DrLeoStrauss
@drleostrauss.bsky.social
Russia, Asia political, econ, military & intel focus. Applied transnational legal, commercial, policy & natsec experience. RTs = interesting.
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Homan de-escalation.
US political press corp so fundamentally broken and beholden to Trump access dopamine.
Homan instigator of cruel family separation policy in Trump I.
US political press corp so fundamentally broken and beholden to Trump access dopamine.
Homan instigator of cruel family separation policy in Trump I.
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Homan de-escalation.
US political press corp so fundamentally broken and beholden to Trump access dopamine.
Homan instigator of cruel family separation policy in Trump I.
US political press corp so fundamentally broken and beholden to Trump access dopamine.
Homan instigator of cruel family separation policy in Trump I.
ICE and CBP are a clear and present danger to us all. They must be abolished and reformed.
We need lustration eliminating white racial authoritarianism like Germany after 1945. Under any president.
And Miller, Noem/Lewandowski, Homan and Bovino et al. must be held accountable.
We need lustration eliminating white racial authoritarianism like Germany after 1945. Under any president.
And Miller, Noem/Lewandowski, Homan and Bovino et al. must be held accountable.
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM
ICE and CBP are a clear and present danger to us all. They must be abolished and reformed.
We need lustration eliminating white racial authoritarianism like Germany after 1945. Under any president.
And Miller, Noem/Lewandowski, Homan and Bovino et al. must be held accountable.
We need lustration eliminating white racial authoritarianism like Germany after 1945. Under any president.
And Miller, Noem/Lewandowski, Homan and Bovino et al. must be held accountable.
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Criminals. ICE operates like a white supremacist death squad and those complicit need to be held accountable.
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Criminals. ICE operates like a white supremacist death squad and those complicit need to be held accountable.
+1. Abolish ICE.
Arrest and try Noem, Lewandowski, Homan, Miller and Bovino et al.
Truth and Reconciliation. No to white supremacist Death Squads.
Arrest and try Noem, Lewandowski, Homan, Miller and Bovino et al.
Truth and Reconciliation. No to white supremacist Death Squads.
January 25, 2026 at 6:49 PM
+1. Abolish ICE.
Arrest and try Noem, Lewandowski, Homan, Miller and Bovino et al.
Truth and Reconciliation. No to white supremacist Death Squads.
Arrest and try Noem, Lewandowski, Homan, Miller and Bovino et al.
Truth and Reconciliation. No to white supremacist Death Squads.
Trump's Davos speech and the end of the American Century.
From the Gallery. Volume 🆙. Cheers.
From the Gallery. Volume 🆙. Cheers.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Trump's Davos speech and the end of the American Century.
From the Gallery. Volume 🆙. Cheers.
From the Gallery. Volume 🆙. Cheers.
Don’t @ me. Come on.
We’re all thinking it.
We’re all thinking it.
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Don’t @ me. Come on.
We’re all thinking it.
We’re all thinking it.
“President Maduro, you are advised of your right to buy a pardon. If you can not afford a pardon, a Trump Admin crypto advisor will be appointed for you. Any and all statements that you make can and will be used in evaluating your pardon application.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“President Maduro, you are advised of your right to buy a pardon. If you can not afford a pardon, a Trump Admin crypto advisor will be appointed for you. Any and all statements that you make can and will be used in evaluating your pardon application.”
That time of year to review graphics shared from the Gallery in 2025.
A few favorites. Very short thread. If one of yours omitted, let me know.
First, Trump’s threat of national military occupation of US Blue cities. Mercifully, they failed (so far). To last verse Dylan’s “Hard Rain”.
1/x
A few favorites. Very short thread. If one of yours omitted, let me know.
First, Trump’s threat of national military occupation of US Blue cities. Mercifully, they failed (so far). To last verse Dylan’s “Hard Rain”.
1/x
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
That time of year to review graphics shared from the Gallery in 2025.
A few favorites. Very short thread. If one of yours omitted, let me know.
First, Trump’s threat of national military occupation of US Blue cities. Mercifully, they failed (so far). To last verse Dylan’s “Hard Rain”.
1/x
A few favorites. Very short thread. If one of yours omitted, let me know.
First, Trump’s threat of national military occupation of US Blue cities. Mercifully, they failed (so far). To last verse Dylan’s “Hard Rain”.
1/x
FBI arrested Zarubina in late Nov. 2025. She served as a spotter for FSB to identify journalists, academics and military personnel for follow up contact. A role similar to that famous Russian Maria Butina played previously.
DC based CSIS think tank said to have listed her as a Fellow, etc.
DC based CSIS think tank said to have listed her as a Fellow, etc.
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
FBI arrested Zarubina in late Nov. 2025. She served as a spotter for FSB to identify journalists, academics and military personnel for follow up contact. A role similar to that famous Russian Maria Butina played previously.
DC based CSIS think tank said to have listed her as a Fellow, etc.
DC based CSIS think tank said to have listed her as a Fellow, etc.
Putin has no rational incentive to alter his public maximalist criteria for a peace agreement.
The US and West are negotiating with themselves over Ukraine.
🇪🇺 €90 billion loan unwelcome to 🇷🇺 but West/US have done nothing to reverse ground truth favoring Moscow.
The US and West are negotiating with themselves over Ukraine.
🇪🇺 €90 billion loan unwelcome to 🇷🇺 but West/US have done nothing to reverse ground truth favoring Moscow.
⚡️ Putin repeats maximalist demands for peace talks as he starts annual press conference.
"Nevertheless, we see, feel, and know about certain signals, including from (Ukraine), that they are ready to engage in some kind of dialogue," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"Nevertheless, we see, feel, and know about certain signals, including from (Ukraine), that they are ready to engage in some kind of dialogue," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Putin repeats maximalist demands for peace talks as he starts annual press conference
"Nevertheless, we see, feel, and know about certain signals, including from (Ukraine), that they are ready to engage in some kind of dialogue," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
kyivindependent.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Putin has no rational incentive to alter his public maximalist criteria for a peace agreement.
The US and West are negotiating with themselves over Ukraine.
🇪🇺 €90 billion loan unwelcome to 🇷🇺 but West/US have done nothing to reverse ground truth favoring Moscow.
The US and West are negotiating with themselves over Ukraine.
🇪🇺 €90 billion loan unwelcome to 🇷🇺 but West/US have done nothing to reverse ground truth favoring Moscow.
When I was in Moscow during Soviet collapse and Fall, Russian ‘patriots’ raged against Soviet Union in this exact phraseology.
Russia made Baltics and Ukraine rich w subsidies. “Russian money for Russians”etc. And same xenophobia against migrants. Many of those today rage against Soviet collapse.
Russia made Baltics and Ukraine rich w subsidies. “Russian money for Russians”etc. And same xenophobia against migrants. Many of those today rage against Soviet collapse.
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
When I was in Moscow during Soviet collapse and Fall, Russian ‘patriots’ raged against Soviet Union in this exact phraseology.
Russia made Baltics and Ukraine rich w subsidies. “Russian money for Russians”etc. And same xenophobia against migrants. Many of those today rage against Soviet collapse.
Russia made Baltics and Ukraine rich w subsidies. “Russian money for Russians”etc. And same xenophobia against migrants. Many of those today rage against Soviet collapse.
Well yes. Since 2011 at latest.
The smug insularity of the Acela Corridor is authoritarianism’s hand maiden.
The smug insularity of the Acela Corridor is authoritarianism’s hand maiden.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well yes. Since 2011 at latest.
The smug insularity of the Acela Corridor is authoritarianism’s hand maiden.
The smug insularity of the Acela Corridor is authoritarianism’s hand maiden.
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Zelensky is manoeuvring smartly: elections? Yes, but security needs to be guaranteed by West. Neutral zones? Great, but US troops needed. Art V style security guarantees? Sure, so NATO can't be written out. Infuriating Putin and Witkoff
Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contours of a potential deal take shape and the US president continues to make clear he wants the conflict resolved.
Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting | CNN Politics
Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration on Wednesday, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contour...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Zelensky is manoeuvring smartly: elections? Yes, but security needs to be guaranteed by West. Neutral zones? Great, but US troops needed. Art V style security guarantees? Sure, so NATO can't be written out. Infuriating Putin and Witkoff
Afghans let the Kabul govt fall.
Pompeo and Trump negotiated the US withdrawal date with the Taliban.
Biden simply refused to resurge into Afghanistan (wisely). And honored the Trump exit timeline.
The Neocon fantasy of nation building there was a mistake from start.
Pompeo and Trump negotiated the US withdrawal date with the Taliban.
Biden simply refused to resurge into Afghanistan (wisely). And honored the Trump exit timeline.
The Neocon fantasy of nation building there was a mistake from start.
"Mustafa served alongside the United States military in Afghanistan. Like so many other Afghans who helped American forces, he later came to the US for its promise of refuge. When I met him recently, though, he had only just left an ICE detention center after months behind bars."
The US Let Afghanistan Fall. Now It's Deporting Afghans.
As the Trump administration escalates deportations, tens of thousands of Afghans are in the US without permanent legal protections.
inkstickmedia.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Afghans let the Kabul govt fall.
Pompeo and Trump negotiated the US withdrawal date with the Taliban.
Biden simply refused to resurge into Afghanistan (wisely). And honored the Trump exit timeline.
The Neocon fantasy of nation building there was a mistake from start.
Pompeo and Trump negotiated the US withdrawal date with the Taliban.
Biden simply refused to resurge into Afghanistan (wisely). And honored the Trump exit timeline.
The Neocon fantasy of nation building there was a mistake from start.
💯. Trump-Russia coercion on Ukraine is not a Korea peace plan.
In Korea, the US has been holding that line wirh boots on the ground since 1953. No such Western presence facing the Russians along the front in Ukraine
Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine envisages a DMZ like the one that divides the Korean peninsula, Simon Shuster and Jonathan Lemire report.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
💯. Trump-Russia coercion on Ukraine is not a Korea peace plan.
Asking the white race and men more broadly to impose consequences for these criminal times is hope over experience.
No one really paid for Iraq. Or the Great Financial Crisis. Or Russian election interference. Or Trump I corruption, unnecessary COVID deaths, loan theft. January 6th. And so on.
No one really paid for Iraq. Or the Great Financial Crisis. Or Russian election interference. Or Trump I corruption, unnecessary COVID deaths, loan theft. January 6th. And so on.
I am looking forward to America's Nuremberg trials when sanity and democracy are restored. There simply can't be amnesty for the shit that is happening now.
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Asking the white race and men more broadly to impose consequences for these criminal times is hope over experience.
No one really paid for Iraq. Or the Great Financial Crisis. Or Russian election interference. Or Trump I corruption, unnecessary COVID deaths, loan theft. January 6th. And so on.
No one really paid for Iraq. Or the Great Financial Crisis. Or Russian election interference. Or Trump I corruption, unnecessary COVID deaths, loan theft. January 6th. And so on.
“About 70 percent of the weapons and defense-related technology made in Estonia is exported to foreign customers. Last year, the country’s military industry revenues amounted to 500 million euro ($580 million), about €350 million of which was materiel sold overseas.”
gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...
A Tiny NATO Nation Is Cashing In on the Threat Next Door
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“About 70 percent of the weapons and defense-related technology made in Estonia is exported to foreign customers. Last year, the country’s military industry revenues amounted to 500 million euro ($580 million), about €350 million of which was materiel sold overseas.”
White race and males broadly least affected by their rejecting liberal democracy as engine of Change: cultural, pol-econ, demographic.
Crisis is not considered ideology.
But revolt against US as symbol - progress thru linear time.
Whites and males least threatened, ambivalent crisis Narrators
Crisis is not considered ideology.
But revolt against US as symbol - progress thru linear time.
Whites and males least threatened, ambivalent crisis Narrators
Of course the U.S. is not the first country to sleepwalk into authoritarianism, but the speed with which it does, and with which most of both the elites and masses collaborate or simply accept it, is truly stunning.
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
White race and males broadly least affected by their rejecting liberal democracy as engine of Change: cultural, pol-econ, demographic.
Crisis is not considered ideology.
But revolt against US as symbol - progress thru linear time.
Whites and males least threatened, ambivalent crisis Narrators
Crisis is not considered ideology.
But revolt against US as symbol - progress thru linear time.
Whites and males least threatened, ambivalent crisis Narrators
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Moscow will reject a ceasefire on current LOC.
What Trump proposes anathema to Putin's oft-repeated terms:
a) Full RF control of oblasts not currently occupied;
b) UA limits its armed forces;
c) UA NATO membership barred;
d) Moscow veto vote on UA security guarantees;
e) Ze/others out of gov etc
What Trump proposes anathema to Putin's oft-repeated terms:
a) Full RF control of oblasts not currently occupied;
b) UA limits its armed forces;
c) UA NATO membership barred;
d) Moscow veto vote on UA security guarantees;
e) Ze/others out of gov etc
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Moscow will reject a ceasefire on current LOC.
What Trump proposes anathema to Putin's oft-repeated terms:
a) Full RF control of oblasts not currently occupied;
b) UA limits its armed forces;
c) UA NATO membership barred;
d) Moscow veto vote on UA security guarantees;
e) Ze/others out of gov etc
What Trump proposes anathema to Putin's oft-repeated terms:
a) Full RF control of oblasts not currently occupied;
b) UA limits its armed forces;
c) UA NATO membership barred;
d) Moscow veto vote on UA security guarantees;
e) Ze/others out of gov etc
The White House press corps failure to match this level of integrity speaks volumes.
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The White House press corps failure to match this level of integrity speaks volumes.
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Do read @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social excellent analysis:
Moscow’s protracted war grinds on and its economy exhausts capacity.
Putin likely to escalate provocations against Europe to shake its unified aid to Kyiv.
Cuba sending combat troops to Ukraine a further sign of Russia’s limits.
Moscow’s protracted war grinds on and its economy exhausts capacity.
Putin likely to escalate provocations against Europe to shake its unified aid to Kyiv.
Cuba sending combat troops to Ukraine a further sign of Russia’s limits.
Time may no longer be on Russia's side.
US, EU and Chinese policies, and domestic strains, are reshaping Russia's calculus. So it is challenging Western resolve in risker ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
US, EU and Chinese policies, and domestic strains, are reshaping Russia's calculus. So it is challenging Western resolve in risker ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
The Russia–Ukraine war has entered a new phase
Recent policy choices by America, Europe and China, and domestic economic strains, are reshaping Russia’s calculus. Since time may no longer be on its side, it is challenging Western resolve in more risky and aggressive ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.
www.iiss.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Do read @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social excellent analysis:
Moscow’s protracted war grinds on and its economy exhausts capacity.
Putin likely to escalate provocations against Europe to shake its unified aid to Kyiv.
Cuba sending combat troops to Ukraine a further sign of Russia’s limits.
Moscow’s protracted war grinds on and its economy exhausts capacity.
Putin likely to escalate provocations against Europe to shake its unified aid to Kyiv.
Cuba sending combat troops to Ukraine a further sign of Russia’s limits.
Yarvin’s vacant mediocrity isn’t worth bothering about. Laughable narcissism.
Thiel, Sacks, Musk, Andreesen, Vance otoh deserve quality time with a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.
Thiel, Sacks, Musk, Andreesen, Vance otoh deserve quality time with a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.
Peter Thiel’s favorite blogger “says he’s considering leaving the U.S. because the Trump administration is failing to kill democracy to his liking and he fears political retribution from Democrats if they regain power.” via @sfstandard.com
sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/c...
sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/c...
Citing fear of Democratic ‘vengeance,’ Curtis Yarvin says he may flee the U.S.
The far-right blogger doesn’t think the Trump administration has done enough to dismantle democratic institutions.
sfstandard.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yarvin’s vacant mediocrity isn’t worth bothering about. Laughable narcissism.
Thiel, Sacks, Musk, Andreesen, Vance otoh deserve quality time with a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.
Thiel, Sacks, Musk, Andreesen, Vance otoh deserve quality time with a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.
The US military - as a whole - is culturally more predisposed to misogynistic white national authoritarianism than many would like to believe. Or claim.
Watch this space. Closely.
Watch this space. Closely.
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The US military - as a whole - is culturally more predisposed to misogynistic white national authoritarianism than many would like to believe. Or claim.
Watch this space. Closely.
Watch this space. Closely.