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Tim Heinkelmann-Wild @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am very curious about the perspectives of my co-panellists, @profsaunders.bsky.social (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) and @guehenno.bsky.social (former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping), and am looking forward to our discussion, moderated by Emmanuel Kattan from the #AllianceProgram!

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mon diagnostic -pas trop optimiste- sur l’état du monde….

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

For the 3rd time the non proliferation treaty review conference could not agree on a final document. Last time there was consensus was 2010! One of the most important pillars of international security is crumbling.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

8/ There is a lesson for the west: don’t count on nuclear deterrence when it is too late. Deter attack with the threat of long range conventional strikes against the aggressor.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

7/ The present situation is particularly dangerous, because attempts by Russia to restore deterrence can lead to escalation.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

6/ in hindsight, it might have been better to threaten long range conventional strikes against Russia as a deterrent, before its large scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

5/ Initially, there was much reluctance in the west in supporting long range strikes against Russia because of the escalatory risk, and it is only gradually that the Ukrainian response to Russia’s aggression has acquired strategic depth, but as a warfighting tactic.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

4/ This is a real challenge for Europeans who should not allow Russia to invade a neighboring country while sanctuarizing its territory because it is a nuclear power.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

3/ Ambiguous deniable attacks may be the least bad way for Russia to signal to western powers that helping Ukraine is not without risks.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

2/ For Russia, the challenge is to restore some deterrence, especially against the western allies of Ukraine. Can it? Escalating in Ukraine doesn’t do it, & striking the territory of NATO powers with conventional weapons is very risky, not to mention Karaganov threats of nuclear use!

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1/ the Ukraine war raises big questions for nuclear deterrence: nuclear deterrence hasn’t prevented Ukraine from striking deeper & deeper in Russian territory nor has it stopped western powers from assisting Ukraine, in particular with intelligence, for those strikes

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Mitterrand once said: nationalism means war. He was right: Israeli/zionist nationalism versus Palestinian nationalism, Russian nationalism versus Ukrainian nationalism. The 19th century European invention of the nation-state has been a blessing (creating collective energy) & a curse for the world

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Honored to represent International Peace Institute at the meeting of the Global Alliance in Brussels. I hope the ministers of the EU listened and will finally take action. EU has leverage but doesn’t use it!

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Janic Tremblay @janictremblay.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Entrevue avec @guehenno.bsky.social, ancien secrétaire adjoint de l'ONU «Les nouveaux nationalismes ont leur fragilité. Cette fragilité crée de l’agressivité. On est dans une situation, à mon avis, profondément instable et pour cela profondément dangereuse.» ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

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Quand et comment le monde a-t-il changé? | OHdio | Radio-Canada

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Tout terrain : Quand et comment le monde a-t-il changé?

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

La corruption n’est pas une maladie des sociétés contemporaines. Elle en est l’essence même. Il faut donc changer de mot. La poursuite de l’argent occupe tout l’espace libre ouvert par la mort des idées politiques.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Nous n’avons pas été en contact depuis bien longtemps et je n’ai plus votre adresse e-mail. Pouvez-vous m’envoyer un message à jg@3083@columbia.edu? Merci Jean-Marie Guéhenno

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 07/02/2025

As disruptive cyber campaigns extend out of conflict zones to impact everyone, @guehenno.bsky.social, Olivia Grinberg, Jason Healey write that the world needs a multistakeholder model for cyber peace, which requires cooperation between the private sector and international organizations.

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A Multistakeholder Model of Cyber Peace

The international community needs a new model for maintaining peace and security in cyberspace.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Is there a plan behind Trump’s chaos? Maybe on the Middle East. Israel wants to kill 2 states solution, Trump doesn’t want another big war. Possible that he helps Israel kill 2-states solution with his unimplementable gambit on Gaza, while he reopens diplomatic track with Iran? Or not!

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Nicolás Dorronsoro @ndorronsoro.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Avec Trump, il est temps de profiter du vide. Kagame voit claire. J'ai vécu en Afrique subsaharienne 12 ans, dont un à Goma en 2008. Enregistré alors : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTDy... youtu.be/Ck1OFAt-D9E?... Nous exploitons consciemment la RDC. C'est une zone de sacrifice.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

La chute de Goma, une grande tragédie pour la RDC, trahie par des dirigeants qui n’ont pas construit un État, abandonnée par une “communauté internationale” qui a d’autres soucis, pillée par un Rwanda rapace qui n’a pas renoncé à dépecer son grand voisin affaibli.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Good analysis by Lawrence Freedman on what Ukraine needs (not chinese troops, Wolfgang…😉) samf.substack.com/p/how-can-uk...

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How Can Ukraine's Security Be Guaranteed?

Is there a role for a European multinational force?

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Ischinger’s is absurd: 1/Bringing China troops to Europe would be a provocation for Trump. 2/ Troops from countries not strongly committed to Ukraine would pull out if there was a risk of war. 3/ Ukraine would be as opposed to that “guarantee“ as Putin to the presence of NATO countries troops.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

« Despite spending more than twice as much on education per student, New York has educational outcomes — graduation rates, eighth-grade test scores — that are roughly the same as Florida’s. »

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Feeling Europe FNDN @feelingeurope.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

@guehenno.bsky.social , I read your letter to the young generation nexus-instituut.nl/en/publicati.... Europe did not go along with the transformations. Kishore warned already in 2013hat "that Asia is becoming the dominant force"

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Passing on the Flag | Nexus Institute

In 2024, the Nexus Institute celebrated its thirtieth birthday. For this special occasion, we invited old and new friends of Nexus to write a letter to the younger generation, ‘passing on the flag’ of...

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Al-Sharaa is right not to rush elections and constitution in Syria. But the longer the transition, the greater the need for an impartial broker to manage it & organize credible elections. Excluding the UN would be a grave mistake, that will only create very legitimate suspicions.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Réaction française au verdict de Mazan, approuvant à juste titre la condamnation deTOUS les accusés, mais aussi nécessaire différenciation des peines. Réaction de la presse américaine, critique de peines selon elle trop légères, et demandant que tous reçoivent des peines plus sévères.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

2/And external actors can make things worse. Syria can very easily slip into a civil war if Turkey encourages the Islamists to crush the Kurds, or if the Kurds & other non Islamists, supported by the US & Israel try to push back too far.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

1/There is no peaceful society waiting to blossom when a monstrous dictatorship collapses. There is hate and lack of trust & social capital. #Syria needs enlightened leaders to overcome desire for revenge and retribution.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#Dohaforum Haka Fidan FM of Türkiye: we don’t want PKK or Daesh to take advantage of the situation.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Thinking of all the Syrians, exiled, tortured, murdered, who will not have seen that day of hope.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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Benoît Coeuré @bcoeure.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Provocative 🧵 by @lugaricano: Giving outliers a chance > scaling up Useful to challenge the post-Draghi consensus, and food for thought for EU regulators.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Censure ou pas: Ce qui ne fait pas de doute, c’est que la chute du gouvernement 🇫🇷 sera pour les observateurs étrangers la confirmation que les responsables politiques sont incapables de s’entendre sur un plan de redressement des finances du pays. Le coût de la dette augmentera immédiatement

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The meeting of Nordic countries and Poland sends a strong message to Russia , to Trump, and to the rest of Europe that there is a group of frontline states that are willing to take risks to prevent a defeat of Ukraine.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

One can argue whether a legal process is the best avenue to stop the war in Gaza, but if one believes that international justice can help build the rule of law in international relations, making a distinction between our friends and others is an insult to the very idea of justice.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Courageous piece by Gideon Levy: “The prime minister and former defense minister are being tried by the world, because the world saw and could not hold its silence. If it had, the court in The Hague would have been derelict in its duty."

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If Europe lets Ukraine down, Russian tanks may not roll into the Baltic States but the abandonment of Ukraine, coming after the commitment of the last two years will deal a mortal blow to the European ambition of a political Europe. Putin will just have to pick European countries one at a time,

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Tim Cook et les grands patrons US se tournent vers Trump dès qu’ils ont un problème avec l’UE. L’Europe sera dans le collimateur de Trump: c’est une cible plus facile à atteindre que la Chine, car elle dépend des USA pour sa sécurité. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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How Tim Cook Cracked the Code on Working With Trump

The election is leading to a return of personal lobbying by CEOs, hoping to develop ties with the new administration. Cook developed a playbook for engaging with Trump.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Bluesky vs. Twitter: Posting same story, both platforms. Twitter, 138.2K Twitter followers (and falling): 14 interactions. Bluesky, 12.1K followers (and rising): 119 interactions. The Bluesky algorithm is way better. People who follow you actually see your posts, and they engage. @bsky.app

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Je pense que tenter d’utiliser la voie judiciaire pour empêcher Marine Le Pen de se présenter à la présidentielle est une stratégie à haut risque. Elle a échoué avec Trump et renforce le rejet des institutions par une large partie de la population.

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno @guehenno.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Abraham accords: The UAE, a non democratic regime with 1M nationals out of a population of 10M, can afford to completely ignore the will of its people. Saudi Arabia, with nationals being 60% of its 35M population, can’t, even if it is an absolute monarchy.

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