Henrik von Homeyer
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Kölsche Jung, I work in foreign policy #effzeh
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Always an exciting moment when we see les grues (the cranes) flying north over our part of France… a sign that spring is on the way.
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Always an exciting moment when we see les grues (the cranes) flying north over our part of France… a sign that spring is on the way.
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Good read. From a German perspective, it's also ironic: since my first class on the history of international relations back in 2012, I've heard German academics, think-tankers, and politicians complain that there's no exact equivalent to “grand strategy” in German. Maybe that's a good thing.
Get in kids, it’s hot take Thursday. My latest⬇️
There is No Such Thing as Grand Strategy
The Continued Influence of a Bad Genre
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Good read. From a German perspective, it's also ironic: since my first class on the history of international relations back in 2012, I've heard German academics, think-tankers, and politicians complain that there's no exact equivalent to “grand strategy” in German. Maybe that's a good thing.
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Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
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“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
[FREE TO READ] Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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Kyiv.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.
Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.
Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Kyiv.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.
Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.
Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
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Darf ich das Diplomatische mal ganz ausschalten? Das war nämlich leider wieder eine absolute Scheißnacht in Kyjiw.
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Darf ich das Diplomatische mal ganz ausschalten? Das war nämlich leider wieder eine absolute Scheißnacht in Kyjiw.
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How about EU leaders today use emergency summit to develop a clear timetable for taking over critical enablers for the defense of Europe from the US and plan to develop capabilities? This has been over due for at least a year & is at very heart of vulnerability to US blackmail.
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How about EU leaders today use emergency summit to develop a clear timetable for taking over critical enablers for the defense of Europe from the US and plan to develop capabilities? This has been over due for at least a year & is at very heart of vulnerability to US blackmail.
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🇸🇪 most serious journalists are writing about potentially building a Northern European nuclear weapons—and for Sweden to lead on the issue.
“[Sweden] has repeatedly displayed the tendency to act only once things have truly gone too far... Only we can do something to change that.”
“[Sweden] has repeatedly displayed the tendency to act only once things have truly gone too far... Only we can do something to change that.”
Trovärdighet bestäms av förmåga | Tove Lifvendahl | SvD Ledare
KRÖNIKA. Auktoritära, totalitära och aggressiva stater är ett problem. Men för Sverige är det stora problemet att vi fortfarande har mycket att bevisa.
www.svd.se
January 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
🇸🇪 most serious journalists are writing about potentially building a Northern European nuclear weapons—and for Sweden to lead on the issue.
“[Sweden] has repeatedly displayed the tendency to act only once things have truly gone too far... Only we can do something to change that.”
“[Sweden] has repeatedly displayed the tendency to act only once things have truly gone too far... Only we can do something to change that.”
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3,000 dead in Iran. This is what dictatorships look like, have always looked like, and inevitably end up looking like. This is the future some in the West are actively rooting for. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
3,000 dead in Iran. This is what dictatorships look like, have always looked like, and inevitably end up looking like. This is the future some in the West are actively rooting for. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
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Vielleicht.
Vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Aber was ist der Mehrwert solcher Old School-Transatlantiker-Traktate, die nur zum Chillen verleiten?
Dieser Ennui und So War es Schon Immer-Bias bringen uns nicht weiter.
Vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Aber was ist der Mehrwert solcher Old School-Transatlantiker-Traktate, die nur zum Chillen verleiten?
Dieser Ennui und So War es Schon Immer-Bias bringen uns nicht weiter.
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Vielleicht.
Vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Aber was ist der Mehrwert solcher Old School-Transatlantiker-Traktate, die nur zum Chillen verleiten?
Dieser Ennui und So War es Schon Immer-Bias bringen uns nicht weiter.
Vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Aber was ist der Mehrwert solcher Old School-Transatlantiker-Traktate, die nur zum Chillen verleiten?
Dieser Ennui und So War es Schon Immer-Bias bringen uns nicht weiter.
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Young Europeans will make Europe more united!
For them, a European Army is more attractive than national armies or even NATO.
That is what today’s politicians need to have in mind!
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www.politico.eu/article/unit...
For them, a European Army is more attractive than national armies or even NATO.
That is what today’s politicians need to have in mind!
⬇️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Young Europeans will make Europe more united!
For them, a European Army is more attractive than national armies or even NATO.
That is what today’s politicians need to have in mind!
⬇️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
For them, a European Army is more attractive than national armies or even NATO.
That is what today’s politicians need to have in mind!
⬇️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
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Like, just yesterday I heard an AFD politician on the radio saying basically “I don’t understand why Germany should be involved with a Ukraine force, we should be looking to the *strong* Europeans, like the UK and France.”
Makes you wonder whether they know the actual numbers in Berlin.
Makes you wonder whether they know the actual numbers in Berlin.
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Like, just yesterday I heard an AFD politician on the radio saying basically “I don’t understand why Germany should be involved with a Ukraine force, we should be looking to the *strong* Europeans, like the UK and France.”
Makes you wonder whether they know the actual numbers in Berlin.
Makes you wonder whether they know the actual numbers in Berlin.
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2026, you have a unique opportunity to start on a very strong, positive note.
Ramzan dying & a 3rd Chechen war over his throne is all I need right now.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Chechen leader urgently hospitalised in Moscow
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin's protégé and head of Chechnya, was urgently hospitalised in Moscow on the night of 24-25 December.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
2026, you have a unique opportunity to start on a very strong, positive note.
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Happy new year everybody!
It’s gonna be a fun ride this year! ⚔️🇺🇦❤️🔥
It’s gonna be a fun ride this year! ⚔️🇺🇦❤️🔥
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Happy new year everybody!
It’s gonna be a fun ride this year! ⚔️🇺🇦❤️🔥
It’s gonna be a fun ride this year! ⚔️🇺🇦❤️🔥
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It seems to have become a regular holiday feature in the Swedish newspaper SvD to publish long and dreamy articles about a Nordic union (they even got a name for it: Norden).
Among the nice things we could have they list Jens Stoltenberg as a federal chancellor
Among the nice things we could have they list Jens Stoltenberg as a federal chancellor
2028-scenariot: Nordisk stat inväntar rysk attack
Allt fler talar om ett enat Norden. Men hur skulle en nordisk förbundsstat se ut? Monarki eller republik? Stormakt eller lilleputt? SvD utforskar en gammal tankelek som tycks bli allt mer verklig.
www.svd.se
December 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It seems to have become a regular holiday feature in the Swedish newspaper SvD to publish long and dreamy articles about a Nordic union (they even got a name for it: Norden).
Among the nice things we could have they list Jens Stoltenberg as a federal chancellor
Among the nice things we could have they list Jens Stoltenberg as a federal chancellor
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Die ganze Nacht lang wird Kyjiw von Russland brutal von allem möglichen Raketen und Drohnen angegriffen. Der Beschuss geht auch jetzt weiter. Niedrig fliegende Drohnen sorgen zudem für viel Zerstörung in mehreren Stadtteilen. Die ohnehin schwere Strom- und Heizungslage wird vor Neujahr nicht besser.
December 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Die ganze Nacht lang wird Kyjiw von Russland brutal von allem möglichen Raketen und Drohnen angegriffen. Der Beschuss geht auch jetzt weiter. Niedrig fliegende Drohnen sorgen zudem für viel Zerstörung in mehreren Stadtteilen. Die ohnehin schwere Strom- und Heizungslage wird vor Neujahr nicht besser.
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Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
There is a quietly emerging sentiment in Europe that simply shunning Putin as a bad man is simply not working.
spectator.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
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„ Germany's economy will next year experience its first domestically-driven recovery since reunification, breaking with decades of export-led growth, a forecast by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute IMK showed on Wednesday.“ www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Domestic demand to drive German recovery in 2026, says IMK
Germany's economy will next year experience its first domestically-driven recovery since reunification, breaking with decades of export-led growth, a forecast by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute IMK...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
„ Germany's economy will next year experience its first domestically-driven recovery since reunification, breaking with decades of export-led growth, a forecast by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute IMK showed on Wednesday.“ www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Twitter is so mad. You've got people working for Putin accuse the European Union of censorship while Moscow locks up anyone who says anything critical about the regime. And best of all, Twitter as a whole is completely banned in Russia
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Twitter is so mad. You've got people working for Putin accuse the European Union of censorship while Moscow locks up anyone who says anything critical about the regime. And best of all, Twitter as a whole is completely banned in Russia
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Grim news for Ukraine and terrible timing. But also the sign of a pluralistic system with functional checks and balances.
⚡️BREAKING: Zelensky's chief of staff Yermak resigns amid major corruption scandal.
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
BREAKING: Zelensky's chief of staff Yermak resigns amid Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelens...
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Grim news for Ukraine and terrible timing. But also the sign of a pluralistic system with functional checks and balances.
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"Die EU verliere damit den letzten noch verbliebenen Solarglashersteller" - na Hauptsache, die letzten verbliebenen Hersteller von Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotor werden gefördert.
Letzte Solarglasfirma der EU schließt: Hunderte Jobs gehen verloren
Zuletzt war von einer Rettungschance für den Solarglashersteller im südbrandenburgischen Tschernitz die Rede. Doch nun werden die Hoffnungen enttäuscht.
www.t-online.de
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Die EU verliere damit den letzten noch verbliebenen Solarglashersteller" - na Hauptsache, die letzten verbliebenen Hersteller von Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotor werden gefördert.
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Breaking: The Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reports that NABU and SAP are conducting searches targeting Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak in the government district on the morning of 28 November
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Breaking: The Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reports that NABU and SAP are conducting searches targeting Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak in the government district on the morning of 28 November
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As a Ukrainian soldier, I am just incredibly thankful for all of you here.
Thank you for standing with the people of Ukraine, no matter the politics.
It helps me stay positive, knowing I’ve got the support from all around the world from my online friends!
Thank you for standing with the people of Ukraine, no matter the politics.
It helps me stay positive, knowing I’ve got the support from all around the world from my online friends!
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
As a Ukrainian soldier, I am just incredibly thankful for all of you here.
Thank you for standing with the people of Ukraine, no matter the politics.
It helps me stay positive, knowing I’ve got the support from all around the world from my online friends!
Thank you for standing with the people of Ukraine, no matter the politics.
It helps me stay positive, knowing I’ve got the support from all around the world from my online friends!