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Michael Clarke
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Defence and Security Analyst. Former Director General, Royal United Services Institute. Former Professor of Defence Studies, King's College London. Now Visiting Professor at KCL and University of Exeter and holds Fellowships at a number of institutions. .. more

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Michael Clarke is a British academic who specialises in defence studies. He was Director of the Royal United Services Institute from 2007 to 2015. Since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has served as Sky News' security and defence analyst. .. more

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 3h
The Trump Administration now aims to undermine the sovereignty of Denmark, one of its NATO allies. Copenhagen and Nuuk should refuse to speak with him except through the accredited US Ambassador to Denmark. And if he interferes with Greenland public, deny him entry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Trump envoy says he will serve to make Greenland part of US
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 4d
Europeans are 'little pigs' said Putin. And, 'there is no civilization there, only degradation'. Looks to be consciously lining up with the Trump Nat. Security Strategy view of Europe. Europeans assaulted on all sides now. Need to be clear to ourselves what we stand for, and make it count.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 5d
🥴 Kremlin Plans: Offensive and “Historical Lands”

Putin emphasized that Russia possesses the capability to increase the pace of the offensive in key directions.

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Kremlin Plans: Offensive and “Historical Lands”
Russia has officially confirmed that its goals in the "special military operation" remain unchanged and will be achieved at any cost. President Vladimir Putin s
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 8d
Yes, proper journalism. Be there, see it, report it - whatever you see....
leonfrench.bsky.social Leon French @leonfrench.bsky.social · 21d
'This is journalism at its most raw': Go behind the scenes on the frontline with new-look Sky News show

Hotspots returns with a new digital-first format and a host of exhilarating locations - taking viewers into some of the world's most hostile environments.

#journalism #peporting #hotspots
'This is journalism at its most raw': Go behind the scenes on the frontline with new-look Sky News show
Last aired on TV in 2021, Hotspots returns with a new digital-first format and a host of exhilarating locations - taking viewers into some of the world's most hostile environments.
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 8d
Excellent front line material from Stuart Ramsey and Alex Crawford in the new Hotspots format. Important to keep it real while we all discuss 'conflicts' in a detached sort of way...
project-push.tk.gg Project Push @project-push.tk.gg · 22d
Sky News
New Hotspots: Feel the heat of the frontline with Alex Crawford and Stuart Ramsay
via Sky News

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 14d
An important The National Interest article on how Georgian Dream has turned Georgia into a key sanctions-evasion corridor fueling Russia’s war economy, while aligning with Moscow, Beijing & Tehran and escalating domestic repression.

Thank you, Nikoloz Chkhaidze!
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 14d
No way of telling whether MAGA America is - or will be - the real America. That's a 10-year struggle, it seems. But for now, the US sees itself as detached from the Tranaatlantic relationship. War in Europe is far more likely as a result.Trump isn't much of an ally any more, still less a friend.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 14d
The 29 page US SecurityStrategy is incoherent and full of contradictions. It posits a world based on sovereign nations, not int law/institiutions. But that sovereignty doesn't extend to Europe where the US asserts a right to act against our domestic politics to support the anti-democrats it likes.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 14d
BBC News - New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
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New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 18d
Sensible support to Ukraine. Medvedev, predictably, said it was risking European war - as if Russia's attack was not being critically propped up by China, North Korea and Iran. Good for Denmark - producing fuel for Ukraine's own FP5 Flamingo missile.
antongerashchenko.bsky.social Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18d
On December 2,Ukraine&Denmark started work on a rocket fuel factory on the Danish territory,marking the first time a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer will operate in a NATO country⤵️

📹:Danish Industry Minister Morten Bødskov, mayor of the Haderslev Municipality Mads Skau,FPRT's Bondarchuk

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18d
On December 2,Ukraine&Denmark started work on a rocket fuel factory on the Danish territory,marking the first time a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer will operate in a NATO country⤵️

📹:Danish Industry Minister Morten Bødskov, mayor of the Haderslev Municipality Mads Skau,FPRT's Bondarchuk

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rak @raksky.bsky.social · 19d
This was from an interview promoting @alexcrawfreports.bsky.social new “Hotspots” series “behind the scenes into some of the world's most hostile environments” on Sky News: youtu.be/-i90056QNHg

Another clip from that interview ⤵️

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Leon French @leonfrench.bsky.social · 21d
'This is journalism at its most raw': Go behind the scenes on the frontline with new-look Sky News show

Hotspots returns with a new digital-first format and a host of exhilarating locations - taking viewers into some of the world's most hostile environments.

#journalism #peporting #hotspots
'This is journalism at its most raw': Go behind the scenes on the frontline with new-look Sky News show
Last aired on TV in 2021, Hotspots returns with a new digital-first format and a host of exhilarating locations - taking viewers into some of the world's most hostile environments.
news.sky.com

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Project Push @project-push.tk.gg · 22d
Sky News
New Hotspots: Feel the heat of the frontline with Alex Crawford and Stuart Ramsay
via Sky News

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Nov 14
There are also previous examples, like 'extraordinary rendition' and other US counter-terrorist policies, where the UK is worried about complicity in a policy that may subsequently be judged illegal. Sometimes intell cooperation is withheld until 'assurances' have been received. Maybe not this time?
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Nov 11
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Nov 14
Russian robot fully authentic - it's a drunk. (Others thought of that one before me). Been laughing about it all morning, while China shows off its 'invasion dogs' robot force with an eye on amphibious Taiwan landings - not so funny.
maks23.bsky.social MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Nov 11
Russian new robot… LOL 🤖😄

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Nov 11
Russian new robot… LOL 🤖😄

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Nov 11
There are quite a few reasons why the UK and other 5-Eyes countries are probably not sharing their most valuable intelligence with the US at the moment. This is just another. Of course, they cannot say so openly, but all important intell-sharing is based on trust. And that's very tough just now.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Nov 11
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Nov 11
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Oct 21
This may not be it, but I sense that Ukr has been preparing for one or more 'spectaculars' if only to help reverse the Putin/US narrative that Ukr is militarily close to defeat. The Russian ground offensive has run out of steam & now Ukr wants to hit hard to show them - & the world - that they can.
militarynewsua.bsky.social 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · Oct 21
❗️🇷🇺Russian monitoring channels write that a number of their regions are under combined attack by cruise missiles "Flamingo", "Storm Shadow/Scalp", "Neptune" and "Peklo" missile drones, as well as Himars missiles, and there is a threat even to the Moscow region.

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · Oct 21
❗️🇷🇺Russian monitoring channels write that a number of their regions are under combined attack by cruise missiles "Flamingo", "Storm Shadow/Scalp", "Neptune" and "Peklo" missile drones, as well as Himars missiles, and there is a threat even to the Moscow region.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Oct 14
This is part of a good 2023 Russian joke during the Sweden / Finland accession issue. When God heard that all Russians automatically go to heaven, heaven applied to join NATO. (Brits & Russians do share a certain sense of humour).
antongerashchenko.bsky.social Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Oct 14
More nuclear threats from the Russian propagandists should Ukraine get Tomahawks.

Solovyev has said that "they [the West] will die but we'll go to heaven" at least three times in the past couple of weeks.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Oct 14
More nuclear threats from the Russian propagandists should Ukraine get Tomahawks.

Solovyev has said that "they [the West] will die but we'll go to heaven" at least three times in the past couple of weeks.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Oct 2
As I said last week - there will be a lot of veto activity before anything is possible on EU membership, so it will be up to bilateral relations with Ukraine and Moldova to help wherever other supportive states can. But it will be difficult.
theukrainianreview.bsky.social The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · Oct 2
🇳🇱❗️🇺🇦🇲🇩 The Netherlands is against proposal, which would allow Ukraine and Moldova to open the first chapter of the negotiations on accession to the EU, bypassing the Hungarian veto, — Dutch PM

The Netherlands refuses to change the principle of unanimity for the opening of the negotiating blocs.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · Oct 2
🇳🇱❗️🇺🇦🇲🇩 The Netherlands is against proposal, which would allow Ukraine and Moldova to open the first chapter of the negotiations on accession to the EU, bypassing the Hungarian veto, — Dutch PM

The Netherlands refuses to change the principle of unanimity for the opening of the negotiating blocs.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Sep 30
The idea that everyone in the military must meet 'the highest male standards' echos the approach of Montgomery taking over 8th Army and Slim with 14th Army in 2WW. But that was when the military was a much simpler animal. There is only room for so much Bruce Willis now.
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mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Sep 30
I can't imagine this speech has gone down well with hundreds of experienced senior officers - patronising & insulting by turns. It stressed all the most obvious military points that they will have conveyed to their novice officers and cadets dozens of times. So ill-judged.
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militarynewsua.bsky.social 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · Sep 30
❗️🇺🇸Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth: We have the strongest, deadliest, and most well-prepared military on the planet.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Sep 30
I can't imagine this speech has gone down well with hundreds of experienced senior officers - patronising & insulting by turns. It stressed all the most obvious military points that they will have conveyed to their novice officers and cadets dozens of times. So ill-judged.
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militarynewsua.bsky.social 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · Sep 30
❗️🇺🇸Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth: We have the strongest, deadliest, and most well-prepared military on the planet.

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Sep 29
It will be a long road to EU membership and Budapest and Bratislava will both try to veto any progress on behalf of Putin. But Romania has a natural inerest in helping Moldova develop and a lot can be done bilaterally by many European states.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 29
The pro-European party won Moldova’s election but obstacles to join the EU remain
The pro-European party won Moldova’s election but obstacles to join the EU remain
Russia’s campaign to amplify societal distrust continues as membership talks have stalled
www.theguardian.com

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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · Sep 29
Congratulations to the brave Maia Sandu and the PAS in Moldova on their convincing election win, despite a really big Kremlin campaign to get their clients back into government in Chisinau. A small piece of good news in the big picture of liberal democracy under terminal threat during our lifetime.