New Russian Roulette episode out! @maxbergmann.bsky.social and I spoke with @hannanotte.bsky.social about her new book, We Shall Outlast Them: Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West, and Russia’s evolving global strategy, partnerships, and challenge to the West. w/@erep.csis.org

Russian Roulette LIVE: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West with Hanna Notte | Russian Roulette | CSIS Podcasts

Hanna joined the show to discuss her new book, We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West, a panoramic account of a Russia grown increasingly outward-facing, and of the changing...

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BREAKING: European Parliament significantly toughens China position, adopted by landslide FOR 454 AGAINST 86 ABSTAIN 110 Report says China is “decisive enabler” of Russia & backs a “continuous [European] naval presence and joint exercises” in and around the Taiwan Strait

New polling on how Europeans view Trump % with a favorable | unfavorable opinion of Trump, Sep 2026 🇫🇷 France 12% | 79% (net -67) 🇪🇸 Spain 12% | 86% (-74) 🇬🇧 Britain 10% | 85% (-75) 🇩🇪 Germany 9% | 87% (-78) 🇮🇹 Italy 8% | 84% (-76) 🇩🇰 Denmark 4% | 95% (-91) yougov.com/en-us/articl...

"As with other recent deals struck by the Trump administration, the devil will be in the details and implementation of the agreement. The parties’ diverging framings may foreshadow diverging interpretations of the legal text," writes Otto Svendsen. Read more: https://bit.ly/4rTdcIz

Trump’s Greenland Deal: Modest Gains, Lasting Costs

The U.S.-Denmark-Greenland defense agreement modestly strengthens U.S. Arctic posture and permanently binds Greenland to NATO. But those gains were largely available without coercion, and the Trump ad...

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Denmark is fast becoming the new Norway. Battery electric vehicles are approaching 90% of new sales. Substantially ahead of the next EU cluster (BE, NL, FI, SE) at 50%. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/PJ7Luw

Sánchez calls elections for November 29. Odds strongly against him but history suggests it would be unwise to write off the great survivor of Spanish politics entirely. The timing is typically canny: seizing moment where the national conversation has turned from migration to housing.

elDiario.es@eldiario.es · 7d ago

ÚLTIMA HORA | Sánchez convoca elecciones anticipadas el 29 de noviembre www.eldiario.es/politica/ult...

In a world where China is growing off the back of net exports, this is a powerful deterrent. So France and Germany are right to buttress the flurry of forthcoming trade measures with a second strike option in case China retaliates outside the rules.

Thorsten Benner@tbenner.bsky.social · 7d ago

🇫🇷🇩🇪present united front on how to empower 🇪🇺to better deal with Chinese trade practices threatening Europe's industrial base.

Who knows where we end up in terms of instruments. But the fact that the terms "kill switch" & "torture chamber" are being thrown around to describe the EU's China strategy suggests we're really through the looking glass

In a best-case scenario, durable U.S. defense engagement with Greenland paves the way for a broader NATO role in the territory. However, much will depend on the implementation of the agreement in the coming months and years, argue CSIS experts. Read: https://bit.ly/4huKXuY

What Does the Greenland Deal Mean for North American Security?

CSIS experts examine the September 22 update to the Defense of Greenland agreement and what it means for Greenland, Denmark, the United States, and Canada amid renewed tensions.

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The Netherlands and Finland have also crossed the 50% mark. France, Ireland, Sweden and Portugal are also rapidly approaching the 50% mark. If Austria and perhaps even Germany continue their current trend, they may cross that line this year, too.

Adrian Hiel@adrianhiel.bsky.social · last wk.

(And Belgium over 50% EV sales)

Question for Europeans - were you taught about the EU and its history in school? If so, when in school? And what country are you from?

The end of When Harry met Sally is the UK-EU relationship. Frank Sinatra playing "it had to be (EU)." Meg Ryan: "I know you're feeling lonely. But you can't just show up here, tell me you love me, and expect that to make everything alright. It doesn't work this way!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4OD...

When Harry Met Sally Ending Scene

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Max Bergmann@maxbergmann.bsky.social · 2w ago

Now the UK realizes the break up was a total disaster and has decided it wants to get back together. But the EU is in just a very different place. It has moved on. The decision to get back together isn’t with the UK. It’s with the EU. To get back together the UK has to do something to win it back.

"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." China's goals are EVs to be 50% of truck sales and 20% of its truck fleet by 2030. EVs may be 50% of truck sales in 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #energysky

China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices

Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.

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The UK-EU relationship is like a bad rom-com. The UK broke up with the EU. The EU was shocked and sad about it. But soon realized there was a lot about the UK that was annoying (opt outs, hostility to federalism, America’s poodle) and they moved on. 1/2

It's unnerving for the EU to watch Xi Jinping being feted in Washington at a time when the bloc is veering towards a trade conflict with China. My comments to @scmpnews.bsky.social www.scmp.com/economy/glob...

Why Xi’s US trip leaves Europe relieved by trade truce – but wary of the future

The summit in Washington eases near-term uncertainty over rare earths, but analysts fear the bloc could have less say over decisions shaping its economic interests.

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That juxtaposition of "a Europe of nation states, a Europe capable of being a genuine global power" is striking. Does he truly believe these things are positively correlated? How does he think such an EU would function? Or is it just that after so many years I still haven't got used to cakeism?

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tony Blair rejoins the growing voices of those calling for an abandonment of Labour EU red lines and reversing Brexit. But in a symbol of all that was wrong with the Remain campaign, he does so saying the UK should only rejoin if its demands on EU reform are met 🧐

On The #Eurofile: Max + Lexi discuss Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address. Plus, Emily Benson joins the show with an update on uneasy state of U.S.-EU tech relations. Full episode below. @maxbergmann.bsky.social @lexi-linafelter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSq...

The (Associate) European Union and a Transatlantic Tech Update

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Gross outcome. France makes it really hard to defend France.

Henry Foy@henryjfoy.ft.com · 3w ago

France got its deal, convincing Latvia to drop its veto in exchange for a promise of closer co-operation on air defence and access to Paris’ nuclear deterrence umbrella Two of Russia’s richest and most prominent oligarchs freed from EU sanctions w @paolatamma.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/eb23edc6-8...

The Iran war is rapidly eating US readiness. The blockade is tying up the fleet, forces are stretched, maintenance deferred, and critical munitions are running low — all risking the US military being less prepared for future crises. My research in @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

One of those things you don’t notice until it’s pointed out

The Economist@economist.com · 3w ago

Populists adept at finding a foreign (or migrant) culprit behind almost every grievance have somehow developed a blind spot the size of China. Why are they holding back?

Congrats to all those who celebrate the end of DC summer

Capital Weather@capitalweather.com · 3w ago

🚨 We’re calling it: Summer is over in DC. After 50 days of 90+ heat and one of our 10 hottest summers on record, the pattern has finally flipped. 70s today. 60s Tuesday and Wednesday. And no sustained heat in sight. Welcome, fall. 🍂 Link: www.capitalweather.com/we-declare-s...

The summit will not fail because expectations have been whittled down to almost nothing. Beijing would likely prefer a long list of deliverables and Washington a shorter list, but neither has much ambition for path-breaking arrangements, writes Scott Kennedy. Read: https://bit.ly/4ymgFlz

The U.S.-China Summit: Too Big and Too Small to Fail

Scott Kennedy argues that although the Trump-Xi summit will likely extend the current period of stability, the gap between the convening’s limited ambitions and the growing challenges facing the world...

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russian culture manifests itself This is a polling station, in case you are wondering, in what moscow wants you to call an “election”

Isn't this the deal the US has had over Greenland since WW2? It sounds *awfully* similar to the existing security arrangement.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 3w ago

1. BREAKING Trump claims the United States has reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland giving the USA permanent control over Greenland’s security, including the power to block foreign military activity and sensitive investments and to build a major US military presence there.

The Eurofile podcast is very good again. @maxbergmann.bsky.social with Emily Benson on the latest re transatlantic tech. Here is a summary and the odd disagreement. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-associate-european-union-and-a/id1664471780?i=1000790398594 1/12

The (Associate) European Union and a Transatlantic Tech Update

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Just over 24 hours to go! If QMV makes you go "OMG", you can't resist a good trilogue & you read the OJEU while drinking your morning OJ, this may be the job for you

Centre for European Reform@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨🚨 LAST WEEK TO APPLY: Deadline for applications 18/09/26 🚨🚨 The @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for an EU institutions & EU politics fellow to join its research team in Brussels. Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇 buff.ly/AbxXqg3

It's not an election, it's a Special Political Operation. I'm baffled by the Western commentators who act as though Putin is on tenterhooks, waiting to see whether his war of aggression against Ukraine has cost him votes in Nakhuygrad South-West. @andrewchak.bsky.social offers an antidote...

Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · 4w ago

Russia is about to stage a countrywide Potemkin village farce and call it an election All facade. No substance 🤢🤮 My latest for the New York Post. nypost.com/2026/09/13/o...

The State of the European Union feels like some bizarro future Sci-fi world. Modern space-age parliament, a leader that shuffles between three languages, and a speech that sanely and astutely assesses issues, lays out ideas and weirdly acknowledges climate change and supports democracy. Terrifying!

It looks like the EU and Canada are going steady.