass.icwa.org
In other news, the president has issued a call for ICE agents to arrest each other.
The Trump administration has so far ignored Georgia, despite its autocratic government’s best efforts. Let’s hope it stays that way. /1
1/A government that is willing to do this is the same government that would nationalize a company. It is the same mentality of state-market relations. This is not an issue of Universities need to stand up. The whole free market system needs to stand up. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
nytimes.com
In June, Ukraine is bound to lose much of its tariff-free access to the EU for its agricultural goods. Not a great move by the EU, given the size & importance of Ukraine's agriculture -- and the fact that the EU is underwriting Ukraine's budget (& will pay for lost revenue). /1
One of the crazymaking features of the current political moment is that MAGA keeps trying to retcon ideas that were just an uncontroversial part of our shared American values as of a couple years ago into some wacky left-wing position.
Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, says she resigned because she could not carry out Trump policy of pressuring Ukraine, the victim, rather than Russia, the aggressor: "Peace at any price is not peace at all ― it is appeasement." www.freep.com/story/opinio...
I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.
freep.com
This isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.
Aki H Heikkinen@akihheikkinen.bsky.social · last yr.Multiple Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet operational flights before noon over the harbour city of Kotka located in South-East of Finland. (follows the yday evening aborted attempt by Estonian navy trying to inspect the shadow fleet tanker JAGUAR when a russian Flanker fighter jet intervened)
A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump. Terrible. “I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents
Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist ...
washingtonpost.com
My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were
Putin’s pals blame the Allies always, the Nazis sometimes, the Soviets never.
thebulwark.com
My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were
Putin’s pals blame the Allies always, the Nazis sometimes, the Soviets never.
thebulwark.com
V @dennikn.bsky.social píšem o probléme, ktorý pre americký žurnalizmus predstavuje Donald Trump (a nie, nie je to "TDS") dennikn.sk/4625316/trum...
Trump a novinári
Svojím strachom a neochotou pomenovať realitu štandardné americké médiá Trumpovi len nahrávajú.
dennikn.sk
The US Army War College was supposed to organise a panel discussion at the Arctic Spirit Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, but had to cancel as they weren’t allowed to travel.
Yhdysvaltalaisia asiantuntijoita kiellettiin lähtemästä Lappiin tiedetapahtumaan – syynä Trumpin hallinto
Yhdysvalloissa vallitsee epävarmuuden aika. Arktista tiedeyhteistyötä on vaikeuttanut esimerkiksi sanojen poistaminen verkkosivuilta ja suora kielto osallistua tapahtumiin.
yle.fi
We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
Insane & sickening.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last yr.Under the guise of saving taxpayer money, Kari Lake is using free content from the conspiracy-laden, oft-sued OAN network to substitute for actual journalism from VOA reporters. Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏é𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐝ő. They are calling my race a TOSS-UP. My finance director has told me that if I don't receive 1,000 contributions in the next 24 hours, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖. . ̲𝚆̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚢̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚞̲ ̲𝚍̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝟸̲𝟶̲𝟶̲𝟶̲ ̲𝙵̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚖̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚘̲ ̲𝙸̲ ̲𝚌̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚢̲ ̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚝̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚏̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲?"
1/29/24: “THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET” 4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...
Ukraine Holds More Cards Than You Think
Trump wants to throw the country under the bus—but Ukrainians and Europeans don’t have to let him.
persuasion.community
No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...
Ukraine Holds More Cards Than You Think
Trump wants to throw the country under the bus—but Ukrainians and Europeans don’t have to let him.
persuasion.community
"Conservatives should consider a counterfactual. Should the federal government be able to withhold all federal funding from a private Christian college (including, say, tuition dollars from the G.I. Bill or Pell Grants) unless it hires more Muslim faculty or admits more atheist students?"
Opinion | Harvard May Not Be the Hero We Want, but It Is the Hero We Need
The university’s defense of the Constitution doesn’t absolve it of its own sins, but the defense of the Constitution often comes through imperfect vehicles.
nytimes.com
Napísal som pre @dennikn.bsky.social o kríze právneho štátu v USA, v niektorých smeroch horšej než jeho súčasné ohrozenia v strednej Európe a na Slovensku. dennikn.sk/4599159/je-a...
Je Amerika právnym štátom?
Cieľom je ekonomický chaos a neistota doma – tie sú totiž novým nástrojom politickej moci.
dennikn.sk
While no one was paying attention, Slovak parliament passed a Russian-style law imposing unreasonable scrutiny on Slovak NGOs.
Looking at what China stands to gain from the US self-sabotage shenanigans, it’s quite impressive: if China plays it smart, they can have Russia, Europe, and their Asian neighbours where they want them. Wrote down a few short observations here:
China Can Have It All
China is currently leading the race for the biggest winner of America's self-sabotage shenanigans.
open.substack.com
So the Trump administration are saying that unless Europe accepts their plan to help Russia they'll...help Russia. If you're trying to get people to do what you want, it generally helps if your carrot is different from your stick.
