By failing to show solidarity with a member state under pressure, the EU is encouraging Morocco and others to keep using migration as a tool of coercion, writes @Carla_Hobbs https://ecfr.eu/article/alone-at-the-border-ceuta-and-europes-solidarity-failure/

Alone at the border: Ceuta and Europe's solidarity failure – European Council on Foreign Relations

By failing to show solidarity with a member state under pressure, the EU is encouraging Morocco and others to keep using migration as a tool of coercion.

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Publicly, Uber proclaims itself to handle sexual violence in a “survivor-centric” way, treating survivors with dignity. But court filings reveal the company's lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy. nyti.ms/455DoVS

Maybe Secretary Hegseth should spend less time worrying about T levels of US troops & more time worrying about munition levels. More seriously, compromising US national security this badly for a war of choice that’s been a predictable strategic failure should mean impeachment, and not just for Pete…

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

Today @timep.bsky.social published a paper on US-Syria Policy outlining concrete ways the US government can constructively engage Syrian officials to help Syrians make the most of the lifting of sanctions and build a stable, just, and inclusive Syria for all Syrians🧵 timep.org/2026/08/03/p...

Attacks on Spain by many EU leaders isn't over a nonexistent threat to the EU from Ceuta, but an apparent hatred of Sanchez. They're humiliated by his ethical stance on Gaza & Iran. He has shown the recipe for more growth & more sustainable growth is migration & stimulus, not xenophobia & austerity🧵

The Spanish government suspects the sudden arrival of thousands of migrants to Ceuta was an intended effect by Morocco, given that Moroccan law enforcement at the border "disappeared" for hours, even after the situation became critical, @elpais.com reports.

La crisis migratoria de Ceuta pone en jaque las relaciones de España con Marruecos

Los servicios de inteligencia no se creen que la falta de control marroquí en la frontera se debiera a la Fiesta del Trono

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He hablado con el Financial Times @financialtimes.com sobre la llegada masiva y descontrolada de personas a Ceuta a través de la frontera marroquí. Artículo: www.ft.com/content/5546...

The EU and member states would be far more effective at defending Europe's interests, values, and priorities if they learned from the UEFA in their engagements with the US, Israel, and others. This is what true realism looks like, not letting other powers destroy the global order.

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 6d ago

UEFA plans to boycott World Cups if FIFA plans go ahead www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

It's believed Assad left £40 million of his money in an HSBC London branch before he left to become President in 1994 and that millions accrued in interest in the years since. Can it be recovered and used to compensate his victims? From @ruthmichaelson.com: observer.co.uk/news/interna...

‘The money must be there’: The hunt for Bashar-al Assad’s...

The Syrian dictator is said to have left £40m in a London bank when he went home in 1994. Campaigners want to see it returned to victims of the regime, but face a battle with HSBC

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New Independent Evaulation Office review finds #IMF climate work remains unevenly integrated across surveillance and lending, echoing CSO concerns about contradictions between austerity and #ClimateAction #ObserverSummer26 tinyurl.com/IEOEvaluation

IEO report calls for stronger integration of climate into IMF surveillance and lending

IEO findings echo civil society concerns about IMF’s climate work, with its focus on austerity in surveillance and lending not assessed for its impact on countries’ climate action.

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I shared with @jihanabdalla.bsky.social ahead of President Aoun's meeting with President Trump, that “successful disarmament across the globe has consistently been a political process.” A real ceasefire & Israeli withdrawal are vital. @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026...

Trump says US-Lebanon direct flights can resume, overturning decades-long ban | The National

President Joseph Aoun wants America to help fund rebuilding and relief package for southern Lebanon

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I spoke with Stephanie Ramos on ABC News about the risk that Israel refuses to withdraw from Lebanon & derails US deescalation efforts in Lebanon & Iran. President Trump must apply real pressure to ensure Israel complies & protect the credibility of US-mediated ceasefires abcnews.com/video/134995...

Video Why some Lebanese doubt Israel's commitments to withdrawal

Deputy director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle east policy, Timothy Kaldas, talks what the United states will do to ensure Israeli compliance with the ceasefire and withdrawal plans.

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🇹🇳 What does Tunisia look like five years since Saied's 2021 power grab? Tomorrow, I'm pleased to be moderating a discussion of brilliant advocates on this topic: @tmegrisi.bsky.social, Sahar Mechmech, Mondher Tounsi, and Aymen Zaghdoudi. Join us at 10:00 am EST. It's not too late to register ⬇️

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 2w ago

🔔 It's not too late to join us! This Thursday at 10 AM ET, we'll be hosting Mondher Tounsi, Sahar Mechmech, Aymen Zaghdoudi, and @tmegrisi.bsky.social to discuss Tunisia's political, economic, and foreign affairs landscape five years since Saied's power grab. Register now: timep.org/2026/07/09/t...

While Presidents Aoun & Trump met, I joined @aljazeera.com to discuss how the US can support the Lebanese government's disarmament efforts by ensuring Israel ceases fire & withdraws from Lebanon, allowing Aoun to show that the state can deliver security & sovereignty without armed nonstate actors.

Ahead of the Trump-Aoun meeting today, TIMEP's @tekaldas.bsky.social explains that Trump will be "looking to see who Joseph Aoun is as a person, whether or not he’s confident in him, whether or not he can trust him," particularly on sensitive files like disarmament thehill.com/homenews/adm...

The Memo: Lebanon crisis takes center stage with White House meeting

The crisis in Lebanon will move center stage Tuesday as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House. The confab will be a vital one for Aoun as he seeks t…

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تشهد دارفور أعنف فصول القتال في الحرب السودانية، في امتدادٍ لسلسلة من العنف عاشها الإقليم لعقود، ليبقى السؤال: لماذا تظل دارفور مسرحًا لصراعات متكررة، كثيرًا ما بلغت حد الإبادة الجماعية؟ يحاول الباحث حسان الناصر فهم الأسباب الاجتماعية والسياسية وراء ذلك. timep.org/post-arabic/...

Wes Streeting has been made Defence Secretary. In his released correspondence with Peter Mandelson, he said: “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes.” Journalists should ask him: 1) Does he stand by that? 2) What legal obligations does the UK therefore have?

Last night, much of the world cheered for Spain for largely the same reason most Brits voted Labour in the last election, disgust with their opponents. The difference is the Spanish team plays football well. Starmer's competence & credibility as a leader was quite another story.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2w ago

🇬🇧 LIVE: Keir Starmer bids farewell to Downing Street ▶️ u.afp.com/Srps

We are hiring! Programme & Events Intern in our office in Paris. Support events, communications, and research on climate, decarbonization, and competitiveness in France ahead of the 2027 presidential election. You will gain hands-on policy experience. More info: https://ecfr.eu/jobs/

Help shape European foreign policy | Career opportunities at ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations

Join the ECFR team and be part of the future of European foreign policy.

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A brave and insightful piece by Nasser Amin in on Egypt's Octagon and the New Administrative Capital. 150 years after Egypt's rulers stopped ruling from citadels far from the people, President Sisi decided to run against history with his New Administrative Capital. manassa.news/en/stories/3...

El-Sisi’s Octagon: The republic goes back up the mountain

Moving the seat of power into a walled desert enclave turns modern citizens back into mere subjects, reviving an absolute sovereign model driven by the haunting anxiety of 2011.

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Don’t miss this remarkable and important look at how Sisi is entrenching his power in Egypt through the Octagon project, explaining, expertly, by @tekaldas.bsky.social

Timothy E. Kaldas@tekaldas.bsky.social · 3w ago

DW asked me about the Octagon, Egypt's new defense HQ, & the New Aministrative Capital. We discussed what they say about Egypt & President Sisi's approach to governing. They symbolize his power but also his fear of a people that sunk deeper into poverty under his rule www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSn4...

"The objective is to insulate the Egyptian government from the threat of public unrest and a potential uprising," says @tekaldas.bsky.social, who joins DW to discuss the Octagon, the new administrative capital, and what their creation tells us of today's Egypt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSn4...

Egypt's massive 'Octagon' complex: Architecture of a totalitarian state | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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We explain how the US can help Lebanon's govt achieve our shared goal of a strong, sovereign, and secure Lebanese state. We can do so by securing a full ceasefire & Israeli withdrawal while investing in the state's abilty to rebuild homes & institutions, showing the people their state can deliver.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: Ahead of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s upcoming visit to Washington, DC, TIMEP joins Lebanese, US, and international partners in urging President Trump and US policymakers to press for security and sovereignty in Lebanon. Full statement: timep.org/2026/07/16/j...

Over 100 House Democrats voted to cut off military aid to Israel for the next fiscal year, in a sign of the growing disconnect between the Democratic leadership and the party’s left wing. The vote was on a largely symbolic amendment.

BREAKING: A majority of Democrats in the House have just voted to cut the $3.3 billion/year in U.S. military aid to Israel. Rep. Thomas Massie – the leader of the amendment – was the only Republican in support.

Between the global rejection of genocide and the global rejection of Argentina, Spain just became the most popular team in World Cup history.

The EU calls US threats against the #ICC 'unacceptable'. Canada has yet to say... anything. Will Canada find the basic moral integrity to denounce the Trump regime's latest bout of anti-justice hysteria, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, and @mark-carney.bsky.social? www.euronews.com/2026/07/14/m...

EU says threats against ICC 'unacceptable' as US targets court

The Trump administration said it would pressure other countries to withdraw from the court, marking a sharp escalation in the US effort to isolate the Hague-based institution.

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DW asked me about the Octagon, Egypt's new defense HQ, & the New Aministrative Capital. We discussed what they say about Egypt & President Sisi's approach to governing. They symbolize his power but also his fear of a people that sunk deeper into poverty under his rule www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSn4...

Egypt's massive 'Octagon' complex: Architecture of a totalitarian state | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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BREAKING A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🔴 It is high time the EU ban trade of all goods & services from Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank. An @ecfr.eu joint call ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council by Sigmar Gabriel @aranchagonzalez.bsky.social Pascal Lamy Enrico Letta @ceciliamalmstrom.bsky.social ecfr.eu/article/the-...

The EU should ban all trade with Israeli settlements – European Council on Foreign Relations

It is high time the EU follow its own trade policy and ban trade of all goods and services from Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank

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