Henning Hoff
@henninghoff.bsky.social
Executive editor INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY @ipq.bsky.social / Editor-at-Large @internationalepolitik.de, published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP); International Fellow @congeostrategy.bsky.social; lapsed Londoner.
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Henning Hoff
@henninghoff.bsky.social
· Oct 21
It was a great pleasure hosting yesterday‘s Special @ipq.bsky.social Debate on “Defending Europe‘s Economic Security“ with @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social as the keynote speaker and a stellar panel of Oliver Rentschler (AA), Katharina Neckel (DIHK) & Filip Medunic (DGAP). (Pictures by Tim Hofmann)
Certainly one way of looking at the founding of a hard-left party in the UK.
Russian psyop to make your brain go bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt instead of anything useful
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Certainly one way of looking at the founding of a hard-left party in the UK.
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‘🇬🇧 is in the best position of all to persuade 🇺🇸 that this is not the time to cut a bad deal and hand 🇷🇺 an unprecedented victory,’ writes @henninghoff.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
How should Britain lead the European response to America’s ‘peace plan’?
The Big Ask | No. 47.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
‘🇬🇧 is in the best position of all to persuade 🇺🇸 that this is not the time to cut a bad deal and hand 🇷🇺 an unprecedented victory,’ writes @henninghoff.bsky.social
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
Must-read. The economic dimension to Trump’s “peace initiative”, and basically its rationale.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Must-read. The economic dimension to Trump’s “peace initiative”, and basically its rationale.
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How should 🇬🇧 lead the response to 🇺🇸 ‘peace plan’?
✍️ We asked 5 experts - Dr Przemysław Biskup, @henninghoff.bsky.social,
@lanoszka.bsky.social, @philippelefevre.bsky.social and Dr Timothy Less - in today’s #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld
✍️ We asked 5 experts - Dr Przemysław Biskup, @henninghoff.bsky.social,
@lanoszka.bsky.social, @philippelefevre.bsky.social and Dr Timothy Less - in today’s #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld
How should Britain lead the European response to America’s ‘peace plan’?
The Big Ask | No. 47.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How should 🇬🇧 lead the response to 🇺🇸 ‘peace plan’?
✍️ We asked 5 experts - Dr Przemysław Biskup, @henninghoff.bsky.social,
@lanoszka.bsky.social, @philippelefevre.bsky.social and Dr Timothy Less - in today’s #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld
✍️ We asked 5 experts - Dr Przemysław Biskup, @henninghoff.bsky.social,
@lanoszka.bsky.social, @philippelefevre.bsky.social and Dr Timothy Less - in today’s #BigAsk
#BritainsWorld
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Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia
Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
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I could see upholding EU tech rules, not caving to Trump, cracking down on US tech firms, enforcing the DSA to protect children/democracy, etc as a political winner for the S&D/center left which is looking for some winning issues
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I could see upholding EU tech rules, not caving to Trump, cracking down on US tech firms, enforcing the DSA to protect children/democracy, etc as a political winner for the S&D/center left which is looking for some winning issues
Great insights into the Kremlin’s “information operation” of the past few days, helped along by Witkoff (and Trump), by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Loser takes it all? – How Trump's plan for Ukraine fell apart. @lukeharding1968.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to explain why the plan was simply a Russian foreign policy offensive with Trump as its salesman. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#trump #politics #putin #USPOL
#trump #politics #putin #USPOL
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great insights into the Kremlin’s “information operation” of the past few days, helped along by Witkoff (and Trump), by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
Important to keep the facts of the situation in mind.
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Important to keep the facts of the situation in mind.
The future of the Future Combat Air System as a Franco-German prestige project no longer looks so bright. Perhaps that’s not a bad thing. What Europe needs most urgently are accelerated projects to fill capability gaps; most of them are likely best organized nationally w/ EU-/NATO buy-in.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The future of the Future Combat Air System as a Franco-German prestige project no longer looks so bright. Perhaps that’s not a bad thing. What Europe needs most urgently are accelerated projects to fill capability gaps; most of them are likely best organized nationally w/ EU-/NATO buy-in.
Hard-hitting and persuasive by Robin Harding www.ft.com/content/f294...
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Hard-hitting and persuasive by Robin Harding www.ft.com/content/f294...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de Johann Wadephul opens #BerlinForum & calls deterrence of Russia one of his priorities: “Russia wants to have the option of waging war against NATO by 2029”
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de Johann Wadephul opens #BerlinForum & calls deterrence of Russia one of his priorities: “Russia wants to have the option of waging war against NATO by 2029”
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Rubio told senators that the so-called Ukraine peace plan, which reads like a list of Russian demands. was actually given to the Trump team by Moscow, according to a Republican senator. Now Rubio's denying it and insisting it really is a US plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Rubio told senators that the so-called Ukraine peace plan, which reads like a list of Russian demands. was actually given to the Trump team by Moscow, according to a Republican senator. Now Rubio's denying it and insisting it really is a US plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
DOGE is gone. So it was only a Trumpian gimmick after all, costing potentially hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and destroying US soft power.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
DOGE is gone. So it was only a Trumpian gimmick after all, costing potentially hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and destroying US soft power.
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New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
Power Houses
Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.
ip-quarterly.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
The backstory of the “peace plan”. A Trumpian White House adopted it, a forceful, self-assured European response will eventually bury it.
Reflexive control “is the psychological trick by which the Russians get their enemies to allow the Russians to do their thinking for them, at their own expense.” @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on how a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence.
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The backstory of the “peace plan”. A Trumpian White House adopted it, a forceful, self-assured European response will eventually bury it.
Lots of good points in this take by @maxbergmann.bsky.social
My cynical gut reaction to US-Russia negotiated deal is that the Kremlin was very smart. This is a play to divide not just the US and Ukraine but the US and Europe. They made what look like concessions, so they look reasonable. They also threw US some money. But they know Ukraine/EU can't say yes.1/
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Lots of good points in this take by @maxbergmann.bsky.social
Quite literally a Russian diktat. Has there ever been a lower point in US diplomacy? @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Quite literally a Russian diktat. Has there ever been a lower point in US diplomacy? @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
Is Trump coming to Munich to sign it?
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Is Trump coming to Munich to sign it?
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I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
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BREAKING🧨: Trump's team is negotiating peace plan for Ukraine with Russia. Just Russia. Not Ukraine. Not the Europeans (who will need to implement it). “We don't really care about the Europeans,” one White House official tells Politico. With friends like these... www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...
Scoop: U.S. secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
"We feel the Russian position is really being heard," Russia's envoy told Axios.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
BREAKING🧨: Trump's team is negotiating peace plan for Ukraine with Russia. Just Russia. Not Ukraine. Not the Europeans (who will need to implement it). “We don't really care about the Europeans,” one White House official tells Politico. With friends like these... www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
The end of Germany’s “Huawei saga“ it seems. Good step.
A strong new signal from Merz: “We have decided within the government that everywhere it’s possible we’ll replace components, for example in the 5G network, with components we have produced ourselves. And we won’t allow any components from China in the 6G network.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany to Ban Huawei From Future 6G Network in Sovereignty Push
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Chinese suppliers such as Huawei Technologies Co. will be excluded from the country’s future telecommunication networks on security grounds as he pushes for more ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The end of Germany’s “Huawei saga“ it seems. Good step.
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