Nat
@boatpeeper.bsky.social
Nat-Sec Pin-up Girl. OSINT-junkie. 🇺🇸 In 🇪🇺 indefinitely. Currently: Pursuing an MA in War Studies at Universität Potsdam. Dem Soc. Слава України 🇺🇦
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@boatpeeper.bsky.social
· Feb 8
Relationship Goals: Mulder & Scully but instead of investigating aliens and cryptids together— investigating irl monsters like #oligarchs, grifters, and #kleptocracies together.
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Look, smaller states are balancing! Time for foreign policy realists to read a little further (like, all the way to page two) in their IR textbooks.
Just landed in Beijing.
The relationship between Canada and China has created opportunities and prosperity on both sides of the Pacific.
We’re ready to build a new partnership — one that builds on the best of our past, and responds to the challenges of today.
The relationship between Canada and China has created opportunities and prosperity on both sides of the Pacific.
We’re ready to build a new partnership — one that builds on the best of our past, and responds to the challenges of today.
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Look, smaller states are balancing! Time for foreign policy realists to read a little further (like, all the way to page two) in their IR textbooks.
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being a liberal internationalist in 2026 is like having a pack-a-day cigarette habit, without any of the upsides
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
being a liberal internationalist in 2026 is like having a pack-a-day cigarette habit, without any of the upsides
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Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
The EU is considering a two-tier EU membership for Kyiv, the first stage would allow Kyiv to gain access to the EU market, subsidies, and development funds.
This would go against any precedent set by past EU accession processes.
The EU is considering a two-tier EU membership for Kyiv, the first stage would allow Kyiv to gain access to the EU market, subsidies, and development funds.
This would go against any precedent set by past EU accession processes.
EU ‘membership-lite’ plan for Ukraine spooks European capitals
Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules used since cold war to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
The EU is considering a two-tier EU membership for Kyiv, the first stage would allow Kyiv to gain access to the EU market, subsidies, and development funds.
This would go against any precedent set by past EU accession processes.
The EU is considering a two-tier EU membership for Kyiv, the first stage would allow Kyiv to gain access to the EU market, subsidies, and development funds.
This would go against any precedent set by past EU accession processes.
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“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports:
The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports:
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A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
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There's a whole book waiting to be written about that deployment, but I was proud of this piece I wrote several years ago in @usniproceedings.bsky.social capturing one small piece of that experience:
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
Don’t Just ‘Shut Up and Row’
The cultural attitude to find a way to say yes and the refusal to fail reinforces a culture of overlooking, ignoring, and even covering up shortfalls.
www.usni.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
There's a whole book waiting to be written about that deployment, but I was proud of this piece I wrote several years ago in @usniproceedings.bsky.social capturing one small piece of that experience:
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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RIP to David Lynch, gone one year today — here’s an old poem from when I first rewatched The Return, astonished by the way it redefined time, space, and memory, collapsing + problematizing them with humor and warmth even in the presence of seemingly ineradicable American violence
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
RIP to David Lynch, gone one year today — here’s an old poem from when I first rewatched The Return, astonished by the way it redefined time, space, and memory, collapsing + problematizing them with humor and warmth even in the presence of seemingly ineradicable American violence
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“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
Unrelated:
In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reichsminister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany:
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“In this battle mercy or considerations of international law is false. They are a danger to our own safety and to the rapid pacification of the conquered territories.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commiss...
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 AM
“In this battle mercy or considerations of international law is false. They are a danger to our own safety and to the rapid pacification of the conquered territories.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commiss...
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Here is Mykhailo Fedorov. He is 34 years old and he is the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
Before this appointment, since 2019, he served as Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Vice Prime Minister.
Before this appointment, since 2019, he served as Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Vice Prime Minister.
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Here is Mykhailo Fedorov. He is 34 years old and he is the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
Before this appointment, since 2019, he served as Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Vice Prime Minister.
Before this appointment, since 2019, he served as Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Vice Prime Minister.
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one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
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Don Jr. being involved in a drone making company.....nah, wouldn't have anything to do with this. /s
popular.info/p/update-tru...
popular.info/p/update-tru...
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Don Jr. being involved in a drone making company.....nah, wouldn't have anything to do with this. /s
popular.info/p/update-tru...
popular.info/p/update-tru...
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We’ve now sent over 10,000 letters to Congress demanding they impeach Kristi Noem!
Have you sent one yet today?
Have you sent one yet today?
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
We’ve now sent over 10,000 letters to Congress demanding they impeach Kristi Noem!
Have you sent one yet today?
Have you sent one yet today?
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Germany planning ‘Arctic Sentry’ Nato mission to protect Greenland
"Berlin’s plans could involve British soldiers to dissuade Trump from annexing Danish territory"
🎁Gift article
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1cbd06...
"Berlin’s plans could involve British soldiers to dissuade Trump from annexing Danish territory"
🎁Gift article
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1cbd06...
Germany planning ‘Arctic Sentry’ Nato mission to protect Greenland
Berlin’s plans could involve British soldiers to dissuade Trump from annexing Danish territory
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Germany planning ‘Arctic Sentry’ Nato mission to protect Greenland
"Berlin’s plans could involve British soldiers to dissuade Trump from annexing Danish territory"
🎁Gift article
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1cbd06...
"Berlin’s plans could involve British soldiers to dissuade Trump from annexing Danish territory"
🎁Gift article
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1cbd06...
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Trump treats foreign countries like he treats women. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social:
Greenland’s Persistent Predator
Trump keeps threatening, no matter how many times his victims ask him to stop.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Trump treats foreign countries like he treats women. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social:
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This is a great article and many Americans need to read this if they haven't. It's honestly why not enough people protest in the US or get organized. It's "not that bad" to many and they just focus on work and hobbies and their immediate bubble. I get it but this helps with authoritarian escalation.
I have been seeing discussions about why people can’t call obvious fascism fascism and I am once again going to refer you to this @tompepinsky.com essay. People assume that if their lives feel mostly normal, it can’t *really* be fascism yet.
Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable
Americans have an overly dramatic view what the end of democracy looks like.
www.vox.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This is a great article and many Americans need to read this if they haven't. It's honestly why not enough people protest in the US or get organized. It's "not that bad" to many and they just focus on work and hobbies and their immediate bubble. I get it but this helps with authoritarian escalation.
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Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
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🇬🇪 The Georgian Coast Guard has detained the Panamanian-flagged tanker Caminero for violating navigation rules in the country’s territorial waters.
The vessel previously sailed under the Russian flag, but its place of registration was changed at the end of 2022.
The vessel previously sailed under the Russian flag, but its place of registration was changed at the end of 2022.
January 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
🇬🇪 The Georgian Coast Guard has detained the Panamanian-flagged tanker Caminero for violating navigation rules in the country’s territorial waters.
The vessel previously sailed under the Russian flag, but its place of registration was changed at the end of 2022.
The vessel previously sailed under the Russian flag, but its place of registration was changed at the end of 2022.
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Chris Murphy is right. Trying to take Greenland by force would mean the United States would end up at war against Europe. It’s insanity.
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Chris Murphy is right. Trying to take Greenland by force would mean the United States would end up at war against Europe. It’s insanity.
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A group of 15 former senior U.S. officials who worked in administrations of both parties sent a memo to the White House, State Department and members of Congress warning against the use of military force to take over Greenland.
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/g...
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/g...
Former top officials write to White House opposing Greenland invasion
"Our adversaries are salivating at the opportunities that such a rupture would create for them to replace us."
www.axios.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A group of 15 former senior U.S. officials who worked in administrations of both parties sent a memo to the White House, State Department and members of Congress warning against the use of military force to take over Greenland.
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/g...
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/g...
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Ukraine’s Babylon 13 turns years of resistance into cinema.
Ukraine’s Babylon 13: How Cinema Became a Force in the Nation’s Fight for Freedom
Explore how Babylon 13 documents Ukraine's journey through film, capturing the essence of national resilience against Russian aggression.
united24media.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Ukraine’s Babylon 13 turns years of resistance into cinema.
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It really is curious that neither Brazil nor any other South American country is part of the EU's push for Security and Defence Partnerships so far. So much that we could use that space for our map on EU security partnerships:
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It really is curious that neither Brazil nor any other South American country is part of the EU's push for Security and Defence Partnerships so far. So much that we could use that space for our map on EU security partnerships:
Inevitably, I wrote this in absolute frustration and in a bit of a hypo-manic frenzy. Feel free to share, read, comment lol...
#USForeignPolicy #Greenland #Venezuela #IR #Milsky
open.substack.com/pub/daggeran...
#USForeignPolicy #Greenland #Venezuela #IR #Milsky
open.substack.com/pub/daggeran...
Learning about IR while the World Order Collapses
Sitting in class while the current Westphalian norms are systemically breaking down in the US is a special kind of hell.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Inevitably, I wrote this in absolute frustration and in a bit of a hypo-manic frenzy. Feel free to share, read, comment lol...
#USForeignPolicy #Greenland #Venezuela #IR #Milsky
open.substack.com/pub/daggeran...
#USForeignPolicy #Greenland #Venezuela #IR #Milsky
open.substack.com/pub/daggeran...