𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘜 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦? Alongside @iddri.bsky.social, @idos-research.bsky.social we convened senior diplomats, DG CLIMA & experts to discuss. More info: bit.ly/4zWTfUL

Promoting EU and Global Climate Goals in the Evolving Climate Regime - newettg

Alongside IDOS and IDDRI, we convened a closed-door roundtable under the Chatham House Rule hosted at the European Climate Foundation offices in Brussels. Bringing together senior representatives from...

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How can #MiddlePowers best organise to shoulder the global development agenda? How could (quasi-)multilateral institutions support them in doing so? @nielskeijzer.bsky.social, Hyeyoung Woo & Jee Hee Yoon provide answers. @globalpolicy.bsky.social. www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

The future Global Development Agenda will have to be shouldered by Middle Powers

Global Policy Blog, 25 August 2026 By Niels Keijzer, Hyeyoung Woo and Jee Hee Today’s international environment is more unstable, competitive and fragmented. Old certainties are at stake when both wri...

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@nielskeijzer.bsky.social, Hyeyoung Woo & Jee Hee Yoon outline potential ways #MiddlePowers may best organise to shoulder the #GlobalDevelopment agenda & how the (quasi-) multilateral institutions could support them. Via @globalpolicy.bsky.social: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/25/08/2...

Both the UK and France will permit Ukraine to manufacture the Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missile domestically. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...

UK's Burnham to visit Ukraine with plan to support long-range missile production

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Ukraine on his first overseas trip since taking office, and will announce British support to ​help Kyiv improve its domestic production of long-range missiles...

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When your "Guardian of the Treaties" calls for deporting unaccompanied children...

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Spain to care for migrant children, as EU Commission joins far-right calls to send them back

Erschütterndes Interview mit Gletscherforscher Matthias Huss: Die Rekordschmelze der Alpengletscher verschleiert derzeit die Wasserlage der Flüsse. Wenn die alpinen Wasserreservoire in einigen Jahren weggeschmolzen sind, werden im Sommer die Pegel von Flüssen und Seen noch stärker sinken als jetzt.

Wegen Hitzewelle: „In diesem Sommer werden wir viele weitere Gletscher verlieren“

Die Gletscher in den Alpen schmelzen so schnell wie nie, trotzdem fehlt im Rhein das Wasser. In den kommenden Jahren wird sich die Lage verschärfen, sagt der Gletscherforscher Matthias Huss.

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Thank you, that something is socially constructed doesn't mean we should doubt whether it's true

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last mo.

your apartment, the sport of basketball, and the Republic of Korea are all social constructs. mere recognition of this fact does not actually make the question of whether you are standing in your own apartment, playing basketball, or a Korean national up in the air until settled by op ed editors

The Commission President expresses NO solidarity with Spain or the thousands of people affected in Ceuta. Nor does she call on other EU Member States to support Spain in managing what is a European border. No rebuke to Italy and Finland threatening to ‘suspend’ Spain from Schengen. That’s illegal

Klimaatbranden rond Madrid. Stilte. Geweldpleging tegen Syrisch gezin. Stilte. Bizarre intimidatieacties in Engelen. Stilte, reactietje na druk. Chaos aan de Spaanse-Marokkaanse grens? Reactie premier, pardon Min Defensie, reactie Min BuZa, retweet premier. ‘Zorgelijk, onacceptabel, kan niet’.

As a companion piece to my thread on Gibraltar, here’s one on Ceuta and Melilla, the two Spanish cities in North Africa. Their histories, and similarities and differences with Gibraltar. 1/

Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...

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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

ukranian special forces have been the most effective environmental activists of the 21st century

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last mo.

Wind and solar have just overtaken fossil-fuel power in Germany www.carbonbrief.org/...

Excellent op-ed www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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apologies for posting from the other place but the French just posted this: "The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it." Americans walked out of the UN meeting.

Long-distance driving in Europe is getting simpler for electric vehicles 🚗💨 New rules adopted by the European Parliament define where chargers and hydrogen stations must be placed for cars, trucks, and buses across major EU roads, so drivers always know where to refuel.   🎞️ Thelma and Louise (1991)

being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.

Good grief, this hits home.

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

Beautiful cartoon about media populism

Stephen Collins@stephencollins.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.

This is how I look at my open Word document, waiting for it to write itself

Good Trailcams@goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen declare maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia. Trump's war is escalating. This has all the makings of a forever war that could spiral out of control. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/i...

Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen declare maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia

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His mother, María Arthuer, crossed the Sahara Desert barefoot in 1994. She climbed over Melilla’s border fence penniless and pregnant with Iñaki. Today, her son is a world champion. #respect

Luis Endera@luisendera.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Su madre, María Arthuer, cruzó el desierto del Sahara a pie y descalza en 1994. Saltó la valla de Melilla embarazada de Iñaki y sin recursos. Hoy su hijo, es campeón del mundo. #respect

War has scarred life in Iran and some of its environmental effects will be chronic, if not irreversible.

US-Israeli Bombing Has Harmed Iran’s Wildlife, Farms, and Water Supply

Toxic pollution from the war on Iran has devastated the country’s environment for years to come.

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A 20% charge would work out to about $32 million for a fully-loaded very large crude carrier at current oil prices. That’s far higher than the tolls that have been charged by Iran, which have previously been described as reaching $2 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump to Restart Iran Blockade as US Plans 20% Hormuz Charge

President Donald Trump reinstated the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo shipped through the waterway.

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The EU’s next budget will test how serious the EU is about multilateralism. 🇪🇺 Our brief by @ronpatz.bsky.social & @nielskeijzer.bsky.social, @idos-research.bsky.social sets out 3 scenarios for EU financing of the UN system under the MFF & the future Global Europe Instrument. bit.ly/4gdw41a

You'd wonder if the Commission has read that Treaty article about sincere cooperation, given that they've been fighting the EEAS ever since Barroso 2...

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The way the EU is set up, there will always be a challenge of vertical coherence in its foreign policy, that is between the EU and its member states. But the turf war between the Commission and EEAS, creating lots of friction in horizontal coherence on foreign policy, is really self-defeating.