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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Trump budget once again proposes to eliminate NOAA OAR, which brings you the CO₂ Keeling Curve. In this piece, I argued that the Keeling Curve is a treasure that belongs to humanity as the most poignant indication of our impact on the environment and as a testament to our ability to document it.

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Trump’s budget takes aim at gold standard measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide

OPINION: “President Trump, a renowned climate change denier, has shown repeatedly that he has no use for scientific data that disproves his preconceived assumptions,” David Ho writes.

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Germany's energy minister has correctly identified that it's sustainability that's crashing the German economy... First it was the pipeline supply of sustainability from Russia and now the seaborne supply of sustainability from the Gulf...

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Here it is - after Iceland last week, today the EU signed the Security and Defence Partnership with Australia. In Asia, the EU now has security partnerships with Japan, South Korea, India and Australia:

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 13/03/2026

Alexander Gabuev in FT: Trump’s choices are only pushing China and Russia closer together – ‘Beijing seemed reluctant to further increase its reliance on Russian energy. […] Trump’s war in the Middle East and the US naval blockade of Venezuela may change that calculus.’

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Trump’s choices are only pushing China and Russia closer together

Beijing and Moscow look to one another for energy and economic security amid geopolitical turbulence

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Jeez - these numbers for Europe are absolutely bonkers China's trade data for the first 2 months of the year. Exports to the EU up 27.8% Exports to Germany up 31.3% Exports to Netherlands up 17.9% Exports to France up 31.9% Exports to Italy up 36.4%

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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

40 Jahre lang wurde der Feministische Juristinnentag vom Bund gefördert - dieses Jahr wurde die Förderung kurz vor der Veranstaltung eingestellt. Der FJT ist eine sehr wichtige juristische Veranstaltung: viel Solidarität mit den Kolleginnen! taz.de/Neuer-Kurs-d...

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Neuer Kurs der Bundesregierung: Feminismus nicht mehr gewünscht

Frauenminsterin Karin Prien streicht Geld für den Feministischen Juristinnentag in Hamburg. Ihre Vorgängerinnen hatten ihn jahrzehntelang unterstützt.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The EU has the tools to stand up to the US (read anti-coercion instrument) and I read @olofgill.bsky.social's statements to mean it is ready to use them if Trump really blocks all trade with Spain because Sánchez dares criticize him. The EU has to stand together.

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Strategically it’s incredibly clever the EU is eroding the key levers of the green transition. As a net oil and gas importer being susceptible to repeated geopolitical supply and terms of trade shocks is just such a great place to be.

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

As transatlantic divorce plays out in Munich, China enjoys the silence My last dispatch from Bavaria on Beijing floating under the radar, looking for openings...

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As transatlantic divorce plays out in Munich, China enjoys the silence

For long, China was a magnet for America’s rhetorical aggression. Now, it is the Europeans who are under fire.

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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It’s telling what the White House highlights with regard to Rubio’s speech. „Shared heritage“, „Christian foundations“, „cultural legacy“, „cultural preservation“, and a rejection of globalism. That‘s at the heart of its understanding of „Western civilization“.

Screenshot of a White House Press Release titled „In Munich, Secretary Rubio Calls on Allies to Embrace Shared Heritage, Meet Challenges of New Era“.

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Merz at MSC: Europe will not adopt MAGA vision of free speech. It does not support tariffs and protectionism. It believes in climate change and the need for the WHO. "The US will run up against its own limits if it tries to go it alone"

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"As Japan’s election showed on Sunday, coercive pressure from abroad — in this case from China — can backfire badly on the coercer."

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America? France and the UK are deepening their cooperation. Other European conversations with the continent’s two nuclear-armed powers are also underway A joint report with @shashj.bsky.social economist.com/europe/2026/...

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Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America?

Britain and France are deepening their co-operation

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 30/01/2026

The trade pact may be getting all the attention, but the pair also inked a landmark defense agreement this week.

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The Other India-EU Deal

The trade pact may be getting all the attention, but the pair also inked a landmark defense agreement.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The EU and #India are the runners-up in their respective half of the globe. But if they team up, they‘ll show the world that they have options, too. 🇪🇺🇮🇳 My latest for The @economist.com. economist.com/europe/2026/...

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Europe is about to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India

One way to show America and China that also-rans have options, too

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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

No idea if this will be good so it is not an endorsement per se, but curious to see how it develops

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 23/01/2026

Many western multinationals are losing enthusiasm for China • European and US firms cut employment in China by almost 10% between 2019 and 2023 • Several big US firms like Starbucks, IBM and Airbnb have pulled out of China, completely or in part www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 22/01/2026

Die Ära der Pax Americana geht zu Ende. Europa kann sich nicht länger auf die Partnerschaft mit den USA verlassen. Eine Studie von Barbara Lippert & Stefan Mair (Hg.) zeigt in 14 Beiträgen Wege aus der Abhängigkeit von Washington. (1/4) www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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Mit, ohne, gegen Washington: Die Neubestimmung der Beziehungen Europas zu den USA

Die Epoche der Pax Americana, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Deutschlands und Europas Sicherheit garantierte, kommt an ihr Ende. Die Europäer...

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 22/01/2026

NATO’s Rutte says Arctic talks with Trump will focus on keeping Russia and China out – Reuters

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NATO's Rutte says Arctic talks with Trump will focus on keeping Russia, China out

Trump's ambitions have put strain on the NATO alliance.

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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The uncomfortable truth is that we no longer know the answer. U.S. security guarantees are conditional, transactional, and potentially unreliable. A far stronger European defence is no longer a matter of ambition or prestige—it is a necessity. 3/4

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

China's newly added energy storage capacity last year grew 40% asia.nikkei.com/business/ene... "Benchmark Intelligence forecasts China will install 239 GWh of new capacity this year, making up more than half the 458.5 GWh expected globally."

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China battery storage installations triple North America's in 2025

Gap expected to grow this year despite AI-fueled demand in US

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w... "Members of Mr. Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party, for their part, say that the opposition is trying to paralyze his administration."

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Taiwan’s $40 Billion Military Spending Plan Stalled by Political Impasse

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 21/01/2026

In this essay, @jleibold.bsky.social and Soyonbo Borjgin expose the systematic dismantling of Mongolian-medium schooling in Inner Mongolia and argue that changing school names from Mongolian into Chinese constitutes one of the final acts in cancelling once-promised autonomy and sovereignty.

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Rectifying Names, Erasing Mongols: The Unmaking of Mongolian Education in China

On a clear October morning in 2025, two massive cranes rolled up to a middle school in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Workers prised off the large Chinese and Mongolian signs running along the ...

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

MOST INTERESTING *German business lobby* says retaliatory tariffs, ACI + cancelling Turnberry "plausible" From BDI: "It is understandable EP is now postponing vote on US trade agreement. We also consider considerations re retaliatory tariffs or the use of ACI to be plausible at this stage"

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Even allowing for some rerouting via third markets, the asymmetry is clear: the EU is far more dependent on Chinese clean tech than the United States, while China is far more dependent on the EU market than on the US. Great chart from the CER's new paper: www.cer.eu/publications...

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

"...zeigt, dass es richtig war, auf den diplomatischen Affront im Oktober mit einer demonstrativen Absage der Reise zu reagieren. Auch wenn China in einer deutlich stärkeren Position als Europa ist, zahlt sich selbstbewusstes Auftreten aus." www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

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Wadephul in China: Selbstbewusstsein lohnt sich

Der relativ freundliche Empfang für den deutschen Außenminister in Peking zeigt: Es war richtig, im Oktober auf den diplomatischen Affront mit einer Absage der Reise zu reagieren.

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Johann Wadephul @aussenminister.diplo.de · 08/12/2025

Wir haben großes Interesse daran, immer wieder Verständnis füreinander zu entwickeln. So auch in unserem – mit Omid Nouripour, Nicolas Zippelius & Ralf Stegner – sehr guten Gespräch mit Liu Haixing, dem Leiter der Internationalen Abteilung der Kommunistischen Partei, die China entscheidend prägt.

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Cars 🇨🇳 can't sell at home: "boom in gasoline-powered exports is driven by the same EV subsidies and policies that wrecked the China businesses of automakers including VW, GM and Nissan by underwriting scores of Chinese EV makers and igniting a devastating price war" www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home

While Western nations focus on the competitive threat of Chinese EVs, a different challenge is reshaping the auto industry. Beijing's legacy automakers are saturating emerging and second-tier markets ...

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Fergus Ryan @fergus.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Our new ASPI report 'The Party’s AI' is out now. It shows how China’s LLMs, vision models and “AI+” governance architecture are hard-coding censorship and control into the future of AI. www.aspi.org.au/repo...

Cover of ASPI’s “The Party’s AI”. A lone man stands on a road where tanks should be, but they’ve been erased, mirroring how Chinese LLMs censor sensitive images. For more, see Chapter 1.

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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung @boell.de · 06/11/2025

🟢 Wir laden ein zur Buchvorstellung 📖 "Das Versagen – Eine investigative Geschichte der deutschen Russlandpolitik" I 📅 Mi, 10. Dezember 2025 I 🕕 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr I 📍 Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/das...

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Das Versagen – Eine investigative Geschichte der deutschen Russlandpolitik Mit Katja Gloger und Georg Mascolo im Gespräch mit Franziska Brantner

Warum hielt Deutschland so lange an der Vorstellung fest, Russland sei ein verlässlicher Partner? Welche Fehleinschätzungen prägten die deutsche Haltung gegenüber Wladimir Putin und warum blieb Angela...

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Jeremy Page 裴杰 @jnbpage.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Can China lead the world on climate action? In a 6-part special report in this week's Economist, Gabriel Crossley and I explore how China became the world's green energy superpower and why it has reached a tipping point in its approach to climate change www.economist.com/special-repo...

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A time that has come | Nov 8th 2025 | The Economist

A time that has come. Special reports from The Economist. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"The non-colonials can decolonize but in a way that does not challenge the decolonization of the ex-colonials." resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal... Interesting read on "the strategic use of customary international law and ancient literature in the South China Sea dispute"

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Can the Non-Colonials Decolonize? | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

Can the Non-Colonials Decolonize? - Volume 119

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Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"China has offset the decline from America with breathtaking speed. Shipments to other parts of the world have surged this year, (...) Chinese exports are on track to reach another record this year." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Filiz Polat 🌈💚☮️🦔 @filiz-polat.de · 04/11/2025

Deutschland auf dem Weg ins Industriemuseum? Deutliche Kritik von EWE-Chef Stefan Dohler an der Energiepolitik der Bundesregierung. Bremsen könne keine Strategie zum Überholen im globalen Wettbewerb sein kann. www.fr.de/wirtschaft/f...

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„Führt Deutschland ins Industriemuseum“: EWE-Chef warnt Merz-Regierung

EWE-Chef Stefan Dohler kritisiert die Energiepolitik der Regierung. Er warnt vor einer Verlangsamung der Energiewende. Die Innovationskraft könnte leiden.

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Norbert Röttgen @nroettgen.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Abhängigkeiten abbauen kostet Geld. Aber Sicherheit und Unabhängigkeit sind nun mal keine kostenlosen Güter, man muss in sie investieren. Nach der Erfahrung mit Russland sollte es für uns selbstverständlich sein, das zu tun. www.welt.de/politik/deut...

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Norbert Röttgen: „Wir haben diese Realität ignoriert. Jetzt fühlt sich China stark genug“ - WELT

Strategische Politik im Umgang mit China? Fehlanzeige, kritisiert CDU-Außenpolitiker Röttgen. Nach wie vor mache sich die Bundesrepublik „erpressbar“ durch die Diktatur. Peking schätze Deutschland heu...

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Anna Cavazzini @annacavazzini.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Auch wenn im Handelskonflikt der USA mit China alle kurz durchatmen: Im Dreieck Trump, Xi & EU dürfen wir nicht untergehen. Wir müssen als EU nicht nur als Anhängsel der USA auftreten, sondern eine viel eigenständigere Politik machen, sage ich der tagesschau www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...

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EU reagiert zurückhaltend auf Handelsdeal zwischen USA und China

Angesichts der Entspannung im Handelsstreit zwischen den USA und China zeigt sich die EU erleichtert. Der Deal könnte bei eigenen Verhandlungen mit Peking helfen. Doch in Brüssel ist auch klar: Die EU...

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Party-to-party talks between Germany’s Social Democrats and China’s Communist Party are a relic from another era. But SPD Vice Chancellor/Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil is keeping the tradition alive. He risks becoming a pawn in Beijing’s divide and rule game

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Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia @boellsea.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

ASEAN Regional Press Review, October 2025 th.boell.org/en/media/fil... To subscribe to our press review and to see archives from year 2019 to 2025, check out the link below 👇 bit.ly/4nuOla6

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