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Carsten Søndergaard

@carsten1634.bsky.social
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Former Danish Ambassador to Russia, Ireland, NATO, Germany and Turkey.

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Carsten Søndergaard @carsten1634.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ich dachte erst, es sei eine Meldung der Heute-Show oder vom Postillon. Wer sitzt da in der ZDF-Nachrichtenredaktion und kann eine Farce nicht von einer Wahl unterscheiden?
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump: “The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada.”
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A great read! “A drunk wedding on a secluded island attended by a group of entitled douchebags is also probably a good place to collect kompromat on people (just a guess, given what we know about Trump himself…)” alexzfinley.substack.com/p/i-need-bet...
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I Need Better Friends
My friends gave me a toaster as a wedding gift. Trump family friends treat them to multi-day destination weddings, no strings attached (wink wink)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/09/2026
The 10-year US Treasury yield hit 5.02 percent on Tuesday for the first time since the 2007 global financial crisis.
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Benchmark US government bond yield hits 19-year peak as oil prices surge
The 10-year US Treasury yield hit 5.02 percent on Tuesday for the first time since the 2007 global financial crisis.
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What Kushner is actually saying is this: “The victim’s attempts at resisting rape, stops the rapist. I side with the rapist.” He is saying this on behalf of America, in full openness for the history books. This complete moral degeneration will never be forgotten.
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Impressive setback
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oops!
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Very weird (and undeserved) article on Daron Acemoglu in The Economist. The complaint from an anonymous "well-known economist" is telling: "he uses his models to inform populist policies that have been tried before and failed.”
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So the USA is against “Forever” Wars, but totally ok with “Indefinite” ones. Got it—thanks for that.
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Claudia Salowski @claudiasalowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
der Möglichkeit, politisch, diplomatisch oder sogar militärisch zu reagieren. Sie schadet und lähmt zugleich.“ Lesenswertes Stück u.a. von @oliviakortas.bsky.social und @joerglau.bsky.social (🎁-Link ohne Paywall) 2/2 www.zeit.de/2026/35/droh...
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Drohnenangriff bei Leipzig: Müssen wir Russland wirklich fürchten?
Auch wenn es viele nicht wahrhaben wollen: ja. Nur wie soll die Bundesregierung darauf antworten? Sie steckt in einem Dilemma zwischen Schweigen – und Zurückschlagen.
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Here is a message from our president. I am not yet reconciled to America as a predator nation, instead of a good and admirable nation. I hope that most Americans feel the same way.
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Es ist ganz einfach: wenn Trump sagt, es dürfe in den USA „nie wieder eine gestohlene Wahl geben“, dann muss man das als Ankündigung lesen, dass er im Zweifelsfall die Wahl selber stehlen oder als gestohlen darstellen wird. www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
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Die große Wahl-Enthüllung verpufft: Fünf Erkenntnisse aus Donald Trumps Rede an die Nation
Donald Trump versprach spektakuläre Enthüllungen über manipulierte Wahlen in den USA. Doch neue Beweise liefert seine Rede kaum. Stattdessen zeigt sie, welche Strategie der Präsident vor den Midterms ...
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Das amerikanische Regime auf antidemokratischen Abwegen: Trump bereitet einen Wahlbetrug vor; Rubio nennt Leute, die für Gleichheit eintreten, Terroristen; Hegseth verwandelt das Militär in einen Teil der Manosphere; ein Millionen-Fonds für europäische Rechte im State-Department.
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Susanbeth5781 @susanpatrick1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ironic, a cartoon character has more wisdom than the entire tRump clown cabinet combined
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This is some “let the abusers do foreign policy” logic right here. “We wouldn’t have to hurt you or leave you if you would just lie down and take it. Then we will need you to abuse forever and never leave you baby” (Of course from clarem*nt)
That is the paradox Ankara revealed: The surest way to keep American power anchored to Europe's defense is to give America something of its own to defend.
Far from breaking the alliance, such a settlement would reset it. Security and compensation for Denmark, protected self-government for Greenland and permanent responsibility for the United States.
The purpose is not to pull Greenland out of Europe, but to bind American power more firmly to it.
• Will Thibeau is a U.S. Army veteran and the director of the American Military Project at the Claremont Institute.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 05/07/2026
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the "special military operation" in Ukraine has become a "real war" due to Western intervention on Kyiv's behalf. Moscow has said roughly this for years already, but this might be the bluntest such remark from an official so senior. www.vesti.ru/ns/peskov-za...
A war is underway — this is a real war. Do you know why it's a war? Because it all started as a special military operation. It continues as a war because behind Kyiv stand Berlin, Paris, The Hague, Oslo, and, unfortunately, Washington. Because they help [Kyiv] take aim through their satellites, they help guide foreign weapons onto our targets through their entire infrastructure. Under these conditions, we have to be clear-eyed: the Kyiv regime is capable of anything.
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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Carsten Søndergaard @carsten1634.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Russia urgently suspends railway border crossings with Europe www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/russia-...
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Are we human?
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:
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Alice Bota @alicebota.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Zu den Ausländern, die diesen Orden erhalten haben, gehörten auch: Miklós Horthy (autsch), Philippe Petáin(autschautsch) und Benito Mussolini (autschautschautsch). Kurzum: So inakzeptabel die Verklärung und Verherrlichung der UPA ist - Nawrocki geht es nur um sein innenpolitisches Spiel.
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Jens Siegert @siegert.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ist es vorstellbar, dass irgendwo in der EU gegen jemanden wegen "Beihilfe zum Völkermord" aufgrund einer "propalästinensischen Haltung" ermittelt wird? Ich glaube, nicht. Was ist das hier also anderes als Antisemitismus? www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Spanische Autorin wegen "Beihilfe zu Völkermord" angezeigt
Wegen ihrer proisraelischen Haltung wird in Spanien gegen die Autorin und Journalistin Pilar Rahola wegen „Beihilfe zum Völkermord“ ermittelt. Angezeigt haben sie Mitglieder der Sozialistischen Jugend...
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Robert Kagan on why Europe matters for liberal democracy, why appeasement has to stop (and Mark Rutte needs to shut up). (Quite a reversal by the inventor of the Mars/Venus-cliché!) www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The problem here is that France wants a strong common EU foreign policy "strategic autonomy" AND total national control of foreign policy. The only way to make EU foreign policy strong and coherent is for states to give up control. Europe needs to make the trade: sovereignty for power.
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Carsten Søndergaard @carsten1634.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Northern Fleet deploys anti-drone nets over nuclear submarines www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nor...
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Northern Fleet deploys anti-drone nets over nuclear submarines
A newly published photograph from the Gadzhiyevo naval base on the Barents Sea coast has, for the first time, revealed anti-drone defences installed around Northern Fleet submarines, suggesting growin...
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"China asks"
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 25/05/2026
Police in Czechia stopped a car carrying Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads the church’s Czech branch, and found four small containers with a white substance during a search
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Russian Orthodox cleric stopped in Czechia over suspected drug possession
Police in Czechia stopped a car carrying Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads the church’s Czech branch, and found four small containers with a white substance during a search, acc...
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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Trump went to war with Iran to deal with its nuclear program. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. We agree to end the war in order to reopen the Strait. We’ll do nuclear negotiations another time. Guess that’s Trump’s Art of the Deal.
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Steve Gutterman @sgutterman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Exclusive: US Asks Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine To Allow Belarusian Fertilizer Exports
US officials have proposed that Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine lift sanctions on Belarusian potash to allow the transit of the agricultural product – a major source of hard currency revenue for Minsk ...
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Nicht Merz‘ Kommentare über die „Demütigung“ der USA sind das Problem, sondern Trumps erneute, dreifache Attacke auf die EU - und besonders Deutschland, trotz aller Bemühungen um Beschwichtigung. Was daraus folgt, hier in meinem Kommentar (freebie) www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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Donald Trump: Trumps Drohungen sollten mit Gegenmaßnahmen beantwortet werden
Die Abhängigkeit von den USA ist ein untragbares Risiko. Es hat keinen Sinn, das weiter mit Beschwichtigungen zu überdecken. Stattdessen bitte: Los jetzt.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/05/2026
The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain ft.trib.al/cVpu33Z | opinion
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The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain
It should be entirely possible to be anti-Israel without sinking to dehumanising language
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Who does this description of Kaiser Wilhelm II remind you of? (Written by Christopher Clark in 2015).
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Reports of a third attempted arson attack on Jewish targets in North London this week. It's getting really scary and more people need to start taking it seriously.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Zelensky just out with a long comment after the latest Ramstein meeting. Optimistic and gives thanks to many partners. Not a single mention of the US helping Ukraine. The Ukrainians are not hiding the fact that the US is no longer their friend.
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Carsten Søndergaard @carsten1634.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Good point.
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 09/04/2026
Solidarität mit den Palästinensern ist richtig. Aber nicht auf Kosten von Überlebenden der Shoa.
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»Kufiyas in Buchenwald«: Der Holocaust gehört nicht in diesen Konflikt – Kommentar
Solidarität mit den Palästinensern ist richtig. Aber nicht auf Kosten von Überlebenden der Shoa.
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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is the worst crisis in NATO's history. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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Is This the End of NATO?
The disputes over the Iran War are unprecedented in NATO's 77-year history. It threatens not just the cohesion, but the very foundation of the Alliance itself.
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Andrey Baklitskiy @baklitskiy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Dmitry Trenin, formerly Director of Carnegie Moscow and now with Higher School of Economics and IMEMO, was elected to be the next President of the Russian International Affairs Council instead of the former foreign minister Igor Ivanov
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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Spanien und Italien verweigern den USA die Nutzung von Militärflughäfen, Polen Patriots in den Golf abzugeben und UK schränkt den Zugang amerikanischer Verbindungsbeamter zu sensitiven Informationen ein. Wenn die NATO 2003 eine Nahtoderfahrung hatte, was wird das jetzt?
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Not secretly - Hungary and Slovakia openly act as proxies for Russian and Chinese influence in the EU
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Carsten Søndergaard @carsten1634.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US directs American embassies to wage campaign against foreign ‘hostility’ – with Musk’s help
Cable signed by Marco Rubio and seen by Guardian suggests staff work with Pentagon psychological operations unit
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A graph summarizes one of the major points made by Neue Zürcher Zeitung's discussion of the collapse under Trump of the US dollar as a reserve currency. This will have adverse consequences for the US economy for decades, but major US media are seemingly oblivious to what is happening.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In today’s Russian newspapers: Russians warned not to meet with British diplomats. Plus, the “list of violations for which foreigners can be expelled from Russia” is set to expand & include ‘abusing freedom of the press.’ #ReadingRussia
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Russians warned not to meet with British diplomats
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If this is where the US ends up, the Trump administration is waving the white flag. Nothing about Iranian nukes, nothing about keeping the Strait open and free, nothing about regime change. A strategic waste and failure of historic proportions.
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Going TACO. Aka US loses its war of choice. Israel will be blamed for the whole mess. Gulfies will be dropped like old socks, to use a French expression. And the global economy can croak.
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The US violated jus ad bellum (when you can go to war) and US military clearly has violated jus in bello (what you are allowed to do in war). SecDef has encouraged war crimes to be committed, and POTUS quite clearly wrote US was ready to destroy more civ infrastructure, outside of IHL ‘constraints’
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Russian Illusions
How the West lost the post-Cold War era
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Jörg Spengler 🇪🇺 @joergspengler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Windkraft ist sauber, klimafreundlich und leistungsstark! Mit der #Energiewende machen wie uns von den fossilen Autokraten unabhängig. 🌻✊ Bild und Artikel: @kontrast.at 👏
Eine einzige Windrad-Umdrehung erzeugt Energie für...
• 1 Tag Strom für eine Familie,
• 50 km mit dem E-Auto,
• 350 Stunden Laptop-Nutzung oder
• 500 m mit dem Schnellzug
KONTRAST.at
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Am I wrong in fearing that Israel is running out of interceptors more rapidly than Iran is depleting its missiles? I hope my fears are misplaced
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