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New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
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Sorry. At least one my questions is answered in the story.
"During that time, Bradley also consulted with the uniformed lawyer on duty... The JAG officer, or judge advocate general officer, assessed it would be legal to move forward with a second strike, the sources added."
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This shows you how muddled the rationale is. On the one hand, the target was the capsized boat. On the other hand, the target were the men who could've "floated to safety". Which is it? What did JAGs say in that 41-minute gap? And did Adm Bradley sign up to kill shipwrecked people from the air?
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Drones over French nuclear submarine base last night.
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The French armed forces minister, Catherine Vautrin, says that the drones were “intercepted” by the navy. Whether that means shot down or jammed is not clear
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"In other words, immigrants will corrupt the values of the societies they move to—a shocking assertion from a country that is itself built on immigration. The NSS’s prescriptions for Europe flow from this assertion of Judeo-Christian nationalism." www.economist.com/united-….
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Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
Allies may panic; despots will cheer
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"Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, has voted to introduce voluntary military service, in a move aimed at boosting national defences after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe's strongest conventional army.
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'Himes, the House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, told reporters after his meeting with Bradley that the admiral had conveyed to him and Crawford, the committee chair, that there was no order from Hegseth to “kill them all.”' www.washingtonpost.com/na….
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Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
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As far as I can see, this nat sec strategy is far harsher on Europe than on Russia. There is no mention of a threat from Russia or of deterrence, only that "re-establishing strategic stability" is a priority. Europe is cast as a major threat to freedom. A radical, dangerous document.
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Trump national security strategy: Make Europe White Again.
"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades ...certain NATO members will become majority non-European"
"the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure"
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Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
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A senior Ukrainian official cautioned that Thursday’s meeting was a “debrief by the Americans” and not “a negotiation session . . . when they are back [in Kyiv] we will have a delegation meeting and see what’s next”.
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Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will brief Kyiv officials in Miami on Thursday, after a US meeting with Vladimir Putin this week concluded with no agreement on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Steve Witkoff to meet Ukrainian officials after fruitless talks with Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump’s special envoy to brief Kyiv’s chief negotiators on Kremlin meeting
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It's not apples and oranges, its apples and trumpets. It's an utterly nonsensical comparison. There were 680,000 heart disease deaths in the United States. It doesn't mean the bacon manufacturers have mounted an armed attack.
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'the Pentagon’s top watchdog has concluded that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, U.S. personnel, and national security at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands' www.theatlantic.com/natio….
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Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
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'Hegseth relayed the plans in a private Signal chat set up to coordinate the strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi group, but stripped the classification markings, according to a second person.' www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Pentagon’s Signalgate Review Finds Hegseth Violated Defense Department Regulations
The Defense Department watchdog also stated that as Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth has the authority to declassify information.
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"While not discounting the harmful or deadly effect of illegal narcotics, chemical substances, even when illegally introduced into the United States, do not amount to an armed attack the way flying commercial airliners into skyscrapers packed with civilians did"
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Hard to over-state how much this is a consensus view among serous military-legal observers. "Comparing the drug cartel threat to the conflict with al-Qaeda and subsequently with the Islamic State is like comparing a rifle with a cruise missile." warontherocks.com/2025/12….
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Attacking Drug Boats: Bending or Breaking the Law?
U.S. attacks on alleged narcotics trafficking boats continue unabated with little apparent concern for near-unanimous legal condemnation. The Trump
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"Military leaders will not wake up suddenly one day to find themselves surrounded by and serving in a post-liberal political regime. The decisions that they make along the way will have an enduring impact on whether liberalism adapts to survive" warontherocks.com/2025/12….
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The Soldier in the Illiberal State is a Professional Dead End
The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously
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An important step in Japan. 'Ms Takaichi now wants to create a stand-alone national intelligence agency to take over from intelligence-gathering by several ... ministries & agencies. On November 14th a new LDP council met to discuss the design.' www.economist.com/asia/20….
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How will Japan’s defences evolve under its hawkish new leader?
Takaichi Sanae wants bigger budgets, better spooks and a stronger arms industry
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After a visit to Bangalore, I wrote this week on the optimistic mood in India's defence-tech scene—boosted by the government's drive for more home-grown arms, more interaction between start-ups & armed forces, and lessons from the India-Pakistan war in May www.economist.com/asia/20….
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India’s defence-tech startups are thriving
The recent war with Pakistan has infused new energy into the sector
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