2025-10-28 22:16:39
„Wunsch nach klarer Friedenspolitik“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10176
„Wunsch nach klarer Friedenspolitik“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10176
While the US can protect security in Europe and deserves our undying gratitude for having done so for the last 80 years,
Europeans cannot protect democracy in the US.
They can and must, however, protect liberal democracy in Europe,
which risks becoming a collateral victim of Trump’s domestic and foreign policy agenda.
What happens in America doesn’t stay in America.
It is often a precursor for trends in Europe.
Just as the
Prosecuting the Powerful -- Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice. (Foreign Policy)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/democracy-prosecution-crimes-sarkozy-trump-berlusconi/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p82#a251028p82
Die ultrarechte Renaissance des Westens https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10173
Rezension: Gewerkschaften in der Zeitenwende https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10175
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the Bloomberg news service,
advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal,
say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said according to the transcript.
When asked by Russian state media to comment on Bloomberg’s…
Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/trump-erratic-foreign-policy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p50#a251026p50
Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/26/ai-dark-ages-enlightenment?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will unveil a new £4 million project to reinforce cyber defenses in the Western Balkans, and share expertise in countering disinformation and other malign activity from hostile actors.
Foreign Secretary to put boosting security and tackling illegal migration at the heart of foreign policy during meeting of European partners
A digital pass available through the reservation site Recreation.gov includes “America-first pricing” at some parks.
Starting on Jan. 1, nonresidents without an annual pass will have to pay a $100 surcharge to enter 11 of the most-visited places in the system
https://www.<…
„Jeffrey Epstein was a warlord. We have to talk about It. Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy“ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-israel-foreign-policy-elite/#<…
Frohe Weihnachten ;-)
https://sh.itjust.works/post/52138124
Am kürzeren Hebel https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10171
"America Must Reject Trump’s Corrupt Foreign Policy.
A call to action as Trump pressures Ukraine to capitulate to Russia"
https://www.avindman.com/p/america-must-reject-trumps-corrupt?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeO…
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RFE/RL Hungarian service Szabad Európa, which was restarted in 2020, shuts down after USAGM's Kari Lake claimed it harmed Trump's foreign policy in a key ally (Anita Komuves/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/trump-cybersecurity-policy-is-indistinguishable-from-a-foreign-attack/
You have to realize this: An American #investment banker—lacking any foreign policy experience, an amateur at best—Steve #Witkoff, and a Russian investment banker, Kirill Alexandrovich #Dmitriev—also neither a dip…
Rubio on Ukraine:
“It’s not our war. It’s a war on another continent,”
Meanwhile USA bombs Syria.
Schrödinger's foreign policy.
Five key takeaways from US State Secretary Rubio’s year-end briefing | Politics News | Al Jazeera
https://www.
It’s sometimes said that presidents pivot toward foreign policy in their second terms.
Unburdened by the prospect of having to face voters again, and sometimes opposed by a hostile Congress, presidents often go overseas in search of a legacy.
If the past week or so is anything to go by, Donald Trump is doing the same.
My colleagues Shelby Holliday and Lara Seligman reported exclusively Tuesday that a large number of U.S. troops and special-operations aircraft have deployed…
Redaktionspause https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10247
There is is one constant in US foreign policy now, betraying Ukraine and Europe, assisting Russia.
Den Atomkrieg üben https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10170
Hague Court of Appeal rules it’s cool that the Netherlands is complicit in genocide.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/6/dutch-court-rejects-bid-to-halt-arms-exports-to-israel-over-gaza-war
A year into Trump’s second term
MAGA’s internal contradictions can no longer be ignored.
The movement that had promised an end to foreign adventurism has found itself torn between an alliance of ideological noninterventionists and realists and a hawkish national security establishment.
Trumpism promised a revival of domestic manufacturing,
yet neither the president nor his advisers have decided whether this means tariffs, industrial policy, reviving organized labor,…
« Des ponctions sur les richesses » https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10164
Under new US foreign policy, multiparty European democracies are not free enough because they exclude Nazis, but actual monarchies in the Gulf are free enough for us.
China's recently launched K visa program hopes to attract foreign STEM graduates, but faces online backlash over fears of companies favoring overseas applicants (Anniek Bao/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/cnbcs-the-
Folgen der Hochrüstung https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10165
Trump Pivots Second Term Toward Foreign Policy (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pivots-second-term-toward-foreign-policy-08d66474
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p143#a251030p143
Democracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book
“The Trillion Dollar War Machine”
and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars.
Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit”
and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements.
“We haven’t won a war in this century.
We’ve caused immense harm.
We’ve spent $8 trillion,” he says
Von der Ost- an die Nordflanke https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10168
"The Department of Homeland Security is directing border-patrol agents to screen all foreign travelers with facial recognition tools as they enter and leave the U.S., seeking to identify immigrants who entered the country illegally or overstayed visas, the agency said"
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Donald Trump: America First globalist (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/trump-foreign-policy-focus-marjorie-taylor-greene
http://www.memeorandum.com/251017/p15#a251017p15
Rüstungsmilliarden, Sabotage und Meinungsfreiheit https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10246
Threatening Nigeria? Leaving Romania? The Chaos of Trump's Foreign Policy (Mark Hertling/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/nigeria-romania-trump-foreign-policy-chaos
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p36#a251104p36
„Wages not Weapons“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10243
Die Tribute von Big Agro https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10162
Trump's foreign policy vision: Make Europe white again (Andrew O'Hehir/Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/07/trumps-foreign-policy-vision-make-europe-white-again/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p59#a251207p59
"The calls are part of a broader strategy by the Trump administration to ... turn the state department into an anti-immigration machine. "In the Trump administration migration issues have become a key pillar of our foreign policy, and this may be here to stay for the rest of the century,” a senior state department official told The Guardian."
**Stephen Miller holding secret calls with diplomats every day to push Trump’s immigration agenda across the globe**
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-immigration-diplomats-secret-calls-b2856464.html
The US House has approved a sweeping defence bill
that bolsters Europe’s security,
in what appears to be sharp rebuke to Donald Trump’s mounting threats
to downgrade Washington’s ties to traditional allies and Nato.
The bipartisan vote came just days after the publication of a White House national security strategy
that said Europe faced “civilisational erasure”
and made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties
– rattl…
Vom Drohnen- zum Weltraumkrieg https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10160
Hamas agrees to release remaining hostages dead or alive as part of Trump deal (Ross O'Keefe/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3836909/hamas-release-hostages-trump-deal/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251003/p131#a251003p131
Rezension: Alternative Defence Review https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10245
Auf dem Weg in den Krieg https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10241
2025 was the year of appeasement... of Europe and NATO.
My prediction for 2026 is that this will be the year Trump fully turns his back on Europe completely and officially turns American foreign policy to one of “non-alignment”.
This means the USA will officially or through effective posture, suspend its membership in NATO.
#USPoli #NATO #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
https://mastodon.social/@Ulfh3dnar/115685745861875968
New National Security Strategy Is Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Detail (Mark Hertling/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-national-security-strategy-ways-means-ends-trump-foreign-policy-china-iran-russia-north-korea
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p139#a251208p139
“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.”
Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March
and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Auf dem Weg zur Wehrpflicht https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10158
Zwischen den USA, Russland und China https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10239
Der Kampf um Nexperia https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10157
„Eine neue Ära der Führung“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10238
Five Questions About American Foreign Policy (Daniel W. Drezner/Drezner's World)
https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/five-questions-about-american-foreign
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p26#a251130p26
Kabul im Fokus https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10156
Der Notstandsparagraph der EU https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10236
Der Spannungsfall https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10198
Chinas neue Exportkontrollen https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10153
Der Umsturznobelpreis https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10151
Neuer EU-Geheimdienst in Planung https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10197
„Kein Platz für Brandmauern“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10195
Deutschlands Rüstungssystemhaus Nummer eins https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10234
Die Militarisierung der Karibik https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10192
Konkurrenz am E-Auto-Knotenpunkt Ungarn https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10233
Übernahmen in Deutschland https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10231
Wirtschaftsmacht im Abstieg https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10150
Den eigenen Gipfel boykottiert https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10190
Berlin spielt va banque https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10230
Deutschlands Abschiebepartnerschaft mit den Taliban https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10148
There were actually a lot of good recommendations from that Committee report, the one on PR was just the final one! Here's a few more.. including some that local #Fediverse proponents could dig into! @… was on the Committee.
—>FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “The Committee heard about a number of issues related to
the electoral information environment. Members recommend
that the provincial government collaborate with Elections
BC and the federal government to review existing legislative
and regulatory measures related to misinformation,
disinformation, and hate speech during elections, including
**mechanisms to ensure the timely removal of harmful content** (**emphasis added)”
—> FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “To better address challenges associated with social media and emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Members recommend establishing a working group to propose amendments to BC’s privacy and election legislation. To better protect all users, the Committee recommends requiring digital platforms to act with a duty of care and establish clear safety-related requirements such as data privacy, platform design, and content policy. The Committee also heard about concerns regarding foreign interference, and recommends that these be considered by the Electoral Integrity Working Group.”
—The Committee heard about the critical importance of
civic education to ensure the public’s understanding of
democratic institutions, processes, and participation. The
Committee recommends strengthening civic education
in the K-12 school system with input from experts and a
greater emphasis on applied learning.
— the Committee suggests enhancing data collection by requiring proactive enumeration on an annual basis and ensuring that registered parties and candidates can access poll-by-poll results. Elections BC should review and improve
voter registration practices and communication, as well as
access to and public awareness of voting opportunities. With respect to expanding voter eligibility, the Committee supports further examination of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as permanent residents in BC.
— Committee Members recommend modernizing the candidate nominator verification process, requiring Elections BC to collect and share voters’ contact information with registered political parties and candidates, and strengthening measures related to access to multi-unit buildings for candidates and their campaigns.
Full report to the Legislature: #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization
Einsatzgebiet Nordatlantik https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10147
Der neue Transatlantikpakt https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10228
Indien unter Druck https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10187
Zurück zu den Iran-Sanktionen (II) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10145
Kampf um die digitale Souveränität https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10186
Die Integration der extremen Rechten https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10143
„Kein Grund für Asyl“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10185
„Pflicht zum Generalstreik“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10227
Von Drohnen- zu Bootsmorden https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10225
Wirtschaftsmacht im Abstieg (II) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10184
„Konstruktive Kräfte“ https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10182
Deutschlands Wasserstoffwette https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10224
Auf der Suche nach Plan B https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10140
Auf dem Weg in die erste Rüstungsliga (I) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10223
Die Drohnenkrise (II) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10137
Die weiße Zukunft des Westens https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10221
Die Drohnenkrise (I) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10135
Transatlantische Weltraumrivalen https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10179
Kriegstüchtige Geheimdienste https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10177