#  @SlawomirDebski Sławomir Dębski Sławomir Dębski posts on X about ukraine, russia, poland, germany the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1063083302/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] +393% - [--] Month [---------] +4% - [--] Months [---------] +23% - [--] Year [----------] +317% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1063083302/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +211% - [--] Month [---] +176% - [--] Months [---] +60% - [--] Year [---] +210% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1063083302/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.09% - [--] Month [------] +2.50% - [--] Months [------] +11% - [--] Year [------] +36% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1063083302/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [currencies](/list/currencies) [us election](/list/us-election) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [stocks](/list/stocks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) **Social topic influence** [ukraine](/topic/ukraine), [russia](/topic/russia), [poland](/topic/poland) #43, [germany](/topic/germany), [countries](/topic/countries), [moscow](/topic/moscow), [united states](/topic/united-states), [in the](/topic/in-the), [kremlin](/topic/kremlin), [france](/topic/france) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Indeed there is something almost theatrical in the claim that in the US approach to Europe it is anti-European to expect Europe to deal with Russia on its own terms. What would that actually mean Imposing and sustaining real sanctions. Not buying Russian gas and oil when it is politically convenient. Deterring rather than rationalising Russian imperial aggression. And if Russia violates the very international law so cherished in European discourse then having not only moral outrage but a theory of victory and the capability to implement it. Instead the US pro-European attitudes in parts of" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022937948891557952) 2026-02-15T07:36Z 60.2K followers, 13.5K engagements "I do not know what he will decide. So far the government has been extremely frugal in informing the public about how it intends to spend the SAFE funds - and in my view that is a mistake. I recently heard a government representative publicly suggest that this lack of transparency is justified by the fact that Poland borders Kaliningrad. I nearly fell off my chair laughing. The government will of course have to make its intentions public. Poland is a democracy not a Belarusian dictatorship. Only then will the President be able to take a rational and informed" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2023073773033808143) 2026-02-15T16:35Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements "@Bjoern__M I think this is a complete misunderstanding. For some time now there have been discussions about participation in DCA in connection with the acquisition of F-35s. There are no talks about nuclear weapons and there wont be any" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2023086313935941855) 2026-02-15T17:25Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements "Turkey's Erdogan says Russia would be unwise to invade Ukraine and Turkey would do what is necessary as a NATO member. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-russia-would-be-unwise-invade-ukraine-2022-01-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-russia-would-be-unwise-invade-ukraine-2022-01-26/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1486455279898271746) 2022-01-26T21:45Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Sources say: Germany and Italy blocked kicking Russia out of SWIFT. Again we are in time consuming situation caused by opposition of Berlin against sanctioning Russia. This Russias shield in Europe must be broken once and for good. I am sure it will be" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1496924731278340096) 2022-02-24T19:07Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Poland for Ukraine fighting Russias aggression: 1) weapons & ammunition ✅ 2) welcoming war refugees ✅ 3) humanitarian aid daily ✅ 4) political support (diplomatic fight for Ukraine) in the international fora ✅ 5) huge Polish public support #StandWithUkriane ✅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1497619106794815490) 2022-02-26T17:06Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements ""Israel refused to join [--] countries in backing a U.S.-led resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN Security Council on Friday". All free world is supporting Ukraine only Israel is on Putin's side.Shameful. https://www.axios.com/us-protests-israel-refusal-condemn-russia-un-db20c1ce-16d2-4782-9ab8-461105a6cce5.html https://www.axios.com/us-protests-israel-refusal-condemn-russia-un-db20c1ce-16d2-4782-9ab8-461105a6cce5.html" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1498067085020352513) 2022-02-27T22:46Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Just for the context. In Poland there are [---] Russian WW2 and [----] WW1 military cemeteries. There are even [--] of them from the time of the Napoleonic wars. All under protection of Polish authorities. There are only [--] Polish military cemeteries in Russia - in Katyn and Miednoye. Smolensk officials and local activists have brought heavy machinery to the Polish military cemetery in Katyn and threatened to destroy it in response to the "demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland". They've also started a petition to resolve the "Katyn issue" once and for all. https://t.co/oCXnPsO4ZL Smolensk" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1514938567109316611) 2022-04-15T12:07Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements ""Germany was willing to impose economic & social catastrophe on countries it claimed had been irresponsible in their borrowingit has been unwilling to impose far smaller costs on itself despite the undeniable irresponsibility of its past energy policies." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-energy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-energy.html" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1517790652339302400) 2022-04-23T09:01Z 60.1K followers, 10.3K engagements "Poland neither had Queslings in the past nor has Schroeders now. successfully diversified energy providers with gas storages 80% full - Poland is beyond a reach of Putins energy blackmail ready to lead the way in helping Ukraine. Homework done well. PGNiG the state-owned company that is Polands main purchaser of Russian gas said that it had received a letter from Russias state-controlled energy behemoth Gazprom informing it that all deliveries through the Yamal pipeline would be halted. https://t.co/9DHByxIm86 PGNiG the state-owned company that is Polands main purchaser of Russian gas said" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519057394805968896) 2022-04-26T20:54Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Now we know why Poland was so quiet about goodies it was shipping to Ukraine. Sending hardware for two divisions takes time. Now when the stuff has finally arrived to its destinations we can be informed that Polands support for Ukraine is worth billions $. So Poland sends to Ukraine over [---] T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1) several dozen IFVs (BMP-1s) BM-21 Grads 2S1 Gvozdika WB Electronics UAVs and air-to-air missiles for MiG-29s and Su-27s. In fact it has donated at least 25% of its 808-strong total tank arsenal. So Poland sends to Ukraine over [---] T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1520069930892279808) 2022-04-29T15:58Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "But dont mention Hitler. In [----] Hitler refused to send weapons to Finland defending itself against Soviet aggression then he prevented Italians from arming Finns. All due to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact in which Germany recognised Finland as a part of Soviet sphere of influence" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1535700010813337602) 2022-06-11T19:06Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Russia says 'Thank you' to @EU_Commission for allowing transit of Russian sanctioned goods through Lithuania's territory to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave. Bravo @vonderleyen" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1547530181736275969) 2022-07-14T10:35Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "German Chancellor wants to control EU foreign policy even more to take more responsibility. All after allying with Russia on Nord Stream and missing every opportunity to lead on Ukraine when Russia wedged a war. More power to Germany No thanks. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/scholz-fordert-zusammenhalt-in-deutschland-und-eu-a-fe0e3a84-d50c-4304-a58a-3dc75b39a405 https://www.spiegel.de/politik/scholz-fordert-zusammenhalt-in-deutschland-und-eu-a-fe0e3a84-d50c-4304-a58a-3dc75b39a405" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1548911236401733632) 2022-07-18T06:03Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Polands approach exactly: 👇 "If there is a fire in a neighbour's house it is better to offer your extinguisher straightaway and not wait till the fire reaches your own home. "It's not just generosity. It's also for your own protection." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63090644 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63090644" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1576836115591577600) 2022-10-03T07:26Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements ""France and Poland are pushing Germany to equip Kyiv with its powerful Leopard [--] tank" 💪 https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-poland-push-germany-to-send-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine/ https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-poland-push-germany-to-send-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1612565652337745920) 2023-01-09T21:43Z 60.1K followers, 350.9K engagements "Kissinger says.that NATO membership for Ukraine would be an "appropriate outcome." "The idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. Only NATO prevents Russia from wagging wars so even Kissinger is able to connect dots. https://www.rferl.org/a/kissinger-russia-war-validate-ukraine-nato-bid/32227746.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kissinger-russia-war-validate-ukraine-nato-bid/32227746.html" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1615646874240679939) 2023-01-18T09:46Z 60.1K followers, 1.1M engagements "If Ukraine had received the kind of support it is receiving now: Himars GLMRS Patriots Bradleys Archers Leopards (and perhaps soon ATACMS and F16s) - BEFORE the war perhaps Putin could have been deterred Surely the war would then look very different" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1616836581624512512) 2023-01-21T16:34Z 60.1K followers, 259.2K engagements "Morning run in Central Park with the Chief of the General Staff gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak and Defence Attach in Washington gen. Krzysztof Nolbert. Report to the commander-in-chief from [----] #Grunwald" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1624049633218506754) 2023-02-10T14:16Z 60.1K followers, 227.9K engagements "President Macron at #MSC23 "A year ago I spoke to Putin and he assured me that had nothing to do with the Wagner Group - purely business project. I accepted that. Today we see that the Wagner Group is involved in war against Ukraine. It means Russia is simply a mafia state."" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1626584101464707079) 2023-02-17T14:07Z 60.1K followers, 874.2K engagements "Full courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw today filled with Poles and Ukrainians listening to speeches by Presidents @AndrzejDuda and @ZelenskyyUa. They made a common point: Poland & Ukraine working together hand in hand are invincible. The lesson learned from the past" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1643713087613067266) 2023-04-05T20:31Z 60.1K followers, 68.9K engagements "Astonishing piece especially the part in italics at the bottom. If this is how France understands strategic autonomy even in part then it will be France on its own - and in a very uncomfortable position. A brain death occurred somewhere no doubt. https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-china-america-pressure-interview/ https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-china-america-pressure-interview/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1645175639773724679) 2023-04-09T21:23Z 60.1K followers, 406.1K engagements "Ive recently heard at a closed-door meeting in D.C. that through backdoor diplomacy the Russians communicated to the Biden administration that the delivery of ATACAMs would be a red line for them. Two comments: 1) I don't know what is worse self-imposed red lines or letting the Kremlin determine US policy towards Ukraine. 2) any red lines established by an aggressor are there to be broken and circumvented. Here is one of the ways how to do it. 👇 UK wants to procure Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine with a range of 100km to 300km and a payload of 20kg to 490kg. Companies have until May 4th to" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1652712357708062721) 2023-04-30T16:31Z 60.1K followers, 1.9M engagements "As preparations for the next phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war are underway there is an ongoing discussion about the new shape of the security architecture in Europe. Inevitably in addition to constructive ideas threatening concepts are also emerging which aim to hand Russia a diplomatic victory over Ukraine since it has failed to defeat it on the battlefield. I found time to talk about this so I have this. #Thread" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1662350645951705089) 2023-05-27T06:50Z 60.1K followers, 739.3K engagements "If I understood the reasoning correctly Germany does not want Russia to be financially punished for destroying Ukraine because then. Germany would have to pay compensation for destroying Poland. There is some perverse logic of perpetrators solidarity. https://www.ft.com/content/1d54ceae-c41e-41e8-b7f0-790fd148880f https://www.ft.com/content/1d54ceae-c41e-41e8-b7f0-790fd148880f" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1673243131842633729) 2023-06-26T08:13Z 60.1K followers, 165.3K engagements "I am talking in Vilnius with diplomats from various delegations. Some of them say that Zelensky's tweet criticising the draft communiqu on Ukraine's future NATO membership was a mistake. My comment: they all wanted Zelensky to come to Vilnius so they shouldnt be surprised that this also means inviting 'war diplomacy' to peaceful diplomatic salons. Ukraine cannot be treated as a distant country about which we know little. The war is already in Europe" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1679167893362098176) 2023-07-12T16:36Z 60.1K followers, 178.1K engagements "In other words Berlin says there is "no urgent need" to defeat Russia. Noted. https://news.yahoo.com/germany-not-ukraine-taurus-missiles-125949956.htmlguce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMc889xq8TobdeUFPKNKLa7jYq3fqznKQoHDoJ9hWREkuAVDudLN4CiQZkPBFP9aDL15K72yBYPUm7Y3hZWn42noE0ds_tyFiZg0-t47eHK0loxnWBwEoqd6rm7q4NQWCj6cVO_jAzYIVdhVDfl3s82ILbvmsrvKQt8a1zWV4zGU&guccounter=2" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1687773880864169985) 2023-08-05T10:33Z 60.1K followers, 152.9K engagements "It is worth recalling that Russia invaded Ukraine not vice versa. Claiming that Ukraine is escalating the conflict is pure nonsense. Ukraine is exercising its right to self-defense which is its natural right. Self-defense cannot be limited to the victim's territory. It is like asking the victim to defend himself only with his left hand. A war zone consists of the territories of both the attacker and the defender. Thus the entire territory of Russia is now a war zone. In conducting a defensive war Ukraine has not only the right but also the duty to attack military targets on Russian territory" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1691902037439439081) 2023-08-16T19:57Z 60.1K followers, 256.9K engagements "The Valdai Club was always a tool used by the Kremlin to corrupt Western experts on Russia. Together with business class tickets luxury hotels and caviar they were given "access" to the "real" Russian power elite and they were provided with an "opportunity" to talk to Putin's acolytes often to Putin himself. Many began to value this exclusive access to "the Kremlin thinking" so much so that refraining from criticising Russia's imperial policies became a small cost altogether. You'd be surprised how many respectable liberal intellectuals have fallen into this trap. Some of them keep telling us" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697344832224596240) 2023-08-31T20:25Z 60.1K followers, 386.2K engagements "A must-read 👇 Russia has in no way abandoned its initial plan to install a pro-Russian government in KyivRussia wants to enlist the West to force Kyiv to accept the so-called peace for territory swap and to coerce Ukrainians to resign themselves to the amputation of their country. The real scenario in the minds of Russias leaders is not the Korean one: for them a part of Ukraine integrated into the West is unacceptable. The real scenario that inspires them is the Georgian scenario of 2008-9: it consisted in stirring up the bitterness felt by Georgians after the betrayal of the West in" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1700895702124036315) 2023-09-10T15:35Z 60.1K followers, 656.6K engagements "As a result of the war with Ukraine Russia is becoming darker and darker every day. Mass criminals are returning to the monuments. Dzerzhinsky is responsible for mass crimes. It is almost as if a memorial to Heinrich Himmler had been erected in Berlin. Advocates of dialogue with Russia must know that Russia is changing very quickly and today they are talking to supporters of genocide. A statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky the founder of the #Soviet Cheka (secret police) has been unveiled in Moscow at the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (#SVR). It is a slightly smaller version of the" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1701306507562787042) 2023-09-11T18:47Z 60.1K followers, 178.3K engagements "This is really good stuff 👇 A German MP proposes to punish Poland for not helping Ukraine enough (SIC).and transfer German Patriots systems from Poland to Ukraine. What a courage FOR CONTEXT: 1) Poland proposed to immediately send German Patriots to Ukraine a year ago. Then German politicians were so scared of Russia that they preferred to deploy them in Poland instead. After all there was no need to fear Russian escalation on NATO territory. 2) When Germany offered Ukraine its helmets Poland sent Ukraine more tanks than the entire Bundeswehr had. 3) When Poland wanted to send its MIG-29s" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1704957657516232747) 2023-09-21T20:35Z 60.1K followers, 140.4K engagements "The violation of the Polish airspace which is an area of NATO treaty responsibility by a Russian missile is a blatant attempt at escalation. #Thread 👇 1) It does not matter how long this missile was in NATO airspace or that it did not kill anyone on NATO territory (this time). It is testing (and undermining) President Biden's strategic communication that the US will defend "every inch of NATO territory". It is hard not to link this to news (false in my view) that the Biden administration is considering a change of strategy towards Ukraine and wants to freeze the conflict. Russia reads this" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1740860244257837147) 2023-12-29T22:20Z 60.1K followers, 282.8K engagements "At least on the #HolocaustMemorialDay @EU_Commission should refrain from manipulating facts. I do not believe that any of the authors of this film are unaware that the KL Auschwitz was a German concentration camp established on territories that the Germans annexed to their country after unprovoked aggression on Poland in [----]. Please correct. #HolocaustRemembranceDay" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751516996892553375) 2024-01-28T08:06Z 60.1K followers, 607.8K engagements "Watch an excellent speech by Poland's FM @radeksikorski at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine rebutting the Russian diplomacy propaganda against Ukraine and the West. Poland's continuous diplomatic support for Ukraine has played a crucial role in shaping the free world coalition supporting Ukraine since the first days of Russian-renewed aggression. A must-watch #StandWithUkraine" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1761358697312227675) 2024-02-24T11:53Z 60.1K followers, 158.4K engagements "Rule [---] in policy towards Russia. If you tell the Russians that you will prevent Ukraine from attacking Russian infrastructure they will escalate and increase their attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Russia always reads such signals as the sign of weakness and double down. The moment Russian missile hits the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant. https://t.co/77vyfCuqF0 The moment Russian missile hits the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant. https://t.co/77vyfCuqF0" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1771138663864287254) 2024-03-22T11:35Z 60.1K followers, 103.3K engagements "I don't know of anyone not a single reputable expert on Eastern Europe and Russia in particular who thinks the Biden administration has succeeded in its policies towards the region Russia and Ukraine. There may be various reasons for this but the failure is undeniable. The US policy on Ukraine has failed. The US has not delivered sufficiently strong arms in time because of flawed analysis believing that it would be harmful for the US to stand up to Putin. Unless @POTUS sacks all the people who misled him so badly he will be blamed. Clean up The US policy on Ukraine has failed. The US has not" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1780023019764679031) 2024-04-15T23:58Z 60.1K followers, 198.7K engagements "In the event of Russia attack on NATO it is unlikely that - let say - Portugal is the first target. So if it is Poland it will defend itself and other NATO Eastern Flank nations. I encourage supporters of withholding forces position to tell US citizens of Polish origin - before the elections - that they have no will to defend Poland and other countries on NATO's eastern flank. This could influence electoral decisions. Not to mention Polands business decisions. Transparency first and foremost. When @HawleyMO says the U.S. must "withhold forces" in the event of a Russian attack on NATO because" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1780721741918040456) 2024-04-17T22:15Z 60.2K followers, 127.7K engagements "Ladies and gentlemen dear friends My term as Director of PISM that was due to end on February [--] [----] was cut short yesterday. Such is the decision of the Prime Minister of Poland who has the sole responsibility and right to appoint and dismiss me. I fully respect it. During my term @PISM_Poland has grown and become an even better analytical institution. Its budget has more than doubled. We expanded our reachoffices in Washington DC Brussels and Berlin were opened to increase the impact of our expertise. Under my watch PISM launched the Strategic Arkan international conference which brings" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1806013778997530917) 2024-06-26T17:16Z 60.1K followers, 186.8K engagements "The Biden administration expects Ukrainians to fight a war in a manner that the Pentagon would deem ineffective as it would give the Russians a strategic advantage. Concerns about long-range missiles leading to escalation seem like a call for Ukraine to bleed out but by no means win the war. Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as escalatory A: Long range strikes don't help Ukraine liberate their territory "and of course we're worried about escalation." An absolutely clownish response. 🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/mqGlpgKXAH Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1824186185683702143) 2024-08-15T20:47Z 60.1K followers, 86.5K engagements "Munich [----] Powers + [--]. A new Czechoslovakia waits in the wings Alles bereit. #Quad @POTUS @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @Bundeskanzler https://t.co/NftOpsNFvm Alles bereit. #Quad @POTUS @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @Bundeskanzler https://t.co/NftOpsNFvm" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847416065401163843) 2024-10-18T23:14Z 60.1K followers, 114.6K engagements "When American Democrats ask me why some people in Poland think Donald Trump could be a better president for Poland I just reply: Well he couldnt possibly be worse than Biden Especially considering that Poland has been a loyal ally to the Biden administration and yet it ended up being hit with sanctions that limit its prospects for development. Thank you USA. @USAmbPoland @AmbDanFried @mikercarpenter The USA imposed restrictions on Poland on the supply of Nvidia chips (all the latest versions for AI compute). Poland found itself outside the group of [--] key allies. Wtf @JoeBiden" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1879427512154968390) 2025-01-15T07:16Z 60.1K followers, 189.4K engagements "Peace through weakness clearly the essential first step on the long winding road to peace through strength Peace for our time. Peace for our time" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1889720648844313058) 2025-02-12T16:58Z 60.1K followers, 117.7K engagements "Oh so now were talking about payback Wasnt military aid to Ukraine just a long-overdue compensation for breaking the Budapest Memorandum Lets not forgetUkraine gave up its nuclear arsenal at the request of the U.S. and other guarantors in exchange for security assurances that turned out to be worth less than the paper they were written on.Lets be serious. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the US deserves payback from Ukraine for its support against the Russian invasion and that President Volodomyr Zelenskiy would be very wise to accept the minerals deal offered last week" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1891240288275881993) 2025-02-16T21:36Z 60.1K followers, 115.1K engagements "It looks like a fit of rage and fury. Perhaps negotiations with the Russians arent going as smoothly as Trump had assumed. Its easy to take out frustration on Zelensky" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1892250079110565940) 2025-02-19T16:29Z 60.1K followers, 127.5K engagements "A comment from a friend in Kyiv with government connections: Zelensky doesnt need Trumps help to give Putin four regions downsize the army and abandon NATO aspirations. If he wanted to surrender to Putin he would have gone to Moscow not Washington. Well said btw. A Heated-Argument in the Oval Office minutes ago between U.S. President Donald J. Trump Vice-President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Trump stating You either make a deal or we are out. https://t.co/zWwn8U8Tae A Heated-Argument in the Oval Office minutes ago between U.S. President Donald J. Trump" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1895560843359887809) 2025-02-28T19:44Z 60.2K followers, 2.1M engagements "If @POTUS had any real understanding of wars with Russia he would know that the deportation of millions the forced Russification of children and the barbaric erasure of a nations identity are far worse than continuing to fightespecially when you have a million soldiers under arms. It is simply not true that Ukraine chose to resist Russia because America is helping. Ukrainians took up the fight regardless of whether anyone would support themjust like the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in [----] and the Warsaw Uprising in [----] to whom America also refused to provide help. Not a good sign" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1896610501028638803) 2025-03-03T17:15Z 60.1K followers, 125.5K engagements "The Polish officers surrendered to the Soviets. They were prisoners of war. Surrendering to Russia ends with shots to the back of the head and mass deportations. Ukraine knows this. The Trump administration does not. Today March 5th is the 80th anniversary of Stalin signing the order to murder [--] [---] Polish military officers held as POWs after the Soviet invasion of Poland in [----] Many were murdered & buried in secret mass graves in the Katyn Forest giving it the name The Katyn Massacre https://t.co/bMRmT36Y48 Today March 5th is the 80th anniversary of Stalin signing the order to murder 22" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1897537106324459591) 2025-03-06T06:37Z 60.1K followers, 205.8K engagements "Since were speaking of gratitudedont forget to thank Polish generals Kosciusko and Pulaski. Were it not for them America would have had no cards and a much tougher time becoming the land of the free and home of the brave. Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1898788672905851307) 2025-03-09T17:31Z 60.1K followers, 213.4K engagements "Russia is the one starting wars. Neither Poland Finland in the past nor Ukraine have attacked Russiaits Russia that repeatedly invades its neighbors while permanently threatening nuclear escalation if it fails to win conventionally. Thats why every country in the region seeks a credible retaliatory capability. The U.S. can provide it but if it struggles to clearly define who is the aggressor and who is the victim then its failing in its role as a security provider. And when deterrence is lacking it must be compensated for. Poland doesnt need nuclear weapons it needs conventional forces for" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1900573998985171416) 2025-03-14T15:45Z 60.1K followers, 371K engagements "Any random guy off the street from Eastern Europe would be more competent to talk to the Russians than this guy. But because hes American it never even crosses his mind that he might be out of his depthAmerica First. This might be the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. https://t.co/ZKo0365hAl This might be the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. https://t.co/ZKo0365hAl" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1903336605470826756) 2025-03-22T06:43Z 60.1K followers, 197.9K engagements "80 years after the end of the war Germany started by invading Poland after murdering [--] million Polish citizens looting their art bank savings destroying cities and burning down [---] villages Germany now puts up a t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y rock memorial to its crimes. A rock. A boulder to help drown the actual responsibility and avoid the issue of compensation. Do #Berlin-a przywieziono Kamie Pamici dla Polski. To tymczasowa forma upamitnienia polskich ofiar niemieckiej wojny i okupacji 1939-1945. W przyszoci prawdopodobnie w tym miejscu stanie pomnik dla polskich ofiar. W centrum Berlina ma te powsta" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1912554432446726529) 2025-04-16T17:11Z 60.1K followers, 168K engagements "The game is over. Nawrocki has been chosen. The late poll left no room for doubt. PM Tusk is silent. The government will start tanking water. And no this isnt an authoritarian turn Tusks government simply failed to deliver and people voted against his candidate. Snap elections are now on the horizon. Nawrocki is also predicting victory. Interesting times ahead. Nawrocki is also predicting victory. Interesting times ahead" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929310143449084267) 2025-06-01T22:52Z 60.1K followers, 155.2K engagements "My polite request: please stop spreading BS. Karol Nawrocki won the election - the result is clear and unquestionable. All legal procedures were followed. Whats truly surprising is that Prime Minister Tusk has decided to throw mud at the process attempting to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the vote. This behavior is irresponsible and unprecedented - driven purely by the Prime Ministers personal political agenda. After a year and a half of failure and incompetence this government has nothing to show for itself. The most fitting symbol of that failure is Tusks latest claim: that the opposition" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1936774301266399623) 2025-06-22T13:12Z 60.1K followers, 145.7K engagements "My advice to the Trump administration: if you want to negotiate anything with the Russians send someone to the talks who speaks Russian and can understand the contextual political slang - the kind they call (loosely according to the unspoken rules) in Russian. And with all due respect Mr. Witkoff lives like Alice in Wonderland - not only does he not understand a word of Russian but he also relies on Russian translations into English and doesnt even notice when the Russians are mocking him and America. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-award-order-of-lenin-american-ukraine/" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1954631747632537845) 2025-08-10T19:51Z 60.1K followers, 77.2K engagements ""Polish President Karol Nawrocki "reminded Trump of the Battle of Warsaw exactly [---] years ago when Poland fought together with Ukrainians against the Bolsheviks in Russia" In short: Russia can be defeated - an important message from new president. https://www.axios.com/2025/08/13/trump-putin-ceasefire-summit-zelensky-call https://www.axios.com/2025/08/13/trump-putin-ceasefire-summit-zelensky-call" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1955888689294303565) 2025-08-14T07:06Z 60.1K followers, 83.8K engagements "This moment may be remembered as one of the darkest days in U.S. history - on par with the defense of slavery and the slaughter of Native Americans. Pull out now or crash into disgrace. BREAKING: In a shocking moment BREAKING: Vladimir Putin boards the presidential limousine known as "The Beast" with Trump who has given Putin an unearned king's welcome one night after Russia bombed more civilians. Utterly despicable. https://t.co/5Zrbnf55ZG BREAKING: In a shocking moment BREAKING: Vladimir Putin boards the presidential limousine known as "The Beast" with Trump who has given Putin an unearned" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956447547376988598) 2025-08-15T20:06Z 60.1K followers, 101.9K engagements "In just four weeks Polands new President Karol Nawrocki has achieved something remarkable he built a cordial personal relationship with President Donald J. Trump who clearly took a genuine liking to him. In this White House video 👇 the visit is elevated to the status of a full state visit signaling to the entire Trump administration that Poland is regarded as a key ally by the President himself. President Donald J. Trump welcomes Polish President Karol Nawrocki to the White House. Forging stronger ties & making history. https://t.co/9ClyTLUj7Z President Donald J. Trump welcomes Polish" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963596975141536082) 2025-09-04T13:36Z 60.1K followers, 141.7K engagements "Polish Sejm has just green-lighted President Karol Nawrockis ratification of the PolishFrench Treaty of Nancy. With remarkable [---] votes in favor The cross-party support is striking. Once the Senate confirms Nawrocki can inaugurate a new strategic era in relations" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1966631913210139057) 2025-09-12T22:36Z 60.1K followers, 208.5K engagements "Just brilliant from start to finish. Youve gotta see it Cae przemwienie wicepremiera @sikorskiradek podczas nadzwyczajnego posiedzenia Rady Bezpieczestwa ONZ dotyczce naruszenia przez Rosj przestrzeni powietrznej Estonii https://t.co/W8cMuyBiy5 Cae przemwienie wicepremiera @sikorskiradek podczas nadzwyczajnego posiedzenia Rady Bezpieczestwa ONZ dotyczce naruszenia przez Rosj przestrzeni powietrznej Estonii https://t.co/W8cMuyBiy5" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1970196880022778064) 2025-09-22T18:41Z 60.1K followers, 256.5K engagements "Of course - why would Putin need two Trojan horses One was clearly enough. Merkel: I never saw Orbn as Putins Trojan horse in the EU. Thats absurd nonsense. https://t.co/xowkxbciL8 Merkel: I never saw Orbn as Putins Trojan horse in the EU. Thats absurd nonsense. https://t.co/xowkxbciL8" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1975091749614989473) 2025-10-06T06:52Z 60.1K followers, 72.6K engagements "Well said. In the case of Nord Stream Germany is simply incapable of providing guarantees of a fair trial. Because of the political cover-up the corruption surrounding the Nord Stream project has never been properly investigated. Thats why - in my view - Poland cannot hand over a suspect to Germany given Berlins serious rule-of-law deficiencies in this matter. The problem with North Stream [--] is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built. The problem with North Stream [--] is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1975578974911676807) 2025-10-07T15:08Z 60.1K followers, 54.8K engagements "There are very few issues in international affairs to which I have a genuinely personal even emotional attitude - but German policy on Nord Stream is definitely high on that list perhaps even at the very top. Much of my professional life as an analyst and expert on international relations has been spent debating German and Russian politicians diplomats and experts - and later countering their propaganda about Nord Stream being this wonderful European forward-looking project. The sheer amount of lies manipulation arrogance and condescension I encountered forced me to rethink many assumptions" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1975953949401186667) 2025-10-08T15:58Z 60.1K followers, 116.7K engagements "An independent Polish court has refused to execute a European Arrest Warrant issued by a German court. I am very pleased that the court shared my line of argumentation: the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline was not a crime under Polish law - it was justified under the conditions of a defensive war conducted pursuant to Article [--] of the United Nations Charter. It therefore constituted a legitimate military target. Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law this means that combatants acting within a military mission in the course of a lawful defensive war" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979193851894964613) 2025-10-17T14:32Z 60.2K followers, 207.2K engagements "Well Witkoff who doesnt speak a single foreign language wouldnt be able to distinguish Russian from Slovak. Yet he confidently proposes redrawing European borders based on what language he thinks people speak there. He himself speaks English so by his own logic he must therefore be a subject of the King of England. Well this here is certainly worth reading this morning: https://t.co/EoiqzvLYf9. The biggest takeaway is that Witkoff leaned on Zelensky during the meeting with Trump to surrender Donbas to the Russians (because they speak Russian in Donbas according to Witkoff). Well this here is" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979818593945538793) 2025-10-19T07:55Z 60.1K followers, 176.8K engagements "Well - when someone asks So what do we say if China launches a special operation to seize Taiwans president or Russia tries to do the same with Zelensky - the honest answer is this: we say exactly what weve always said - just without the comforting illusions. We try to prevent it; and if we cant we say plainly that we do not accept what has happened. As Richard Haass observed nearly a decade ago paraphrasing Voltaire the fading liberal world order is neither liberal nor worldwide nor orderly. That was not polemic but diagnosis. During the Cold Wars so-called freedom crusade regime change was" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2007431419010642243) 2026-01-03T12:38Z 60.1K followers, 140.4K engagements "NATO is dead is a catchy and familiar obituary - and a premature one. The Alliance has already survived crises far deeper than todays. It survived the Suez Crisis of [----] when the United States used harsh political and financial pressure against its own British and French allies - threatening currency intervention cutting financial support and forcing London and Paris to withdraw. No shots were fired but the shock to allied cohesion was profound. NATO endured. It also survived Frances withdrawal from NATOs integrated military command in [----]. Again the Alliance adapted rather than collapsed." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012598045175685178) 2026-01-17T18:49Z 59.7K followers, 232.2K engagements "In [----] the UK and France backed down quickly because the United States threatened to bankrupt them financially - and had already made clear as early as [----] that it would not defend their colonial interests. That precedent cuts both ways. If Greenlanders were to declare independence and Denmark backed by European allies tried to stop it by force the U.S. would arguably have grounds to intervene without violating the Alliance. But that is not the situation today. What is being discussed now is the U.S. administration seeking control over Greenland against the will of its inhabitants - in" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012615827887910967) 2026-01-17T19:59Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Zbigniew Brzeziski: A first-rate reconstruction of a historically complex yet immensely important phase of GermanSoviet relations. The analysis of the causes of the GermanSoviet war and its strategic mechanisms is outstanding. The examination of alternative Soviet war plans significantly sheds new light on Stalins behavior particularly in the early phases of the war. Wydanie polskie: [----] i 2007; : 2018; English edition: [----]. 👇 The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://t.co/dAK1zlZ0KM The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://t.co/dAK1zlZ0KM" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2012845481135657272) 2026-01-18T11:12Z 60.2K followers, 41.3K engagements "Credit where it is due: Polands highest authorities Prime Minister Donald Tusk President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Radosaw Sikorski have shown restraint. None allowed themselves to be provoked into commenting on the discomfort caused by a White House policy that to many of Russias neighbours looks disturbingly like a rehearsal of imperial practice. More than [---] years ago Nikolai Karamzin the ideologue of Russian imperialism wrote to Tsar Alexander I: we took Poland by force and that is our right. That sentence captures the essence of imperial logic in its purest form violence as" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013197602527875514) 2026-01-19T10:31Z 59.7K followers, 97K engagements "Could we perhaps return to slightly more boring times - the kind where we argued about the curvature of bananas or whether a carrot can be classified as a fruit and under what conditions Something along those lines would do just fine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013629855087149105) 2026-01-20T15:09Z 59.8K followers, 13.8K engagements "So this is where we are: a would-be Democratic presidential contender mocks European leaders for trying to endure the reign of a mad king - a king to whom Americans entrusted power thanks to the Democrats own failures. Europes leaders accept humiliation not out of servility but out of calculation. They are buying time betting that Americans will not make the same mistake twice in a row. And yet the very man they are quietly hoping for does not say the one thing that would actually matter: that he would not recognize the seizure of Greenland that America would again bind itself to" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013910490234122584) 2026-01-21T09:44Z 60.2K followers, 202.5K engagements "Once again Poland navigated this well. President Nawrocki was present at the inauguration of the Board of Peace but as an observer of the ceremony not as a participant. Poland supports efforts to find political solutions both in the case of Gaza and Greenland firmly grounded in respect for international law and the sovereign equality of states. Well done. https://x.com/nawrockikn/status/2014015801108422886s=46 Credit where it is due: Polands highest authorities Prime Minister Donald Tusk President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Radosaw Sikorski have shown restraint. None allowed" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2014295804043739346) 2026-01-22T11:15Z 60K followers, 41K engagements "Trump has nothing to do with conservative values. Hes a political nihilist. But because hes branded as a right-wing conservative leader he ends up discrediting conservatism everywhere. He helped clear the path for the left in Canada and now were seeing the same dynamic in Denmark. If this continues much of Europe will turn away from the right and from conservatism altogether. This isnt a shift to the left driven by ideas - its a backlash. The Trump effect Not the one he expected. Today's Danish opinion poll from Megafon is beyond crazy. The red bloc regains a majority and the blue bloc loses" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2014715568918589578) 2026-01-23T15:03Z 59.7K followers, 46K engagements "Read in strategic terms this is not as contradictory as it may seem. The authors of both recent U.S. strategy documents - the NSS [----] and the NDS [----] are clearly trying to manage the risk of a great-power conflict with China. They deliberately tone down rhetoric and avoid escalatory signalling precisely so as not to incentivise Beijing to act pre-emptively before the United States restores its advantage in critical domains: naval power airpower deep-strike capabilities missile defence and space. Seen through this lens Trumps emerging grand strategy understood as a theory of U.S. security -" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2014982487139668281) 2026-01-24T08:43Z 60K followers, 23.6K engagements "In Afghanistan I lost my warriors. Says: White Eagle [--] 🦅 President Trumps remarks describing allied troops as staying behind are not political rhetoric but a direct insult to soldiers who operated under fire. - Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak White Eagle [--] 🦅 He commanded the Polish military contingent in Afghanistan completing two combat rotations in Ghazni Province in [----] and [----]. A recipient of the Military Cross (Krzy Wojskowy) Polands highest decoration for combat service he later served as Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Chief of Defence) from [----] to [----]. Gen." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2015131223140561254) 2026-01-24T18:34Z 60K followers, 41.2K engagements "Dramat. Siemoniak: - niemieckie suby podsuchiway Obam czy bierzecie pod uwag e ze strony sojusznikw NATO mog by prowadzone przeciwko nam dziaania - po co miaby mnie sojuszniczy minister inwigilowa jak moe mnie po prostu zapyta i ja mu wszystko powiem Kurtyna XD https://t.co/wElG3dxQPL Siemoniak: - niemieckie suby podsuchiway Obam czy bierzecie pod uwag e ze strony sojusznikw NATO mog by prowadzone przeciwko nam dziaania - po co miaby mnie sojuszniczy minister inwigilowa jak moe mnie po prostu zapyta i ja mu wszystko powiem Kurtyna XD https://t.co/wElG3dxQPL" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2016507296176603428) 2026-01-28T13:42Z 60.1K followers, 242.7K engagements "@McGramat @elonmusk @sikorskiradek @PolskiSenat @Ukraine @CYFRA_GOV_PL @IL_PIB To nie jest pomoc bezinteresowna" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2016777670923604359) 2026-01-29T07:37Z 60K followers, 12.6K engagements "I don't expect US allies to cozy up to Beijing but I do expect them to find a new equilibrium between US and China in coming years. 👇 Worth reading - though I wouldnt forget that China is a regime hostile to democracy and one that is willing to use coercion and force against partners dependent on it looking far beyond the time horizon of any U.S. presidents term - whoever that president may be. 1/ While there are exceptions there appears to be a trend of America's traditional allies derisking from United States. As an American who long has viewed the US global alliance network as one of its" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2017099149875806252) 2026-01-30T04:54Z 60K followers, 10.4K engagements "Polish strategic culture offers an anecdote that captures remarkably well the situation in which Trump has found himself. In [----] the head of intelligence reported to Pisudski - the commander-in-chief: We have broken the Russian ciphers. We read their intentions like an open book. With this in hand we could even march on Moscow. Pisudski smiled and replied: And what exactly would we do there Strategy is about how to use force to achieve a political objective. Grand strategy answers a different question: how that objective will shape security after the war is over. I am not sure Trump would" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2017122973749006613) 2026-01-30T06:29Z 60K followers, 47.2K engagements "Whats clearly missing to end Russias war on Ukraine is a pure-minded European politician or diplomat who speaks Russian. And if none can be found Theres always a much larger pool to search: the corrupt. Macron sent his diplomatic adviser to talk to the Kremlin today. This is happening while more governments talk about the need for a single EU-level negotiator to talk to Russia. Macron is just doing it. Macron sent his diplomatic adviser to talk to the Kremlin today. This is happening while more governments talk about the need for a single EU-level negotiator to talk to Russia. Macron is just" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019094917314666899) 2026-02-04T17:05Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Very important observation by @J_Jakobowski of @OSW_eng 👇 In Poland an important debate is underway that deserves wider attention. The issue is whether Poland should allow Chinese companies to participate in tenders for critical national infrastructure in exchange for continued access for Polish agricultural products - particularly poultry - to the Chinese market. Beijing has reportedly signaled that if Chinese firms are excluded on security grounds Polish food exports may face retaliation. To understand why this matters one must start with first principles. Poland is a frontline state in a" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019168288748495305) 2026-02-04T21:56Z 60.2K followers, 22.5K engagements "As I can easily imagine what greater sacrifices are expected from smaller states. I see far less willingness for genuinely greater sacrifices from the larger ones. Concerts of powers are inherently anti-democratic. Even when dressed up as qualified majority voting they undermine integration rather than strengthen it. Interests that are outvoted do not disappear - they are merely ignored. We already see this dynamic in other policy areas. In security and defence it would be no different. Unanimity may be inefficient but majoritarianism in matters of vital national interest is not a substitute" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019309922916213190) 2026-02-05T07:19Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements "Well done. 📍Premier @DonaldTusk rozpocz wizyt w Kijowie https://t.co/5XUE8HhsvY 📍Premier @DonaldTusk rozpocz wizyt w Kijowie https://t.co/5XUE8HhsvY" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019312127199334852) 2026-02-05T07:28Z 60.2K followers, 23.9K engagements "The Core Europe concept would certainly change this by turning the silencing of smaller nations into a matter of rule of law. What is presented as a call for efficiency would in practice become a rule-of-law club: a procedural cudgel used to discipline dissent rather than to uphold common values. Agree. What kind of policies this individual will transmit to Kremlin. And why do we have Kaja Kallas The first step would be to include her in negotiations with Washington and be accepted. Europeans need hard policies not empty names. Agree. What kind of policies this individual will transmit to" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019313623303135603) 2026-02-05T07:34Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements "Formally no one forces smaller states to join the core. But lets be honest about power asymmetries. In Europe we already have powers that operate at a European scale. If they truly believe in their political visions they possess far more persuasive tools than smaller states: greater diplomatic capacity greater financial leverage and greater agenda-setting power. They do not need institutional shortcuts to lead. If they are genuinely convinced that vetoes are an obstacle they can simply renounce the use of their own veto rights. That requires no treaty change no pressure on others - only a" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2019321658373214677) 2026-02-05T08:06Z 60.1K followers, 10.4K engagements "Exactly. A worth reading thread. 👇 Europeans might also remember that the mother of all golden handcuffs post-1989 the Euro actually proved to be a hegemony booster for Germany. Much of Germany's economic prowess (trade surplus within Europe and externally) built on a Euro much weaker than D-Mark-- and Euro crisis gave Germany opportunity to play the great disciplinarian. () It's not that Germany is only obstacle to this. We live in a time where pooling let alone ceding sovereignty is much less popular than 30-40 years ago in Western Europe. I don't quite think the "golden handcuffs" are the" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2020451277449150548) 2026-02-08T10:54Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements "One of the most important strategic lessons of the [----] annexation of Crimea for the entire eastern flank of NATO is this 👉without armed resistance there will be no international reaction. Berlin may warn against escalation and repeat Russian propaganda about anything but bloodshed - as Merkel did in [----] - but all of Russias neighbors understand a simple reality. Russia is not deterred by special envoys patiently explaining that attacking neighbors is unacceptable. Russia is deterred when Russian soldiers are killed. In [----] I discussed this directly with Zbigniew Brzeziski who pointed out" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2020791104522559771) 2026-02-09T09:25Z 60.2K followers, 12.7K engagements "It is 👇 worth reading this analysis on the idea of appointing a European envoy to talk to Putin - a continuation of Europes policy of performing strength and simulating strategy. It recalls the declarations by Britain and France about sending troops to Ukraine - forces that neither the British nor the French actually have. Yet they must pretend in order to create the impression that their voice still carries weight. Germany meanwhile refuses to deliver Taurus missiles to Ukraine so as not to close the door to dialogue with Russia - as if our problem with Russia were a lack of understanding" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2020842938905805187) 2026-02-09T12:51Z 60.2K followers, 20.3K engagements "Because few years ago I introduced the idea that Germany could partially address its WWII reparations issue with Poland by contributing to Polands defense capabilities I feel obliged to comment on Ambassador @ischingers recent interview in which he returned to this concept. I am sure we discussed this idea several years ago when it became clear that the unresolved reparations question would continue to constrain Polish-German relations. At the time Poland was only beginning its military modernization and needed virtually everything from tanks and naval assets to air-defense systems. Today" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021161704474763285) 2026-02-10T09:57Z 60.2K followers, 13.1K engagements "BTW : Poland abolished noble titles in [----] - many of them handed out by the partitioning powers - on a simple premise: modern democratic states rest on equality not inherited labels. 😉 Germany is replacing its ambassador to Moscow. The new one is Clemens Robert Alexander von Goetze (currently in Mexico) and he is replacing Alexander Sebastian Lonce von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff (moving to Israel) Germany is replacing its ambassador to Moscow. The new one is Clemens Robert Alexander von Goetze (currently in Mexico) and he is replacing Alexander Sebastian Lonce von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021557628770652561) 2026-02-11T12:11Z 60.2K followers, 37.9K engagements "Thank you for asking. Youre mixing up two different things here. The suffix "-ski" was never a rank. In the PolishLithuanian context titles such as prince/count were separate distinctions and they were relatively rare. The form "-ski" was something else entirely. Originally in the late Middle Ages "-ski" was an adjectival ending. It meant of or from a particular place. If someone was called "Krakowski" it literally meant of Krakw. At first this form was strongly associated with landholding nobility because noble families were tied to specific estates. The name described territorial" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021574688485392468) 2026-02-11T13:18Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements "With so many natural candidates for European hegemony France Germany lets not forget Britain Spain and perhaps even the Kingdom of Naples waiting patiently in the wings - it is hardly surprising that the longest period of peace in Europe was delivered by a power from outside the continent. When every major capital considers leadership its birthright equilibrium tends to require an external arbiter. Enter the American hegemon. European balance of power was an art form for centuries. European peace it turns out required a referee from across the Atlantic. Hegemony in Europe should naturally lie" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021592230541066575) 2026-02-11T14:28Z 60.2K followers, 24.9K engagements "Top NATO allies An interesting formulation especially when many of these top allies are not in a position to deter anyone on their own. Deterrence by reputation without capability is not strategy. Its theatre. Grotesque but revealing. Poll: Top NATO allies dont think US helps deter enemies anymore https://t.co/zDn1wwFnfE Poll: Top NATO allies dont think US helps deter enemies anymore https://t.co/zDn1wwFnfE" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021840811311165738) 2026-02-12T06:56Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements "Dlaczego polskie grnictwo powinno zawrze sojusz z bran AI Polecam rozmow o nowym wycigu technologicznych zbroje i dlaczego mamy w nim du szans Ale trzeba dziaa GROUND ZERO #98 SZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA W POLSKIEJ STRATEGII Naszym specjalnym gociem bdzie dzi @jarokrolewski prezes @Synerise - polskiej firm technologicznej specjalizujcej si w sztucznej inteligencji i big data. Zapraszamy https://t.co/3biWO6jZ6g przez @YouTube GROUND ZERO #98 SZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA W POLSKIEJ STRATEGII Naszym specjalnym gociem bdzie dzi @jarokrolewski prezes @Synerise - polskiej firm technologicznej specjalizujcej si" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1999152262430556594) 2025-12-11T16:20Z 60.2K followers, 15.6K engagements "The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://www.amazon.com/Between-Berlin-Moscow-German-Soviet-Relations/dp/3111589471 https://www.amazon.com/Between-Berlin-Moscow-German-Soviet-Relations/dp/3111589471" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2007928074646470884) 2026-01-04T21:32Z 60.2K followers, 60.1K engagements "With all due respect to David Petraeus this is simply not accurate. NATO aircraft were already in the air over Poland. The operation was conducted in full coordination with SACEUR and Allied Air Command (AIRCOM). No one in Warsaw needed to call Brussels Washington - this is precisely how NATOs integrated air and missile defense is designed to work: everyone does their job in place in real time. Ukraines combat experience with drones is valuable. But turning a routine coordinated NATO air-defense response into a story about improvised phone calls is BS. . Former CIA Director Petraeus: When" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2021916574014136637) 2026-02-12T11:57Z 60.2K followers, 25.2K engagements "A nationalist president And you are @POLITICOEurope what - a Bolshevik outlet Poland wants to borrow an enormous [----] billion under the EU's loans-for-arms SAFE program but that's running into doubts from the country's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki. https://t.co/2ZVVERNGRy Poland wants to borrow an enormous [----] billion under the EU's loans-for-arms SAFE program but that's running into doubts from the country's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki. https://t.co/2ZVVERNGRy" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022020693538504906) 2026-02-12T18:51Z 60.2K followers, 64.3K engagements "Some clarifications are required First Nawrocki did not torpedo SAFE. The bill has not yet left the Sejm and it is therefore simply unknown what position he will ultimately take once it reaches the next stage of the legislative process. Second on nuclear weapons he said only one thing: that if uncontrolled proliferation were to occur Poland could not afford to remain on the sidelines. So that statement is routinely over-interpreted. From that we can clarify further: First such a decision does not belong to the president but to the government. Second there will be no uncontrolled nuclear" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023068440064315734) 2026-02-15T16:14Z 60.2K followers, 43.4K engagements "The fact is that in Poland we are currently facing a flood of incompetent opinions produced by various amateurs YouTubers self-styled commentators and publicists who spread utterly fabricated nonsense about nuclear weapons. As a result decision-makers are then confronted with questions about these fantasies. And it turns out that they themselves are often not properly briefed because they are unable to respond with precision. Just recently Radosaw Sikorski was asked exactly the same question in Oslo at what was supposed to be a serious forum. He answered briefly and correctly: Poland has no" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2023088506474742080) 2026-02-15T17:34Z 60.2K followers, 18.5K engagements "Good. But first Biden should pay a visit to Prague now to send the message of solidarity and support for an Eastern Flank country which is leading by example how to stand up against Russian coercion and govern the asymmetric relations with Russia. https://newsnow.tasr.sk/foreign/caputova-invites-biden-to-visit-slovakia/ https://newsnow.tasr.sk/foreign/caputova-invites-biden-to-visit-slovakia/" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1385277691105009671) 2021-04-22T17:01Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements "@olgatokariuk Indonesia 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1459982620171948038) 2021-11-14T20:32Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements "Since the end of the Cold War Poland and the United States through the CIA have established particularly warm relations.after the Russian invasion of Donbas and Crimea in [----] CIA activity expanded to make Poland its third-largest station in Europe. https://www.newsweek.com/2023/07/21/exclusive-cias-blind-spot-about-ukraine-war-1810355.html https://www.newsweek.com/2023/07/21/exclusive-cias-blind-spot-about-ukraine-war-1810355.html" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1678114404510887936) 2023-07-09T18:50Z 56.3K followers, 16.8K engagements "My match kit for the Polish Cup Final is ready. Jazda Jazda Jazda Biaa Gwiazda #PoPucharWi5o #POGWIS" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1785898042526208405) 2024-05-02T05:04Z 59.2K followers, 166.1K engagements "General Kellogg Trumps special envoy for the war in Ukraine was not mentioned in the Presidents statement issued after his phone call with Putin as someone who would take part in negotiations with the Russians. However that does not mean he wont be involved. Since everything is on the table and Trump is willing to discuss even Russias return to the G7 and the complete lifting of sanctions if Moscow completely withdraws from Ukraine its clear that Trumps peace plan is in the making. And now General Kellogg has been authorized to present Trumps views on the Russia-Ukraine war in Munich." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1890301896159543310) 2025-02-14T07:27Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements "What I am hearing backstage at #MSC2025 is that when U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christopher W. Smith visited Minsk recently he offered not only the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Lukashenkos regime but also a package of economic incentives. During Trumps first term his administration attempted to loosen Belarusian-Russian relations and it looks like they are making another attempt in this direction now" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1890471707581812845) 2025-02-14T18:42Z 45K followers, 38.3K engagements "Im currently watching an anti-war demonstration in Munich near the venue of the Munich Security Conference. Note: this is not a protest against Russias aggression but rather against Ukraines defense and the support being provided to Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1890786090648220078) 2025-02-15T15:31Z 45.7K followers, 48.2K engagements "After four days of debates at the Munich Security Conference #MSC2025 and countless behind-the-scenes discussions with some of the worlds top security and international policy experts I leave Munich with a conclusionone summed up by a quote from Pope John Paul II also echoed by Vice President J.D. Vance: Do not be afraid Europe do not fear the new realities shaped by Trumps ambitions to remake the world. Stop complaining about the weatherjust dress warmer. Stop lamentingfocus on strengthening your own potential. If Trump respects strength then show it to him. Russia is a pariah and Europe is" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1891147341035405636) 2025-02-16T15:27Z 45.7K followers, 123.3K engagements "Suddenly Germany and with it all of Europe is experiencing what Central European nations have long been accustomed to. The Germans French and British have often negotiated over their heads whether with Russia China or the U.S. The phrase Nothing about us without us originated in Central Europe for a reason. Today we echo Zelensky: Nothing about Europe without Europe. So whats the lesson from Central Europe Dont take offense at being left out of the initial talks. Instead wait until the negotiators return with their deal and need Europe to help implement it. Thats when the real political" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1891492458661605383) 2025-02-17T14:18Z 45.6K followers, 88K engagements "Russia is the aggressor. I'm glad I could help. Anyone who claims otherwise is its ally and should be a member of BRICS rather than the G7. The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatening to derail a traditional show of unity according to five western officials familiar with the matter https://t.co/lmSnKMmMxJ https://t.co/bUXaMXWI2M The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatening to derail a" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1892579816433439075) 2025-02-20T14:19Z 45.7K followers, 26.6K engagements "Journalist friends tell me that Witkoff is tempting Putin with a promise to lift sanctions. Of course Trump can do that when it comes to access to the U.S. market - but for Russia thats peanuts. What Putin would really want is to prevent U.S. secondary sanctions like those imposed on India. But for Russia the real key is Europe - and the Europeans will not lift their sanctions. You have to be a complete fool to think that Europeans will spend billions of dollars arming themselves against Russia on the one hand and on the other help Russia regain the very strength it would use to threaten" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1954194138817085809) 2025-08-09T14:52Z 56.8K followers, 20.4K engagements "Interesting. Did you also ask yourself under whose jurisdiction Nord Stream actually fell Since Germany - and ultimately the EU - excluded NS from EU legal jurisdiction under the Third Energy Package can it still be called a German or European pipeline In practice it was placed under the jurisdiction of the state that laid it on the seabed - Russia. And Russia was waging war against Ukraine attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure including the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and the Nova Kakhovka dam. So if Nord Stream was no longer a European infrastructure project but rather a Russian" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979250784400261193) 2025-10-17T18:18Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements "Europe needs a dedicated project to declassify all documents related to Nord Stream. Let us publish a White Book on this matter Germany should show more dignity towards our partners especially Poland and focus more on clarifying the misguided and fatal Russia policy of German governments. The mistake was that Nord Stream was built in the first place. https://t.co/AURBf7cIRO Germany should show more dignity towards our partners especially Poland and focus more on clarifying the misguided and fatal Russia policy of German governments. The mistake was that Nord Stream was built in the first" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979562448740131230) 2025-10-18T14:57Z 56.2K followers, 20.9K engagements "I am deeply saddened by the news that my friend Janusz Bugajski passed away yesterday. He was an outstanding analyst and security expert for many years affiliated with @CSIS and most recently with the Jamestown Foundation. We first met twenty years ago while creating the Transatlantic Forum on Russia - a joint initiative of @PISM_Poland and CSIS in Washington. Janusz was a man full of joy optimism and a brilliant sense of humour. He was not only a sharp-minded analyst but also a courageous advocate for the nations resisting Russian imperialism. He will be greatly missed. My deepest and" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979586931404230748) 2025-10-18T16:34Z 56.2K followers, 27.2K engagements ""Putin in a phone call this week with President Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk.Putin has tried and failed to conquer the territory for [--] years repeatedly repulsed by Ukrainian forces who are deeply entrenched in an area." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979645591966658980) 2025-10-18T20:27Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements "The Russians have obviously realised they are dealing with - people with zero understanding of Russia or Eastern Europe who couldnt distinguish Russian from Croatian and will happily repeat whatever nonsense Moscow feeds them as if it were their own Nobel-worthy strategic insight. Russias war against Ukraine was never about Donbas - Moscow couldnt care less about that region and in fact despises it. The strategic goal has always been to destroy Ukraine as an independent state. Yet around Trump there seems to be no one who understands Russia the way Trump understands real estate on Manhattan." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979826837984248057) 2025-10-19T08:27Z 56.2K followers, 20.2K engagements "It appears the implementation of Trumps 20-point peace plan has already stalled. Perhaps instead of flying to Budapest he should head to Jerusalem to restore the ceasefire that has just been broken. In the Middle East credibility is earned by enforcing realities - not by announcing them. Israel strikes southern Gaza accusing Hamas of 'bold violation of ceasefire' https://t.co/oxybMVklkM Israel strikes southern Gaza accusing Hamas of 'bold violation of ceasefire' https://t.co/oxybMVklkM" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979953350415466975) 2025-10-19T16:50Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements "Putin has been trying to crush Ukraine since [----] (arguably even since [----] though thats a separate discussion). He has failed despite support from China North Korea and Iran. And largely because the American people have refused to become an accomplice of the emerging axis of evil. And lets be clear - this war was never about Donbas. For Moscow Donbas has always been a pretext not an objective. The real goal is to erase Ukraine as a sovereign state. FT: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russias terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday warning that" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1979961073051570683) 2025-10-19T17:21Z 56.2K followers, 15.3K engagements "Kirill Dmitrievs talking points repeat the standard Kremlin narrative that Western sanctions do not work. Oh really 🤣 Sanctions work not by producing a theatrical collapse of the Russian economy overnight but by raising the strategic cost of being an aggressor and by constraining Russias future capacity to wage war. They deny Russia access to advanced technologies capital insurance energy equipment shipping logistics financial depth reputational legitimacy - all of which slow degrade and shrink Russias long-term potential. That is exactly why Moscow endlessly complains about them. In fact if" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1981952388442280316) 2025-10-25T05:14Z 56.3K followers, 14.5K engagements "Nord Stream was an element of Russias coercive infrastructure designed to blackmail Ukraine into surrender thus it was a legitimate military target" - I said for Spanish media and I am glad that a Polish judge has now confirmed that in his ruling. https://www.lavocedelpatriota.it/en/nord-stream-was-an-element-of-russias-coercive-infrastructure-designed-to-blackmail-ukraine-into-surrender-an-interview-with-slawomir-debski/" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1981953890242220246) 2025-10-25T05:20Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements "Sergey Karaganov thinking that Russias goal is to instill animal fear in America and Europe is coming straight from Dostoyevskys Demons. In Demons Pyotr Verkhovensky said the same: First we must create panic. Once they are terrified - anything is possible. This is not strategy. It is Shigalyovs despair: a vision of the world where Russias persuasion is impossible and only terror is real. Russia is not projecting strength - it is confessing its weakness as well as moral and civilizational bankruptcy. Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karaganov who heads the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1983309414783406185) 2025-10-28T23:06Z 56.2K followers, 18.8K engagements "Some time ago a German friend of mine sent me a message asking whether I had one suggestion for Germany - something that if changed could immediately improve the atmosphere in Polish-German relations. I replied briefly: It would help if Germany stopped shifting its own atrocities and responsibility onto others because that relativizes German guilt - and that is unacceptable. He asked what I meant. So I sent him this 👇photo - a description of the Holocaust at the German Historical Museum in Berlin - where it says that the Genocide of European Jews was organized and carried out by the Germans" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1985786677214765397) 2025-11-04T19:10Z 56.3K followers, 39.7K engagements ""Germany Caught in [----] trying to intercept U.S. embassy signals in Europe. France Allegedly sniffing around American drone tech via defense contractors. Israel Long considered among the most aggressive friendly collectors. South Korea Reportedly monitored U.S. discussions during nuclear talks with the North." Allies dont always play fair. Germany listens. France snoops. Israel digs. Even friends spy on the U.S. - and we spy right back. Inside the quiet world of friendly espionage: 🔍👇 https://t.co/Gi4LvMXtxG #espionage #Geopolitics #NationalSecurity #intelligencecommunity" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1987612430323929433) 2025-11-09T20:05Z 56.3K followers, 19.2K engagements "Hungary for example Zelensky is facing unprecedented uproar at home over a $100 million corruption scandal in the energy sector involving people in his circle. He has already fired the ministers of energy and justice. Thats probably not nearly enough. But this is all happening because Ukraine Zelensky is facing unprecedented uproar at home over a $100 million corruption scandal in the energy sector involving people in his circle. He has already fired the ministers of energy and justice. Thats probably not nearly enough. But this is all happening because Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1988923996465774661) 2025-11-13T10:56Z 56.7K followers, [----] engagements "One wonders: under the Witkoff Plan would it not be simpler - and far more stabilizing for Europe - to just cede Mr. Witkoff himself to Russia Frankly the world might breathe a sigh of relief. This reporting is matching much of what I'm getting from the American side. Conflating Witkoff's cocktail napkin jottings with some official "U.S. government" line is what the Russians want. Many will oblige. This reporting is matching much of what I'm getting from the American side. Conflating Witkoff's cocktail napkin jottings with some official "U.S. government" line is what the Russians want. Many" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1991283355158212702) 2025-11-19T23:12Z 56.9K followers, 20.6K engagements "I agree that this plan is trash. Nothing in it holds together. These proposals were rejected before because they had no connection to reality. So why bring them back now Maybe the goal is simply to remind everyone of them to create a reference point for other ideas that are still bad for Ukraine but can be sold as better than this mess Before Thanksgiving I'm sorry but this is the sort of thing you ask if you actively want to sink a diplomatic proposal not be taken seriously. I'm reading this as KD and SW racing to lock this in place before it can be assessed litigated or scrutinized by" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1991614386742448320) 2025-11-20T21:07Z 56.7K followers, 48.7K engagements "@Michal_Sestero Senator Graham also shot down the rumors about the plan. In my view convincing Congress to force Ukraine into capitulation is already beyond Trumps political power As to the existence of a [--] point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war I have no knowledge of the plan and have only read media reports about the proposal. It is my firm belief that this war needs to come to an end through negotiations with an honorable and just outcome that As to the existence of a [--] point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war I have no knowledge of the plan and have only read media reports about the" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1991623421193777305) 2025-11-20T21:43Z 56.5K followers, [----] engagements ""Trump may recall that President Joe Bidens poll numbers never recovered from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He can expect something similar with Ukraine." 👇 Check out my piece this morning on Witkoffs Ukraine plan and why it is a massive unforced error at a time when Trump was finally getting his policy on a sounder footing https://t.co/DzZwQ9id3B Check out my piece this morning on Witkoffs Ukraine plan and why it is a massive unforced error at a time when Trump was finally getting his policy on a sounder footing https://t.co/DzZwQ9id3B" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1991743129905660141) 2025-11-21T05:39Z 56.8K followers, [----] engagements "Witkoffs plan dictated to him by the Russians will lead nowhere. It is not only because it contains proposals that are unacceptable to Ukraine and to Europe. The real reason is that decisions are made not on geopolitical grounds but on domestic political pressure and on a leaders ability to carry out a vision. Donald Trump is weakening politically. Life is not improving for Americans. The midterm elections are approaching and Trumps support no longer guarantees victory for Republicans. A view is starting to take shape that distancing themselves from Trump may offer better political prospects." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992198848819679690) 2025-11-22T11:49Z 57.2K followers, 144.9K engagements "The upcoming midterm race for Congress will also mark the early opening of the [----] presidential campaign. It will shape the main lines of political conflict for years ahead. The MAGA movement is likely to split into two factions: Real-MAGA and Trump-MAGA. Republican candidates will try to highlight their distance from Trump rather than rely on him. Time in politics is a scarce resource. When it is used poorly it shortens a politicians lifespan. Russia may already understand that the next US administration regardless of whether it is Republican or Democratic will not only remain pro-Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992203776099287240) 2025-11-22T12:09Z 57.2K followers, [----] engagements "Tym razem nie zdylimy wskoczy do pocigu. Tomorrow in Geneva the national security advisers of E3 () meet with counterparts from and then meet with . The Americans dont want other European diplomats in the room when talking with the Ukrainians Tomorrow in Geneva the national security advisers of E3 () meet with counterparts from and then meet with . The Americans dont want other European diplomats in the room when talking with the Ukrainians" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992327835667644927) 2025-11-22T20:22Z 56.7K followers, 65.1K engagements "Uncontrolled damage. The peace proposal was authored by the U.S. It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine. The peace proposal was authored by the U.S. It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992469689658917292) 2025-11-23T05:46Z 56.8K followers, 26.5K engagements "And Denmark has expressed ZERO gratitude. The United States wants to meet with Greenland without Denmark The United States has attempted to arrange a high-level political meeting with representatives from Greenland without involving Denmark. According to the Danish newspaper Politiken which has spoken to The United States wants to meet with Greenland without Denmark The United States has attempted to arrange a high-level political meeting with representatives from Greenland without involving Denmark. According to the Danish newspaper Politiken which has spoken to" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992608577136328858) 2025-11-23T14:58Z 57.3K followers, 24.4K engagements "The counter-proposal drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain France and Germany takes the U.S. plan as its basis My comment: The UK France Germany- together with Ukraine - have essentially decided to kick the Russo-American can further down the road. Its meant to create the impression of a constructive forward-leaning approach. But setting force-level caps on the armed forces of the victim of aggression rather than on the aggressor is quite simply a form of capitulation. And tying the terms of peace between Russia and Ukraine to issues that concern only NATO is another one. Moscow will" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992653203264147661) 2025-11-23T17:55Z 57.3K followers, 61.7K engagements "Expanding the discussion of Russo-Ukrainian peace terms into the realm of NATOs acquis - and doing so without consulting the Allies - is pure amateurism. Sorry to say that. And lets be clear: Russia has not won a war against NATO yet so there is no reason whatsoever to accept peace terms that pretend it has" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992658197363237297) 2025-11-23T18:15Z 57.2K followers, 50K engagements "For the record Secretary Rubio has no knowledge whatsoever of the European counter-plan - which is fascinating: this is already the second plan he apparently knows nothing about. @BrunoTertrais @SlawomirDebski https://t.co/9Hx4QrSnfQ @BrunoTertrais @SlawomirDebski https://t.co/9Hx4QrSnfQ" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992691726172237897) 2025-11-23T20:28Z 56.9K followers, 31.9K engagements "Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime Minister Starmer (as the rumour says) Chancellor Merz or President Macron Unfortunate and counterproductive that Tusk is not part of the core team in Europe that is dealing with the US peace efforts. Unfortunate and counterproductive that Tusk is not part of the core team in Europe that is dealing with the US peace efforts" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992981074599645495) 2025-11-24T15:38Z 57K followers, 82.3K engagements "And if the Polish Prime Minister knows the answer I would expect an appropriate review of Polands defense procurement contracts and a reconsideration of several past and future decisions. Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime Minister Starmer (as the rumour says) Chancellor Merz or President Macron Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1992985056940605618) 2025-11-24T15:54Z 57K followers, 24.9K engagements "Its getting interesting It now looks as though Witkoffs conversations with the Russians were being recorded by U.S. intelligence services - and that journalists may have access to those recordings. This is no longer a leak; its starting to resemble a controlled disclosure. "In an Oct. [--] phone call that lasted a little over five minutes Witkoff advised Yuri Ushakov Putins top foreign policy aide on how the Russian leader should broach the issue with Trump. His guidance included suggestions on setting up a Trump-Putin call before Volodymyr Zelenskiys White House visit later that week and using" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993478053369102760) 2025-11-26T00:32Z 57.3K followers, 418.7K engagements "We are heading toward a fascinating spectacle of public hearings in Congress in [--------] - right in the middle of the U.S. presidential campaign. The Witkoff tapes will provide ample material for very public questions about Vice President Vences role in the Russia treason. https://t.co/S1j1fCSQT8 https://t.co/S1j1fCSQT8" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993590112924713377) 2025-11-26T07:58Z 57K followers, 19.2K engagements "A polite reality check is needed here. Europe does not need yet another layer of European defence structures - complete of course with inevitable German leadership. What we actually need are greater national capabilities especially on NATOs Eastern Flank where real deterrence is generated. Lets finally stop wasting time and money on projects that nobody asked for and that solve none of the challenges we actually face. Europeans expect Europe to be able to defend itself. We need a new security architecture with: ✔ drone walls ✔ Integrated EU satellite surveillance ✔ Missile defence shield ✔" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993727723252986009) 2025-11-26T17:05Z 57K followers, 20.9K engagements ""The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Baidu Inc. and BYD Co. should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military according to a letter to Congress sent roughly three weeks before Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a broad trade truce. It wasnt clear whether the companies have been formally included in the the Pentagons so-called 1260H list which carries no direct legal repercussions but serves as a major warning to US investors." The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Baidu and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993751808850743328) 2025-11-26T18:40Z 58.7K followers, [----] engagements "Neither the Biden administration nor the Trump administration has done anything that would force Moscow to consider the possibility that it cannot win this war. Trumps team is in fact encouraging the Kremlin to believe the opposite: that Washington might help them win it - either by getting frustrated with Ukraine irritated with Europe or by helping force Kyiv into capitulation. Trump wanting to end the war no matter how is in practice prolonging it. We should not be surprised by the result when the tools we use are counterproductive. Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements. Deputy" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993771238083436862) 2025-11-26T19:58Z 57.3K followers, 12.8K engagements "@oroborous OK. Time to dream in another corner of the internet" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993777047278395438) 2025-11-26T20:21Z 57K followers, [---] engagements ""Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told European allies that the U.S. wants a peace deal before it agrees to any security guarantees for Ukraine." My comment: Russia seeks to subordinate the whole of Ukraine - its ambitions have not changed in the slightest. On the contrary Moscow now believes it might obtain from Trump the kind of accommodation or support that Biden categorically refused to grant. That is precisely why Russia will not accept any security guarantees for Ukraine as a part of "a peace deal": such guarantees would directly contradict its strategic goal of eventually bringing" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1993974578863907178) 2025-11-27T09:26Z 57.2K followers, 45.5K engagements "Wonderful. In return Europe stands fully prepared to put on paper a solemn guarantee of President Putins immortality. Since we are dealing strictly in the realm of fiction lets go all the way. President Putin: Russia is ready to put on paper that it has no aggressive plans towards Europe. https://t.co/ZpO3dys73y President Putin: Russia is ready to put on paper that it has no aggressive plans towards Europe. https://t.co/ZpO3dys73y" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1994101380491927572) 2025-11-27T17:49Z 57.3K followers, 21.5K engagements "Instead of peace through strength we are heading straight for war through weakness. Putin has clearly concluded that he is dealing with a U.S. administration not only packed with amateurs and internally weakened by warring factions but also utterly incapable of translating its own grand slogans into actual policy. That is why Russia is now reverting to the demands it put forward in February [----]. America has not looked this weak since the withdrawal from Afghanistan - precisely the moment when Putin decided to exploit Bidens vulnerability. Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1994103880452592125) 2025-11-27T17:59Z 57.3K followers, 75.6K engagements "The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The end goal is obviously not just the end of the war obviously that's essential and fundamental but it's also about securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity of real prosperity. HAPPENING NOW Rubio hosting Ukrainian delegation in Miami outlines conditions for a lasting settlement emphasizing Ukrainian sovereignty while Kyiv's top negotiator Umarov applauds the continued U.S. support 👇 https://t.co/hi4DOalE85 HAPPENING NOW Rubio hosting Ukrainian delegation in Miami outlines conditions for a lasting" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1995220602161074309) 2025-11-30T19:57Z 57.2K followers, 15.5K engagements "Reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu asked President Trump for help securing a pardon underline a deeply troubling pattern: peace in exchange for corruption immunity. If true it is a perverse inversion of statesmanship - turning diplomacy into a bargaining chip for personal legal salvation. The fight against corruption should become the new global crusade - from Washington to Brussels Kyiv to Jerusalem. Democracies cannot afford leaders who treat the rule of law as a negotiable asset or who expect geopolitical leverage to erase personal accountability. If the integrity of institutions" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1995977776667496759) 2025-12-02T22:06Z 57.3K followers, [----] engagements "Europe is sleepwalking into the same trap it fell into with Russia: mistaking an authoritarian revisionist power for a benign economic partner and dismissing the strategic consequences until it is too late. Europe Has Chosen Its Future Partner and It Isnt the United States. We are seeing more and more signs that Europe has already made its choice for the future. The continent increasingly views China as a more dependable partner than the United States. European governments https://t.co/oRbKmDjhUg Europe Has Chosen Its Future Partner and It Isnt the United States. We are seeing more and more" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1996114041207419213) 2025-12-03T07:07Z 57.3K followers, 73.6K engagements "At the top of all this instead of pursuing a strategic decoupling from China Europes political and business elites seem far more eager to decouple from America. And - as always in such cases - we will later discover that this enthusiasm was not exactly disinterested. Behind it will be a great deal of Russian and Chinese corruption the same forces that have already distorted parts of Europes energy policy media narratives and foreign-policy choices. This is classic EU. Belgium says No to the EUs too-clever-by-half Russian asset sequestration scheme because it fears legal risks. Wants other EU" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1996135607823683616) 2025-12-03T08:33Z 57.3K followers, 15.4K engagements "Sergei Lavrov now suggests that Russias signature on yet another agreement should be treated as a credible guarantee of restraint. That request would carry more weight if Russia had not systematically violated virtually every foundational legal commitment that structured European security after [----] and after [----]. Russia has violated the UN Charter (the prohibition on the use of force) the Paris Charter for a New Europe the NATORussia Founding Act all its bilateral treaties with Ukraine recognizing its borders and the Budapest Memorandum under which Ukraine surrendered its nuclear weapons in" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1999430989106298952) 2025-12-12T10:47Z 57.5K followers, 24.3K engagements "Well done Indefinite immobilisation of Russian assets makes one thing unmistakably clear: aggression does not pay and it will not be normalised through fatigue ambiguity or pragmatic shortcuts. Russia should regain access to its funds only after the full withdrawal of its forces from the entire territory of Ukraine and after addressing its responsibility for the destruction it has caused. This decision sends an essential strategic and legal signal: nothing has changed in Europe. Territorial annexation by force remains prohibited under international law will not be recognised and will continue" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1999552337614913919) 2025-12-12T18:50Z 57.5K followers, 21K engagements "Ladies and Gentlemen We are witnessing a serious and deeply troubling scandal in Poland which must be described accurately and without exaggeration. According to Gazeta Wyborcza a liberal newspaper the case concerns a security clearance questionnaire completed by Sawomir Cenckiewicz in the spring of [----] at a time a public official. Today he serves as a minister and national security adviser to President Karol Nawrocki. The newspaper alleges that he failed to disclose the use of two medications affecting the central nervous system. Importantly Wyborcza did not publish the names of the drugs" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2000515123329339746) 2025-12-15T10:35Z 59.3K followers, 290.4K engagements "Actually it was President Karol Nawrocki who corrected Orban's claim first publicly on [--] August [----] and then directly to Trump in September in the White House explicitly pushing back against Orban's line by arguing that Russia is not invincible. On the contrary it has been defeated many times. That said Orban's perspective is understandable. Hungarians fought alongside Nazi Germany at Stalingrad and were decisively crushed there - an experience that still shapes their strategic memory. Historically speaking the only Hungarian who truly defeated Moscow was Stephen Bthory King of the" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2002825097761960021) 2025-12-21T19:34Z 57.6K followers, 12.5K engagements "Andrzej Duda did make a similar point in private when he met Donald Trump in [----]. But it was Karol Nawrocki who publicly countered Viktor Orbn. Nawrockis August speech was a direct response to Orbns remarks in the White House in July where Orbn argued that Russia is effectively invincible. Nawrocki explicitly rejected that thesis in public pointing out that history shows the opposite. That said we can probably agree on one thing: Polish presidents have a long tradition of correcting Orbns views on Russia - both privately and when necessary very publicly" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2002830226502414408) 2025-12-21T19:55Z 57.6K followers, [----] engagements "The call between @NawrockiKn Nawrocki and @POTUS Donald Trump matters because Polands understanding of Russia is indispensable to interpreting signals coming from Moscow. This is particularly relevant as reports circulate about Russias declared openness to a temporary ceasefire linked to a referendum in Donbas. Such signals must be read against Russias established record: every arrangement with Ukraine that relied on Russian assurances has been broken. Donald Trump is well aware that Russia has a structural tendency to deceive when incentives allow which is why his personal engagement in" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2004626134244245701) 2025-12-26T18:51Z 58.5K followers, 53.4K engagements "There is nothing new here. Russia has not altered its objectives in any meaningful way. Its demands Ukraines withdrawal from Donbas and the rejection of any meaningful ceasefire confirm that Moscow still seeks a strategic outcome not a negotiated settlement. Russia sees no incentive to accept a pause in the fighting. From its perspective time works in its favor: militarily politically and diplomatically. Any ceasefire that does not lock in Russian gains is therefore seen as unnecessary or even harmful. In this context Moscow promotes a narrative of moral symmetry arguing that Ukraine also" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005371730596872208) 2025-12-28T20:14Z 58.3K followers, 37.2K engagements "The problem with Donald Tusk is that he consistently fails to align tools with his political objectives. For the past year and a half he has effectively run a public campaign on X that has made relations with Donald Trump harder - quite successfully unfortunately. The result is predictable: instead of being a participant in Trumps conversations with European leaders after the Mar-a-Lago meeting between Trump and Zelensky he has become a passive observertweeting in rather than shaping the discussion. It is therefore a good thing that Polands President Karol Nawrocki was involved. He has a" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005401366026502595) 2025-12-28T22:11Z 58.4K followers, 52.7K engagements "I wouldnt accuse Donald Tusk of simply wanting to stay in power. That is the essence of politics: to remain in office in order to govern not to lose it. The problem is how this is done. Staying in power should serve the optimal fulfillment of the constitutional duty to ensure the defence of the state. We may personally dislike Donald Trump but he is the democratically elected president of the United States and the United States is Polands most important ally. Maintaining constructive relations with Washington is therefore not a matter of taste or ideology; it is a constitutional and treaty" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005408999718465792) 2025-12-28T22:42Z 58.3K followers, 11.6K engagements "Disagree. Theres a simple rule in politics: if you are in a hole stop digging. None of the major European leaders are natural supporters of Donald Trump - yet most of them have adjusted and stopped deepening the problem. Donald Tusk is the exception. Instead of recalibrating he keeps digging and that is why the situation keeps getting worse for him. @SlawomirDebski Unfortunately for Tusk and his supporters he backed the wrong horse several months ago. All he can do now is stare at Twitter. @SlawomirDebski Unfortunately for Tusk and his supporters he backed the wrong horse several months ago." [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005410755743486233) 2025-12-28T22:49Z 58.4K followers, 26.7K engagements "Thank you Jim My very best wishes to all of you - an exceptional community of thinkers practitioners and friends - for the year [----]. May it bring you good health wisdom in decision-making and the strength to pursue what truly matters. Above all may [----] be a year of peace https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005681520573325364 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005681520573325364" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005681520573325364) 2025-12-29T16:45Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements "What is becoming increasingly obvious - I hope even to Trump - is that Putins phone calls are not about bringing peace but about sabotaging Trumps talks with Zelensky and undermining any serious work on ending the war. From Putins perspective the last Mar-a-Lago summit went badly. Russia cannot accept any security guarantees for Ukraine not to mention U.S. military presence on Ukrainian soil and is not ready to return the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant either. Since these are precisely the issues that matter Moscows interest is not compromise - but another breakdown of talks. The" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005690379782242530) 2025-12-29T17:20Z 58.5K followers, 42.2K engagements "A worth reading indeed: 👇 War with Russia is not inevitable. We know this because NATO and Russia have deterred one another thus far even while NATO arms and supports Ukraine to bleed Putins invading forces and even as Russia spies hacks and molests NATO countries below the level of all-out conflict. That is not to suggest that Russia is innocent of imperial designs. Rather it is to suggest that even predatory states can be deterred with capability and diplomacy. My piece in @TheCriticMag War with Russia is not inevitable: https://t.co/Xt8rzbIsk7 My piece in @TheCriticMag War with Russia is" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005922695372820497) 2025-12-30T08:43Z 58.4K followers, 18.2K engagements "The idea that Russia can be pried away from China belongs to the same intellectual universe as Baron Mnchhausens self-rescue by hair-pulling: impressive only to those who confuse fairy tales with physics" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005922965762789663) 2025-12-30T08:44Z 58.5K followers, 27.3K engagements "The moment Moscow crossed the nuclear threshold in this way everyone involved in making that decision would instantly become dead men walking. The political legal and strategic cost of their elimination would drop to zero- and would likely turn into a competition over whose drone reached Moscow first for dinner. Tactical nuclear use would not produce submission; it would trigger personal irreversible consequences for those responsible. Deterrence does not end at cities - it ends at decision-makers. @SlawomirDebski If Moscow cannot control Ukraine then they will make sure no one can by" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2005973832985633189) 2025-12-30T12:06Z 58.6K followers, 55.3K engagements "From Polands perspective the incorporation of Belarusian territory into the Russian military system together with the subordination of its command-and-control structures and the deployment on Belarusian soil of elements of Russias power-projection capabilities fundamentally alters Belaruss strategic status. Accordingly for the purposes of Polish defense planning Belarus will be treated as an integral part of the Russian operational area. 🚨 Russias Ministry of Defense has released footage showing what it describes as the deployment of the hypersonic ballistic missile system Oreshnik to combat" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2006308915449823607) 2025-12-31T10:18Z 58.6K followers, 48.7K engagements "Well what a shock - no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. Apparently no one blew up the villa this time - he seems rather more attached to it than to those apartment buildings back in [----]. CIA says there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. https://t.co/6EZBxGeCnP CIA says there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. https://t.co/6EZBxGeCnP" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2006493176551670059) 2025-12-31T22:30Z 58.5K followers, 15.1K engagements "Best wishes for [----] To another year of lowered expectations cautious optimism and the quiet satisfaction of being rightafter the fact" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2006507050700833022) 2025-12-31T23:25Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements "Indeed. So whats the difference between trying to topple Maduro and Russia trying to decapitate Zelensky Not the methods. Regime change is an old tool. The difference is direction. The U.S. (rightly or wrongly) intervened to remove dictators - often violating its own liberal rules but claiming to widen political space. Russia isnt overthrowing dictators. Its attacking free states because they chose freedom. One can be called hypocrisy inside the liberal order. The other is a war against the idea of that order itself. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007433938348757155" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2007433938348757155) 2026-01-03T12:48Z 58.5K followers, 18.1K engagements "Many commentators argue that a world of conditional norms - that is norms upheld only so long as they align with the interests of those powerful enough to enforce them - is something new. In fact it is not. Russia has disregarded such norms for roughly twenty years; China has done so in the South China Sea for at least a decade - and somehow the world has continued to function. Today the United States openly states that it will act within the law when possible and outside the law when it deems this necessary to defend its vital interests. These emerging rules do not automatically imply a more" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2007508782356590927) 2026-01-03T17:46Z 58.5K followers, 22K engagements "The Kremlin should draw the right lesson from this.👇 The enemy within the walls The most sophisticated air-defense systems bunkers and layers of guards mean nothing if the people operating them decide not to fight or switch sides. 🚨⚡ Can Venezuelan air defenses repel a U.S. airstrike ✈ Venezuela's skies are protected by a layered network of Russian S-300 missiles mobile Buk systems and more than [----] shoulder-fired rockets. The myth of American air dominance has been shattered by outdated https://t.co/T1177WjuMU 🚨⚡ Can Venezuelan air defenses repel a U.S. airstrike ✈ Venezuela's skies are" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2007918096787677451) 2026-01-04T20:52Z 58.7K followers, 18.5K engagements "The United States - even if it is not always a state governed by law in action - is undoubtedly a state of lawyers in practice. There is little doubt that any alleged overreach of presidential authority will ultimately be scrutinized by the courts regardless of the political context or short-term effectiveness of the decision. As for Greenland the matter is even clearer: an order to annex it would be unquestionably unlawful both under international law and under the constitutional limits on presidential power. 👇 Treaties such as the U.N. Charter are part of U.S. supreme Law of the Land under" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2007948179421925691) 2026-01-04T22:52Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements "Brilliant idea. I suggest we start with Vienna - the Austrians will provide us with invaluable leverage against Alpine marmots. While were at it we can declare a buffer zone made of cafs and strudel because nothing deters imperialism quite like a [--] melange and deeply offended neutrality. If the US annexes Greenland we must confiscate all US bases in Europe says Austria's NATO enlargement committee chairman Fehlinger. "If you take Greenland you have to leave". https://t.co/LJcwMVf5O2 If the US annexes Greenland we must confiscate all US bases in Europe says Austria's NATO enlargement committee" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2008652214449954962) 2026-01-06T21:29Z 58.7K followers, 31.8K engagements "Well this is a Soviet propaganda myth still repeated today built on the deliberate Russification of Soviet losses. How it worked: The USSR lost [--] million people in WWII. What followed was a political operation not historical accounting. 1.Losses were reported as Soviet then gradually rebranded as Russian. ethnic breakdown was published by design. 3.This erased the fact that Ukraine (7m) and Belarus (2.5m; 2530% of the population) suffered proportionally more than Russia. In Soviet memory politics: - Russians became the main victims - Others were reduced to a supporting cast - Occupied" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2009083857790775707) 2026-01-08T02:04Z 59.1K followers, 380K engagements "This is of course not the end of international law. Neither Hitler nor Stalin managed to kill it and Trump will not do so either. What is required however is sustained pressure on every future U.S. administration to break with the notion that America stands above the law. That includes renewed seriousness about submitting to international judicial mechanisms - tribunals that have been disliked both by Democratic and Republican administrations alike. Responsibility for the current state of affairs lies largely with todays American elite which has contributed to the oligarchisation of" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2009632060395212970) 2026-01-09T14:23Z 58.7K followers, [----] engagements "International law did not begin with the twentieth century and it will not end with Donald Trump. Diplomatic treaties were already being concluded in the ancient Near East more than three thousand years ago as part of an established practice of regulating relations between political communities. Law has outlived far greater figures than any contemporary politician ever will. Trump may claim that international law does not interest him. That is irrelevant. International law will continue to exist long after he has faded from history as a subject of serious analysis. Polands own legal tradition" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2009653813448257661) 2026-01-09T15:49Z 58.7K followers, 18.9K engagements "It would be helpful if Spain before sketching pious visions of a European army first focused on what it can do on its own: fulfilling Article [--] of the Washington Treaty by putting its national armed forces on a credible footing and allocating adequate resources to that task. At a moment when European allies are not even prepared to agree on extending the nuclear-sharing programme to Finland or Poland talk of a fully autonomous European army sounds less like strategy and more like wishful-thinking fairy tales. Spain calls on Europe to establish its own army. "We cannot be dependent on third" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2010096190143246458) 2026-01-10T21:07Z 59.1K followers, 183.2K engagements "There is a thin line between seriousness and grotesque - and this 👇seems to cross it. BREAKING: Germany is deploying [--] military ships to Greenland https://t.co/Vnvvbq1liz BREAKING: Germany is deploying [--] military ships to Greenland https://t.co/Vnvvbq1liz" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2010111284549685689) 2026-01-10T22:07Z 58.7K followers, 24.7K engagements "One of the dumbest ways to frame the stakes is to say it shreds NRFA Well. The NATO-Russia Founding Act was conditional on Russias compliance with the UN Charter the Helsinki Final Act (CSCE/OSCE) and core arms-control commitments (CFE/INF logic). Russia has been violating all of this for over a decade - since [----]. You cant shred an act that Moscow already burned. And lets be clear: the Eastern Flank is not and never has been a buffer zone. These are sovereign NATO states and in military terms stronger and more relevant than several allies comfortably sitting on Atlantic beaches. Calling" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2010258699898478759) 2026-01-11T07:53Z 58.7K followers, 49.9K engagements "I keep hearing claims that if a Trump administration were ever to decide to annex Greenland it would amount to NATO against NATO. I am convinced nothing of the sort will happen: there will be no annexation and no hot conflict only unnecessary emotions stirred by hypothetical scenarios. Still it is worth recalling the Preamble of the North Atlantic Treaty if only to remind ourselves of the exceptional community that created it and the purposes it set for itself. The Allies committed themselves not merely to collective defence but to the preservation of peace freedom democracy and the rule of" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2010274105916788823) 2026-01-11T08:54Z 58.7K followers, 17.1K engagements "Why not go all the way and send Federica Mogherini - she seems to possess absolutely every qualification one could possibly need for conversations in the Kremlin. Finnish President Stubb and Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Considered as EU Special Envoys to Talk with Putin on Ukraine Politico Macrons recent attempt to resume talks with the Kremlin has found support in both the EU leadership and European capitals. The Finnish President Stubb and Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Considered as EU Special Envoys to Talk with Putin on Ukraine Politico Macrons recent attempt to" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2011401707138232616) 2026-01-14T11:35Z 59.3K followers, [----] engagements "Somehow Im convinced the current hyperventilation over Greenlands role in U.S. security will lead to a new division of labor between the U.S. and Europe in the Arctic. But there is another issue: from Mar-a-Lago youre closer to a real green island one whose strategic value to U.S. security is far greater than ice-covered Greenland. Cuba once sat at the center of U.S. strategic attention. Casinos holidays fun. It was pulled out of the Western Hemisphere by Russia. If NSS [----] says the Western Hemisphere is the priority Cuba matters more than Greenland. And Trump would be welcomed in Cuba as a" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2011541711219233001) 2026-01-14T20:51Z 58.9K followers, 16.5K engagements "Wess Mitchell in a highly worth-reading article offers a coherent rationalization of Donald Trumps grand strategy as an "consolidation: an attempt by a great power to proactively shore up its position in order to increase its disposable power over time" in anticipation of long-term competition with a formidable rival - China. At the center of this strategy lies the skillful use of alliances: "Allies are essential not just for bearing a greater burden for local defense but for aggregating population wealth and innovation for long-term technological and industrial competition. China has a head" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2011850406444568818) 2026-01-15T17:18Z 59.1K followers, 14.3K engagements "It is worth reading the post by @W_Kononczuk - the head of @OSW_eng Translation: "The Pilecki Institute in Berlin has published my article in German Germany Will Never Forget but Will Not Pay in which I ask why Poles still have to bear the financial burden of maintaining memorial sites at former German extermination camps (Auschwitz Sobibor Majdanek etc.). I offered the article for publication to several German newspapers (e.g. @faznet @DIEZEIT). I received replies along the lines of Your article sounds very interesting; it is an important topic and then the editorial offices stopped" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2011890738695418126) 2026-01-15T19:58Z 59.1K followers, 14.9K engagements "Hmm.Id take it. Gladly. If Donald Trump slaps tariffs on those who object theyll retaliate with reciprocal tariffs statements will be exchanged lawyers will feast markets will sigh and almost magically well all move on to something else. Trade wars are noisy procedural and wonderfully boring. They escalate they get managed they end up in negotiations. So yes. Tariffs instead of tantrums Id take that deal. President Trump will impose tariffs on countries that oppose Greenland plans https://t.co/zZbGa4nkJz President Trump will impose tariffs on countries that oppose Greenland plans" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012231726202753161) 2026-01-16T18:33Z 59.3K followers, 21.8K engagements "@JanSobieraj Dream less" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012610333404262905) 2026-01-17T19:37Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements "For European decision-makers searching for answers I would offer three unglamorous recommendations. First calm the emotions. Strong feelings may be cathartic but they have never been a reliable guide to prudent statecraft. Strategy begins where outrage ends. Governments that allow themselves to be carried by the emotional weather of the moment usually discover - too late - that they have confused performance with policy. Second ask a simple but uncomfortable question: what is the long-term objective The future does not end with Donald Trumps presidency. There is an era after Trump and" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012641759315058840) 2026-01-17T21:42Z 59.2K followers, 202.3K engagements "Sorry but Im not going to endorse making trillion-euro decisions and gambling hundreds of thousands of jobs on hypothetical scenarios. Thats not serious policy-making. If you really want that kind of clarity I suggest relocating to a smaller island - say St. Helena. From there the world always looks wonderfully simple. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012647219543884048 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012647219543884048" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012647219543884048) 2026-01-17T22:04Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements "This thought captures in a nutshell the dilemma now facing the Alliance. 👇 "If allies begin to doubt that their sovereignty will be respected by their partners why should adversaries believe that the alliance would defend our sovereignty against external threats What is at stake here is not Greenland itself but the future of the trans-Atlantic relationship." My two cents to add: Europe carries a heavier historical memory of imperialism than the United States - unfortuntelly - and that experience has produced hard-earned lessons. One is captured in the remark attributed to Talleyrand: With" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2012965714638893512) 2026-01-18T19:10Z 59.2K followers, 26K engagements "One is tempted to conclude that Nero too might have expected a Nobel Prize - after all he did put an end to Romes housing problem by burning the city down. There comes a moment when exaggeration ceases to be rhetorical flourish and becomes self-parody. Claiming ownership of Greenland because boats once landed there is not strategy at all; it is archaeology with delusions of grandeur. This is therefore a useful moment - indeed a necessary one - for every plausible post-Trump candidate for the White House to state clearly and without euphemism that they will not continue this approach to" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013194712933351644) 2026-01-19T10:19Z 59.2K followers, 16.3K engagements "There is a certain irony here. Those with the itchiest trigger fingers tend to come from countries that are at present largely irrelevant to Europes actual defence. Spain has yet to fulfil its obligations under Article [--] of the Washington Treaty. Portugal would matter little if Europe were required to defend Finland Estonia Latvia or Lithuania against Russian tanks rolling west. And yet these are often the first to lecture others on how European security should be shaped and how Europe ought to respond to Trumps particular brand of political madness. Calling this grotesque may actually be an" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013201337798849007) 2026-01-19T10:46Z 59.2K followers, 21K engagements "Reason enough to keep well clear of it (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join Donald Trumps proposed Board of Peace for Gaza the Kremlin said. (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join Donald Trumps proposed Board of Peace for Gaza the Kremlin said" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013232099436777597) 2026-01-19T12:48Z 59.2K followers, 10.1K engagements "Since we are already toying with historical analogies As a result of the partitions Poles had the unique - and painful - opportunity to compare three different imperialisms firsthand: Russian German and Austrian. Each suppressed Polish freedom but each did so in its own way. Had Poles been allowed to choose they would have ranked the occupations accordingly. The mildest was the Austrian one followed by the German - both rested at least formally on the rule of law: operative constraining imperfect but recognisable. The worst was the Russian system governed not by the rule of law but by rule by" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013476173762671086) 2026-01-20T04:58Z 59.2K followers, 31.6K engagements "👇This is a popular belief: that alliances are a kind of moral give and take. The problem is that it isnt true. No alliance is automatic. Just read Article [--] of the Washington Treaty: each ally decides for itself what form of assistance it provides. That is not a loophole - it exists because allies have different capabilities and different political constraints. Alliance theory is blunt on this point: weak allies get abandoned; those who can defend themselves attract support. Lets be honest. Europe cannot realistically defend Greenland against Trumps appetites. What Europe can realistically" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2013530392645501296) 2026-01-20T08:33Z 59.2K followers, 10.9K engagements "A voice of cool reason from Polish finance minister @Domanski_Andrz. 👇 There is no denying that Polands economy has performed exceptionally well over the last three decades - what Polish economist Marcin Pitkowski (@mmpiatkowski) has called Polands golden age - and that much of this success has come while remaining outside the euro. Given the sharp and persistent difficulties Italy has faced since entering the eurozone (a useful cautionary example) there are few systemic incentives to rush down the same path. In my view Poland will not adopt the euro for at least the next decade - and" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2015391775058235469) 2026-01-25T11:50Z 59.3K followers, 27.8K engagements "Polands strong growth over the last two decades was driven largely by competitiveness that is exports FDI and reinvested earnings - not by a surge in external borrowing. And the idea that euro adoption would automatically deliver cheaper credit is questionable: Being in the euro does not guarantee uniformly lower interest rates. Market borrowing costs reflect countryspecific risk premia (spreads) fiscal credibility and institutional strength - not the zones average rate. The eurozone average interest rate is a misleading benchmark for any single country. What matters is the spread Poland" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/2015397698371826031) 2026-01-25T12:13Z 59.3K followers, [---] engagements "If RUS GRU specials activity #Sloviansk confirmed UKRgov sld stop calling own resp "Anti-terrorist op" http://t.co/6guomkZxqM @olgatokariuk https://x.com/Dbnmjr/status/455251965904039936/photo/1 https://x.com/Dbnmjr/status/455251965904039936/photo/1" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/455261130886504448) 2014-04-13T08:28Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements ".@KadriLiik We are on the same page" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/503971884103663616) 2014-08-25T18:27Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements "I have made my views about Russias foreign and domestic policy known to the public for the past [--] years. They might not have always been to the liking of the Russian authorities. But I honestly doubt whether my visits to Russia stood in conflict with ensuring" [X Link](https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1001447110892511232) 2018-05-29T12:56Z 40.7K followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Indeed there is something almost theatrical in the claim that in the US approach to Europe it is anti-European to expect Europe to deal with Russia on its own terms. What would that actually mean Imposing and sustaining real sanctions. Not buying Russian gas and oil when it is politically convenient. Deterring rather than rationalising Russian imperial aggression. And if Russia violates the very international law so cherished in European discourse then having not only moral outrage but a theory of victory and the capability to implement it. Instead the US pro-European attitudes in parts of"
X Link 2026-02-15T07:36Z 60.2K followers, 13.5K engagements
"I do not know what he will decide. So far the government has been extremely frugal in informing the public about how it intends to spend the SAFE funds - and in my view that is a mistake. I recently heard a government representative publicly suggest that this lack of transparency is justified by the fact that Poland borders Kaliningrad. I nearly fell off my chair laughing. The government will of course have to make its intentions public. Poland is a democracy not a Belarusian dictatorship. Only then will the President be able to take a rational and informed"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:35Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@Bjoern__M I think this is a complete misunderstanding. For some time now there have been discussions about participation in DCA in connection with the acquisition of F-35s. There are no talks about nuclear weapons and there wont be any"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:25Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Turkey's Erdogan says Russia would be unwise to invade Ukraine and Turkey would do what is necessary as a NATO member. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-russia-would-be-unwise-invade-ukraine-2022-01-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-russia-would-be-unwise-invade-ukraine-2022-01-26/"
X Link 2022-01-26T21:45Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Sources say: Germany and Italy blocked kicking Russia out of SWIFT. Again we are in time consuming situation caused by opposition of Berlin against sanctioning Russia. This Russias shield in Europe must be broken once and for good. I am sure it will be"
X Link 2022-02-24T19:07Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Poland for Ukraine fighting Russias aggression: 1) weapons & ammunition ✅ 2) welcoming war refugees ✅ 3) humanitarian aid daily ✅ 4) political support (diplomatic fight for Ukraine) in the international fora ✅ 5) huge Polish public support #StandWithUkriane ✅"
X Link 2022-02-26T17:06Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
""Israel refused to join [--] countries in backing a U.S.-led resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN Security Council on Friday". All free world is supporting Ukraine only Israel is on Putin's side.Shameful. https://www.axios.com/us-protests-israel-refusal-condemn-russia-un-db20c1ce-16d2-4782-9ab8-461105a6cce5.html https://www.axios.com/us-protests-israel-refusal-condemn-russia-un-db20c1ce-16d2-4782-9ab8-461105a6cce5.html"
X Link 2022-02-27T22:46Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Just for the context. In Poland there are [---] Russian WW2 and [----] WW1 military cemeteries. There are even [--] of them from the time of the Napoleonic wars. All under protection of Polish authorities. There are only [--] Polish military cemeteries in Russia - in Katyn and Miednoye. Smolensk officials and local activists have brought heavy machinery to the Polish military cemetery in Katyn and threatened to destroy it in response to the "demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland". They've also started a petition to resolve the "Katyn issue" once and for all. https://t.co/oCXnPsO4ZL Smolensk"
X Link 2022-04-15T12:07Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
""Germany was willing to impose economic & social catastrophe on countries it claimed had been irresponsible in their borrowingit has been unwilling to impose far smaller costs on itself despite the undeniable irresponsibility of its past energy policies." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-energy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-energy.html"
X Link 2022-04-23T09:01Z 60.1K followers, 10.3K engagements
"Poland neither had Queslings in the past nor has Schroeders now. successfully diversified energy providers with gas storages 80% full - Poland is beyond a reach of Putins energy blackmail ready to lead the way in helping Ukraine. Homework done well. PGNiG the state-owned company that is Polands main purchaser of Russian gas said that it had received a letter from Russias state-controlled energy behemoth Gazprom informing it that all deliveries through the Yamal pipeline would be halted. https://t.co/9DHByxIm86 PGNiG the state-owned company that is Polands main purchaser of Russian gas said"
X Link 2022-04-26T20:54Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Now we know why Poland was so quiet about goodies it was shipping to Ukraine. Sending hardware for two divisions takes time. Now when the stuff has finally arrived to its destinations we can be informed that Polands support for Ukraine is worth billions $. So Poland sends to Ukraine over [---] T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1) several dozen IFVs (BMP-1s) BM-21 Grads 2S1 Gvozdika WB Electronics UAVs and air-to-air missiles for MiG-29s and Su-27s. In fact it has donated at least 25% of its 808-strong total tank arsenal. So Poland sends to Ukraine over [---] T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1)"
X Link 2022-04-29T15:58Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"But dont mention Hitler. In [----] Hitler refused to send weapons to Finland defending itself against Soviet aggression then he prevented Italians from arming Finns. All due to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact in which Germany recognised Finland as a part of Soviet sphere of influence"
X Link 2022-06-11T19:06Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia says 'Thank you' to @EU_Commission for allowing transit of Russian sanctioned goods through Lithuania's territory to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave. Bravo @vonderleyen"
X Link 2022-07-14T10:35Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"German Chancellor wants to control EU foreign policy even more to take more responsibility. All after allying with Russia on Nord Stream and missing every opportunity to lead on Ukraine when Russia wedged a war. More power to Germany No thanks. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/scholz-fordert-zusammenhalt-in-deutschland-und-eu-a-fe0e3a84-d50c-4304-a58a-3dc75b39a405 https://www.spiegel.de/politik/scholz-fordert-zusammenhalt-in-deutschland-und-eu-a-fe0e3a84-d50c-4304-a58a-3dc75b39a405"
X Link 2022-07-18T06:03Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Polands approach exactly: 👇 "If there is a fire in a neighbour's house it is better to offer your extinguisher straightaway and not wait till the fire reaches your own home. "It's not just generosity. It's also for your own protection." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63090644 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63090644"
X Link 2022-10-03T07:26Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
""France and Poland are pushing Germany to equip Kyiv with its powerful Leopard [--] tank" 💪 https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-poland-push-germany-to-send-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine/ https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-poland-push-germany-to-send-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine/"
X Link 2023-01-09T21:43Z 60.1K followers, 350.9K engagements
"Kissinger says.that NATO membership for Ukraine would be an "appropriate outcome." "The idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. Only NATO prevents Russia from wagging wars so even Kissinger is able to connect dots. https://www.rferl.org/a/kissinger-russia-war-validate-ukraine-nato-bid/32227746.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kissinger-russia-war-validate-ukraine-nato-bid/32227746.html"
X Link 2023-01-18T09:46Z 60.1K followers, 1.1M engagements
"If Ukraine had received the kind of support it is receiving now: Himars GLMRS Patriots Bradleys Archers Leopards (and perhaps soon ATACMS and F16s) - BEFORE the war perhaps Putin could have been deterred Surely the war would then look very different"
X Link 2023-01-21T16:34Z 60.1K followers, 259.2K engagements
"Morning run in Central Park with the Chief of the General Staff gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak and Defence Attach in Washington gen. Krzysztof Nolbert. Report to the commander-in-chief from [----] #Grunwald"
X Link 2023-02-10T14:16Z 60.1K followers, 227.9K engagements
"President Macron at #MSC23 "A year ago I spoke to Putin and he assured me that had nothing to do with the Wagner Group - purely business project. I accepted that. Today we see that the Wagner Group is involved in war against Ukraine. It means Russia is simply a mafia state.""
X Link 2023-02-17T14:07Z 60.1K followers, 874.2K engagements
"Full courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw today filled with Poles and Ukrainians listening to speeches by Presidents @AndrzejDuda and @ZelenskyyUa. They made a common point: Poland & Ukraine working together hand in hand are invincible. The lesson learned from the past"
X Link 2023-04-05T20:31Z 60.1K followers, 68.9K engagements
"Astonishing piece especially the part in italics at the bottom. If this is how France understands strategic autonomy even in part then it will be France on its own - and in a very uncomfortable position. A brain death occurred somewhere no doubt. https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-china-america-pressure-interview/ https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-china-america-pressure-interview/"
X Link 2023-04-09T21:23Z 60.1K followers, 406.1K engagements
"Ive recently heard at a closed-door meeting in D.C. that through backdoor diplomacy the Russians communicated to the Biden administration that the delivery of ATACAMs would be a red line for them. Two comments: 1) I don't know what is worse self-imposed red lines or letting the Kremlin determine US policy towards Ukraine. 2) any red lines established by an aggressor are there to be broken and circumvented. Here is one of the ways how to do it. 👇 UK wants to procure Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine with a range of 100km to 300km and a payload of 20kg to 490kg. Companies have until May 4th to"
X Link 2023-04-30T16:31Z 60.1K followers, 1.9M engagements
"As preparations for the next phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war are underway there is an ongoing discussion about the new shape of the security architecture in Europe. Inevitably in addition to constructive ideas threatening concepts are also emerging which aim to hand Russia a diplomatic victory over Ukraine since it has failed to defeat it on the battlefield. I found time to talk about this so I have this. #Thread"
X Link 2023-05-27T06:50Z 60.1K followers, 739.3K engagements
"If I understood the reasoning correctly Germany does not want Russia to be financially punished for destroying Ukraine because then. Germany would have to pay compensation for destroying Poland. There is some perverse logic of perpetrators solidarity. https://www.ft.com/content/1d54ceae-c41e-41e8-b7f0-790fd148880f https://www.ft.com/content/1d54ceae-c41e-41e8-b7f0-790fd148880f"
X Link 2023-06-26T08:13Z 60.1K followers, 165.3K engagements
"I am talking in Vilnius with diplomats from various delegations. Some of them say that Zelensky's tweet criticising the draft communiqu on Ukraine's future NATO membership was a mistake. My comment: they all wanted Zelensky to come to Vilnius so they shouldnt be surprised that this also means inviting 'war diplomacy' to peaceful diplomatic salons. Ukraine cannot be treated as a distant country about which we know little. The war is already in Europe"
X Link 2023-07-12T16:36Z 60.1K followers, 178.1K engagements
"In other words Berlin says there is "no urgent need" to defeat Russia. Noted. https://news.yahoo.com/germany-not-ukraine-taurus-missiles-125949956.htmlguce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMc889xq8TobdeUFPKNKLa7jYq3fqznKQoHDoJ9hWREkuAVDudLN4CiQZkPBFP9aDL15K72yBYPUm7Y3hZWn42noE0ds_tyFiZg0-t47eHK0loxnWBwEoqd6rm7q4NQWCj6cVO_jAzYIVdhVDfl3s82ILbvmsrvKQt8a1zWV4zGU&guccounter=2"
X Link 2023-08-05T10:33Z 60.1K followers, 152.9K engagements
"It is worth recalling that Russia invaded Ukraine not vice versa. Claiming that Ukraine is escalating the conflict is pure nonsense. Ukraine is exercising its right to self-defense which is its natural right. Self-defense cannot be limited to the victim's territory. It is like asking the victim to defend himself only with his left hand. A war zone consists of the territories of both the attacker and the defender. Thus the entire territory of Russia is now a war zone. In conducting a defensive war Ukraine has not only the right but also the duty to attack military targets on Russian territory"
X Link 2023-08-16T19:57Z 60.1K followers, 256.9K engagements
"The Valdai Club was always a tool used by the Kremlin to corrupt Western experts on Russia. Together with business class tickets luxury hotels and caviar they were given "access" to the "real" Russian power elite and they were provided with an "opportunity" to talk to Putin's acolytes often to Putin himself. Many began to value this exclusive access to "the Kremlin thinking" so much so that refraining from criticising Russia's imperial policies became a small cost altogether. You'd be surprised how many respectable liberal intellectuals have fallen into this trap. Some of them keep telling us"
X Link 2023-08-31T20:25Z 60.1K followers, 386.2K engagements
"A must-read 👇 Russia has in no way abandoned its initial plan to install a pro-Russian government in KyivRussia wants to enlist the West to force Kyiv to accept the so-called peace for territory swap and to coerce Ukrainians to resign themselves to the amputation of their country. The real scenario in the minds of Russias leaders is not the Korean one: for them a part of Ukraine integrated into the West is unacceptable. The real scenario that inspires them is the Georgian scenario of 2008-9: it consisted in stirring up the bitterness felt by Georgians after the betrayal of the West in"
X Link 2023-09-10T15:35Z 60.1K followers, 656.6K engagements
"As a result of the war with Ukraine Russia is becoming darker and darker every day. Mass criminals are returning to the monuments. Dzerzhinsky is responsible for mass crimes. It is almost as if a memorial to Heinrich Himmler had been erected in Berlin. Advocates of dialogue with Russia must know that Russia is changing very quickly and today they are talking to supporters of genocide. A statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky the founder of the #Soviet Cheka (secret police) has been unveiled in Moscow at the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (#SVR). It is a slightly smaller version of the"
X Link 2023-09-11T18:47Z 60.1K followers, 178.3K engagements
"This is really good stuff 👇 A German MP proposes to punish Poland for not helping Ukraine enough (SIC).and transfer German Patriots systems from Poland to Ukraine. What a courage FOR CONTEXT: 1) Poland proposed to immediately send German Patriots to Ukraine a year ago. Then German politicians were so scared of Russia that they preferred to deploy them in Poland instead. After all there was no need to fear Russian escalation on NATO territory. 2) When Germany offered Ukraine its helmets Poland sent Ukraine more tanks than the entire Bundeswehr had. 3) When Poland wanted to send its MIG-29s"
X Link 2023-09-21T20:35Z 60.1K followers, 140.4K engagements
"The violation of the Polish airspace which is an area of NATO treaty responsibility by a Russian missile is a blatant attempt at escalation. #Thread 👇 1) It does not matter how long this missile was in NATO airspace or that it did not kill anyone on NATO territory (this time). It is testing (and undermining) President Biden's strategic communication that the US will defend "every inch of NATO territory". It is hard not to link this to news (false in my view) that the Biden administration is considering a change of strategy towards Ukraine and wants to freeze the conflict. Russia reads this"
X Link 2023-12-29T22:20Z 60.1K followers, 282.8K engagements
"At least on the #HolocaustMemorialDay @EU_Commission should refrain from manipulating facts. I do not believe that any of the authors of this film are unaware that the KL Auschwitz was a German concentration camp established on territories that the Germans annexed to their country after unprovoked aggression on Poland in [----]. Please correct. #HolocaustRemembranceDay"
X Link 2024-01-28T08:06Z 60.1K followers, 607.8K engagements
"Watch an excellent speech by Poland's FM @radeksikorski at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine rebutting the Russian diplomacy propaganda against Ukraine and the West. Poland's continuous diplomatic support for Ukraine has played a crucial role in shaping the free world coalition supporting Ukraine since the first days of Russian-renewed aggression. A must-watch #StandWithUkraine"
X Link 2024-02-24T11:53Z 60.1K followers, 158.4K engagements
"Rule [---] in policy towards Russia. If you tell the Russians that you will prevent Ukraine from attacking Russian infrastructure they will escalate and increase their attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Russia always reads such signals as the sign of weakness and double down. The moment Russian missile hits the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant. https://t.co/77vyfCuqF0 The moment Russian missile hits the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant. https://t.co/77vyfCuqF0"
X Link 2024-03-22T11:35Z 60.1K followers, 103.3K engagements
"I don't know of anyone not a single reputable expert on Eastern Europe and Russia in particular who thinks the Biden administration has succeeded in its policies towards the region Russia and Ukraine. There may be various reasons for this but the failure is undeniable. The US policy on Ukraine has failed. The US has not delivered sufficiently strong arms in time because of flawed analysis believing that it would be harmful for the US to stand up to Putin. Unless @POTUS sacks all the people who misled him so badly he will be blamed. Clean up The US policy on Ukraine has failed. The US has not"
X Link 2024-04-15T23:58Z 60.1K followers, 198.7K engagements
"In the event of Russia attack on NATO it is unlikely that - let say - Portugal is the first target. So if it is Poland it will defend itself and other NATO Eastern Flank nations. I encourage supporters of withholding forces position to tell US citizens of Polish origin - before the elections - that they have no will to defend Poland and other countries on NATO's eastern flank. This could influence electoral decisions. Not to mention Polands business decisions. Transparency first and foremost. When @HawleyMO says the U.S. must "withhold forces" in the event of a Russian attack on NATO because"
X Link 2024-04-17T22:15Z 60.2K followers, 127.7K engagements
"Ladies and gentlemen dear friends My term as Director of PISM that was due to end on February [--] [----] was cut short yesterday. Such is the decision of the Prime Minister of Poland who has the sole responsibility and right to appoint and dismiss me. I fully respect it. During my term @PISM_Poland has grown and become an even better analytical institution. Its budget has more than doubled. We expanded our reachoffices in Washington DC Brussels and Berlin were opened to increase the impact of our expertise. Under my watch PISM launched the Strategic Arkan international conference which brings"
X Link 2024-06-26T17:16Z 60.1K followers, 186.8K engagements
"The Biden administration expects Ukrainians to fight a war in a manner that the Pentagon would deem ineffective as it would give the Russians a strategic advantage. Concerns about long-range missiles leading to escalation seem like a call for Ukraine to bleed out but by no means win the war. Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as escalatory A: Long range strikes don't help Ukraine liberate their territory "and of course we're worried about escalation." An absolutely clownish response. 🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/mqGlpgKXAH Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as"
X Link 2024-08-15T20:47Z 60.1K followers, 86.5K engagements
"Munich [----] Powers + [--]. A new Czechoslovakia waits in the wings Alles bereit. #Quad @POTUS @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @Bundeskanzler https://t.co/NftOpsNFvm Alles bereit. #Quad @POTUS @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @Bundeskanzler https://t.co/NftOpsNFvm"
X Link 2024-10-18T23:14Z 60.1K followers, 114.6K engagements
"When American Democrats ask me why some people in Poland think Donald Trump could be a better president for Poland I just reply: Well he couldnt possibly be worse than Biden Especially considering that Poland has been a loyal ally to the Biden administration and yet it ended up being hit with sanctions that limit its prospects for development. Thank you USA. @USAmbPoland @AmbDanFried @mikercarpenter The USA imposed restrictions on Poland on the supply of Nvidia chips (all the latest versions for AI compute). Poland found itself outside the group of [--] key allies. Wtf @JoeBiden"
X Link 2025-01-15T07:16Z 60.1K followers, 189.4K engagements
"Peace through weakness clearly the essential first step on the long winding road to peace through strength Peace for our time. Peace for our time"
X Link 2025-02-12T16:58Z 60.1K followers, 117.7K engagements
"Oh so now were talking about payback Wasnt military aid to Ukraine just a long-overdue compensation for breaking the Budapest Memorandum Lets not forgetUkraine gave up its nuclear arsenal at the request of the U.S. and other guarantors in exchange for security assurances that turned out to be worth less than the paper they were written on.Lets be serious. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the US deserves payback from Ukraine for its support against the Russian invasion and that President Volodomyr Zelenskiy would be very wise to accept the minerals deal offered last week"
X Link 2025-02-16T21:36Z 60.1K followers, 115.1K engagements
"It looks like a fit of rage and fury. Perhaps negotiations with the Russians arent going as smoothly as Trump had assumed. Its easy to take out frustration on Zelensky"
X Link 2025-02-19T16:29Z 60.1K followers, 127.5K engagements
"A comment from a friend in Kyiv with government connections: Zelensky doesnt need Trumps help to give Putin four regions downsize the army and abandon NATO aspirations. If he wanted to surrender to Putin he would have gone to Moscow not Washington. Well said btw. A Heated-Argument in the Oval Office minutes ago between U.S. President Donald J. Trump Vice-President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Trump stating You either make a deal or we are out. https://t.co/zWwn8U8Tae A Heated-Argument in the Oval Office minutes ago between U.S. President Donald J. Trump"
X Link 2025-02-28T19:44Z 60.2K followers, 2.1M engagements
"If @POTUS had any real understanding of wars with Russia he would know that the deportation of millions the forced Russification of children and the barbaric erasure of a nations identity are far worse than continuing to fightespecially when you have a million soldiers under arms. It is simply not true that Ukraine chose to resist Russia because America is helping. Ukrainians took up the fight regardless of whether anyone would support themjust like the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in [----] and the Warsaw Uprising in [----] to whom America also refused to provide help. Not a good sign"
X Link 2025-03-03T17:15Z 60.1K followers, 125.5K engagements
"The Polish officers surrendered to the Soviets. They were prisoners of war. Surrendering to Russia ends with shots to the back of the head and mass deportations. Ukraine knows this. The Trump administration does not. Today March 5th is the 80th anniversary of Stalin signing the order to murder [--] [---] Polish military officers held as POWs after the Soviet invasion of Poland in [----] Many were murdered & buried in secret mass graves in the Katyn Forest giving it the name The Katyn Massacre https://t.co/bMRmT36Y48 Today March 5th is the 80th anniversary of Stalin signing the order to murder 22"
X Link 2025-03-06T06:37Z 60.1K followers, 205.8K engagements
"Since were speaking of gratitudedont forget to thank Polish generals Kosciusko and Pulaski. Were it not for them America would have had no cards and a much tougher time becoming the land of the free and home of the brave. Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine"
X Link 2025-03-09T17:31Z 60.1K followers, 213.4K engagements
"Russia is the one starting wars. Neither Poland Finland in the past nor Ukraine have attacked Russiaits Russia that repeatedly invades its neighbors while permanently threatening nuclear escalation if it fails to win conventionally. Thats why every country in the region seeks a credible retaliatory capability. The U.S. can provide it but if it struggles to clearly define who is the aggressor and who is the victim then its failing in its role as a security provider. And when deterrence is lacking it must be compensated for. Poland doesnt need nuclear weapons it needs conventional forces for"
X Link 2025-03-14T15:45Z 60.1K followers, 371K engagements
"Any random guy off the street from Eastern Europe would be more competent to talk to the Russians than this guy. But because hes American it never even crosses his mind that he might be out of his depthAmerica First. This might be the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. https://t.co/ZKo0365hAl This might be the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. https://t.co/ZKo0365hAl"
X Link 2025-03-22T06:43Z 60.1K followers, 197.9K engagements
"80 years after the end of the war Germany started by invading Poland after murdering [--] million Polish citizens looting their art bank savings destroying cities and burning down [---] villages Germany now puts up a t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y rock memorial to its crimes. A rock. A boulder to help drown the actual responsibility and avoid the issue of compensation. Do #Berlin-a przywieziono Kamie Pamici dla Polski. To tymczasowa forma upamitnienia polskich ofiar niemieckiej wojny i okupacji 1939-1945. W przyszoci prawdopodobnie w tym miejscu stanie pomnik dla polskich ofiar. W centrum Berlina ma te powsta"
X Link 2025-04-16T17:11Z 60.1K followers, 168K engagements
"The game is over. Nawrocki has been chosen. The late poll left no room for doubt. PM Tusk is silent. The government will start tanking water. And no this isnt an authoritarian turn Tusks government simply failed to deliver and people voted against his candidate. Snap elections are now on the horizon. Nawrocki is also predicting victory. Interesting times ahead. Nawrocki is also predicting victory. Interesting times ahead"
X Link 2025-06-01T22:52Z 60.1K followers, 155.2K engagements
"My polite request: please stop spreading BS. Karol Nawrocki won the election - the result is clear and unquestionable. All legal procedures were followed. Whats truly surprising is that Prime Minister Tusk has decided to throw mud at the process attempting to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the vote. This behavior is irresponsible and unprecedented - driven purely by the Prime Ministers personal political agenda. After a year and a half of failure and incompetence this government has nothing to show for itself. The most fitting symbol of that failure is Tusks latest claim: that the opposition"
X Link 2025-06-22T13:12Z 60.1K followers, 145.7K engagements
"My advice to the Trump administration: if you want to negotiate anything with the Russians send someone to the talks who speaks Russian and can understand the contextual political slang - the kind they call (loosely according to the unspoken rules) in Russian. And with all due respect Mr. Witkoff lives like Alice in Wonderland - not only does he not understand a word of Russian but he also relies on Russian translations into English and doesnt even notice when the Russians are mocking him and America. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-award-order-of-lenin-american-ukraine/"
X Link 2025-08-10T19:51Z 60.1K followers, 77.2K engagements
""Polish President Karol Nawrocki "reminded Trump of the Battle of Warsaw exactly [---] years ago when Poland fought together with Ukrainians against the Bolsheviks in Russia" In short: Russia can be defeated - an important message from new president. https://www.axios.com/2025/08/13/trump-putin-ceasefire-summit-zelensky-call https://www.axios.com/2025/08/13/trump-putin-ceasefire-summit-zelensky-call"
X Link 2025-08-14T07:06Z 60.1K followers, 83.8K engagements
"This moment may be remembered as one of the darkest days in U.S. history - on par with the defense of slavery and the slaughter of Native Americans. Pull out now or crash into disgrace. BREAKING: In a shocking moment BREAKING: Vladimir Putin boards the presidential limousine known as "The Beast" with Trump who has given Putin an unearned king's welcome one night after Russia bombed more civilians. Utterly despicable. https://t.co/5Zrbnf55ZG BREAKING: In a shocking moment BREAKING: Vladimir Putin boards the presidential limousine known as "The Beast" with Trump who has given Putin an unearned"
X Link 2025-08-15T20:06Z 60.1K followers, 101.9K engagements
"In just four weeks Polands new President Karol Nawrocki has achieved something remarkable he built a cordial personal relationship with President Donald J. Trump who clearly took a genuine liking to him. In this White House video 👇 the visit is elevated to the status of a full state visit signaling to the entire Trump administration that Poland is regarded as a key ally by the President himself. President Donald J. Trump welcomes Polish President Karol Nawrocki to the White House. Forging stronger ties & making history. https://t.co/9ClyTLUj7Z President Donald J. Trump welcomes Polish"
X Link 2025-09-04T13:36Z 60.1K followers, 141.7K engagements
"Polish Sejm has just green-lighted President Karol Nawrockis ratification of the PolishFrench Treaty of Nancy. With remarkable [---] votes in favor The cross-party support is striking. Once the Senate confirms Nawrocki can inaugurate a new strategic era in relations"
X Link 2025-09-12T22:36Z 60.1K followers, 208.5K engagements
"Just brilliant from start to finish. Youve gotta see it Cae przemwienie wicepremiera @sikorskiradek podczas nadzwyczajnego posiedzenia Rady Bezpieczestwa ONZ dotyczce naruszenia przez Rosj przestrzeni powietrznej Estonii https://t.co/W8cMuyBiy5 Cae przemwienie wicepremiera @sikorskiradek podczas nadzwyczajnego posiedzenia Rady Bezpieczestwa ONZ dotyczce naruszenia przez Rosj przestrzeni powietrznej Estonii https://t.co/W8cMuyBiy5"
X Link 2025-09-22T18:41Z 60.1K followers, 256.5K engagements
"Of course - why would Putin need two Trojan horses One was clearly enough. Merkel: I never saw Orbn as Putins Trojan horse in the EU. Thats absurd nonsense. https://t.co/xowkxbciL8 Merkel: I never saw Orbn as Putins Trojan horse in the EU. Thats absurd nonsense. https://t.co/xowkxbciL8"
X Link 2025-10-06T06:52Z 60.1K followers, 72.6K engagements
"Well said. In the case of Nord Stream Germany is simply incapable of providing guarantees of a fair trial. Because of the political cover-up the corruption surrounding the Nord Stream project has never been properly investigated. Thats why - in my view - Poland cannot hand over a suspect to Germany given Berlins serious rule-of-law deficiencies in this matter. The problem with North Stream [--] is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built. The problem with North Stream [--] is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built"
X Link 2025-10-07T15:08Z 60.1K followers, 54.8K engagements
"There are very few issues in international affairs to which I have a genuinely personal even emotional attitude - but German policy on Nord Stream is definitely high on that list perhaps even at the very top. Much of my professional life as an analyst and expert on international relations has been spent debating German and Russian politicians diplomats and experts - and later countering their propaganda about Nord Stream being this wonderful European forward-looking project. The sheer amount of lies manipulation arrogance and condescension I encountered forced me to rethink many assumptions"
X Link 2025-10-08T15:58Z 60.1K followers, 116.7K engagements
"An independent Polish court has refused to execute a European Arrest Warrant issued by a German court. I am very pleased that the court shared my line of argumentation: the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline was not a crime under Polish law - it was justified under the conditions of a defensive war conducted pursuant to Article [--] of the United Nations Charter. It therefore constituted a legitimate military target. Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law this means that combatants acting within a military mission in the course of a lawful defensive war"
X Link 2025-10-17T14:32Z 60.2K followers, 207.2K engagements
"Well Witkoff who doesnt speak a single foreign language wouldnt be able to distinguish Russian from Slovak. Yet he confidently proposes redrawing European borders based on what language he thinks people speak there. He himself speaks English so by his own logic he must therefore be a subject of the King of England. Well this here is certainly worth reading this morning: https://t.co/EoiqzvLYf9. The biggest takeaway is that Witkoff leaned on Zelensky during the meeting with Trump to surrender Donbas to the Russians (because they speak Russian in Donbas according to Witkoff). Well this here is"
X Link 2025-10-19T07:55Z 60.1K followers, 176.8K engagements
"Well - when someone asks So what do we say if China launches a special operation to seize Taiwans president or Russia tries to do the same with Zelensky - the honest answer is this: we say exactly what weve always said - just without the comforting illusions. We try to prevent it; and if we cant we say plainly that we do not accept what has happened. As Richard Haass observed nearly a decade ago paraphrasing Voltaire the fading liberal world order is neither liberal nor worldwide nor orderly. That was not polemic but diagnosis. During the Cold Wars so-called freedom crusade regime change was"
X Link 2026-01-03T12:38Z 60.1K followers, 140.4K engagements
"NATO is dead is a catchy and familiar obituary - and a premature one. The Alliance has already survived crises far deeper than todays. It survived the Suez Crisis of [----] when the United States used harsh political and financial pressure against its own British and French allies - threatening currency intervention cutting financial support and forcing London and Paris to withdraw. No shots were fired but the shock to allied cohesion was profound. NATO endured. It also survived Frances withdrawal from NATOs integrated military command in [----]. Again the Alliance adapted rather than collapsed."
X Link 2026-01-17T18:49Z 59.7K followers, 232.2K engagements
"In [----] the UK and France backed down quickly because the United States threatened to bankrupt them financially - and had already made clear as early as [----] that it would not defend their colonial interests. That precedent cuts both ways. If Greenlanders were to declare independence and Denmark backed by European allies tried to stop it by force the U.S. would arguably have grounds to intervene without violating the Alliance. But that is not the situation today. What is being discussed now is the U.S. administration seeking control over Greenland against the will of its inhabitants - in"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:59Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Zbigniew Brzeziski: A first-rate reconstruction of a historically complex yet immensely important phase of GermanSoviet relations. The analysis of the causes of the GermanSoviet war and its strategic mechanisms is outstanding. The examination of alternative Soviet war plans significantly sheds new light on Stalins behavior particularly in the early phases of the war. Wydanie polskie: [----] i 2007; : 2018; English edition: [----]. 👇 The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://t.co/dAK1zlZ0KM The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://t.co/dAK1zlZ0KM"
X Link 2026-01-18T11:12Z 60.2K followers, 41.3K engagements
"Credit where it is due: Polands highest authorities Prime Minister Donald Tusk President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Radosaw Sikorski have shown restraint. None allowed themselves to be provoked into commenting on the discomfort caused by a White House policy that to many of Russias neighbours looks disturbingly like a rehearsal of imperial practice. More than [---] years ago Nikolai Karamzin the ideologue of Russian imperialism wrote to Tsar Alexander I: we took Poland by force and that is our right. That sentence captures the essence of imperial logic in its purest form violence as"
X Link 2026-01-19T10:31Z 59.7K followers, 97K engagements
"Could we perhaps return to slightly more boring times - the kind where we argued about the curvature of bananas or whether a carrot can be classified as a fruit and under what conditions Something along those lines would do just fine"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:09Z 59.8K followers, 13.8K engagements
"So this is where we are: a would-be Democratic presidential contender mocks European leaders for trying to endure the reign of a mad king - a king to whom Americans entrusted power thanks to the Democrats own failures. Europes leaders accept humiliation not out of servility but out of calculation. They are buying time betting that Americans will not make the same mistake twice in a row. And yet the very man they are quietly hoping for does not say the one thing that would actually matter: that he would not recognize the seizure of Greenland that America would again bind itself to"
X Link 2026-01-21T09:44Z 60.2K followers, 202.5K engagements
"Once again Poland navigated this well. President Nawrocki was present at the inauguration of the Board of Peace but as an observer of the ceremony not as a participant. Poland supports efforts to find political solutions both in the case of Gaza and Greenland firmly grounded in respect for international law and the sovereign equality of states. Well done. https://x.com/nawrockikn/status/2014015801108422886s=46 Credit where it is due: Polands highest authorities Prime Minister Donald Tusk President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Radosaw Sikorski have shown restraint. None allowed"
X Link 2026-01-22T11:15Z 60K followers, 41K engagements
"Trump has nothing to do with conservative values. Hes a political nihilist. But because hes branded as a right-wing conservative leader he ends up discrediting conservatism everywhere. He helped clear the path for the left in Canada and now were seeing the same dynamic in Denmark. If this continues much of Europe will turn away from the right and from conservatism altogether. This isnt a shift to the left driven by ideas - its a backlash. The Trump effect Not the one he expected. Today's Danish opinion poll from Megafon is beyond crazy. The red bloc regains a majority and the blue bloc loses"
X Link 2026-01-23T15:03Z 59.7K followers, 46K engagements
"Read in strategic terms this is not as contradictory as it may seem. The authors of both recent U.S. strategy documents - the NSS [----] and the NDS [----] are clearly trying to manage the risk of a great-power conflict with China. They deliberately tone down rhetoric and avoid escalatory signalling precisely so as not to incentivise Beijing to act pre-emptively before the United States restores its advantage in critical domains: naval power airpower deep-strike capabilities missile defence and space. Seen through this lens Trumps emerging grand strategy understood as a theory of U.S. security -"
X Link 2026-01-24T08:43Z 60K followers, 23.6K engagements
"In Afghanistan I lost my warriors. Says: White Eagle [--] 🦅 President Trumps remarks describing allied troops as staying behind are not political rhetoric but a direct insult to soldiers who operated under fire. - Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak White Eagle [--] 🦅 He commanded the Polish military contingent in Afghanistan completing two combat rotations in Ghazni Province in [----] and [----]. A recipient of the Military Cross (Krzy Wojskowy) Polands highest decoration for combat service he later served as Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Chief of Defence) from [----] to [----]. Gen."
X Link 2026-01-24T18:34Z 60K followers, 41.2K engagements
"Dramat. Siemoniak: - niemieckie suby podsuchiway Obam czy bierzecie pod uwag e ze strony sojusznikw NATO mog by prowadzone przeciwko nam dziaania - po co miaby mnie sojuszniczy minister inwigilowa jak moe mnie po prostu zapyta i ja mu wszystko powiem Kurtyna XD https://t.co/wElG3dxQPL Siemoniak: - niemieckie suby podsuchiway Obam czy bierzecie pod uwag e ze strony sojusznikw NATO mog by prowadzone przeciwko nam dziaania - po co miaby mnie sojuszniczy minister inwigilowa jak moe mnie po prostu zapyta i ja mu wszystko powiem Kurtyna XD https://t.co/wElG3dxQPL"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:42Z 60.1K followers, 242.7K engagements
"@McGramat @elonmusk @sikorskiradek @PolskiSenat @Ukraine @CYFRA_GOV_PL @IL_PIB To nie jest pomoc bezinteresowna"
X Link 2026-01-29T07:37Z 60K followers, 12.6K engagements
"I don't expect US allies to cozy up to Beijing but I do expect them to find a new equilibrium between US and China in coming years. 👇 Worth reading - though I wouldnt forget that China is a regime hostile to democracy and one that is willing to use coercion and force against partners dependent on it looking far beyond the time horizon of any U.S. presidents term - whoever that president may be. 1/ While there are exceptions there appears to be a trend of America's traditional allies derisking from United States. As an American who long has viewed the US global alliance network as one of its"
X Link 2026-01-30T04:54Z 60K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Polish strategic culture offers an anecdote that captures remarkably well the situation in which Trump has found himself. In [----] the head of intelligence reported to Pisudski - the commander-in-chief: We have broken the Russian ciphers. We read their intentions like an open book. With this in hand we could even march on Moscow. Pisudski smiled and replied: And what exactly would we do there Strategy is about how to use force to achieve a political objective. Grand strategy answers a different question: how that objective will shape security after the war is over. I am not sure Trump would"
X Link 2026-01-30T06:29Z 60K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Whats clearly missing to end Russias war on Ukraine is a pure-minded European politician or diplomat who speaks Russian. And if none can be found Theres always a much larger pool to search: the corrupt. Macron sent his diplomatic adviser to talk to the Kremlin today. This is happening while more governments talk about the need for a single EU-level negotiator to talk to Russia. Macron is just doing it. Macron sent his diplomatic adviser to talk to the Kremlin today. This is happening while more governments talk about the need for a single EU-level negotiator to talk to Russia. Macron is just"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:05Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Very important observation by @J_Jakobowski of @OSW_eng 👇 In Poland an important debate is underway that deserves wider attention. The issue is whether Poland should allow Chinese companies to participate in tenders for critical national infrastructure in exchange for continued access for Polish agricultural products - particularly poultry - to the Chinese market. Beijing has reportedly signaled that if Chinese firms are excluded on security grounds Polish food exports may face retaliation. To understand why this matters one must start with first principles. Poland is a frontline state in a"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:56Z 60.2K followers, 22.5K engagements
"As I can easily imagine what greater sacrifices are expected from smaller states. I see far less willingness for genuinely greater sacrifices from the larger ones. Concerts of powers are inherently anti-democratic. Even when dressed up as qualified majority voting they undermine integration rather than strengthen it. Interests that are outvoted do not disappear - they are merely ignored. We already see this dynamic in other policy areas. In security and defence it would be no different. Unanimity may be inefficient but majoritarianism in matters of vital national interest is not a substitute"
X Link 2026-02-05T07:19Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Well done. 📍Premier @DonaldTusk rozpocz wizyt w Kijowie https://t.co/5XUE8HhsvY 📍Premier @DonaldTusk rozpocz wizyt w Kijowie https://t.co/5XUE8HhsvY"
X Link 2026-02-05T07:28Z 60.2K followers, 23.9K engagements
"The Core Europe concept would certainly change this by turning the silencing of smaller nations into a matter of rule of law. What is presented as a call for efficiency would in practice become a rule-of-law club: a procedural cudgel used to discipline dissent rather than to uphold common values. Agree. What kind of policies this individual will transmit to Kremlin. And why do we have Kaja Kallas The first step would be to include her in negotiations with Washington and be accepted. Europeans need hard policies not empty names. Agree. What kind of policies this individual will transmit to"
X Link 2026-02-05T07:34Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Formally no one forces smaller states to join the core. But lets be honest about power asymmetries. In Europe we already have powers that operate at a European scale. If they truly believe in their political visions they possess far more persuasive tools than smaller states: greater diplomatic capacity greater financial leverage and greater agenda-setting power. They do not need institutional shortcuts to lead. If they are genuinely convinced that vetoes are an obstacle they can simply renounce the use of their own veto rights. That requires no treaty change no pressure on others - only a"
X Link 2026-02-05T08:06Z 60.1K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Exactly. A worth reading thread. 👇 Europeans might also remember that the mother of all golden handcuffs post-1989 the Euro actually proved to be a hegemony booster for Germany. Much of Germany's economic prowess (trade surplus within Europe and externally) built on a Euro much weaker than D-Mark-- and Euro crisis gave Germany opportunity to play the great disciplinarian. () It's not that Germany is only obstacle to this. We live in a time where pooling let alone ceding sovereignty is much less popular than 30-40 years ago in Western Europe. I don't quite think the "golden handcuffs" are the"
X Link 2026-02-08T10:54Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"One of the most important strategic lessons of the [----] annexation of Crimea for the entire eastern flank of NATO is this 👉without armed resistance there will be no international reaction. Berlin may warn against escalation and repeat Russian propaganda about anything but bloodshed - as Merkel did in [----] - but all of Russias neighbors understand a simple reality. Russia is not deterred by special envoys patiently explaining that attacking neighbors is unacceptable. Russia is deterred when Russian soldiers are killed. In [----] I discussed this directly with Zbigniew Brzeziski who pointed out"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:25Z 60.2K followers, 12.7K engagements
"It is 👇 worth reading this analysis on the idea of appointing a European envoy to talk to Putin - a continuation of Europes policy of performing strength and simulating strategy. It recalls the declarations by Britain and France about sending troops to Ukraine - forces that neither the British nor the French actually have. Yet they must pretend in order to create the impression that their voice still carries weight. Germany meanwhile refuses to deliver Taurus missiles to Ukraine so as not to close the door to dialogue with Russia - as if our problem with Russia were a lack of understanding"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:51Z 60.2K followers, 20.3K engagements
"Because few years ago I introduced the idea that Germany could partially address its WWII reparations issue with Poland by contributing to Polands defense capabilities I feel obliged to comment on Ambassador @ischingers recent interview in which he returned to this concept. I am sure we discussed this idea several years ago when it became clear that the unresolved reparations question would continue to constrain Polish-German relations. At the time Poland was only beginning its military modernization and needed virtually everything from tanks and naval assets to air-defense systems. Today"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:57Z 60.2K followers, 13.1K engagements
"BTW : Poland abolished noble titles in [----] - many of them handed out by the partitioning powers - on a simple premise: modern democratic states rest on equality not inherited labels. 😉 Germany is replacing its ambassador to Moscow. The new one is Clemens Robert Alexander von Goetze (currently in Mexico) and he is replacing Alexander Sebastian Lonce von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff (moving to Israel) Germany is replacing its ambassador to Moscow. The new one is Clemens Robert Alexander von Goetze (currently in Mexico) and he is replacing Alexander Sebastian Lonce von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:11Z 60.2K followers, 37.9K engagements
"Thank you for asking. Youre mixing up two different things here. The suffix "-ski" was never a rank. In the PolishLithuanian context titles such as prince/count were separate distinctions and they were relatively rare. The form "-ski" was something else entirely. Originally in the late Middle Ages "-ski" was an adjectival ending. It meant of or from a particular place. If someone was called "Krakowski" it literally meant of Krakw. At first this form was strongly associated with landholding nobility because noble families were tied to specific estates. The name described territorial"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:18Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements
"With so many natural candidates for European hegemony France Germany lets not forget Britain Spain and perhaps even the Kingdom of Naples waiting patiently in the wings - it is hardly surprising that the longest period of peace in Europe was delivered by a power from outside the continent. When every major capital considers leadership its birthright equilibrium tends to require an external arbiter. Enter the American hegemon. European balance of power was an art form for centuries. European peace it turns out required a referee from across the Atlantic. Hegemony in Europe should naturally lie"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:28Z 60.2K followers, 24.9K engagements
"Top NATO allies An interesting formulation especially when many of these top allies are not in a position to deter anyone on their own. Deterrence by reputation without capability is not strategy. Its theatre. Grotesque but revealing. Poll: Top NATO allies dont think US helps deter enemies anymore https://t.co/zDn1wwFnfE Poll: Top NATO allies dont think US helps deter enemies anymore https://t.co/zDn1wwFnfE"
X Link 2026-02-12T06:56Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Dlaczego polskie grnictwo powinno zawrze sojusz z bran AI Polecam rozmow o nowym wycigu technologicznych zbroje i dlaczego mamy w nim du szans Ale trzeba dziaa GROUND ZERO #98 SZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA W POLSKIEJ STRATEGII Naszym specjalnym gociem bdzie dzi @jarokrolewski prezes @Synerise - polskiej firm technologicznej specjalizujcej si w sztucznej inteligencji i big data. Zapraszamy https://t.co/3biWO6jZ6g przez @YouTube GROUND ZERO #98 SZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA W POLSKIEJ STRATEGII Naszym specjalnym gociem bdzie dzi @jarokrolewski prezes @Synerise - polskiej firm technologicznej specjalizujcej si"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:20Z 60.2K followers, 15.6K engagements
"The book is available on Amazon. I highly recommend it. 😉 https://www.amazon.com/Between-Berlin-Moscow-German-Soviet-Relations/dp/3111589471 https://www.amazon.com/Between-Berlin-Moscow-German-Soviet-Relations/dp/3111589471"
X Link 2026-01-04T21:32Z 60.2K followers, 60.1K engagements
"With all due respect to David Petraeus this is simply not accurate. NATO aircraft were already in the air over Poland. The operation was conducted in full coordination with SACEUR and Allied Air Command (AIRCOM). No one in Warsaw needed to call Brussels Washington - this is precisely how NATOs integrated air and missile defense is designed to work: everyone does their job in place in real time. Ukraines combat experience with drones is valuable. But turning a routine coordinated NATO air-defense response into a story about improvised phone calls is BS. . Former CIA Director Petraeus: When"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:57Z 60.2K followers, 25.2K engagements
"A nationalist president And you are @POLITICOEurope what - a Bolshevik outlet Poland wants to borrow an enormous [----] billion under the EU's loans-for-arms SAFE program but that's running into doubts from the country's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki. https://t.co/2ZVVERNGRy Poland wants to borrow an enormous [----] billion under the EU's loans-for-arms SAFE program but that's running into doubts from the country's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki. https://t.co/2ZVVERNGRy"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:51Z 60.2K followers, 64.3K engagements
"Some clarifications are required First Nawrocki did not torpedo SAFE. The bill has not yet left the Sejm and it is therefore simply unknown what position he will ultimately take once it reaches the next stage of the legislative process. Second on nuclear weapons he said only one thing: that if uncontrolled proliferation were to occur Poland could not afford to remain on the sidelines. So that statement is routinely over-interpreted. From that we can clarify further: First such a decision does not belong to the president but to the government. Second there will be no uncontrolled nuclear"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:14Z 60.2K followers, 43.4K engagements
"The fact is that in Poland we are currently facing a flood of incompetent opinions produced by various amateurs YouTubers self-styled commentators and publicists who spread utterly fabricated nonsense about nuclear weapons. As a result decision-makers are then confronted with questions about these fantasies. And it turns out that they themselves are often not properly briefed because they are unable to respond with precision. Just recently Radosaw Sikorski was asked exactly the same question in Oslo at what was supposed to be a serious forum. He answered briefly and correctly: Poland has no"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:34Z 60.2K followers, 18.5K engagements
"Good. But first Biden should pay a visit to Prague now to send the message of solidarity and support for an Eastern Flank country which is leading by example how to stand up against Russian coercion and govern the asymmetric relations with Russia. https://newsnow.tasr.sk/foreign/caputova-invites-biden-to-visit-slovakia/ https://newsnow.tasr.sk/foreign/caputova-invites-biden-to-visit-slovakia/"
X Link 2021-04-22T17:01Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements
"@olgatokariuk Indonesia 😉"
X Link 2021-11-14T20:32Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Since the end of the Cold War Poland and the United States through the CIA have established particularly warm relations.after the Russian invasion of Donbas and Crimea in [----] CIA activity expanded to make Poland its third-largest station in Europe. https://www.newsweek.com/2023/07/21/exclusive-cias-blind-spot-about-ukraine-war-1810355.html https://www.newsweek.com/2023/07/21/exclusive-cias-blind-spot-about-ukraine-war-1810355.html"
X Link 2023-07-09T18:50Z 56.3K followers, 16.8K engagements
"My match kit for the Polish Cup Final is ready. Jazda Jazda Jazda Biaa Gwiazda #PoPucharWi5o #POGWIS"
X Link 2024-05-02T05:04Z 59.2K followers, 166.1K engagements
"General Kellogg Trumps special envoy for the war in Ukraine was not mentioned in the Presidents statement issued after his phone call with Putin as someone who would take part in negotiations with the Russians. However that does not mean he wont be involved. Since everything is on the table and Trump is willing to discuss even Russias return to the G7 and the complete lifting of sanctions if Moscow completely withdraws from Ukraine its clear that Trumps peace plan is in the making. And now General Kellogg has been authorized to present Trumps views on the Russia-Ukraine war in Munich."
X Link 2025-02-14T07:27Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements
"What I am hearing backstage at #MSC2025 is that when U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christopher W. Smith visited Minsk recently he offered not only the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Lukashenkos regime but also a package of economic incentives. During Trumps first term his administration attempted to loosen Belarusian-Russian relations and it looks like they are making another attempt in this direction now"
X Link 2025-02-14T18:42Z 45K followers, 38.3K engagements
"Im currently watching an anti-war demonstration in Munich near the venue of the Munich Security Conference. Note: this is not a protest against Russias aggression but rather against Ukraines defense and the support being provided to Ukraine"
X Link 2025-02-15T15:31Z 45.7K followers, 48.2K engagements
"After four days of debates at the Munich Security Conference #MSC2025 and countless behind-the-scenes discussions with some of the worlds top security and international policy experts I leave Munich with a conclusionone summed up by a quote from Pope John Paul II also echoed by Vice President J.D. Vance: Do not be afraid Europe do not fear the new realities shaped by Trumps ambitions to remake the world. Stop complaining about the weatherjust dress warmer. Stop lamentingfocus on strengthening your own potential. If Trump respects strength then show it to him. Russia is a pariah and Europe is"
X Link 2025-02-16T15:27Z 45.7K followers, 123.3K engagements
"Suddenly Germany and with it all of Europe is experiencing what Central European nations have long been accustomed to. The Germans French and British have often negotiated over their heads whether with Russia China or the U.S. The phrase Nothing about us without us originated in Central Europe for a reason. Today we echo Zelensky: Nothing about Europe without Europe. So whats the lesson from Central Europe Dont take offense at being left out of the initial talks. Instead wait until the negotiators return with their deal and need Europe to help implement it. Thats when the real political"
X Link 2025-02-17T14:18Z 45.6K followers, 88K engagements
"Russia is the aggressor. I'm glad I could help. Anyone who claims otherwise is its ally and should be a member of BRICS rather than the G7. The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatening to derail a traditional show of unity according to five western officials familiar with the matter https://t.co/lmSnKMmMxJ https://t.co/bUXaMXWI2M The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatening to derail a"
X Link 2025-02-20T14:19Z 45.7K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Journalist friends tell me that Witkoff is tempting Putin with a promise to lift sanctions. Of course Trump can do that when it comes to access to the U.S. market - but for Russia thats peanuts. What Putin would really want is to prevent U.S. secondary sanctions like those imposed on India. But for Russia the real key is Europe - and the Europeans will not lift their sanctions. You have to be a complete fool to think that Europeans will spend billions of dollars arming themselves against Russia on the one hand and on the other help Russia regain the very strength it would use to threaten"
X Link 2025-08-09T14:52Z 56.8K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Interesting. Did you also ask yourself under whose jurisdiction Nord Stream actually fell Since Germany - and ultimately the EU - excluded NS from EU legal jurisdiction under the Third Energy Package can it still be called a German or European pipeline In practice it was placed under the jurisdiction of the state that laid it on the seabed - Russia. And Russia was waging war against Ukraine attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure including the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and the Nova Kakhovka dam. So if Nord Stream was no longer a European infrastructure project but rather a Russian"
X Link 2025-10-17T18:18Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Europe needs a dedicated project to declassify all documents related to Nord Stream. Let us publish a White Book on this matter Germany should show more dignity towards our partners especially Poland and focus more on clarifying the misguided and fatal Russia policy of German governments. The mistake was that Nord Stream was built in the first place. https://t.co/AURBf7cIRO Germany should show more dignity towards our partners especially Poland and focus more on clarifying the misguided and fatal Russia policy of German governments. The mistake was that Nord Stream was built in the first"
X Link 2025-10-18T14:57Z 56.2K followers, 20.9K engagements
"I am deeply saddened by the news that my friend Janusz Bugajski passed away yesterday. He was an outstanding analyst and security expert for many years affiliated with @CSIS and most recently with the Jamestown Foundation. We first met twenty years ago while creating the Transatlantic Forum on Russia - a joint initiative of @PISM_Poland and CSIS in Washington. Janusz was a man full of joy optimism and a brilliant sense of humour. He was not only a sharp-minded analyst but also a courageous advocate for the nations resisting Russian imperialism. He will be greatly missed. My deepest and"
X Link 2025-10-18T16:34Z 56.2K followers, 27.2K engagements
""Putin in a phone call this week with President Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk.Putin has tried and failed to conquer the territory for [--] years repeatedly repulsed by Ukrainian forces who are deeply entrenched in an area." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/"
X Link 2025-10-18T20:27Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The Russians have obviously realised they are dealing with - people with zero understanding of Russia or Eastern Europe who couldnt distinguish Russian from Croatian and will happily repeat whatever nonsense Moscow feeds them as if it were their own Nobel-worthy strategic insight. Russias war against Ukraine was never about Donbas - Moscow couldnt care less about that region and in fact despises it. The strategic goal has always been to destroy Ukraine as an independent state. Yet around Trump there seems to be no one who understands Russia the way Trump understands real estate on Manhattan."
X Link 2025-10-19T08:27Z 56.2K followers, 20.2K engagements
"It appears the implementation of Trumps 20-point peace plan has already stalled. Perhaps instead of flying to Budapest he should head to Jerusalem to restore the ceasefire that has just been broken. In the Middle East credibility is earned by enforcing realities - not by announcing them. Israel strikes southern Gaza accusing Hamas of 'bold violation of ceasefire' https://t.co/oxybMVklkM Israel strikes southern Gaza accusing Hamas of 'bold violation of ceasefire' https://t.co/oxybMVklkM"
X Link 2025-10-19T16:50Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin has been trying to crush Ukraine since [----] (arguably even since [----] though thats a separate discussion). He has failed despite support from China North Korea and Iran. And largely because the American people have refused to become an accomplice of the emerging axis of evil. And lets be clear - this war was never about Donbas. For Moscow Donbas has always been a pretext not an objective. The real goal is to erase Ukraine as a sovereign state. FT: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russias terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday warning that"
X Link 2025-10-19T17:21Z 56.2K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Kirill Dmitrievs talking points repeat the standard Kremlin narrative that Western sanctions do not work. Oh really 🤣 Sanctions work not by producing a theatrical collapse of the Russian economy overnight but by raising the strategic cost of being an aggressor and by constraining Russias future capacity to wage war. They deny Russia access to advanced technologies capital insurance energy equipment shipping logistics financial depth reputational legitimacy - all of which slow degrade and shrink Russias long-term potential. That is exactly why Moscow endlessly complains about them. In fact if"
X Link 2025-10-25T05:14Z 56.3K followers, 14.5K engagements
"Nord Stream was an element of Russias coercive infrastructure designed to blackmail Ukraine into surrender thus it was a legitimate military target" - I said for Spanish media and I am glad that a Polish judge has now confirmed that in his ruling. https://www.lavocedelpatriota.it/en/nord-stream-was-an-element-of-russias-coercive-infrastructure-designed-to-blackmail-ukraine-into-surrender-an-interview-with-slawomir-debski/"
X Link 2025-10-25T05:20Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Sergey Karaganov thinking that Russias goal is to instill animal fear in America and Europe is coming straight from Dostoyevskys Demons. In Demons Pyotr Verkhovensky said the same: First we must create panic. Once they are terrified - anything is possible. This is not strategy. It is Shigalyovs despair: a vision of the world where Russias persuasion is impossible and only terror is real. Russia is not projecting strength - it is confessing its weakness as well as moral and civilizational bankruptcy. Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karaganov who heads the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy"
X Link 2025-10-28T23:06Z 56.2K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Some time ago a German friend of mine sent me a message asking whether I had one suggestion for Germany - something that if changed could immediately improve the atmosphere in Polish-German relations. I replied briefly: It would help if Germany stopped shifting its own atrocities and responsibility onto others because that relativizes German guilt - and that is unacceptable. He asked what I meant. So I sent him this 👇photo - a description of the Holocaust at the German Historical Museum in Berlin - where it says that the Genocide of European Jews was organized and carried out by the Germans"
X Link 2025-11-04T19:10Z 56.3K followers, 39.7K engagements
""Germany Caught in [----] trying to intercept U.S. embassy signals in Europe. France Allegedly sniffing around American drone tech via defense contractors. Israel Long considered among the most aggressive friendly collectors. South Korea Reportedly monitored U.S. discussions during nuclear talks with the North." Allies dont always play fair. Germany listens. France snoops. Israel digs. Even friends spy on the U.S. - and we spy right back. Inside the quiet world of friendly espionage: 🔍👇 https://t.co/Gi4LvMXtxG #espionage #Geopolitics #NationalSecurity #intelligencecommunity"
X Link 2025-11-09T20:05Z 56.3K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Hungary for example Zelensky is facing unprecedented uproar at home over a $100 million corruption scandal in the energy sector involving people in his circle. He has already fired the ministers of energy and justice. Thats probably not nearly enough. But this is all happening because Ukraine Zelensky is facing unprecedented uproar at home over a $100 million corruption scandal in the energy sector involving people in his circle. He has already fired the ministers of energy and justice. Thats probably not nearly enough. But this is all happening because Ukraine"
X Link 2025-11-13T10:56Z 56.7K followers, [----] engagements
"One wonders: under the Witkoff Plan would it not be simpler - and far more stabilizing for Europe - to just cede Mr. Witkoff himself to Russia Frankly the world might breathe a sigh of relief. This reporting is matching much of what I'm getting from the American side. Conflating Witkoff's cocktail napkin jottings with some official "U.S. government" line is what the Russians want. Many will oblige. This reporting is matching much of what I'm getting from the American side. Conflating Witkoff's cocktail napkin jottings with some official "U.S. government" line is what the Russians want. Many"
X Link 2025-11-19T23:12Z 56.9K followers, 20.6K engagements
"I agree that this plan is trash. Nothing in it holds together. These proposals were rejected before because they had no connection to reality. So why bring them back now Maybe the goal is simply to remind everyone of them to create a reference point for other ideas that are still bad for Ukraine but can be sold as better than this mess Before Thanksgiving I'm sorry but this is the sort of thing you ask if you actively want to sink a diplomatic proposal not be taken seriously. I'm reading this as KD and SW racing to lock this in place before it can be assessed litigated or scrutinized by"
X Link 2025-11-20T21:07Z 56.7K followers, 48.7K engagements
"@Michal_Sestero Senator Graham also shot down the rumors about the plan. In my view convincing Congress to force Ukraine into capitulation is already beyond Trumps political power As to the existence of a [--] point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war I have no knowledge of the plan and have only read media reports about the proposal. It is my firm belief that this war needs to come to an end through negotiations with an honorable and just outcome that As to the existence of a [--] point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war I have no knowledge of the plan and have only read media reports about the"
X Link 2025-11-20T21:43Z 56.5K followers, [----] engagements
""Trump may recall that President Joe Bidens poll numbers never recovered from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He can expect something similar with Ukraine." 👇 Check out my piece this morning on Witkoffs Ukraine plan and why it is a massive unforced error at a time when Trump was finally getting his policy on a sounder footing https://t.co/DzZwQ9id3B Check out my piece this morning on Witkoffs Ukraine plan and why it is a massive unforced error at a time when Trump was finally getting his policy on a sounder footing https://t.co/DzZwQ9id3B"
X Link 2025-11-21T05:39Z 56.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Witkoffs plan dictated to him by the Russians will lead nowhere. It is not only because it contains proposals that are unacceptable to Ukraine and to Europe. The real reason is that decisions are made not on geopolitical grounds but on domestic political pressure and on a leaders ability to carry out a vision. Donald Trump is weakening politically. Life is not improving for Americans. The midterm elections are approaching and Trumps support no longer guarantees victory for Republicans. A view is starting to take shape that distancing themselves from Trump may offer better political prospects."
X Link 2025-11-22T11:49Z 57.2K followers, 144.9K engagements
"The upcoming midterm race for Congress will also mark the early opening of the [----] presidential campaign. It will shape the main lines of political conflict for years ahead. The MAGA movement is likely to split into two factions: Real-MAGA and Trump-MAGA. Republican candidates will try to highlight their distance from Trump rather than rely on him. Time in politics is a scarce resource. When it is used poorly it shortens a politicians lifespan. Russia may already understand that the next US administration regardless of whether it is Republican or Democratic will not only remain pro-Ukraine"
X Link 2025-11-22T12:09Z 57.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Tym razem nie zdylimy wskoczy do pocigu. Tomorrow in Geneva the national security advisers of E3 () meet with counterparts from and then meet with . The Americans dont want other European diplomats in the room when talking with the Ukrainians Tomorrow in Geneva the national security advisers of E3 () meet with counterparts from and then meet with . The Americans dont want other European diplomats in the room when talking with the Ukrainians"
X Link 2025-11-22T20:22Z 56.7K followers, 65.1K engagements
"Uncontrolled damage. The peace proposal was authored by the U.S. It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine. The peace proposal was authored by the U.S. It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine"
X Link 2025-11-23T05:46Z 56.8K followers, 26.5K engagements
"And Denmark has expressed ZERO gratitude. The United States wants to meet with Greenland without Denmark The United States has attempted to arrange a high-level political meeting with representatives from Greenland without involving Denmark. According to the Danish newspaper Politiken which has spoken to The United States wants to meet with Greenland without Denmark The United States has attempted to arrange a high-level political meeting with representatives from Greenland without involving Denmark. According to the Danish newspaper Politiken which has spoken to"
X Link 2025-11-23T14:58Z 57.3K followers, 24.4K engagements
"The counter-proposal drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain France and Germany takes the U.S. plan as its basis My comment: The UK France Germany- together with Ukraine - have essentially decided to kick the Russo-American can further down the road. Its meant to create the impression of a constructive forward-leaning approach. But setting force-level caps on the armed forces of the victim of aggression rather than on the aggressor is quite simply a form of capitulation. And tying the terms of peace between Russia and Ukraine to issues that concern only NATO is another one. Moscow will"
X Link 2025-11-23T17:55Z 57.3K followers, 61.7K engagements
"Expanding the discussion of Russo-Ukrainian peace terms into the realm of NATOs acquis - and doing so without consulting the Allies - is pure amateurism. Sorry to say that. And lets be clear: Russia has not won a war against NATO yet so there is no reason whatsoever to accept peace terms that pretend it has"
X Link 2025-11-23T18:15Z 57.2K followers, 50K engagements
"For the record Secretary Rubio has no knowledge whatsoever of the European counter-plan - which is fascinating: this is already the second plan he apparently knows nothing about. @BrunoTertrais @SlawomirDebski https://t.co/9Hx4QrSnfQ @BrunoTertrais @SlawomirDebski https://t.co/9Hx4QrSnfQ"
X Link 2025-11-23T20:28Z 56.9K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime Minister Starmer (as the rumour says) Chancellor Merz or President Macron Unfortunate and counterproductive that Tusk is not part of the core team in Europe that is dealing with the US peace efforts. Unfortunate and counterproductive that Tusk is not part of the core team in Europe that is dealing with the US peace efforts"
X Link 2025-11-24T15:38Z 57K followers, 82.3K engagements
"And if the Polish Prime Minister knows the answer I would expect an appropriate review of Polands defense procurement contracts and a reconsideration of several past and future decisions. Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime Minister Starmer (as the rumour says) Chancellor Merz or President Macron Lets stop pretending that the Polish PM is being isolated by some mysterious unnamed forces. Its worth asking directly: who is actually responsible for this - UK Prime"
X Link 2025-11-24T15:54Z 57K followers, 24.9K engagements
"Its getting interesting It now looks as though Witkoffs conversations with the Russians were being recorded by U.S. intelligence services - and that journalists may have access to those recordings. This is no longer a leak; its starting to resemble a controlled disclosure. "In an Oct. [--] phone call that lasted a little over five minutes Witkoff advised Yuri Ushakov Putins top foreign policy aide on how the Russian leader should broach the issue with Trump. His guidance included suggestions on setting up a Trump-Putin call before Volodymyr Zelenskiys White House visit later that week and using"
X Link 2025-11-26T00:32Z 57.3K followers, 418.7K engagements
"We are heading toward a fascinating spectacle of public hearings in Congress in [--------] - right in the middle of the U.S. presidential campaign. The Witkoff tapes will provide ample material for very public questions about Vice President Vences role in the Russia treason. https://t.co/S1j1fCSQT8 https://t.co/S1j1fCSQT8"
X Link 2025-11-26T07:58Z 57K followers, 19.2K engagements
"A polite reality check is needed here. Europe does not need yet another layer of European defence structures - complete of course with inevitable German leadership. What we actually need are greater national capabilities especially on NATOs Eastern Flank where real deterrence is generated. Lets finally stop wasting time and money on projects that nobody asked for and that solve none of the challenges we actually face. Europeans expect Europe to be able to defend itself. We need a new security architecture with: ✔ drone walls ✔ Integrated EU satellite surveillance ✔ Missile defence shield ✔"
X Link 2025-11-26T17:05Z 57K followers, 20.9K engagements
""The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Baidu Inc. and BYD Co. should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military according to a letter to Congress sent roughly three weeks before Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a broad trade truce. It wasnt clear whether the companies have been formally included in the the Pentagons so-called 1260H list which carries no direct legal repercussions but serves as a major warning to US investors." The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Baidu and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military"
X Link 2025-11-26T18:40Z 58.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Neither the Biden administration nor the Trump administration has done anything that would force Moscow to consider the possibility that it cannot win this war. Trumps team is in fact encouraging the Kremlin to believe the opposite: that Washington might help them win it - either by getting frustrated with Ukraine irritated with Europe or by helping force Kyiv into capitulation. Trump wanting to end the war no matter how is in practice prolonging it. We should not be surprised by the result when the tools we use are counterproductive. Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements. Deputy"
X Link 2025-11-26T19:58Z 57.3K followers, 12.8K engagements
"@oroborous OK. Time to dream in another corner of the internet"
X Link 2025-11-26T20:21Z 57K followers, [---] engagements
""Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told European allies that the U.S. wants a peace deal before it agrees to any security guarantees for Ukraine." My comment: Russia seeks to subordinate the whole of Ukraine - its ambitions have not changed in the slightest. On the contrary Moscow now believes it might obtain from Trump the kind of accommodation or support that Biden categorically refused to grant. That is precisely why Russia will not accept any security guarantees for Ukraine as a part of "a peace deal": such guarantees would directly contradict its strategic goal of eventually bringing"
X Link 2025-11-27T09:26Z 57.2K followers, 45.5K engagements
"Wonderful. In return Europe stands fully prepared to put on paper a solemn guarantee of President Putins immortality. Since we are dealing strictly in the realm of fiction lets go all the way. President Putin: Russia is ready to put on paper that it has no aggressive plans towards Europe. https://t.co/ZpO3dys73y President Putin: Russia is ready to put on paper that it has no aggressive plans towards Europe. https://t.co/ZpO3dys73y"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:49Z 57.3K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Instead of peace through strength we are heading straight for war through weakness. Putin has clearly concluded that he is dealing with a U.S. administration not only packed with amateurs and internally weakened by warring factions but also utterly incapable of translating its own grand slogans into actual policy. That is why Russia is now reverting to the demands it put forward in February [----]. America has not looked this weak since the withdrawal from Afghanistan - precisely the moment when Putin decided to exploit Bidens vulnerability. Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:59Z 57.3K followers, 75.6K engagements
"The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The end goal is obviously not just the end of the war obviously that's essential and fundamental but it's also about securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity of real prosperity. HAPPENING NOW Rubio hosting Ukrainian delegation in Miami outlines conditions for a lasting settlement emphasizing Ukrainian sovereignty while Kyiv's top negotiator Umarov applauds the continued U.S. support 👇 https://t.co/hi4DOalE85 HAPPENING NOW Rubio hosting Ukrainian delegation in Miami outlines conditions for a lasting"
X Link 2025-11-30T19:57Z 57.2K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu asked President Trump for help securing a pardon underline a deeply troubling pattern: peace in exchange for corruption immunity. If true it is a perverse inversion of statesmanship - turning diplomacy into a bargaining chip for personal legal salvation. The fight against corruption should become the new global crusade - from Washington to Brussels Kyiv to Jerusalem. Democracies cannot afford leaders who treat the rule of law as a negotiable asset or who expect geopolitical leverage to erase personal accountability. If the integrity of institutions"
X Link 2025-12-02T22:06Z 57.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Europe is sleepwalking into the same trap it fell into with Russia: mistaking an authoritarian revisionist power for a benign economic partner and dismissing the strategic consequences until it is too late. Europe Has Chosen Its Future Partner and It Isnt the United States. We are seeing more and more signs that Europe has already made its choice for the future. The continent increasingly views China as a more dependable partner than the United States. European governments https://t.co/oRbKmDjhUg Europe Has Chosen Its Future Partner and It Isnt the United States. We are seeing more and more"
X Link 2025-12-03T07:07Z 57.3K followers, 73.6K engagements
"At the top of all this instead of pursuing a strategic decoupling from China Europes political and business elites seem far more eager to decouple from America. And - as always in such cases - we will later discover that this enthusiasm was not exactly disinterested. Behind it will be a great deal of Russian and Chinese corruption the same forces that have already distorted parts of Europes energy policy media narratives and foreign-policy choices. This is classic EU. Belgium says No to the EUs too-clever-by-half Russian asset sequestration scheme because it fears legal risks. Wants other EU"
X Link 2025-12-03T08:33Z 57.3K followers, 15.4K engagements
"Sergei Lavrov now suggests that Russias signature on yet another agreement should be treated as a credible guarantee of restraint. That request would carry more weight if Russia had not systematically violated virtually every foundational legal commitment that structured European security after [----] and after [----]. Russia has violated the UN Charter (the prohibition on the use of force) the Paris Charter for a New Europe the NATORussia Founding Act all its bilateral treaties with Ukraine recognizing its borders and the Budapest Memorandum under which Ukraine surrendered its nuclear weapons in"
X Link 2025-12-12T10:47Z 57.5K followers, 24.3K engagements
"Well done Indefinite immobilisation of Russian assets makes one thing unmistakably clear: aggression does not pay and it will not be normalised through fatigue ambiguity or pragmatic shortcuts. Russia should regain access to its funds only after the full withdrawal of its forces from the entire territory of Ukraine and after addressing its responsibility for the destruction it has caused. This decision sends an essential strategic and legal signal: nothing has changed in Europe. Territorial annexation by force remains prohibited under international law will not be recognised and will continue"
X Link 2025-12-12T18:50Z 57.5K followers, 21K engagements
"Ladies and Gentlemen We are witnessing a serious and deeply troubling scandal in Poland which must be described accurately and without exaggeration. According to Gazeta Wyborcza a liberal newspaper the case concerns a security clearance questionnaire completed by Sawomir Cenckiewicz in the spring of [----] at a time a public official. Today he serves as a minister and national security adviser to President Karol Nawrocki. The newspaper alleges that he failed to disclose the use of two medications affecting the central nervous system. Importantly Wyborcza did not publish the names of the drugs"
X Link 2025-12-15T10:35Z 59.3K followers, 290.4K engagements
"Actually it was President Karol Nawrocki who corrected Orban's claim first publicly on [--] August [----] and then directly to Trump in September in the White House explicitly pushing back against Orban's line by arguing that Russia is not invincible. On the contrary it has been defeated many times. That said Orban's perspective is understandable. Hungarians fought alongside Nazi Germany at Stalingrad and were decisively crushed there - an experience that still shapes their strategic memory. Historically speaking the only Hungarian who truly defeated Moscow was Stephen Bthory King of the"
X Link 2025-12-21T19:34Z 57.6K followers, 12.5K engagements
"Andrzej Duda did make a similar point in private when he met Donald Trump in [----]. But it was Karol Nawrocki who publicly countered Viktor Orbn. Nawrockis August speech was a direct response to Orbns remarks in the White House in July where Orbn argued that Russia is effectively invincible. Nawrocki explicitly rejected that thesis in public pointing out that history shows the opposite. That said we can probably agree on one thing: Polish presidents have a long tradition of correcting Orbns views on Russia - both privately and when necessary very publicly"
X Link 2025-12-21T19:55Z 57.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The call between @NawrockiKn Nawrocki and @POTUS Donald Trump matters because Polands understanding of Russia is indispensable to interpreting signals coming from Moscow. This is particularly relevant as reports circulate about Russias declared openness to a temporary ceasefire linked to a referendum in Donbas. Such signals must be read against Russias established record: every arrangement with Ukraine that relied on Russian assurances has been broken. Donald Trump is well aware that Russia has a structural tendency to deceive when incentives allow which is why his personal engagement in"
X Link 2025-12-26T18:51Z 58.5K followers, 53.4K engagements
"There is nothing new here. Russia has not altered its objectives in any meaningful way. Its demands Ukraines withdrawal from Donbas and the rejection of any meaningful ceasefire confirm that Moscow still seeks a strategic outcome not a negotiated settlement. Russia sees no incentive to accept a pause in the fighting. From its perspective time works in its favor: militarily politically and diplomatically. Any ceasefire that does not lock in Russian gains is therefore seen as unnecessary or even harmful. In this context Moscow promotes a narrative of moral symmetry arguing that Ukraine also"
X Link 2025-12-28T20:14Z 58.3K followers, 37.2K engagements
"The problem with Donald Tusk is that he consistently fails to align tools with his political objectives. For the past year and a half he has effectively run a public campaign on X that has made relations with Donald Trump harder - quite successfully unfortunately. The result is predictable: instead of being a participant in Trumps conversations with European leaders after the Mar-a-Lago meeting between Trump and Zelensky he has become a passive observertweeting in rather than shaping the discussion. It is therefore a good thing that Polands President Karol Nawrocki was involved. He has a"
X Link 2025-12-28T22:11Z 58.4K followers, 52.7K engagements
"I wouldnt accuse Donald Tusk of simply wanting to stay in power. That is the essence of politics: to remain in office in order to govern not to lose it. The problem is how this is done. Staying in power should serve the optimal fulfillment of the constitutional duty to ensure the defence of the state. We may personally dislike Donald Trump but he is the democratically elected president of the United States and the United States is Polands most important ally. Maintaining constructive relations with Washington is therefore not a matter of taste or ideology; it is a constitutional and treaty"
X Link 2025-12-28T22:42Z 58.3K followers, 11.6K engagements
"Disagree. Theres a simple rule in politics: if you are in a hole stop digging. None of the major European leaders are natural supporters of Donald Trump - yet most of them have adjusted and stopped deepening the problem. Donald Tusk is the exception. Instead of recalibrating he keeps digging and that is why the situation keeps getting worse for him. @SlawomirDebski Unfortunately for Tusk and his supporters he backed the wrong horse several months ago. All he can do now is stare at Twitter. @SlawomirDebski Unfortunately for Tusk and his supporters he backed the wrong horse several months ago."
X Link 2025-12-28T22:49Z 58.4K followers, 26.7K engagements
"Thank you Jim My very best wishes to all of you - an exceptional community of thinkers practitioners and friends - for the year [----]. May it bring you good health wisdom in decision-making and the strength to pursue what truly matters. Above all may [----] be a year of peace https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005681520573325364 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005681520573325364"
X Link 2025-12-29T16:45Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"What is becoming increasingly obvious - I hope even to Trump - is that Putins phone calls are not about bringing peace but about sabotaging Trumps talks with Zelensky and undermining any serious work on ending the war. From Putins perspective the last Mar-a-Lago summit went badly. Russia cannot accept any security guarantees for Ukraine not to mention U.S. military presence on Ukrainian soil and is not ready to return the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant either. Since these are precisely the issues that matter Moscows interest is not compromise - but another breakdown of talks. The"
X Link 2025-12-29T17:20Z 58.5K followers, 42.2K engagements
"A worth reading indeed: 👇 War with Russia is not inevitable. We know this because NATO and Russia have deterred one another thus far even while NATO arms and supports Ukraine to bleed Putins invading forces and even as Russia spies hacks and molests NATO countries below the level of all-out conflict. That is not to suggest that Russia is innocent of imperial designs. Rather it is to suggest that even predatory states can be deterred with capability and diplomacy. My piece in @TheCriticMag War with Russia is not inevitable: https://t.co/Xt8rzbIsk7 My piece in @TheCriticMag War with Russia is"
X Link 2025-12-30T08:43Z 58.4K followers, 18.2K engagements
"The idea that Russia can be pried away from China belongs to the same intellectual universe as Baron Mnchhausens self-rescue by hair-pulling: impressive only to those who confuse fairy tales with physics"
X Link 2025-12-30T08:44Z 58.5K followers, 27.3K engagements
"The moment Moscow crossed the nuclear threshold in this way everyone involved in making that decision would instantly become dead men walking. The political legal and strategic cost of their elimination would drop to zero- and would likely turn into a competition over whose drone reached Moscow first for dinner. Tactical nuclear use would not produce submission; it would trigger personal irreversible consequences for those responsible. Deterrence does not end at cities - it ends at decision-makers. @SlawomirDebski If Moscow cannot control Ukraine then they will make sure no one can by"
X Link 2025-12-30T12:06Z 58.6K followers, 55.3K engagements
"From Polands perspective the incorporation of Belarusian territory into the Russian military system together with the subordination of its command-and-control structures and the deployment on Belarusian soil of elements of Russias power-projection capabilities fundamentally alters Belaruss strategic status. Accordingly for the purposes of Polish defense planning Belarus will be treated as an integral part of the Russian operational area. 🚨 Russias Ministry of Defense has released footage showing what it describes as the deployment of the hypersonic ballistic missile system Oreshnik to combat"
X Link 2025-12-31T10:18Z 58.6K followers, 48.7K engagements
"Well what a shock - no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. Apparently no one blew up the villa this time - he seems rather more attached to it than to those apartment buildings back in [----]. CIA says there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. https://t.co/6EZBxGeCnP CIA says there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putins residence. https://t.co/6EZBxGeCnP"
X Link 2025-12-31T22:30Z 58.5K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Best wishes for [----] To another year of lowered expectations cautious optimism and the quiet satisfaction of being rightafter the fact"
X Link 2025-12-31T23:25Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Indeed. So whats the difference between trying to topple Maduro and Russia trying to decapitate Zelensky Not the methods. Regime change is an old tool. The difference is direction. The U.S. (rightly or wrongly) intervened to remove dictators - often violating its own liberal rules but claiming to widen political space. Russia isnt overthrowing dictators. Its attacking free states because they chose freedom. One can be called hypocrisy inside the liberal order. The other is a war against the idea of that order itself. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007433938348757155"
X Link 2026-01-03T12:48Z 58.5K followers, 18.1K engagements
"Many commentators argue that a world of conditional norms - that is norms upheld only so long as they align with the interests of those powerful enough to enforce them - is something new. In fact it is not. Russia has disregarded such norms for roughly twenty years; China has done so in the South China Sea for at least a decade - and somehow the world has continued to function. Today the United States openly states that it will act within the law when possible and outside the law when it deems this necessary to defend its vital interests. These emerging rules do not automatically imply a more"
X Link 2026-01-03T17:46Z 58.5K followers, 22K engagements
"The Kremlin should draw the right lesson from this.👇 The enemy within the walls The most sophisticated air-defense systems bunkers and layers of guards mean nothing if the people operating them decide not to fight or switch sides. 🚨⚡ Can Venezuelan air defenses repel a U.S. airstrike ✈ Venezuela's skies are protected by a layered network of Russian S-300 missiles mobile Buk systems and more than [----] shoulder-fired rockets. The myth of American air dominance has been shattered by outdated https://t.co/T1177WjuMU 🚨⚡ Can Venezuelan air defenses repel a U.S. airstrike ✈ Venezuela's skies are"
X Link 2026-01-04T20:52Z 58.7K followers, 18.5K engagements
"The United States - even if it is not always a state governed by law in action - is undoubtedly a state of lawyers in practice. There is little doubt that any alleged overreach of presidential authority will ultimately be scrutinized by the courts regardless of the political context or short-term effectiveness of the decision. As for Greenland the matter is even clearer: an order to annex it would be unquestionably unlawful both under international law and under the constitutional limits on presidential power. 👇 Treaties such as the U.N. Charter are part of U.S. supreme Law of the Land under"
X Link 2026-01-04T22:52Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Brilliant idea. I suggest we start with Vienna - the Austrians will provide us with invaluable leverage against Alpine marmots. While were at it we can declare a buffer zone made of cafs and strudel because nothing deters imperialism quite like a [--] melange and deeply offended neutrality. If the US annexes Greenland we must confiscate all US bases in Europe says Austria's NATO enlargement committee chairman Fehlinger. "If you take Greenland you have to leave". https://t.co/LJcwMVf5O2 If the US annexes Greenland we must confiscate all US bases in Europe says Austria's NATO enlargement committee"
X Link 2026-01-06T21:29Z 58.7K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Well this is a Soviet propaganda myth still repeated today built on the deliberate Russification of Soviet losses. How it worked: The USSR lost [--] million people in WWII. What followed was a political operation not historical accounting. 1.Losses were reported as Soviet then gradually rebranded as Russian. ethnic breakdown was published by design. 3.This erased the fact that Ukraine (7m) and Belarus (2.5m; 2530% of the population) suffered proportionally more than Russia. In Soviet memory politics: - Russians became the main victims - Others were reduced to a supporting cast - Occupied"
X Link 2026-01-08T02:04Z 59.1K followers, 380K engagements
"This is of course not the end of international law. Neither Hitler nor Stalin managed to kill it and Trump will not do so either. What is required however is sustained pressure on every future U.S. administration to break with the notion that America stands above the law. That includes renewed seriousness about submitting to international judicial mechanisms - tribunals that have been disliked both by Democratic and Republican administrations alike. Responsibility for the current state of affairs lies largely with todays American elite which has contributed to the oligarchisation of"
X Link 2026-01-09T14:23Z 58.7K followers, [----] engagements
"International law did not begin with the twentieth century and it will not end with Donald Trump. Diplomatic treaties were already being concluded in the ancient Near East more than three thousand years ago as part of an established practice of regulating relations between political communities. Law has outlived far greater figures than any contemporary politician ever will. Trump may claim that international law does not interest him. That is irrelevant. International law will continue to exist long after he has faded from history as a subject of serious analysis. Polands own legal tradition"
X Link 2026-01-09T15:49Z 58.7K followers, 18.9K engagements
"It would be helpful if Spain before sketching pious visions of a European army first focused on what it can do on its own: fulfilling Article [--] of the Washington Treaty by putting its national armed forces on a credible footing and allocating adequate resources to that task. At a moment when European allies are not even prepared to agree on extending the nuclear-sharing programme to Finland or Poland talk of a fully autonomous European army sounds less like strategy and more like wishful-thinking fairy tales. Spain calls on Europe to establish its own army. "We cannot be dependent on third"
X Link 2026-01-10T21:07Z 59.1K followers, 183.2K engagements
"There is a thin line between seriousness and grotesque - and this 👇seems to cross it. BREAKING: Germany is deploying [--] military ships to Greenland https://t.co/Vnvvbq1liz BREAKING: Germany is deploying [--] military ships to Greenland https://t.co/Vnvvbq1liz"
X Link 2026-01-10T22:07Z 58.7K followers, 24.7K engagements
"One of the dumbest ways to frame the stakes is to say it shreds NRFA Well. The NATO-Russia Founding Act was conditional on Russias compliance with the UN Charter the Helsinki Final Act (CSCE/OSCE) and core arms-control commitments (CFE/INF logic). Russia has been violating all of this for over a decade - since [----]. You cant shred an act that Moscow already burned. And lets be clear: the Eastern Flank is not and never has been a buffer zone. These are sovereign NATO states and in military terms stronger and more relevant than several allies comfortably sitting on Atlantic beaches. Calling"
X Link 2026-01-11T07:53Z 58.7K followers, 49.9K engagements
"I keep hearing claims that if a Trump administration were ever to decide to annex Greenland it would amount to NATO against NATO. I am convinced nothing of the sort will happen: there will be no annexation and no hot conflict only unnecessary emotions stirred by hypothetical scenarios. Still it is worth recalling the Preamble of the North Atlantic Treaty if only to remind ourselves of the exceptional community that created it and the purposes it set for itself. The Allies committed themselves not merely to collective defence but to the preservation of peace freedom democracy and the rule of"
X Link 2026-01-11T08:54Z 58.7K followers, 17.1K engagements
"Why not go all the way and send Federica Mogherini - she seems to possess absolutely every qualification one could possibly need for conversations in the Kremlin. Finnish President Stubb and Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Considered as EU Special Envoys to Talk with Putin on Ukraine Politico Macrons recent attempt to resume talks with the Kremlin has found support in both the EU leadership and European capitals. The Finnish President Stubb and Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Considered as EU Special Envoys to Talk with Putin on Ukraine Politico Macrons recent attempt to"
X Link 2026-01-14T11:35Z 59.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Somehow Im convinced the current hyperventilation over Greenlands role in U.S. security will lead to a new division of labor between the U.S. and Europe in the Arctic. But there is another issue: from Mar-a-Lago youre closer to a real green island one whose strategic value to U.S. security is far greater than ice-covered Greenland. Cuba once sat at the center of U.S. strategic attention. Casinos holidays fun. It was pulled out of the Western Hemisphere by Russia. If NSS [----] says the Western Hemisphere is the priority Cuba matters more than Greenland. And Trump would be welcomed in Cuba as a"
X Link 2026-01-14T20:51Z 58.9K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Wess Mitchell in a highly worth-reading article offers a coherent rationalization of Donald Trumps grand strategy as an "consolidation: an attempt by a great power to proactively shore up its position in order to increase its disposable power over time" in anticipation of long-term competition with a formidable rival - China. At the center of this strategy lies the skillful use of alliances: "Allies are essential not just for bearing a greater burden for local defense but for aggregating population wealth and innovation for long-term technological and industrial competition. China has a head"
X Link 2026-01-15T17:18Z 59.1K followers, 14.3K engagements
"It is worth reading the post by @W_Kononczuk - the head of @OSW_eng Translation: "The Pilecki Institute in Berlin has published my article in German Germany Will Never Forget but Will Not Pay in which I ask why Poles still have to bear the financial burden of maintaining memorial sites at former German extermination camps (Auschwitz Sobibor Majdanek etc.). I offered the article for publication to several German newspapers (e.g. @faznet @DIEZEIT). I received replies along the lines of Your article sounds very interesting; it is an important topic and then the editorial offices stopped"
X Link 2026-01-15T19:58Z 59.1K followers, 14.9K engagements
"Hmm.Id take it. Gladly. If Donald Trump slaps tariffs on those who object theyll retaliate with reciprocal tariffs statements will be exchanged lawyers will feast markets will sigh and almost magically well all move on to something else. Trade wars are noisy procedural and wonderfully boring. They escalate they get managed they end up in negotiations. So yes. Tariffs instead of tantrums Id take that deal. President Trump will impose tariffs on countries that oppose Greenland plans https://t.co/zZbGa4nkJz President Trump will impose tariffs on countries that oppose Greenland plans"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:33Z 59.3K followers, 21.8K engagements
"@JanSobieraj Dream less"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:37Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements
"For European decision-makers searching for answers I would offer three unglamorous recommendations. First calm the emotions. Strong feelings may be cathartic but they have never been a reliable guide to prudent statecraft. Strategy begins where outrage ends. Governments that allow themselves to be carried by the emotional weather of the moment usually discover - too late - that they have confused performance with policy. Second ask a simple but uncomfortable question: what is the long-term objective The future does not end with Donald Trumps presidency. There is an era after Trump and"
X Link 2026-01-17T21:42Z 59.2K followers, 202.3K engagements
"Sorry but Im not going to endorse making trillion-euro decisions and gambling hundreds of thousands of jobs on hypothetical scenarios. Thats not serious policy-making. If you really want that kind of clarity I suggest relocating to a smaller island - say St. Helena. From there the world always looks wonderfully simple. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012647219543884048 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012647219543884048"
X Link 2026-01-17T22:04Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements
"This thought captures in a nutshell the dilemma now facing the Alliance. 👇 "If allies begin to doubt that their sovereignty will be respected by their partners why should adversaries believe that the alliance would defend our sovereignty against external threats What is at stake here is not Greenland itself but the future of the trans-Atlantic relationship." My two cents to add: Europe carries a heavier historical memory of imperialism than the United States - unfortuntelly - and that experience has produced hard-earned lessons. One is captured in the remark attributed to Talleyrand: With"
X Link 2026-01-18T19:10Z 59.2K followers, 26K engagements
"One is tempted to conclude that Nero too might have expected a Nobel Prize - after all he did put an end to Romes housing problem by burning the city down. There comes a moment when exaggeration ceases to be rhetorical flourish and becomes self-parody. Claiming ownership of Greenland because boats once landed there is not strategy at all; it is archaeology with delusions of grandeur. This is therefore a useful moment - indeed a necessary one - for every plausible post-Trump candidate for the White House to state clearly and without euphemism that they will not continue this approach to"
X Link 2026-01-19T10:19Z 59.2K followers, 16.3K engagements
"There is a certain irony here. Those with the itchiest trigger fingers tend to come from countries that are at present largely irrelevant to Europes actual defence. Spain has yet to fulfil its obligations under Article [--] of the Washington Treaty. Portugal would matter little if Europe were required to defend Finland Estonia Latvia or Lithuania against Russian tanks rolling west. And yet these are often the first to lecture others on how European security should be shaped and how Europe ought to respond to Trumps particular brand of political madness. Calling this grotesque may actually be an"
X Link 2026-01-19T10:46Z 59.2K followers, 21K engagements
"Reason enough to keep well clear of it (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join Donald Trumps proposed Board of Peace for Gaza the Kremlin said. (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join Donald Trumps proposed Board of Peace for Gaza the Kremlin said"
X Link 2026-01-19T12:48Z 59.2K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Since we are already toying with historical analogies As a result of the partitions Poles had the unique - and painful - opportunity to compare three different imperialisms firsthand: Russian German and Austrian. Each suppressed Polish freedom but each did so in its own way. Had Poles been allowed to choose they would have ranked the occupations accordingly. The mildest was the Austrian one followed by the German - both rested at least formally on the rule of law: operative constraining imperfect but recognisable. The worst was the Russian system governed not by the rule of law but by rule by"
X Link 2026-01-20T04:58Z 59.2K followers, 31.6K engagements
"👇This is a popular belief: that alliances are a kind of moral give and take. The problem is that it isnt true. No alliance is automatic. Just read Article [--] of the Washington Treaty: each ally decides for itself what form of assistance it provides. That is not a loophole - it exists because allies have different capabilities and different political constraints. Alliance theory is blunt on this point: weak allies get abandoned; those who can defend themselves attract support. Lets be honest. Europe cannot realistically defend Greenland against Trumps appetites. What Europe can realistically"
X Link 2026-01-20T08:33Z 59.2K followers, 10.9K engagements
"A voice of cool reason from Polish finance minister @Domanski_Andrz. 👇 There is no denying that Polands economy has performed exceptionally well over the last three decades - what Polish economist Marcin Pitkowski (@mmpiatkowski) has called Polands golden age - and that much of this success has come while remaining outside the euro. Given the sharp and persistent difficulties Italy has faced since entering the eurozone (a useful cautionary example) there are few systemic incentives to rush down the same path. In my view Poland will not adopt the euro for at least the next decade - and"
X Link 2026-01-25T11:50Z 59.3K followers, 27.8K engagements
"Polands strong growth over the last two decades was driven largely by competitiveness that is exports FDI and reinvested earnings - not by a surge in external borrowing. And the idea that euro adoption would automatically deliver cheaper credit is questionable: Being in the euro does not guarantee uniformly lower interest rates. Market borrowing costs reflect countryspecific risk premia (spreads) fiscal credibility and institutional strength - not the zones average rate. The eurozone average interest rate is a misleading benchmark for any single country. What matters is the spread Poland"
X Link 2026-01-25T12:13Z 59.3K followers, [---] engagements
"If RUS GRU specials activity #Sloviansk confirmed UKRgov sld stop calling own resp "Anti-terrorist op" http://t.co/6guomkZxqM @olgatokariuk https://x.com/Dbnmjr/status/455251965904039936/photo/1 https://x.com/Dbnmjr/status/455251965904039936/photo/1"
X Link 2014-04-13T08:28Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements
".@KadriLiik We are on the same page"
X Link 2014-08-25T18:27Z 56.2K followers, [--] engagements
"I have made my views about Russias foreign and domestic policy known to the public for the past [--] years. They might not have always been to the liking of the Russian authorities. But I honestly doubt whether my visits to Russia stood in conflict with ensuring"
X Link 2018-05-29T12:56Z 40.7K followers, [--] engagements
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