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24-12-5 Why France’s government just collapsed | About That | CBC > .
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
24-11-28 Georgia Protests Resume
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24-11-29 Georgia protests: 2nd night after government suspends EU bid - Global > .24-12-20 Putin or the EU? Georgia's big fight | Hx Georgia | ABC Aus > .
24-12-[4] Why Ruscians Need Georgia and the Caucasus || Peter Zeihan > .
Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - Graydations >> .24-12-[4] Why Ruscians Need Georgia and the Caucasus || Peter Zeihan > .
Georgia - Sakartvelo - Graypatia >> .
On 28 October, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Tbilisi to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections, which President Salome Zourabichvili criticized as rife with irregularities. Addressing the crowd, Zourabichvili claimed the ruling Georgian Dream party employed tactics akin to those used in Russia, arguing that the election results did not accurately reflect voters' intentions. Officially, Georgian Dream was reported to have won over 54 percent of the vote, securing the parliamentary majority. President Zourabichvili, in her address, reassured demonstrators, stating, "You did not lose the election. They stole your vote and tried to steal your future".
Caucasus ..
On 28 November, the new convocation of the Parliament of Georgia confirmed the government of Irakli Kobakhidze, who made several changes to its composition. Parliament also set a date for the 2024 Georgian presidential election on 14 December. After the 2017 constitutional reform, the president is no longer elected by popular vote but instead through a 300-member Electoral College, including all 150 MPs, all representatives from the supreme councils of the Abkhazian and Adjaran autonomous republics, and local bodies. Georgian Dream, holding a majority in the Electoral College, nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a member of its ally People's Power, to the presidency. Zourabichvili, the last president to be elected by popular vote, has rejected the legitimacy of the current parliament and has said that she will not step down as president "until the legitimate parliament is elected that will legitimately elect [a replacement]". Kobakhidze responded by saying "of course on 29 December she'll have to leave".
The protests have been marked by widespread violence against protesters and journalists by the police.
The protests have been marked by widespread violence against protesters and journalists by the police.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
2025?
Conflicts, Tensions, Folly 2025 ..
DUHplicitous Idiocrazies 2025 ..
Econopolitics 2025 ..
Krumblin Rubble 2025 ..
Militarizing West 2025 ..
Xitonomics 2025 ..
> XIR >> >> XIR Evil >>>Axis of Envious Resentment 2025 ..
DUHplicitous Idiocrazies 2025 ..
Econopolitics 2025 ..
Krumblin Rubble 2025 ..
Militarizing West 2025 ..
Xitonomics 2025 ..
24-10-18 The EU Could Die (If It Fails To Reform) - gtbt > .
24-10-18 Should the EU become a Federation? - EUMS > .
24-10-19 [Xina Re X-Eu-UK Trade] - Update > .
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Europe 2024
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24-3-29 Hyperglobalisation Is Dead - gtbt > .
"Eastern Europe"
EU 2024 ..
24-5-30 Why Vote (June 6-9) - EU Made Simple > .
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24-5-30 Why Vote (June 6-9) - EU Made Simple > .
> EuM - European Defense >> EU Army? > Europe vs XIR >>
24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .> EU Migrant Crisis >> Economic & Climate Migrants
24-5-9 Europe is Pretty Great (Europe Day Special) - Into Europe > .Farming, Agriculture
24-2-1 Disgruntled Farmers Storm the EU - Simple > .
Federal Europe?
23-11-3 BIG step towards a federal Europe? (ft. UEF) 1 - Simple > .24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .
24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .
global
Liberal Democracies
24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .
24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > .
24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .
24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > .
24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .
24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .
24-5-17 Poland Preparing for War - T&P > .
24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .
R-U
Ruscia
U$A/NATO
24-3-28 THE ART OF LIES: How Russia Manipulates the West - Ukraine Matters > .
ISW Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success - Institute for the Study of War ISW
ISW Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success - Institute for the Study of War ISW
> XIR >> risks
Krumblin 2 - 2024
24-6-9 Bill Browder: how Ruscia really works & surviving P00tin | iai > .
24-7-22 Comment:
A few things about the Russian economy that are largely ignored:
24-5-12 Shoigu Replaced: Belousov, Shoigu, Patrushev - Mark Galeotti > .24-5-8 Новый срок Путина | [Tsar Runt's Despotic Reign of Horror] | Katz > .
24-5-2 Stephen Kotkin: Russia’s Murky Future | Foreign Affairs Interview > .24-4-21 Путин vs СССР | P00tin vs USSR | Relative Stability? (subs) - Katz > .
24-4-19 Age of Wars:[Karaganov's Bellicose Ode to Axis of Envious Resentment - gtbt > .
24-3-21 'Late P00tinism' - R-U failure as Krumblin 'clings to power' | Galeotti > .
24-3-17 Collapse of R's Arms Exports - Competitors, Ukraine, Future - Perun > .24-3-7 Захват власти силой | Violent Takeover | Odds & Consequences (subs) > .24-3-1 Mikhail Khodorkovsky's advice for Western leaders - CBC > .24-2-29 Why Russia’s Economy is Pathetic - Icarus > .
24-2-27 Opinion Poll | 82% за окончание войны | 82% Against War (subs) - Katz > .
24-2-17 P00’s regime ‘fragile’; risks ‘toppling over’ | Christopher Steele > .24-2-10 Путин у Карлсона | [P00ti & Zucker | Demented Dicktator] (subs) > .
24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .> Krumblin 2023 >>
24-1-7 Why Postwar matters - Kraut > .
22-8-22 P00ti’s Secret Neo-Nazi Armies | Decade of Hate | VICE > .2014 P00ti vs West - BBC Select > .
"Election" March 15-17, 2024
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23-4-3 Break-up of Russia 1/3 - gtbt > . skip scam > .
23-4-21 What Would Be the Impact of Russia's Collapse? 3/3 - gtbt > . skip > .24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .> Drones >> >> Drones >>>
24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .
24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .
> P00paganda >>
24-6-16 How P00tin's P00paganda Corrupts the West - Vlad Vexler > .
24-6-7 [Desperate P00paganda: Thugmouths Threaten West] Risk? | OSW > .
24-6-6 [Desperation behind Tsar Runt's Empty Threats: Cowardly Bully - Katz > .
24-6-16 How P00tin's P00paganda Corrupts the West - Vlad Vexler > .
24-6-7 [Desperate P00paganda: Thugmouths Threaten West] Risk? | OSW > .
24-6-6 [Desperation behind Tsar Runt's Empty Threats: Cowardly Bully - Katz > .
24-5-22 [XIR DISinformation: NoXious Zociopathic Divisive Gambit] - Applebaum > .
24-5-18 [Ruscian P00paganda Controls Narrative & Manipulates West] - Waro > .
24-5-7 [P00ti's P00pagandistic Stratagems] | Теории заговора по-путински | Katz > .
23-8-29 Dictatorships: From Spin to Fear | Ruscist Regression (subs) - Katz > .
24-5-18 [Ruscian P00paganda Controls Narrative & Manipulates West] - Waro > .
24-5-7 [P00ti's P00pagandistic Stratagems] | Теории заговора по-путински | Katz > .
23-8-29 Dictatorships: From Spin to Fear | Ruscist Regression (subs) - Katz > .
Sudan & Syria
U$A/NATO
24-2-4 Zaluzhny Article - New Warfare Doctrine to Beat Ruscia - Ukraine Matters > .
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> Krumblin 2024 >>Krumblin - αλλο >> .
P00paganda, Krumblin Ruscism - Alētheiai >> .Propaganda, Fake News, Cyberpolitics - Armor >> .
R-U Winter 2023-4 - αλλο >> .
23-11-26 OPINION: Why Ukraine Can and Will Win KYIV POST
"Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, pointed out that the term “Russophobia” is an attempt [by the Krumblin] to justify the Russian Federation’s war crimes in Ukraine. The harm being done to Russians and Russian Federation culture is primarily due to Moscow’s own policies and actions, he countered, spotlighting the emigration of creative Russians due to its invasion of Ukraine; destruction of independent Russian journalism; attacks on culture, books, museums and other landmarks; mass killings [by orcs] of Russian speakers and citizens; and Russian Federation State television proclamations. The claim that Ukrainians are sick with a disease called “Russophobia” is simply colonial rhetoric and part of a larger strategy of hate speech, he stressed."
R-U Winter 2023-4 - αλλο >> .
23-6-10 Opposition leaders have begun to plan for the end of the regime – and some believe it is now inevitable: "Nearly 300 exiled Russian opposition politicians and activists gathered to discuss these questions in the European parliament earlier this week, the congress coming as news broke of the Nova Kakhovka dam destruction, the latest grim episode in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. ... The Brussels forum, convened by four MEPs, was the first such gathering to be given official status by a European parliamentary body, as some in Europe start thinking about how the contours of a post-Putin Russia would look.
Pobedobesie (победобесие, 'victory frenzy, victory mania or obsession with victory') is a pejorative term used to describe the "hyperbolic celebrations" of Victory Day in Russia. This has been dubbed the Victory Cult. The term has been extended to refer to the weaponization of the legacy of World War II to justify Russia's aggressive policies and an increase of militarism, using the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany for p00paganda purposes.
P00tin "was hella mad at the Ukrainians for this song. Since then we all call this prick as "huilo" (dickhead) and some even call russia as Huilostan."
A few things about the Russian economy that are largely ignored:
1. Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have stopped buying Russian electricity.
2. Gazprom (the Russian state energy supplier) went bankrupt 3 months ago and needed to be bailed out by the Russian government.
3. Ukraine has continually been targeting Russian oil infrastructure since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The Russians have described some oil refineries as "total losses" with "irreparable damage."
4. Russia has made its oil output a state secret, so that economists can't work out its GDP with any accuracy.
5. 45 European nations have agreed to tackle Russia's "shadow fleet" (used to skirt around sanctions) of old uninsured, unregistered and questionably seaworthy oil tankers, with a proposal currently sitting on the desk of the White House.
6. Russian civilians in the Krasnodar region are currently protesting at electricity rationing, with many arrests taking place. The atmosphere on the streets is described by locals, as "like an unstable artillery shell, ready to explode at any moment."
7. The Russian Ruble exchange rate to USD has tripled since 2014 (meaning the value of the Ruble has plunged ~66% in that time).
Russia is slowly being starved of its oil production capacity, oil refining capacity, and the ability to export oil to foreign countries. Over 30% of Russian GDP is currently used to fund its military. 30% of GDP to fund the military is untenable for any economy to sustain, especially considering Russia's economic losses and sanctions since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ukraine just needs to continue destroying Russia's military-industrial complex, while Europe and the US slowly strangle the Russian economy.
8. Russia has lost over 3 million people, mostly young and educated, who have fled Russia, since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
9. The Russian army has suffered over half a million dead, or severely wounded men (lost limbs, permanently paralyzed, or hospitalized long-term). These severely wounded soldiers will be a long-term burden to the Russian state, as they will never be able to work again, and will instead drain the economy through drawing disability pensions. These injured men will also depend on long-term medication and care. Family dependents such as young children may also have to be looked after by the Russian state, as they no longer have anyone to provide for them.
Ukraine Forever!
NATO 2024
24-12-12 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Military Investment > .
24-11-12 Sweden is Becoming Ruscia's Worst Nightmare - Icarus > .24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .24-2-20 Why Europe is Reinstating Conscription - TLDR > .23-12-23 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? (ft. UEF) - Simple > .24-4-19 Over The Horizon Super Radars: Australia (JORN), US, Xina, Ruscia - S&AC > .
NATO Inception: The Treaty of Dunkirk was signed by France and the United Kingdom on 4 March 1947, during the aftermath of World War II and the start of the Cold War, as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the event of possible attacks by Germany or the Soviet Union. In March 1948, this alliance was expanded in the Treaty of Brussels to include the Benelux countries, forming the Brussels Treaty Organization, commonly known as the Western Union. Talks for a wider military alliance, which could include North America, also began that month in the United States, where their foreign policy under the Truman Doctrine promoted international solidarity against actions they saw as communist aggression, such as the February 1948 coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. These talks resulted in the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 by the member states of the Western Union plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson was a key author and drafter of the treaty.
The North Atlantic Treaty was largely dormant until the Korean War initiated the establishment of NATO to implement it with an integrated military structure. This included the formation of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in 1951, which adopted many of the Western Union's military structures and plans, including their agreements on standardizing equipment and agreements on stationing foreign military forces in European countries. In 1952, the post of Secretary General of NATO was established as the organization's chief civilian. That year also saw the first major NATO maritime exercises, Exercise Mainbrace and the accession of Greece and Turkey to the organization. Following the London and Paris Conferences, West Germany was permitted to rearm militarily, as they joined NATO in May 1955, which was, in turn, a major factor in the creation of the Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact, delineating the two opposing sides of the Cold War. ...............
24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .
24-3-12 NATO mapped - 1948 to 2024 - Tigerstar > .
WW2 amphibous challenges
24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .
24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > .
Balkans
24-10-18 The EU Could Die (If It Fails To Reform) - gtbt > .
24-3-6 EU Defense Union: How Far Should We Integrate? - Simple > . skip > .24-10-18 Should the EU become a Federation? - EUMS > .
24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .
24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .
GMD - Ground-Based Midcourse Defense > Air Defense >>
24-4-19 GMD - America's Missile Defense - T&P > .
24-2-16 USN vs PLAN - T&P > .
24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .USA ⇔ > XIR >>
U$A/NATO
NATO Inception: The Treaty of Dunkirk was signed by France and the United Kingdom on 4 March 1947, during the aftermath of World War II and the start of the Cold War, as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the event of possible attacks by Germany or the Soviet Union. In March 1948, this alliance was expanded in the Treaty of Brussels to include the Benelux countries, forming the Brussels Treaty Organization, commonly known as the Western Union. Talks for a wider military alliance, which could include North America, also began that month in the United States, where their foreign policy under the Truman Doctrine promoted international solidarity against actions they saw as communist aggression, such as the February 1948 coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. These talks resulted in the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 by the member states of the Western Union plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson was a key author and drafter of the treaty.
21st century: Article 5 of the North Atlantic treaty, requiring member states to come to the aid of any member state subject to an armed attack, was invoked for the first and only time after the September 11 attacks, after which troops were deployed to Afghanistan under the NATO-led ISAF.
The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a high-readiness NATO rapid deployment force comprising land, sea, air, and special forces units capable of being deployed quickly within short notice. The NRF currently comprises up to 40,000 troops, with plans to increase its manpower to over 300,000 troops. Its forces include units from several non-NATO member partners, including Sweden (since 2013), Ukraine (since 2014), and Georgia (since 2015).
The NRF was formed in June 2003 per endorsements at the 2002 Prague summit. Units assigned to the NRF were only used for disaster relief and security until February 2022, when it was activated for the first time in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The NRF was formed in June 2003 per endorsements at the 2002 Prague summit. Units assigned to the NRF were only used for disaster relief and security until February 2022, when it was activated for the first time in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The NRF structure consists of four parts:
- Command and Control element: Based on a deployable Joint Task Force HQ.
- Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF): High-readiness "spearhead force" that can deploy wherever needed at short notice.
- Initial Follow On Forces Group (IFFG): High-readiness forces that can deploy following the VJTF in response to a crisis.
- Response Forces Pool (RFP): A broad spectrum of military capabilities encompassing command and control, combat forces, and support units, drawn from the national forces of NATO members and non-member allies.
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igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...
