@petrasoderling.bsky.social
Author of Government and Innovation - the Economic Developer’s Guide to our Future. Host of Deep Pockets with Petra Soderling podcast. Finnish-American living in France. Wife of a wine maker. Petrasoderling.com
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Russia is rebuilding an old military base in Petrozavodsk near the Finnish border and plans to station 15,000 troops there, Yle reports. A Finnish military expert says the soldiers are likely being trained for eventual deployment to Ukraine.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Russia is rebuilding an old military base in Petrozavodsk near the Finnish border and plans to station 15,000 troops there, Yle reports. A Finnish military expert says the soldiers are likely being trained for eventual deployment to Ukraine.
How the new geopolitical situation affects emerging technology supply chains. US, EU and Canada building quantum computers with materials and tools from each other, and from South-Korea and Japan. Is this sustainable? petrasoderling.substack.com/p/dual-use-s...
Dual-Use Supply Chains and the New Geopolitics of Control
Why cryostats, lasers, and lithography tools matter
petrasoderling.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
How the new geopolitical situation affects emerging technology supply chains. US, EU and Canada building quantum computers with materials and tools from each other, and from South-Korea and Japan. Is this sustainable? petrasoderling.substack.com/p/dual-use-s...
Good article, but we should also look at the history in the Russian border, how Finland and the Baltics engaged in building the military reserves, preparing and training the population for national catastrophes, alongside with diplomacy and trading partnerships to the east when possible.
Where to look for new models of pol and mil cooperation? Look North! In our latest, @LouiseBlomqvis3 and I argue that pairing words with action has elevated Nordic-Baltic states to lead in #Europe. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @louiseblomqvist.bsky.social
www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/h...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/h...
How the Nordic-Baltic states became Europe’s reliable security engine
Eight Northern European states are acting together early and turning solidarity into capabilities and delivery.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Good article, but we should also look at the history in the Russian border, how Finland and the Baltics engaged in building the military reserves, preparing and training the population for national catastrophes, alongside with diplomacy and trading partnerships to the east when possible.
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
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I wrote about Davos, Rupture and the Tech Industry open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
Tech Policy in the Age of Raw Power
From Davos walkouts to Digital Decoupling
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I wrote about Davos, Rupture and the Tech Industry open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
I wrote about Davos, Rupture and the Tech Industry open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
Tech Policy in the Age of Raw Power
From Davos walkouts to Digital Decoupling
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I wrote about Davos, Rupture and the Tech Industry open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
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For everyone demanding EU severe all ties with US immediately and publicly; listen to women in abusive relationship. You don’t make a big scene and bust out. First, you quietly make sure your kids are safe, your finances in order and you have a lawyer and a safety net.
January 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
For everyone demanding EU severe all ties with US immediately and publicly; listen to women in abusive relationship. You don’t make a big scene and bust out. First, you quietly make sure your kids are safe, your finances in order and you have a lawyer and a safety net.
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The first Nordic boat landed there ELEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Not three hundred. Eric the Red arrived there before Song Dynasty invented paper money.
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 AM
The first Nordic boat landed there ELEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Not three hundred. Eric the Red arrived there before Song Dynasty invented paper money.
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"'The finest in the world': Why the US is buying #icebreakers from #Finland" - #Arctic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why the US is buying icebreakers from Finland
The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 AM
"'The finest in the world': Why the US is buying #icebreakers from #Finland" - #Arctic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The voices, they are getting louder:
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The voices, they are getting louder:
Finland is upset about additional Trump tarifs for sending 2 ppl to Greenland www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Tullit | Luottamus romahtaa täysin Euroopan ja Yhdysvaltojen välillä, sanoo Etlan Kangasharju Trumpin tulliuhkauksesta
Siihen ei voi tuudittautua, etteivät tullit tule voimaan, sanoo Elinkeinoelämän keskusliiton johtaja Timo Vuori.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Finland is upset about additional Trump tarifs for sending 2 ppl to Greenland www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
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Greenland's foreign minister is fighting tears on television while talking about the last days and the immense pressure from the US.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Greenland's foreign minister is fighting tears on television while talking about the last days and the immense pressure from the US.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
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"Finland and Sweden’s recent accession to Nato has reshaped the security landscape, increasing the focus on the Nordics as a collective. This has entrenched Russia’s desire to assert control over areas such as the Kola peninsula and the Barents bastion." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a frontline between the US and Russia?
Key maps show the growing strategic importance of Greenland as Arctic ice melts under global heating
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"Finland and Sweden’s recent accession to Nato has reshaped the security landscape, increasing the focus on the Nordics as a collective. This has entrenched Russia’s desire to assert control over areas such as the Kola peninsula and the Barents bastion." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The US National Security Strategy was "received poorly" in Europe, but it didn't create much immediate action. Today, as troops from NATO countries are being gathered in Greenland, Europeans and Americans are waking up to a new reality.
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The Strategy Europe Laughed At Is Being Executed
The U.S. National Security Strategy is now taken deadly seriously
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January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The US National Security Strategy was "received poorly" in Europe, but it didn't create much immediate action. Today, as troops from NATO countries are being gathered in Greenland, Europeans and Americans are waking up to a new reality.
open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
open.substack.com/pub/petrasod...
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The city administration of Copenhagen will no longer be posting on X.
Københavns Kommune dropper X | Nyheder | DR
Københavns Kommune er nu helt ude af det sociale medie X.
www.dr.dk
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The city administration of Copenhagen will no longer be posting on X.
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Finland's defence minister has brushed off Moscow's offer of "assistance" to Russian crew on a vessel suspected of slicing an offshore data cable.
Finnish police arrest two crew members on ship suspected of cable sabotage
Finland's defence minister has brushed off Moscow's offer of "assistance" to Russian crew on a vessel suspected of slicing an offshore data cable.
yle.fi
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Finland's defence minister has brushed off Moscow's offer of "assistance" to Russian crew on a vessel suspected of slicing an offshore data cable.
I pulled together the timeline from 2025 on all of the multiple overlapping and conflicting decisions on the U.S. selling semiconductors to China petrasoderling.substack.com/p/the-comple...
The complete saga of U.S./China semiconductor export controls ping pong from A to Z
i.e. how not to conduct international industrial policy
petrasoderling.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I pulled together the timeline from 2025 on all of the multiple overlapping and conflicting decisions on the U.S. selling semiconductors to China petrasoderling.substack.com/p/the-comple...
Happy Holidays from La Robina Winery www.larobina.fr/so/0ePj0rYgZ...
Happy Holidays from La Robina
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December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Holidays from La Robina Winery www.larobina.fr/so/0ePj0rYgZ...
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I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
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And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
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"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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I thin chart quite precisely explains **why Ukraine is fighting so fiercely.** And why all of these countries on the top right are so desperately rearming themselves right now. And why most of of them joined #nato on the first opportunity.
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
December 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I thin chart quite precisely explains **why Ukraine is fighting so fiercely.** And why all of these countries on the top right are so desperately rearming themselves right now. And why most of of them joined #nato on the first opportunity.
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
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The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
What happened to the UK economy after Brexit? What could happen to the US economy with mass deportations? the answer: A significant drop in the GDP.
petrasoderling.substack.com/p/cutting-of...
petrasoderling.substack.com/p/cutting-of...
Cutting off Immigration breaks the Economy
From American Mass Deportations to Brexit declines
petrasoderling.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
What happened to the UK economy after Brexit? What could happen to the US economy with mass deportations? the answer: A significant drop in the GDP.
petrasoderling.substack.com/p/cutting-of...
petrasoderling.substack.com/p/cutting-of...