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Stathios Ballas @stathiosb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Great discussion👇 BUT shameful that @thousandfriend.bsky.social joins the chorus of those criticising Chancellor Merz for his honest observation regarding Trump’s Iran-quagmire yet moments later state that the troop drawdown (from Europe) is U.S “shooting itself in the foot!” youtu.be/lDNfqX442rg

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US Troop withdrawal: A turning point for Europe? | To the Point

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Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt @evangelische-akademie.de · 20/04/2026

In dieser Woche laden wir zu zwei USA-bezogenen Veranstaltungen ein: Am Di geht es um Zivilreligion (mit @bgillis.bsky.social ➡️ www.evangelische-akademie.de/64027) am Do um die transatlantischen Beziehungen (mit @havpost.bsky.social @thousandfriend.bsky.social ➡️ www.evangelische-akademie.de/63867).

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DGAP @dgap.org · 10/12/2025

Join our #MorningBriefing tomorrow! Together with Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, @thousandfriend.bsky.social & Amanda Sloat, moderator @stoeckmannjan.bsky.social will assess the views formalized in the recently released 🇺🇸 NSS & their implications for the transatlantic relationship.

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The US National Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations

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DGAP @dgap.org · 06/10/2025

Re-watch now our discussion with Justin Logan from Cato Institute! As part of our “Remaking America?” event series with @scripts-berlin.eu, we discussed what a 🇺🇸 strategy of restraint could mean for 🇪🇺 & how transatlantic relations would evolve under this vision. @thousandfriend.bsky.social

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Europe in a US Grand Strategy of Restraint

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DGAP @dgap.org · 02/09/2025

Join our upcoming #MorningBriefing this Thursday! Together with our experts @thousandfriend.bsky.social & András Rácz, host @stoeckmannjan.bsky.social will assess the current situation on the frontlines in #Ukraine and the state of the negotiations. Register now!

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DGAP's Morning Briefing

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DGAP @dgap.org · 11/06/2025

On Thursday 19 June, we'll be discussing the #Trump presidency and the future of 🇺🇸 foreign policy with Ambassador John Bolton as part of our ‘Remaking America?’ series with @scripts-berlin.eu, hosted by @thousandfriend.bsky.social. Join us at our premises or online via Zoom! buff.ly/chwMRfg

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DGAP @dgap.org · 03/06/2025

Join our #MorningBriefing next Friday! Together with @thousandfriend.bsky.social & Gideon Rose @cfr.org, host @stoeckmannjan.bsky.social will assess the meeting between Donald Trump & Friedrich Merz on June 5 and its implications for transatlantic relations & 🇪🇺 security policy. Register now! 👇

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DGAP’s Morning Briefing

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Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt @evangelische-akademie.de · 19/05/2025

100 Tage Trump – stehen wir am Beginn einer neuen Weltordnung? Um 19 Uhr beginnt unsere Diskussion mit Rieke Havertz @havpost.bsky.social, Christoph von Marschall @tagesspiegel.de und Rachel Tausendfreund @thousandfriend.bsky.social. Infos und Link zum Livestream: www.evangelische-akademie.de/62873

US-Päsident Donald Trump bei seiner Rede vor dem amerikanischen Kongress am 4. März 2025 (Foto: Daniel Torok/The White House)

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DGAP @dgap.org · 09/05/2025

To start off our new event series “Remaking America?” with @scripts-berlin.eu, we will welcome Mark DiPlacido on 15 May to discuss Donald Trump's tariffs & 🇺🇸 #trade policy. His remarks will be further discussed with @mhallerberg.bsky.social & the event moderated by @thousandfriend.bsky.social.

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Remaking America

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DGAP @dgap.org · 29/04/2025

Bei der Paneldiskussion diskutierten die Autorinnen und Autoren der Studie "Die ersten 90 Tage Trump 2.0" @thousandfriend.bsky.social, Claudia Schmucker, Michael Laha, @aylinmatle.bsky.social und Victoria Rietig. Lesen Sie die Studie hier: dgap.org/de/forschung... ENGLISH: dgap.org/en/research/...

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Die ersten 90 Tage Trump 2.0

Dieser Bericht untersucht die ersten 90 Tage der Administration Trump 2.0 und bietet strategische Handlungsempfehlungen für die neue Bundesregierung sowie ihre Partner in Europa und darüber hinaus. In...

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DGAP @dgap.org · 23/04/2025

... Michael Laha, Claudia Schmucker & @aylinmatle.bsky.social die politischen Neuausrichtung in Washington aus verschiedenen fachlichen Blickwinkeln. Moderiert wird das Panel von unserer 🇺🇸-Expertin @thousandfriend.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden & dabei sein! /2

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DGAP @dgap.org · 07/03/2025

Welches Ziel verfolgt Donald #Trump & wie können sich die 🇪🇺 Staaten unabhängiger von den 🇺🇸 machen, gerade in Sachen #Verteidigung? Diese Fragen & mehr diskutiert #USA-Expertin @thousandfriend.bsky.social im @zeit.de-Videopodcast „Was jetzt? — Die Woche“. Zur Sendung 📺👇

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"Was jetzt? – Die Woche": Neue Weltordnung – Verkennen wir hier den Ernst der Lage?

Donald Trump wendet sich von der EU ab und stärkt mit seinem Kurs Putins Position. Was auf Europa noch zukommt, in "Was jetzt? – Die Woche".

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DGAP @dgap.org · 04/03/2025

How can 🇪🇺 move its plans for security guarantees in 🇺🇦 forward & how can it react to eroding transatlantic #security? For answers, join our next #MorningBriefing with @dgap.org experts @aylinmatle.bsky.social, @thousandfriend.bsky.social & Rolf Nikel, hosted by @stoeckmannjan.bsky.social!

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DGAP @dgap.org · 23/02/2025

"Europe needs Germany—and a strong German government," says @thousandfriend.bsky.social on CNN. Early exit polls suggest many parties in the Bundestag, meaning Friedrich Merz may need two coalition partners —making talks more complicated. #GermanyVotes

Rachel Tausendfreund appears on CNN live from Berlin, commenting on the German federal election. The screen is split: on the left, Rachel speaks against a neutral background; on the right, a crowded event space shows people gathered, watching election coverage on a large screen. The CNN headline reads, "Polls: AfD surges into second place in German elections."

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DGAP @dgap.org · 22/01/2025

„Die einzige nachhaltige Antwort auf die schwindende 🇺🇸-Präsenz in 🇪🇺 ist eine stärkere Europäisierung der NATO“, schreiben @aylinmatle.bsky.social & @thousandfriend.bsky.social in ihrem Memo. 🇩🇪 muss hier eine Vorreiterrolle übernehmen, indem es folgende 3⃣ Maßnahmen umsetzt, so unsere Expertinnen: /1

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 23/12/2024

Looks like the “I wanna buy Greenland” debate is back

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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue @boelleu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🟢 Did you miss our webinar "𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝟮.𝟬: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 – 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗽?" with @thousandfriend.bsky.social & @rkefferputz.bsky.social? Rewatch it here ▶️ www.youtube.com/live/5QWWv6R... @boell.de @dgap.org

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

"The risk of second China shock isn’t just an issue because of Donald J. Trump. The risks to other global centers of automotive engineering, design, and production thus should be clear. Germany in particular needs to take note". The always essential Brad Setser. www.cfr.org/blog/will-ch...

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Will China Take Over the Global Auto Industry?

China's electric vehicle capacity will soon match total Chinese domestic auto demand, and total Chinese auto production capacity is already over half of total global auto demand ...

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Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

“Behind closed doors, people think she might be compromised. Like it’s not hyperbole,” one Republican Senate aide told The Hill. “There are members of our conference who think she’s a [Russian] asset.” *** Gabbard soll Director of National Intelligence werden unter Trump 🫠

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Tulsi Gabbard’s Own Ex-Staffers Expose Her as a Russian Stooge

Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence regularly consumed Russian propaganda.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/11/2024

Big things are happening in Africa for France. “Chad, the last Sahelian country to host French forces, gave assurances on Thursday November 28 that it would terminate its security and defense agreements with Paris” www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

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Le Tchad rompt ses accords de coopération de défense avec la France, annonce le ministre des affaires étrangères tchadien

« Ce n’est pas une rupture avec la France comme au Niger ou ailleurs », a néanmoins assuré le ministre Abderaman Koulamallah.

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German Marshall Fund @gmfus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🏛️ Chapter 1, Multilateral Reform and Minilateral Cooperation by Garima Mohan & @thousandfriend.bsky.social "But pivotal powers resist demands for binary alliances. They are also united in trying to assert their own influence to shape the global order." www.gmfus.org/news/pivotal...

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Pivotal Powers: Multilateral Reform and Minilateral Cooperation

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Rachel Tausendfreund @thousandfriend.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Erst Klimapolitik, jetzt Abtreibung, nach und nach werden Themen in DE neu politisiert nach amerikanischen Vorbild (und dort läuft es prima, wie wir wissen)

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 17/09/2024

New European Commission - including defence (and space) commissioner Andrius Kubilius. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

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Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission

Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2024

A lesson Trump learned in 2020 is that the rhetoric he used that was criticized as racist didn't keep him from improving with non-White voters. So he keeps turning that dial further to the right. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Column | Since 2016, Trump has kept dialing up his racist appeals

One lesson the former president took away from 2020, it seems, is that his approach to race is not a barrier to his support from non-White people.

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Rachel Tausendfreund @thousandfriend.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

Guys, I feel like Trump‘s insane talent for nasty (and highly effective) monikers is failing this time. “Laughing Kamala”? What is so bad about about a full-throated laugh? No, really. I think they are miscalculating the standard degree of misogyny this time. Am I wrong?

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Rachel Tausendfreund @thousandfriend.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Something more like this needs to be coming from the German center-left (@Greens) as well. I know it’s more complicated in Germany, but nonetheless necessary barackobama.medium.com/my-statement...

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Thoughts on Israel and Gaza

It’s been 17 days since Hamas launched its horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens, including defenseless…

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