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Tyson Barker

@tysonbarker.bsky.social
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Writing about 🇺🇸 🇪🇺relations, Ukraine's promise, economic statecraft + tech & foreign policy.

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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You don’t need a French intel report to tell you that the Russia House in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse is a nest of spies. What is surprising is that 4+ years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine is that the 🇩🇪 govt has not forced its closure long ago. www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
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Russisches Haus in Berlin: Tarnung für russische Geheimdienste?
Das Russische Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur in Berlin gilt als umstrittene Einrichtung, die vom Kreml gesteuert wird. Unterlagen französischer Behörden, die WDR und SZ vorliegen, bezeichnen es nun ...
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Italy found a reason to say no too 😎 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
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Italy says cannot join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ because of constitution
Under constitution Italy cannot join because power would be wielded by one leader standing above other members.
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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ich habe mit @tysonbarker.bsky.social über die Frage gesprochen, wie Europa sich von seiner sicherheitspolitischen Abhängigkeit von den USA lösen kann. Er hat in der Biden-Regierung Europa- und Ukrainepolitik mitgestaltet, hat also unmittelbare Kenntnis des Themas. www.diepresse.com/20526912/us-...
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US-Experte Tyson Barker: „Die EU kann die Nato nicht ersetzen“
Europa muss sich ohne die USA verteidigen können, sollte aber keine Zeit für prozedurale Gedankenspiele vergeuden, sagt der Außenpolitikexperte, der in der Biden-Regierung für Europa und Ukraine...
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DGAP @dgap.org · 15/01/2026
Re-watch now today’s #MorningBriefing on security for 🇺🇦 with @meistefan1.bsky.social, @tysonbarker.bsky.social & Barbara Kunz @sipri.org on our YouTube channel! 📺👇
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Security for Ukraine: Western Proposals, Russia’s Response, and the Path Ahead
YouTube video by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
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DGAP @dgap.org · 13/01/2026
Join our next #MorningBriefing! Together with @meistefan1.bsky.social, @tysonbarker.bsky.social & Barbara Kunz @sipri.org, we will examine key obstacles and potential sources of leverage that could shape the path toward eventual peace talks between 🇺🇦 & 🇷🇺.
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Security for Ukraine: Western Proposals, Russia’s Response, and the Path Ahead
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Terrible precedent …
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
So, the acronym for the agency previously known as the Department of Defense should now be pronounces as follows:
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homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a shelf with stuffed animals and says d ' oh .
ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a shelf with stuffed animals and says d ' oh .
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Mark your calendars: We don't know what the 🇫🇷 govt will look like, but we do know that on Nov 18 🇩🇪 & 🇫🇷 will co-host a European Summit on Digital Sovereignty in Berlin. bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/pr....
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29.08.2025 | Europäischer Gipfel zur digitalen Souveränität 2025 - Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Want to know Trump’s anchor posture on 🇺🇦 ? Where you stand is where you sit: his front bench is the VP Vance, Sec Rubio & his in-house Putin-Versteher, Witkoff - the same 3 he put in charge of security guarantees. Even meeting w the Ukrainians, his Ukr point, Kellogg, is 2nd row
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
“Root causes” defined = Ukraine as a democratic country independent from total Russian subservience. That is what “root causes” means. That’s what Putin wants to “address”. It’s as simple as that. No matter how clinical and academic “root causes” might sound.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Incredible show of unity and force by Europe.
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 27/07/2025
🗣️ Rebuilding Ukraine Simon O'Connor in podcast conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social @tysonbarker.bsky.social & @eribakova.bsky.social on how the EU and international partners are helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone. 🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/qK69HFK
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 23/07/2025
🎙️ Rebuilding Ukraine: international support, defence and recovery @rebeccawire.bsky.social talks to @tysonbarker.bsky.social @eribakova.bsky.social & Simon O’Connor on the delicate balance between urgent wartime needs and planning for a resilient, post-war economy. #EconSky Listen below:
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Rebuilding Ukraine: international support, defence and recovery
As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, how are EU and international partners helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone?
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
What exactly is this cross branding supposed to mean? Is the chicken injected with acid?
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Today is Germany's first Veterans Day. It's hard to underestimate the tectonic shifts that had to happen to bring about. In important milestone toward honoring & understanding the 🇩🇪 veteran experience. www.dw.com/de/so-feiert...
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So feiert Deutschland den ersten Veteranentag – DW – 14.06.2025
Gut zehn Millionen Männer und Frauen haben bisher in der Bundeswehr gedient. Sie werden am 15. Juni 2025 erstmals mit einem nationalen Veteranentag gewürdigt. In Berlin gibt es ein großes Bürgerfest.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
My interview with the Kyiv Post on what the Merz Washington visit could mean for Ukraine. www.kyivpost.com/post/53764
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Merz Heads to Washington as Germany Eyes Becoming Guarantor of European Security
The German leader will hold high stakes talks with US President Donald Trump over Ukraine, trade and NATO, amid growing concerns about the European continent’s security architecture
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
My interview with the Kyiv Post on what the Merz Washington visit could mean for Ukraine. www.kyivpost.com/post/53764
kyivpost.com
Merz Heads to Washington as Germany Eyes Becoming Guarantor of European Security
The German leader will hold high stakes talks with US President Donald Trump over Ukraine, trade and NATO, amid growing concerns about the European continent’s security architecture
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
After returning from Russian captivity, the Ukrainian Defender learned that he had become a grandfather to a baby girl, Yaryna, who is three months old. Look how his hands are shaking as he absorbs the news... Bless them. #StayWithUkraine 📹: Mezha/Facebook
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Germany has overtaken Japan as the world’s largestt crediter www.t-online.de/finanzen/akt...
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Schwache Landeswährung: Deutschland löst Japan als größter Gläubiger der Welt ab
Erstmals seit 34 Jahren hat Deutschland Japan beim weltweiten Ranking der Nettoauslandsvermögen überholt. Der japanische Yen spielte dabei eine wichtige Rolle.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Against the backdrop RU bombs & diplomatic bad faith, the 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Reconstruction Investment Fund came into force today. As Mustafa Nayyem & I write in @lawfaremedia.org today, with it, the Trump Admin has now effectively taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s success. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/char...
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Charting a Path Forward for the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal
The Trump administration has taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s recovery. Now what?
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Against the backdrop RU bombs & diplomatic bad faith, the 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Reconstruction Investment Fund came into force today. As Mustafa Nayyem & I write in @lawfaremedia.org today, with it, the Trump Admin has now effectively taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s success. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/char...
lawfaremedia.org
Charting a Path Forward for the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal
The Trump administration has taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s recovery. Now what?
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Former 🇺🇸 Amb Bridget writes why Trump’s Reset 5.0 policy amid Russia’s full scale invasion led her to resign from government service eu.freep.com/story/opinio...
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I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Of course the devil is in the details but we have to: 1) admire the ambition of the Merz govt & 2) ask whether Trump’s approach is more effective than the so-called Atlanticists (it seems like it is). Perhaps what the Euro-Atlantic relationship needs is indeed more hard ball. on.ft.com/3SAG3jU
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Germany backs Donald Trump goal for Nato to spend 5% of GDP on defence
Foreign minister signals Berlin will commit to 3.5% in ‘hard’ military spending and 1.5% for infrastructure by 2032
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Merz invited Trump visit to 🇩🇪. DJT only visited officially once in his 1st term, to Hamburg for the 2017 G20. my advice to 🇩🇪: think pomp & tradtion (ex. Potsdam or Bavaria) rather than the austere rickiticki modernity of Berlin’s govt quarter. Sounds stupid but matters www.dw.com/de/news-komp...
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News kompakt: Merz spricht Einladung an Trump aus – DW – 09.05.2025
Der neue Bundeskanzler hat ein erstes Telefonat mit dem US-Präsidenten geführt. Zum 80. Mal feiert Moskau den Sieg der Sowjetunion über Nazi-Deutschland. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Funny. Because I have been thinking how much Trump’s approach to demolishing the dollar’s role in the global economic system reminds me of Truss-economics. In a nutshell: Use policy to decimate your credibility.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
At SAIS in 2007, I took an 🇫🇷 politics class taught by Phil Gordon, about Mitterrand's warnings about the "Albanian economic model” - the isolated, protectionist, dictatorial, repressive state under Hoxha’s regime. It feels a bit like Trump took all the wrong lessons from the Albanian model.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
On Berlin’s Savigny Platz. Couldn’t agree more.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
For this “Liberation Day,” I liberated myself from Twitter. I also liberated myself from my remaining Tesla stock (had to sell low)
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Here's what Witkoff is: a billionaire 💰💰💰. That makes him a Trump admin “principal,” a net value based near-peer in Trump’s world. Other “principals” incl Bessent, Lutnick & Musk. Others- frmr Senators, generals, Congressmen - they’re staffers. Vance is a staffer. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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JD Vance defends Trump envoy who called Putin not a 'bad guy'
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff on Monday after foreign policy experts protested his description of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🇫🇷National Assembly voted 288 to 54 for a resolution to strengthen 🇺🇦 support & seize all frozen Russian assets. (All mainstream parties supported; La France Insoumise (LFI) & some Communist MPs voted against; The National Rally (RN) abstained) www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Les députés votent une résolution en faveur de l’Ukraine, le RN et son allié ciottiste s’abstiennent, LFI et les communistes votent contre
Une résolution symbolique prévoyant notamment la saisie des avoirs russes pour aider Kiev a été largement adoptée mercredi. Mais le score est loin d’afficher l’union nationale que certains espéraient.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This bald eagle was 3-D printed in one of 🇺🇦 Skyfall's 27 factories by one of its 1K 3D printers - Europe’s largest 3D printer fleet. Skyfall is produces 7K large-scale bomber drones a month & 7K Vampire drones a day. This bald eagle was given to me in Nov 2024 in appreciation for 🇺🇸 assistance.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Germany is actively discussing the seizure of the full $300B corpus of the Russian sovereign assets #CafeKyiv
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The option of caucusing with the Democrats - the only party in Congress that still cares about 🇺🇸 power, influence, & our allies in the world - remains immediately available to you, sir. After all, you swore an oath to country & Constitution.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"We need to think about more durable solutions" than just sending European peacekeepers to Ukraine...." Meloni remains a staunch pro-Ukraine leader & is thinking creatively about what security could look like. kyivindependent.com/nato-could-e...
kyivindependent.com
NATO could extend Article 5 protection to Ukraine without membership, Italian PM says
"We need to think about more durable solutions" than solely sending European peacekeepers to Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on the sidelines of the EU leaders' meeting in Brussels...
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A tragic statistic out today that almost 29% of Ukrainians now view the US as a hostile nation while only 13% view it as friendly.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Ukraine's meaningful future - their fight started in Winter of 2014. It continues today.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Will SFRC Chair Risch (R-ID) release a statement tomorrow on the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion? Does he have the key convictions that led him to vote for the 5th Supplemental for Ukraine just 9 months ago? My guess is unfortunately no. www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/edit...
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Risch has long supported Ukraine. Silence on Trump’s betrayal is abetting its fall | Opinion
Members of Congress are no longer permitted to have independent policy priorities. | Opinion
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Europeans have literally weeks to become an autonomous power. It is not outside the realm of possibility that Trump could zero out 🇺🇸 troop presence in Europe imminently. No more “wake up calls”. Time to get dressed.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
My BBC interview post-MSC: 3 pts: 1) this is only beginning; 2) for 🇪🇺& 🇺🇦, if ur not at the table, ur on the menu; 3) history is full of city names (Budapest, Minsk) where Russia lied abt its commitments. Team Trump needs to think how not to add "Riyadh" to the list www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymz9...
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BBC News -- Tyson Barker speaks about Trump's post-MSC approach to Ukraine, Russia and the EU
YouTube video by Tyson Barker
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Europe excluded - if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. UKR seems tenuous. This is careening off the rails (& Kellogg, the ostensible UKR-RUS SR, excluded. Waltz, Rubio & billionaire Steve Witkoff (Middle East SR?) will lead talks for the Trump admin.) www.politico.eu/article/trum...
politico.eu
Trump team to start Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Negotiators from Kyiv will be joining the talks that launch in the coming days.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
As a fmr finance minister, Scholz goes down a rabbit hole abt the Ukr military's size & how 🇺🇦 economy can't bare the cost long term (only possible indirectly now through EU, US, IMF budget support). A natural follow-on: so what role could the €300B RSA in preserving the 🇺🇦 military porcupine #MSC2025
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Scholz provides qualified support for Von Der Leyen's proposal for a debt break exemption for defense expenditure. He brings up that any fiscal exemptions need to be concentrated on capabilities, not pensions (Side eye to Greece) #MSC2025
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Lots of bad in this Trump-Putin call readout. 1)Trump falls into Putin’s narratives on Russia (“Great History” & all that). Overall tone is very 2018 Helsinki. 3) notes all the 🇷🇺 lives lost in WWII.. what about 🇺🇦 lives? 3) mentions the people he asked to lead negotiations. One person missing…Kellogg
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
While surprising that Hegseth said the US isn’t withdrawing American troops on his first visit to Europe, let’s not kid ourselves. It’s a “when” not “if” proposition. www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
tagesschau.de
Baden-Württemberg: US-Verteidigungsminister in Stuttgart: Keine Truppen-Reduzierungen
Pete Hegseth, amerikanischer Verteidigungsminister hat in Stuttgart die Hauptquartiere der US-Streitkräfte in Europa besucht. Er sagte, vorerst keine Truppen in Europa zu kürzen.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A well-sourced NYT art. on Trump's interest in 🇺🇦 critical minerals w pts on lithium & titanium. Interesting: Treasury Sec, Scott Bessent, is in Kyiv today. He, not Kellogg, is the 1st Trump Adm official to visit the country. (1/7) t.co/MSs6RVuuDs
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/world/europe/trump-ukraine-rare-earth-minerals.html
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Kellogg will be in Kyiv for his first visit on Feb 20 after the MSC kyivindependent.com/to-receive-f...
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Ukraine to host Trump's envoy Kellogg in February, top official says
Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak said that Kyiv wants Washington to be fully informed about Ukraine's mobilization efforts and the supply of weapons and equipment.
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It's almost as if they knew that Tetra Tech, one of USAID's leading subcontractors, was going to suffer the aftershock of a Trump administration assistance bloodbath.... www.gurufocus.com/news/2686170...
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BlackRock, Inc. Reduces Stake in Tetra Tech Inc.
On December 31, 2024, BlackRock, Inc. (Trades, Portfolio) executed a strategic reduction in its holdings of Tetra Tech Inc. The transaction involved a decrease
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I agree with HFAC Chair Mast. He articulated it perfectly in Feb, 2023. It's important that he & RM Meeks hold the Trump admin's feet to the fire on how to win over Putin, "a brutal dictator hellbent on undermining democracies across the world."
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A useful reflection on Merkel's 16 years in office best described in one German phrase: "verspielte Gelegenheit." To paraphrase Buddenbrooks, sometimes when a star looks to us like its burning its brightest, it has already burnt out blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Angela’s ashes – Merkel’s legacy for Germany
During her 16 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel was frequently praised for her leadership. Yet as John Ryan argues, many of the problems currently facing Germany have their origins in the d…
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Of the Frontier 5 (🇷🇴 🇲🇩 🇸🇰 🇵🇱🇭🇺) to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Romania has been the silent hero, reorienting its infrastructure, trade, energy & defense from a country on Europe’s fringe to become a crossroads of 🇪🇺 econ & security (w lots of $$$ €€€ for Romanians) Now this guy wants to blow it up 👇
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