RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥
@templeofhate.com
Neocon apostate, neorealism convert, unapologetic liberal democrat. Volunteer for Ukraine. Posts in 🇬🇧 or 🇩🇪.
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#PolSci, #GeoPolitics, #Ukraine
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@templeofhate.com
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Off to Lviv, Kyiv, and Vinnytsia I go! Three weeks volunteering in Ukraine again. A 🧵.
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»Russian provocations on the "escalation threshold" and a threat of war more concrete than ever - the Inspector of the Navy is urging maximum operational readiness for ships and crews. In any case, inaction is not a strategy for avoiding conflict.«
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Vizeadmiral Kaack: Kriegsgefahr „konkreter denn je“
Russische Provokationen an der „Eskalationsschwelle“ und eine Kriegsgefahr konkreter denn je – der Inspekteur der Marine dringt auf höchste Einsatzbereitschaft bei Schiffen und Besatzung. Harmlosigkei...
www.faz.net
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
»Russian provocations on the "escalation threshold" and a threat of war more concrete than ever - the Inspector of the Navy is urging maximum operational readiness for ships and crews. In any case, inaction is not a strategy for avoiding conflict.«
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Strong Führerbunker April 45 vibes emanating from this piece of genetic garbage. Meanwhile in Real Russia, vast amounts of slaves have no indoor plumbing. #РусниПизда
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Strong Führerbunker April 45 vibes emanating from this piece of genetic garbage. Meanwhile in Real Russia, vast amounts of slaves have no indoor plumbing. #РусниПизда
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6 seconds, it takes just 6 seconds for Lviv city workers to get back to shovelling snow after russians try to kill them, with the explosion just 50 meters away.
Now THAT is 🇺🇦Ukrainian resilience!
Now THAT is 🇺🇦Ukrainian resilience!
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
6 seconds, it takes just 6 seconds for Lviv city workers to get back to shovelling snow after russians try to kill them, with the explosion just 50 meters away.
Now THAT is 🇺🇦Ukrainian resilience!
Now THAT is 🇺🇦Ukrainian resilience!
Thanks for nothing, GOP.
“As for systems from the United States, no new systems have arrived.”
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“As for systems from the United States, no new systems have arrived.”
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wapo.st/4qY42Jh
Zelensky slams Kyiv officials as residents lose power in below-freezing temperatures
In Kyiv, a frigid lottery of sorts is playing out in which residents may have power, heat or water but almost never all three depending on where they live.
wapo.st
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Thanks for nothing, GOP.
“As for systems from the United States, no new systems have arrived.”
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wapo.st/4qY42Jh
“As for systems from the United States, no new systems have arrived.”
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wapo.st/4qY42Jh
"A generation" seems optimistic.
»Fergus Macphee is joined by Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Kori Schake. They discuss why Donald Trump has eased off talk of striking Iran, the latest situation in Greenland and Minneapolis.«
»Fergus Macphee is joined by Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Kori Schake. They discuss why Donald Trump has eased off talk of striking Iran, the latest situation in Greenland and Minneapolis.«
It will take a ‘generation’ to repair damage Trump has caused to the US | The Trump Report | The Trump Report
With Kori Schake & Fergus Macphee
shows.acast.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
"A generation" seems optimistic.
»Fergus Macphee is joined by Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Kori Schake. They discuss why Donald Trump has eased off talk of striking Iran, the latest situation in Greenland and Minneapolis.«
»Fergus Macphee is joined by Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Kori Schake. They discuss why Donald Trump has eased off talk of striking Iran, the latest situation in Greenland and Minneapolis.«
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An ICE Agent's Life in Four Acts:
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
An ICE Agent's Life in Four Acts:
"Just this week, when Trump was swaying to music at a surreal rally, he did so in front of a huge slogan: 'Trump Was Right About Everything.' This is language borrowed directly from Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini
The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
"Just this week, when Trump was swaying to music at a surreal rally, he did so in front of a huge slogan: 'Trump Was Right About Everything.' This is language borrowed directly from Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
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Reinforcing international politics crisis and threatening your allies by meme. The world of 2026.
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Reinforcing international politics crisis and threatening your allies by meme. The world of 2026.
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Polish President Nawrocki:
"We in Poland, we don't know different Russia than aggressive Russia. Never mind Tsarist Russia, White Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or today's Putin's Russia - is always the threat for Poland, for Europe, for East-Central Europe."
"We in Poland, we don't know different Russia than aggressive Russia. Never mind Tsarist Russia, White Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or today's Putin's Russia - is always the threat for Poland, for Europe, for East-Central Europe."
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Polish President Nawrocki:
"We in Poland, we don't know different Russia than aggressive Russia. Never mind Tsarist Russia, White Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or today's Putin's Russia - is always the threat for Poland, for Europe, for East-Central Europe."
"We in Poland, we don't know different Russia than aggressive Russia. Never mind Tsarist Russia, White Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or today's Putin's Russia - is always the threat for Poland, for Europe, for East-Central Europe."
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We all want peace for Ukraine.
For this, Ukraine must be in a position of strength.
Today we table our proposal for a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027.
For a strong Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
→ link.europa.eu/QrBXHy
For this, Ukraine must be in a position of strength.
Today we table our proposal for a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027.
For a strong Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
→ link.europa.eu/QrBXHy
January 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
We all want peace for Ukraine.
For this, Ukraine must be in a position of strength.
Today we table our proposal for a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027.
For a strong Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
→ link.europa.eu/QrBXHy
For this, Ukraine must be in a position of strength.
Today we table our proposal for a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027.
For a strong Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
→ link.europa.eu/QrBXHy
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
This by @warinthefuture.bsky.social is absolutely brilliant.
I hope this link does what I think it does and will let you read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...
I hope this link does what I think it does and will let you read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...
The Greenland Expedition
A fictional account of an American military expedition to Greenland. I hope this situation will be resolved short of military operations. But to prevent the worst, we need to imagine it.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
This by @warinthefuture.bsky.social is absolutely brilliant.
I hope this link does what I think it does and will let you read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...
I hope this link does what I think it does and will let you read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...
»Russia is using online messaging apps and cryptocurrency payments to recruit "disposable" agents for low-cost sabotage operations throughout Europe, a report has said.« Retaliation, please? Cruise missiles for Ukraine?
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Russia’s ‘disposable’ saboteurs spread chaos across Europe
A new report from the Royal United Services Institute reveals covert operations aiming to undermine public support for Ukraine
www.thetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
»Russia is using online messaging apps and cryptocurrency payments to recruit "disposable" agents for low-cost sabotage operations throughout Europe, a report has said.« Retaliation, please? Cruise missiles for Ukraine?
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If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
By Strength and Guile.
»The Special Boats Service (SBS), the Royal Navy’s answer to the Special Air Service (SAS), is likely to lead the missions, though no timeframe has been given for when they might deploy.«
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»The Special Boats Service (SBS), the Royal Navy’s answer to the Special Air Service (SAS), is likely to lead the missions, though no timeframe has been given for when they might deploy.«
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Special forces primed to seize Russian shadow fleet ships
Officials have found legal grounds for authorising soldiers to board and detain oil tankers under the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
By Strength and Guile.
»The Special Boats Service (SBS), the Royal Navy’s answer to the Special Air Service (SAS), is likely to lead the missions, though no timeframe has been given for when they might deploy.«
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»The Special Boats Service (SBS), the Royal Navy’s answer to the Special Air Service (SAS), is likely to lead the missions, though no timeframe has been given for when they might deploy.«
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It is time for Scotland's politicians to leave the Nazi dildo dungeon
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
It is time for Scotland's politicians to leave the Nazi dildo dungeon
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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🧵on how dictators try to prevent being toppled … and how toppling can happen
I don't know what will happen in Iran, but these moments, when dictatorships are facing their own people in the streets, are all about breaking the other side first.
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
🧵on how dictators try to prevent being toppled … and how toppling can happen
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If international law is “fake and gay” and US can do whatever it wants because we have the most guns, then . . .
Why aren’t domestic laws “fake and gay” and MAGA should do whatever it wants because they have the most guns? 1/
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-law-is...
Why aren’t domestic laws “fake and gay” and MAGA should do whatever it wants because they have the most guns? 1/
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-law-is...
The Law Is “Fake and Gay”
Turns out the Trump domination theory of foreign policy applies to domestic politics, too.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If international law is “fake and gay” and US can do whatever it wants because we have the most guns, then . . .
Why aren’t domestic laws “fake and gay” and MAGA should do whatever it wants because they have the most guns? 1/
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-law-is...
Why aren’t domestic laws “fake and gay” and MAGA should do whatever it wants because they have the most guns? 1/
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-law-is...
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“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Today, Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine reached a symbolic milestone - 1418 days. This is exactly how long the German-Soviet War (1941–1945) lasted, which Soviet historiography singled out as the "Great Patriotic War."
unn.ua/en/news/1418...
unn.ua/en/news/1418...
1418 days of invasion: Russia's war against Ukraine equals in duration the USSR's war against Nazi Germany
УНН Slider ✎ Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine has lasted 1418 days, matching the duration of the German-Soviet War. The Russian
army has not achieved…
unn.ua
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Today, Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine reached a symbolic milestone - 1418 days. This is exactly how long the German-Soviet War (1941–1945) lasted, which Soviet historiography singled out as the "Great Patriotic War."
unn.ua/en/news/1418...
unn.ua/en/news/1418...
»President Trump's actions in Venezuela, threats P to Colombia and desires for Greenland are rational, strategic and considered. They may also be arrogant, insulting and imperial, but that does not make them illogical.«
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Tim Marshall: The cold logic of Trump’s quest to carve up the globe
This race for rare earth minerals will define the 21st century, the Prisoners of Geography author writes
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
»President Trump's actions in Venezuela, threats P to Colombia and desires for Greenland are rational, strategic and considered. They may also be arrogant, insulting and imperial, but that does not make them illogical.«
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»The United States under Trump is dark, aggressive, and lawless. It has become, in the words of Representative Ogles, a predator nation. This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving—because Thrasymachus was wrong.«
Trump’s Folly
The United States has turned dark, aggressive, and lawless.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
»The United States under Trump is dark, aggressive, and lawless. It has become, in the words of Representative Ogles, a predator nation. This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving—because Thrasymachus was wrong.«
»As you read this comfortably in your heated house, the lights on, food at the ready, no missile or drone circling above your head ready to obliterate you, realize that this is the opposite of the reality in Ukraine today. Their reality is the opposite in every way.«
#RussiaIsATerroristState #NAFO
#RussiaIsATerroristState #NAFO
Weekend Update #167: Lets Be Honest, We Are Taking Advantage Of The Ukrainians
The Graham-Blumenthal Tango Of No Meaning; The Ukrainian Strategic Air Campaign Is Making A Difference: But Probably Needs More
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM
»As you read this comfortably in your heated house, the lights on, food at the ready, no missile or drone circling above your head ready to obliterate you, realize that this is the opposite of the reality in Ukraine today. Their reality is the opposite in every way.«
#RussiaIsATerroristState #NAFO
#RussiaIsATerroristState #NAFO
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"The Oreshnik is the sign of a Fearful, Worried Putin, Not a Leader Confident of Victory." My regular update on war and great power competition. This week: the Oreshnik attack, peace talks progress, ground war in #Ukraine, China's reaction to Venezuela & more.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-oreshn...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-oreshn...
The Oreshnik is the sign of a Fearful, Worried Putin, Not a Leader Confident of Victory: The Big Five 11 January 2026.
My first 2026 update on war and great power competition. This week: the Oreshnik attack, peace talks progress, the ground war in Ukraine, China's reaction to Venezuela & my Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"The Oreshnik is the sign of a Fearful, Worried Putin, Not a Leader Confident of Victory." My regular update on war and great power competition. This week: the Oreshnik attack, peace talks progress, ground war in #Ukraine, China's reaction to Venezuela & more.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-oreshn...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-oreshn...
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become