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Ralph Janik
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| International Law | EU | International Relations
| Assistant Professor @SFU Vienna
| everything is political
nope, at least not in my field. They might not have been particularly novel or well-researched, but at least they were written by humans. Now it feels like someone simply said "please write 50 pages about this or that question" to ChatGPT
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
(and I am not talking about the 2014 Crimea annexation)
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
ach Karin
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Overnight, you find yourself without a bank card, and these companies have an almost complete monopoly, at least in Europe. American companies are actively involved in intimidating sanctioned individuals – in this case, the judges and prosecutors"

What a nightmare.
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Witkoff is much more than a useful idiot for Putin. He and Trump are deeply embedded in Russian syndicate networks. See, eg, the thread below or, @timothysnyder.bsky.social The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

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Thread by @IneBackIversen on Thread Reader App
@IneBackIversen: 1: Let’s talk about Steve Witkoff, because I think the narrative of him being a “useful idiot” is a dangerous trap to walk in. It’s darker than that. Witkoff has spent three decades s...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
my 8 year-old self asks about these cute fellas
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
?
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM