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As the reality of a second Trump presidency sinks in, what have the immediate global consequences been? On today's episode, Jack and Sam discuss the various reactions of world leaders to the news as they gather for a summit in Budapest. 🎧 Listen:

🔍 Check out my analytical blog on the alarming rise in the ratings of the far-right political party in Germany and the local political scandal related to their insidious activities, titled "The rise of the AfD and the Ultra Rights' Secret Plan against Germany". Link: https://lnkd.in/dmwereZa The article has been published by Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (Rondeli Foundation)

Our latest issue is out! While the state of democracy has been debated for years, 2024 may prove decisive for its future. This issue of New Eastern Europe examines whether democracy can withstand its current challenges. Find out more on the following link: https://lnkd.in/dWHr2Cmd

📣 As VLD presented her Commission-Designates last week, three of my colleagues rcorded what they see as the biggest shifts, novelties and implications for partners. Alexei Jones shares his first thoughts on Jozef Sikela, Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships, and the implications for partner countries of the evolved portfolio (especially around the EU's EUR 300 billion Global Gateway programme). Andrew Sherriff breaks down the novelties, differences and priorities of the new EU High Representative for Foreign Policy portfolio, Kaja Kallas (spoiler: its about defence and economic security...) Finally, Chloe Teevan breaks down three major changes in Henna Virkkunen's new portfolio, as designate EU Executive Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy and the drastic shifts this could entail Watch all three of them here 👉 https://lnkd.in/epjjw7sG

Protocol, VIPs & Political Affairs at events - Find out about the golden rules and the strategic importance of this topic! 🎬The video of the complete livestream with Katrin Ordnung, Björn Mathes and Michael Biwer is now online as well as a concise summary of the key learnings: https://lnkd.in/dtRyHUS. #mflocations #messefrankfurt #eventprofs Messe Frankfurt GmbH ACHEMA 2027

UK Prime Minister's words on ‘reset relationships and rediscover common interests’? Then what is the UK doing in the context of the #CouncilofEurope? Does he mean that the country has no relations with anyone? These messages are confusing, contradictory, and only evidence of the #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity's lack of mission. Two unpopular ideas, which hurt because they are true: 1/ The Council of Europe is so little known politically that ‘everybody’ thinks it is a good idea to create a Political Community on the continent ‘because there is none’. Clear evidence is that the European media has practically not covered the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe this year, but they do huge news coverage of every European Political Community (EPC) meeting. 2/ The #EPC is understood to be an extension of the EU which is an unnecessary duplication. The mistaken political assumption that countries that are not members of the #EuropeanUnion are ‘not #Europe’ is creating the parallel reality of the EPC, misguided and surreal at times. In conclusion, the creation and development of the EPC is a mistake (more obvious after each meeting) and a serious missed opportunity for the European leadership to strengthen the role and mission of the true and first political community of the European continent, the Council of Europe. https://lnkd.in/egmzuANw P.S. It hurts but it has to be said. The development of the #EPC initiative is extremely worrying.

Fascism change its face as time goes by. The combination of fascism, Germany, totalitarian behavior, oppression, and total collapse of freedom of speech was the inner core of what took place in the 1930s & 1940's. This goes on deep inside EU European Union and NATO, which are moving ever faster closer to a total collapse as the inner conflicts and inner tension grow in the aftermath following failed support of other totalitarian regimes like I$rael, Zelen$kystan, Afgani$tan and more countries, in addition to the uttermost idiotic devastating, sociopatic, catastrophic interventions in Iraq and Libya driven forward by politicians with no sustainable global view or wider knowledge, only selfish greed and gangsterlike behavior all over their inner, hidden intentions. How big a global sociopat do you have to be to reach the very top level of administration of countries and organization inside NATO and EU? Olaf Olaf Scholz (born 1958), Jens Stoltenberg (born 1959) and Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958) are all to blame as they sit on the very top of the pyramide of power allowing massive killing of everydaypeople to take place 24 hours a day and seven days a week to fullfill their maniac sick 'plan' to instill global fear among everyone of us, rather to carry the message of global LOVE, and spend endless resources to maintain the industrialmilitraycomplex despite all other humanitarian needs that are fully visible to them, if they like to look and investigate. '...we shall NEVER bow down to fear, we will ONLY bow down to LOVE..' The period from 2019 to 2028 is recognized as the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace. press_dot_un_dot_org/en/2018/ga12060.doc.htm #germany #olafscholz #jensstoltenberg #ursulavonderleyen #eu #nato #genocide #love #freepalestine #nofear #gaza #fascism #decadeofpeace #mandela

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Key points I covered in this long-form discussion: Republicans have stark intraparty disputes on Sino-American relations; the selection of JD Vance as running mate reflects a changing of the guard; Taiwan shiuld prepare to invest more—and more purposefully—in its defense.

𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? On this week's Special Edition of the regular Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?, Dr. Steven E Sokol is joined by 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗶, deputy editor at Foreign Policy, and Ruediger Lentz, senior political advisor for the firm of Rud Pedersen and former director of the Aspen Institute Germany. The two experts discussed the German Bundestag’s no confidence vote, the first three years of the 𝘈𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘬𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, and the outlook for Germany’s snap election in February. Listen now on your favorite audio platform or access it directly here: https://lnkd.in/e6thAspr