trump expert here! this is not funny, trump only posts like this when he's in distress
Henning Hoff
@henninghoff.bsky.social
Executive editor INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY @ipq.bsky.social / Editor-at-Large @internationalepolitik.de, published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP); International Fellow @congeostrategy.bsky.social; lapsed Londoner.
Here's my video explaining why Ukrainians are outraged at the sacking this week of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov. There are protests outside Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidential office in Kyiv, led by young people, with the country engulfed in political crisis www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Why Ukrainians are protesting against Zelenskyy's dismissal of defence minister – video
The Guardian's Luke Harding reports on the dilemma facing the president after he removed the popular Mykhailo Fedorov from his post because of his clashes with Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr ...
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They'll be dancing on the streets of Global Macroeconomic Imbalances tonight...
Noah Barkin@noahbarkin.bsky.social · 3w agoFrance & Germany set out last month to put together a joint paper on trade policy towards China. They were unable to do so because of intransigence from the German Economy Ministry, I was told. Instead we got this👇🏼 cvd.bundesregierung.de/resource/blo...
Why is India buying a submarine that has never been built? Gaurav Kumar explores the strategic incentive and historical circumstances surrounding India’s historic defense contract with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. ip-quarterly.com/en/german-in...
The German-Indian Submarine Deal: From Cooperation to Collaboration?
New Delhi is about to decide whether to greenlight the P75I submarine program, built together with Germany’s TKMS. For India, it’s a strategic decision.
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From our new issue: Piotr Buras explores a contentious past and unknown future for Polish-Ukrainian relations. #WarsawMemo ip-quarterly.com/en/polish-uk...
For Europe, immigration is no longer a political preference; it is a demographic necessity. With an aging populaition, Europe’s future is dependent on its posture towards this imminent reality. Hans-Jürgen Jakobs writes about the paradigm shift this crisis requires: ip-quarterly.com/en/migration...
Migration That Pays Off
Facts rather than ideology, reasoned analysis rather than escalatory rhetoric—Europe needs a new paradigm for its immigration policy.
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Keir Starmer’s parting words to Kemi Badenoch at his final PMQs
The memorandum of understanding that Trump brokered with Tehran turns out to have been a memorandum of misunderstanding, so now he is struggling to find a clear military or diplomatic strategy to achieve the goals he has set out for the war. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
At War With Iran Again, Trump Finds an Opponent He Cannot Easily Dominate
The president is accustomed to forcing other countries to bend to his will. But he is struggling to come up with a strategy to extract Iranian concessions as the cease-fire he brokered collapses.
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At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890
NEW from our German Leadership in Europe series: a "Germany that can balance deterrence and diplomacy is the key ingredient to a stable balance of power on the European continent” @emmamashford.bsky.social writes. Read more about Germany as Europe’s lynchpin here: ip-quarterly.com/en/lynchpin-...
The Lynchpin for the European Continent
As Berlin sees its role as a middle power grow, it is both constrained and bolstered by being embedded within the European Union.
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From our new issue: @josephdeweck.bsky.social writes of a tranquil summer before the quagmire of the French presidential election: ip-quarterly.com/en/enjoy-fre...
Over a year into the Merz government, the contours of Berlin’s new approach to EU policy is taking shape. As much as Merz insists on strong Europe with Germany at its centre, his skepticism toward EU as it exists is just as pronounced. My latest for @ipq.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/leading-e...
Leading Europe, Alone
Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to take on a greater leadership role in the European Union. But his own methods are his greatest obstacle.
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This is the comedy candidate facing @countbinface.bsky.social in the Clacton by-election on 13 August.
Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4mo agoLeft: Nigel Farage, "Never once did I say we could cut council tax" Right: Nigel Farage leaflet literally saying 'cut your taxes'
From our new issue: true strategic autonomy requires decisive political will @rebeccawire.bsky.social writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/who-swing...
From our new issue: @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social writes of Hungary’s sustainable path forward after 16 years of Orbán’s rule. ip-quarterly.com/en/hungarys-...
Good thing for Merz that Germany is not the UK, so no chance of changing the chancellor in the middle of a parliamentary term…oh, incoming call from Dusseldorf!
Christian Odendahl@codendahl.bsky.social · 4w agoWondering where the bottom for #Merz is. Net approval of -70% has to be the maximum, surely. Then again, it is only 2026. (His term ends in 2029.)
Nearly 1 million people who bought Trump’s memecoin have lost money through June in cumulative losses totaling $3.81 billion, according to an analysis, while Trump made $636 million from the venture last year. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...
Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
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In an era of renewed great power competition, Giorgi Gvalia and Bidzina Lebanidze write of the unipolar habits that continue to underpin American foreign policy: ip-quarterly.com/en/unipolar-...
“To date, the RBFA has still not received any grounds for this decision, nor the information it has been requesting … a copy of the decision & the motivation declaring the player eligible as well as the referee's report. Which is a breach of FIFA regulations.“ www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda...
Royal Belgian FA
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Swati Prabhu argues for closer EU-India cooperation in our new issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/case-clos...
The collapse of the rules based order: world cup edition www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Folarin Balogun eligible to play for US v Belgium as Fifa rescinds suspension for red card
The US striker was shown red in the team’s last-32 match, but the card and its suspension were thought to not be eligible for appeal.
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A transatlantic #mustread #saishopkins
Internationale Politik Quarterly@ipq.bsky.social · last mo.Amid growing Polish concerns over Germany’s military built-up, Berlin’s claim to leadership lacks credibility, writes @jgotkowska.bsky.social from Warsaw. Read more on the weaknesses of the current German defense posture from our German Leadership in Europe series: ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
@jbenford-berlin.bsky.social and @nvondarza.bsky.social write of Europe's expanding defense partnerships and the impact of this strategic shift: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-search...
"The true picture is a far cry from a Germany that is ruthlessly pursuing its military build-up as a national project. Communication matters, however."
Internationale Politik Quarterly@ipq.bsky.social · last mo.Massive rearmament efforts in Germany have provoked feelings of uncertainty and ignited debate regarding Europe‘s strategic future. As a part of our Summer 2026 issue, @henninghoff.bsky.social argues against the “new German military question”: ip-quarterly.com/en/there-no-...
Massive rearmament efforts in Germany have provoked feelings of uncertainty and ignited debate regarding Europe‘s strategic future. As a part of our Summer 2026 issue, @henninghoff.bsky.social argues against the “new German military question”: ip-quarterly.com/en/there-no-...
There Is No New German Military Question
One year into an unprecedented, debt-financed rearmament program to catch up after decades of neglect, some warn that Berlin’s military build-up poses a new German question. That’s not the case.
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