"I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.”
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
A silver lining?
Let's get it out of the way up front. In principle, there is nothing wrong – and potentially much to be gained for Europe – in the US withdrawing from its post-WWII alliance and potentially even from NATO.
Trump's Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO-if We're Lucky
The European alliance with the USA has long been against Europe's own best interests, forcing it to placate a sociopathic uber-bully that has little care for international laws, the rule of law and democracy abroad or at home. Killing millions of civilians without any consequences to the perpetrators.
The USA has also forced Europe to reject China as a potential trading and geopolitical partner (and counter to American and Russian aggression), the manner and timing of which already seems like negligence (by the whole European political establishment).
New EU diplomat vows tough stance on China, strong alliance with US
In short, a naive desire not to face obvious facts, an understandable post-WWII reluctance to be properly armed and a degree of self-protecting moral cowardice has allowed European (including UK) leaders to avoid the obvious reality of what a US led NATO has long been (for decades).
That all changed last week.
The face-eating leopards came to town, and Europe was on the menu.
International Crimes
Before getting into the heart of the issue, we need to face facts.
America and Israel are brutal war-mongers which pay no respect to any of the international laws created, after the horrors of Nazi Germany and WWII, to protect all people from crimes against humanity.
Noam Chomsky: The US-Led "War on Terror" Has Devastated Much of the World
The illegal wars and sponsorship of terrorism and dictators by America have also been a prime cause of many of the immigration issues in Europe, which are being used to radicalise Europeans against immigrants and Muslims particularly.
Most of the tens of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children killed in Gaza by America and its 51st State in this Genocide are civilians. You could say, they have been paying with their lives so that Europeans can feel safe under an American shield.
We can all see clearly the unswerving US-Israeli commitment to the decades (and centuries) old blueprint: murder, pillage, mayhem and mowing the lawn until the Palestinians are like American Indians in their own land. Isolated pools of sub-people - their communities, history and culture destroyed.
As if we have learnt nothing from the Holocaust. Now Gaza is finished, the West Bank will be Gazafied.
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” (Omar El Akkad)
Yet, rather than Palestinian civilians and the Palestinian people being supported by Europe – based on our principles of humanity, democracy, human rights and rule of law – we have largely facilitated or ignored this horror.
Israel's Fascist War - Haaretz
You can smell our European hypocrisy all the way to Mar-a-Lago.
Betrayal
“Those who thought America was a friend or ally, notably Ukraine and Nato, are dropping once safe assumptions to cope with a world in which America is an unabashed predator.” (Financial Times)
Some analysts have long said that Trump and the mafia state rule he represents would support Russia against Ukraine - after all birds of a feather flock together:
"Contrary to Joe Biden, oligarchic rule — mafia state rule — did not just begin. It has been the framework for international relations for decades and Trump only accelerates it...guesses on foreign policy: Trump will back Putin and frame Russian theft of Ukrainian territory as “peace.”
Yet, apparently, it still took European leaders by surprise to hear the Americans regurgitate Kremlin propaganda so openly and brazenly (again) in this last week.
With Trump going so far as to blame Ukraine for encouraging Russia to invade it (presumably a tactic he has honed in his own defence with the numerous alleged sexual assault and rape victims including a girl aged 13):
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a "dictator" on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed European officials. The extraordinary attacks - a day after Trump claimed Ukraine was to blame for Russia's 2022 invasion - heightened concerns among U.S. allies in Europe that Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict could benefit Moscow.
Trump tells 'dictator' Zelenskiy to move fast or lose Ukraine
Trump also asserted, following Kremlin propaganda, that Zelenskyy's approval rating in Ukraine is just 4%, which Zelenskyy quickly refuted:
"We have evidence that these figures are being discussed between America and Russia. That is, President Trump ... unfortunately lives in this disinformation space," Zelenskyy told Ukrainian TV.
Trump reacted badly to being presented with a simple truth by a very brave man that is willing to fight and die for his country (not something that draft-dodging Trump would ever be wiling to do).
As is so often the case Der Spiegel hits the nail on the head when it comes to Trump. This is the look of someone who believed America was its ally. Expect similar faces across the world as people realise the unbounded rapaciousness of Trump 2.0.
By way of reminder, Ukraine was given security and territorial assurances (primarily by Russia, the USA and the UK) when it agreed to give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 (following the break up of the USSR).
It has since been encouraged to join NATO by the USA and other alliance members for more than two decades and throughout the period of successive Russian invasions which started in 2014:
"We reiterate the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance with the Membership Action Plan (MAP) as an integral part of the process; we reaffirm all elements of that decision, as well as subsequent decisions, including that each partner will be judged on its own merits. We stand firm in our support for Ukraine’s right to decide its own future and foreign policy course free from outside interference. "
Brussels Summit Communiqué issued by NATO Heads of State and Government (2021)
Preparing for the US-Russian Axis
"Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe. It's started. It's got a strong army, it's attacking us on information, cyber, migration. I can mention other things. It's destabilizing us.. it's provoking us, testing us at sea, in the air" (French President Macron)
We note the obvious treachery of this American government. The USA has encouraged Ukraine to be closer to NATO and then now blames it for being invaded by a lawless brutal Russian dictatorship (that has used the process of Ukraine's closer relationship with NATO as justification for its invasions). Indeed, the USA seeking reparations from Ukraine for defending itself in these circumstances is sadistic.
Leaving that aside, as a merely quibbling ethical detail, Trump sees it as seeking a return on America's previous investment in defending Ukraine. Yet I will say something for Trump, he is equally willing to plunder his own country and destroy his own people as he is with US allies:
Trump's view is that Russia and the USA should be allowed to carve up Ukraine as they see fit and tell Ukraine and other European countries the outcome of that negotiation. (In fact it is much worse than that, since Trump has openly talked about partnering with Russia in a nuclear powered alliance to terrorise other nations since the 1980's - see below). He even seemed outraged that anyone could have an objection to such a plan.
Donald Trump says Ukraine could have made a deal earlier
It is interesting to also note that no mention is made of the fact that European countries have provided more support than America to Ukraine since the 24th February 2022 invasion.
"First of all, we need to look precisely at the numbers. During three years of the (full-scale) war, EU support to Ukraine, which includes military support, budgetary support, and humanitarian support, was around 134 billion euros ($140 billion). If you calculate the same support from the United States, it's around
'Europe did more than the U.S.' - EU defense commissioner pushes back against Trump accusations
Meanwhile Musk didn't skip a beat in his support of the proposed carve-up, threatening to withdraw the Starlink service used by Ukraine to defend itself:
US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters
Whilst Musk also continued his support for the far-right AfD in the current German elections:
Far-Right AfD Rises in Germany, Boosted by Trump Backing
Thankfully Mark Cuban entered the fray, as ambassador for the humane face of billionaire capitalism, explaining precisely how much dignity, honour and democracy matter when there is another dollar to be made:
Indeed, this kind of no-nonsense clear-eyed transactional thinking begs a deeper question that liberals seem too wet to ask. So I will ask it:
Why does France and the UK not join the carvery?
Yes, it might be considered a form of cannibalism (if you have any European instincts or any ethics) but who cares in this neo-genocidal world.
As former US Secretary of State – Antony Blinken – recently reiterated, this is a world where long-standing America foreign policy is literally 'you are either at the table or you are on the menu'.
Trump just takes this long-standing US foreign policy to its final conclusion – being honest about the fact that there is no honour amongst thieves:
"His geopolitics is one in which carnivorous great powers cut deals with each other and the smaller ones fall into line or get crushed underfoot. If you are genuinely shocked by these developments, I can only assume you haven’t been paying much attention."
Indeed, I must ask why should the UK not also get in on this succulent fascist feast?
"In total, the UK has committed £12.8 billion for Ukraine:"
After all, the UK is outside of the EU now and is one of the only two European nuclear powers (though unlike France it is not an independent nuclear power - see below). The UK has also been a generous supporter of Ukraine in its hour of need and some ROI must be expected by all.
In fact, if you could bring yourself to stop your moralising for a moment and start to think more clearly (like the Masters) why stop at carving up Ukraine?
There are plenty of resource and financially rich countries (without nuclear weapons) all the way until you get to the French border.
That's a lot of food for the table for this coalition of cannibals.
"We must resist
The Men
Who will
(For starters)
Wolf down
Our children"
This new axis of evil is monstrous. They want to make us all refugees of a post-truth world.
"They say Zelenskyy is a dictator, that free speech is in danger in Europe, that the EU is turning its back on democracy. If we maintain our capacity for truth, we realise that they are turning the world on its head...Don’t become confused. It is Putin who is the dictator. It is Putin who assassinates journalists. It is Vance's own administration that punishes reporters depending on their style guide, or threatens them with jail when they break critical stories. It is Trump who tried to overthrow a US election" (Ian Dunt)
So a war for the integrity of Europe itself and the European soul must now be waged.
The long-standing question as to what it means to be European must now be asked and answered, and it cannot be answered by a purely technocratic European project. The democratic deficits within Europe must be addressed and a strong cultural program must be embarked on, if we are to give people an alternative to finding meaning and a sense of identity in far right, nationalistic, nativist, racist and anti-democratic parties.
Reducing our reliance on the USA and its 51st State
For decades we have allowed US-Israeli integration into European politics and political funding, intelligence agencies, military collaboration, our media and even our police forces.
UK psychological warfare unit collaborated with Israeli army
The UK has made itself entirely dependent on the USA for its own nuclear deterrent, in effect making it a vassal (or client) state. This is partly why it has justified its engagement in illegal wars (e.g. Iraq) when pushed by its sponsor. Claims of operational independence ring hollow, particularly when you have not managed a successful missile test since 2012 (despite paying billions of dollars a year to the US).
“But changing a fundamental culture, such as exists in the British Deep State with regards to America, is incredibly hard to do and would need an entirely new leadership determined to make it happen.” (Arthur Snell)
In addition to involving us in illegal wars and war crimes, the USA and its 51st State leverage their military and technological dominance to support far right groups across Europe. This includes the use of spyware against human rights activists, journalists, lawyers and politicians within Europe and by dictatorships around the world. See Spyware in Further Reading below.
Everyone in Europe knows that Israel has been actively supporting the march to the far right within our fragile representative democracies for years.
Now that America and Israel are clearly openly fascist states, any person or party actively supporting them or receiving funding from is advocating to make Europe more vulnerable to Trump's specialism - the Shakedown – and to further Russian aggression.
In my view, this is now tantamount to treason and there are laws against that in addition to anti-terrorism and bribery laws (though the US is currently actively dismantling its domestic and foreign corrupt practices and bribery laws). I also consider any American supporting Trump and his government to be an American traitor too.
The question is whether European leaders have the courage and honesty to face the existential risk facing us.
We have a European crisis and, in many ways, it is a crisis that has been enabled by many political actors within Europe. The desire to rely on America to keep it safe. In addition, the adoration of wealth and genuflecting to the most powerful is not an American nationalist problem, we have allowed it to eat into all of our societies and we have let very powerful and dangerous people control much of our media and infiltrate our political establishments.
NATO & US Support - the Trojan Horse
Project 2025 includes the strategy to increase foreign spending on US weaponry. In effect to ensure weaker countries continue to fund the US war machine (to further dominate them).
“[aim to] reverse the recent dip in FMS [Foreign Military Sales] to ensure both that our partners remain interoperable with the United States and that our defense industrial base regains much-needed capacity in preparation for future challenges.” (Project 2025)
See: Trump tells Europe to buy American weapons to keep NATO strong
Europe has largely gone along with this strategy of dependence rather than face up to the realities that have existed for decades and which accelerated when Trump first took office in 2017.
Much of the technology bought from America and Israel will likely have backdoors built into it (see France's 'kill switch' on Exocet missiles) making it effectively useless if the US desires it. It will also consist of some of the most advanced surveillance technology in the world, to be used against the purchasing nations. Like spyware on steroids.
"I agree. NATO should be doing more in terms of defense. But spending under duress and on capital-intensive US weapons systems, satisfying Trump’s desire to reduce US trade deficits—is not obviously the right way to go." (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
A European Defence Force which coordinates solely European based technology spending is needed immediately to defend Ukraine and the rest of Europe and for long-term strategic purposes. It would also have a dramatic positive effect on employment and European economies just at a time when a severe global financial crisis intentionally accelerated by Trump and his goons is likely – this in turn can protect against some of the radicalisation such conditions will foster.
Europe Is On the Menu
"We have a clear understanding from different EU intelligence services that Russia could be ready to test the European Union before 2030." (Andrius Kubilius)
"Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table"
(T.S. Eliot, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock')
Europe faces an existential threat due to a combined concerted attack from East and West. It must awake from its etherized torpor before it is eaten.
This requires developing and deploying European based military and communications technologies that can be safeguarded against foreign agents, as well as an acceleration of algorithmic and content audit and regulations to prevent and punish (including prohibition) of platforms that clearly promote extremist misinformation in social media and news media. It requires prohibition and punishment of agents of foreign powers that facilitate or are funded by adversaries to undermine our countries.
Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation
In the 20th century the risk to European countries came from its heartland of Germany, and it almost failed to wake up in time to meet the threat (partly due to the remembered pain of WW1) – we also always honour the men and women from the USA, Canada and many commonwealth and allied countries that made their sacrifice at the hour of need.
This time the threat is from Russia and the US-Israel. Yet again, the memory of the terrible suffering of the last great war on European lands is part of the reason European powers have been so complacent – too slow to face up to the risks and take the necessary actions. The fact that the threat is now also coming from our long-time ally – the USA – makes it almost incredible.
Trump is already replacing seasoned veterans in the US military with those that can follow orders (presumably the type of people that are good at making trains run on time)
Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'
Quite simply, Europe is not properly structured for the increasingly hostile geopolitical environment it finds itself in and which it has known about for over a decade. It also seems to be still asking itself the wrong questions and not doing worst-case scenario planning.
As part of the US-Russian shakedown, J.D. Vance made an extraordinary attack on European democracy and regulation of technology (like X) that is being used to spread extremist misinformation and to radicalise people to extremism and authoritarianism.
“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. “What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
Zelenskyy meanwhile continues to tell it to us straight and clear what we need to hear:
“The time has come— [a]European armed forces must be created.”
See also: It's Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
The unholy Russian-US alliance now seeks to both squeeze and hollow out Europe, making it vulnerable to further predations from East and West. Once the protection racket is in place – and asset streams are in full flow – they will allow European countries to be just strong enough to make their protection payments whilst making sure they are weak enough to continue being servile vassals. There is little scope for allowing a European Union to exist in such a strategy.
If this sounds extreme, this American government is now described as an adversary to Europe in an article in the Financial Times. Adversary is a particularly apt choice of words given that 'Satan' evolved from the Hebrew word for adversary.
"The interference in the German elections by Elon Musk and Trump's Washington was no less radical and outrageous than that of Moscow." (the new German Chancellor Merz)
Looking forward, I obviously do not see the US becoming the same as a modern version of Nazi Germany. My points made here and elsewhere are about the tactics that have been borrowed by the US and its 51st State from the Nazis – including some of the extreme racism and wicked propaganda, the love of cruelty and the general dehumanisation which the Nazi's excelled at.
It is still not too late for Europe
It is getting late in the day but it is not too late for Europe (which includes the UK!).
Russia's GDP is less than that of the UK, and the combined GDP of the whole of Europe (including the UK) is around 10 times greater than that of Russia (the below shows just the EU GDP).
https://www.worldeconomics.com/
Europe also has some of the strongest armed forces in the world (the UK, France and Italy are in the top 10 military powers).
In addition, Russia is struggling to finance the war on Ukraine and was desperate for Trump to win the US elections knowing he would act this way.
"Putin's war economy has painted him into a corner, making it impossible for him to back down. His continued grip on power is now fully dependent on his ability to bankroll arms production and pay his troops. Without a steady flow of state orders for the war industry, the Russian house of cards will inevitably collapse. Europe has the means to target key vulnerabilities in the Russian economy, thereby undermining Putin's war economy and strengthening the continent’s long-term security."
Can Russia Transition to Peace? - SCEEUS
However, Europe lacks strategic direction, coordination and basic honesty about the nature of the threats it faces. It also needs a much more positive relationship with China and most of the Southern hemisphere countries in addition to countries like Canada and Mexico (that will also soon face potentially existential threats).
"To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it” (Sanna Marin, former Prime Minister of Finland)
Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
European powers should seek to negotiate a peace in Ukraine from a position of strength without any American involvement. History shows us that a weak peace negotiated by America and Russia will only prolong conflict in Europe and avoid an honest reckoning with the new US-Israeli-Russian axis.
It is a Republican (of all people) that has made clear that there is only one strategic option that protects Ukraine, and the rest of Europe, from the new Russian-American alliance. We must freeze Trump out, if we are to avoid further pillage and endless mafia-style protection payments:
Hungary
Europe also needs to get its house in order and ensure all countries support democratic values and the rule of law:
"We propose the EU adopts a strategy of contraction, and manages Hungary's phased exit"
Does Hungary still belong in the European Union?
Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump's power grab.
It must immediately take serious action against Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the great European dictator and supporter of Putin and Trump.
"the EU should invoke Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) to address Hungary’s violations of core EU values and the undermining of unity. This article allows for the imposition of sanctions, including suspending Hungary’s voting rights in the Council in cases of a 'clear risk of a serious breach' of EU values."
This should involve, at a minimum removal of their voting rights, suspension of financial transfers and any other measures that are lawful until they either act like a democracy or leave the EU.
European Defence Industrial Strategy
"The European defence market remains highly fragmented. The lack of joint defence procurement and national preferences for defence spending translates into inefficient, small scale, and relatively high costs production across the EU...with only 6% of defence research and technology (R&T) funding and just 18% of total defence..spending dedicated to European..projects.. 78% of the defence acquisition .. were from non-EU countries, with the US alone accounting for 63%" (Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner)
A comprehensive and coordinated European Defence Industrial Strategy is needed to defend Ukraine and the rest of Europe and for long-term strategic purposes. We cannot build independent security whilst spending over 60% of our budget is spent on American and Israeli weaponry.
A drastic realignment between the UK and Europe is also needed so that the cost and technologies involved in maintaining a nuclear deterrent is shared across Europe and is entirely independent from foreign powers.
This strategy does not require political and military unilateralism, which would be very difficult with the EU and wider European powers. Instead it needs to combine the best capabilities of each European partner in terms of human resources and technology capacity with the benefits of an integrated intra-European market. However, military experts in Europe will know what is needed better than I.
"European countries should..develop a cost-effective rearmament strategy. Countries pursuing goals individually would be ineffective... A more integrated market for defence products would lead to greater economies of scale, resulting in lower prices and more defence readiness. Europe should aim at greater market integration for defence rather than at protecting smaller national markets."
A European defence industrial strategy in a hostile world
We also do not need a unitary European armed forces controlled by one organisation and one chain of command. It can be more like an intra-European NATO where armed forces, weaponry and technologies are able to be fully integrated and coordinated as needed and with minimum commitments to spending and armed force services staff by all.
"I agree. NATO should be doing more in terms of defense. But spending under duress and on capital-intensive US weapons systems, satisfying Trump’s desire to reduce US trade deficits—is not obviously the right way to go." (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Europe (which as a reminder includes the UK) probably needs to spend over €700bn in the next few years on ensuring it has the right personnel, technologies, weaponry and communications infrastructure to ensure fully independent battle readiness.
European powers should no longer be allowed to purchase weapons from the USA-Israel:
Germany buys Israeli 'Arrow' missile system
This process would also have a dramatic positive effect on employment and European economies just at a time when a severe global financial crisis intentionally accelerated by Trump and his goons is likely – this in turn can protect against some of the radicalisation such poor economic conditions will foster.
Shades of 1984
Unless Europe wakes up soon, I see a world dangerously similar to that envisaged by George Orwell in 1984. One where three dominant superpowers maintain control over most of the world.
"the three philosophies are barely distinguishable.. Everywhere there is the same pyramidal structure, the same worship of..leader, the same economy existing..for continuous warfare. It follows that the three super-states not only cannot conquer one another, but would gain no advantage by doing so." (George Orwell, 1984)
Certainly America and Russia are beginning to seem indistinguishable as autocratic oligarchies (though the USA has more lawyers).
Indeed, it is interesting that it was in the 1980's that Trump was already publicly talking about partnering with Russian in a geo-political alliance that relied on threatening other countries with nuclear weapons to make them do deals (and ensuring countries like France did not have independent nuclear deterrent capabilities to resist).
But what about the French?” I ask Trump. “They—”
“I’d come down on them so hard,” he says. “Because I think they’ve been the worst example of—”
“But they already have the bomb. Do you think they’ll give it up?”
“Well, I tell you if they didn’t give it up—
..If they didn’t give it up—and I don’t mean reduce it, and I don’t mean stop, because stopping doesn’t mean anything. I mean get it out. If they didn’t, I would bring sanctions against that country that would be so strong, so unbelievable... ”
America has been taken over by a criminal conspiracy supported by foreign state agents and corporate donors, these fascist forces are currently trying to help ensure that Russia is one of the three superpowers and Europe is on the menu.
It is hard to believe this, not because of the lack of evidence, but simply because we do not want to believe it. Our leaders can not afford such wilful ignorance to the realities of the world, otherwise we will all have our faces eaten off.
The leopards are on the prowl, and we know (deep down) we helped let them loose.
It's time to wake up.
“Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number-
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you
Ye are many-they are few.”
(Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy: Written on Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester 1819)
Further reading:
Notes:
In this article I specifically distinguish between the EU and Europe. They are not the same thing and some strong countries outside of the EU are European (e.g. the UK and Switzerland) – whereas other countries (like Norway) are in the wider European Economic Area grouping with the EU member states. The UK's future is with a strong European community and the younger generations are very clear about this. Indeed most British people now admit leaving the EU was a mistake:
"Just three in ten Britons (30%) now say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU"
A mistake that was encouraged by Russian interference and by right-wing nationalistic opportunists and corrupt Conservative politicians that did not care that it would shrink the British economy (as long as they got a larger share of the pie).
Brexit, Trump, Russia Archives
https://bylinetimes.com
Leaving aside the corrupt Brexit clusterfuck it is crucial to note that: most British people support protection of Ukraine and Europe rather than being allied with the USA.
Further reading
The Takeover of America:
Donald Trump's Putinization of America
https://www.newyorker.com
Project 2025 - the Takeover
https://paragraph.xyz
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump an...
https://www.goodreads.com
International Law
Chomsky: 20 Years After Iraq War Vote, US Continues to Flout International Law
https://truthout.org
Up to Six Million People: The Unrecorded Fatalities of the 'War on Terror'
https://bylinetimes.com
WORLD COURT SUPPORTS NICARAGUA AFTER U.S. REJECTED JUDGES' ROLE (Published 1986)
https://www.nytimes.com
World Court Findings on Israeli Apartheid a Wake-Up Call
https://www.hrw.org
Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow aid into Gaza
https://www.amnesty.org
Israel/OPT: Netanyahu, Gallant and Al-Masri must face justice at the ICC for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity
https://www.amnesty.org
ICC: Dozens of member states back top criminal court after Trump sanctions
https://www.bbc.com
The Betrayal
Budapest Memorandum at 25: Between Past and Future
https://www.hks.harvard.edu
Trump's betrayal of Ukraine has emboldened Putin and pulled the rug from under Nato allies | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com
Team Trump wants to get rid of Volodymyr Zelensky
America's president calls Ukraine's president "a dictator" | Europe
https://www.economist.com
'There Is Nothing 'Natural' About Donald Trump's Predatory Exploitation of Ukraine'
https://bylinetimes.com
Trump's true enemy isn't China or Russia but liberal democracy
The new Cold War between Europe and America
The Transatlantic Alliance in the Age of Trump: The Coming Collisions
https://www.csis.org
'F**k Trump': Kyiv Faces the Darkest Hour
https://bylinetimes.com
In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com
Trump's bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee
https://www.theguardian.com
Europe's Defence Options
Europe Faces Putin Without America's Help
European democracies must stop infantilizing themselves.
https://www.theatlantic.com
Ready for Combat? The Future of the European Defense Industry
https://hir.harvard.edu
The new EU Commissioner for Defence and Space - UK in a changing Europe
https://ukandeu.ac.uk
UK and Norway kickstart new defence agreement in boost for European security
UK continues to step up on European security in move to deepen defence ties with Norway
https://www.gov.uk
Britain and France working on plans for 'reassurance force' to protect Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com
Northern lights: How a Nordic-Baltic coalition of the willing can do even more for Ukraine
https://ecfr.eu
Europe targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin
https://www.politico.eu
Ukraine war facts (and combatting disinformation):
Institute for the Study of War
https://understandingwar.org
Institute for the Study of War
https://www.understandingwar.org
Kompromat:
How Trump fulfilled a 30-year fantasy of becoming president, with a little help from the Kremlin
https://thecorrespondent.com
Here's why Trump colludes with Putin!
https://www.petertatchellfoundation.org
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
https://bylinetimes.com
Trump is Putin's sock puppet. The proof has been hiding in plain sight all along.
Just Answering Questions: The Flamethrower!
On the election, war with Iran, Trump, Epstein, DOJ complicity, and more.
The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin plan
Making the world safe for oligarchy
US - European Defence Issues
Norway's Parliament Agrees to Give the US Access to New Military Areas in the North
https://www.highnorthnews.com
Swedish MPs green-light controversial US defense deal
The deal gives the US access to 17 military bases and training areas in Sweden.
https://www.lemonde.fr
U.S. Security Cooperation With Finland - United States Department of State
https://www.state.gov
UK/USA: Amendment to the Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes [CS USA No.1/2024]
This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2024.
https://www.gov.uk
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Spyware:
How Europe became the Wild West of spyware
https://www.politico.eu
A Web of Surveillance: Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia - Amnesty International Security Lab
https://securitylab.amnesty.org
Play VideoFurther reading:
lking into Jewish fascism
https://www.haaretz.com
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.amnesty.org
Israelis were mostly unbothered about NSO's spyware - until it was reportedly turned on them
https://www.washingtonpost.com
'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
https://www.972mag.com
UK-Australia-US (AUKUS)
AUKUS
https://www.asa.gov.au
UK-Israeli cooperation
Met Police linked to Israel as it gears up for pro-Palestine protests
https://www.declassifieduk.org
Middle East Monitor: A UK Stasi?
British police seize electronic devices in raid on journalist Asa Winstanley's home - Committee to Protect Journalists
https://cpj.org
Weaponising Anti-Semitism
https://www.goodreads.com
I Have Been Stopped Under Schedule 7 Of The Terrorism Act 2000. What Are My Rights?
https://www.hja.net
OpenDemocracy: Firm behind £4m Labour Party donation invested in weapons for Israel
Who funds Labour Friends of Israel - and why won't it say?
https://www.declassifieduk.org
Israeli government correspondence and information shared with UK Attorney General's Office - a Freedom of Information request to Attorney General's Office
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com
Saudi Arabia: UK Court Accepts Case About Saudi Spyware Use
https://www.hrw.org
Preparing for the fire and the storm