Kurt Bassuener
@kurtbassuener.bsky.social
Co-Founder and Senior Associate @DPC_global.bluesky.social; former Fulbrighter - PhD at St. Andrews; Angry Optimist
Late to this shocking - though not surprising - story Greek shipping companies made almost $4bn carrying Russian oil in past three years
Greek shipping companies made almost $4bn carrying Russian oil in past three years
Dynacom Tankers, Stealth Maritime and Onassis Group boost revenues from transporting Russian fuel under G7 price cap regime
ft.com
By @arminkahelic.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Bosnia is going home – but it's a home this young team has made much better
Early this morning, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s World Cup journey ended with defeat to the United States. Today, its players begin the journey home.
politicshome.com
Chief Justice John Roberts' legacy is a far-right Supreme Court that prioritizes expanding corporate power above all else. I warned of his right-wing nature when I testified against his nomination in 2005.
At yesterday’s (June 30) meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Boad Ambassadors (#PIC SBA), the successor to outgoing High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, was to be once again discussed and decided upon. 1/
Really like this, Arminka! Highly recommended! 👇 I will follow with a few observations... 1/ time.com/article/2026...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s World Cup Team Is Changing the Country’s Story
The squad embodies an alternative future for a country still wracked by nationalistic politics
time.com
really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.That's right.
![During the ratification debates, Senator Cowan took aim
at the Roma people too, characterizing them as undeserving
of birthright citizenship because they “wander[ed] in
gangs,” “infest[ed] society,” and “impos[ed] upon the simple
and weak everywhere.”49 And again, Senator Conness dismissed Senator Cowan’s prejudices: “The only invasion of
Pennsylvania within my recollection was an invasion very
much worse and more disastrous to the State, and more to
be feared and more feared, than that of Gypsies. It was an
invasion of rebels [at Gettysburg].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihrli2ghfantwmdgc4pk4rr4ddt4ajq4xgnggxhs4qv4hojeppmpi)
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to uphold birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order that argued children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or temporarily were not American citizens.
Bit of a sideshow in the ongoing psychodrama between the US and the EU but one worth watching: will the Europeans give in to US pressure over next international peace envoy for Bosnia and Herzegovina? After the reported Italian non-paper my guess is yes.
Kurt Bassuener@kurtbassuener.bsky.social · last mo.Today in #Bosnia, the #PIC (Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Ambassadors) are meeting in another attempt to select a successor to the outgoing incumbent, Christian Schmidt, who was forced out earlier than planned under US pressure. 1/ See www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Today in #Bosnia, the #PIC (Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Ambassadors) are meeting in another attempt to select a successor to the outgoing incumbent, Christian Schmidt, who was forced out earlier than planned under US pressure. 1/ See www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate
theguardian.com
I spoke with Louis Monroy Santander about the recent elections in Colombia which saw a narrow win by a far-right populist candidate. The left/right split was notable & reflects a polarization that needs to be understood in the context of seven decades of violence in that country.
My interview on developments in & regarding #Bosnia with @andersstubkjaer.bsky.social (in Danish)- Europe+ needs to up its game to see off the US challenge to #BiH's peace enforcement architecture, as well as revisit its approach toward this country/ #WB6. pov.international/magtkamp-om-...
Magtkamp om Bosnien kan udløse ny konflikt mellem USA og Europa
BOSNIEN-HERZEGOVINA // ANALYSE – USA lægger pres på Bosniens magtfulde Høje Repræsentant, Christian Schmidt, som nu har varslet sin afgang. Konflikten om hans efterfølger afslører dybe spændinger mell...
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My @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleague @valeryperry.bsky.social spoke with Randall Puljek-Shank for DPC Voice. Topics discussed: his work in conflict transformation, what brought him to Bosnia during the war (and 20+ yrs after), & what activism involves now in the US: open.spotify.com/episode/3G3U...
DPC talks with Randall Puljek-Shank (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
DPC Voice · Episode
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Many questions about ongoing protests in Albania at today's midday briefing of the European Commission. Interesting to compare and contrast the Commission's clear and loud position regarding implications for Albania's EU path with its weak response to democratic backsliding in Serbia.
Audiovisual Service
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu
This blew my mind. Some of the largest data centers can require up to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of 50,000 people. Why are we selling out the survival of our planet to enrich a handful of Big Tech CEOs?
Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI
theguardian.com
If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.
"...he called for Europe to 'rearm itself morally, so that it can contribute to stable & peaceful development throughout the world.”' Only on the basis of standing behind its proclaimed values - at home & abroad - can the EU & #Europe+ successfully resist the hegemons: the US, RU (benefitting... 1/
Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · 2mo agoEurope's leaders, who spent 2025 humiliating themselves grovelling to Trump, are sitting at record lows in public approval ratings. Pedro Sanchez is the lone exception. He took on Trump and he's defying the odds in popularity. Europeans want bold leaders. Will the leaders of 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇵🇱🇮🇹🇪🇺 get the message?
1/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Our tax dollars at work. Obscene and infuriating. But as you rightly note, on brand and consistent with IDF practice.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot that we need more evidence of genocidal intent to recognise what we are seeing. But deliberately shooting children? That's about as clear as it gets. #Gaza www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
Collective self-respect can only be internally generated - and its velocity can be brrathtaking. It is amazing to witness it in real time. Must read piece! 👇
Lea Ypi@leaypi.bsky.social · 2mo agoI wrote about protests in Albania, Europe, development traps, oligarchic capture, and, well, hope. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.
Commemorated this year same day as D-Day/Operation Overlord, the Battle of Sutjeska a year before was also a costly fight in defeating fascism. I was unable to attend this year due to travel, but last year lots of Montenegrins, Bosnians, Croatians (esp. Dalmatian) there at the remembrance. 1/
Defence relies on the support of civil society. You can't defend a country where health services are in shambles or teachers are on strike.
“You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment. You become a journalist because you love the country … There is no democracy without journalism. It can’t be done. That is why I am a journalist.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
nytimes.com
10 days, 2800km of driving, 4 countries(🇧🇦 🇷🇸🇷🇴🇲🇩), 6 cities, numerous meetings along the way, lots of learning curve. Now first morning in sweet home #Sarajevo. @dpcglobal.bsky.social, @geopower-eu.bsky.social, @valeryperry.bsky.social, @omemisevic.bsky.social, Pavle Fukarek, @horizoneu.bsky.social
I'm quoted by @julianborger.bsky.social in his piece on the #PeaceImplementationCouncil for the @theguardian.com. #Europe+, less Italy, held the line against being jammed with the US-selected High Rep nominee. But it's evident that there is no coherent strategy... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate
theguardian.com
