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  1. “Sergey #Lavrov showed up to #Alaska in a sweatshirt with the Russian initials for #USSR, a sign that #Russia intends to absorb #Ukraine as well as other former #Soviet #republics and recreate itself as a dominant #worldpower.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-16-...

    August 16, 2025

  2. Stoltenberg would not discuss specifics, but said he hoped to have the new efforts approved in time for a July summit of #NATO ldrs in DC, where ofcls are expected to again debate when #Ukraine might be allowed to join the #military #alliance….

    …A… NATO ofcl said that Hungary, where PM Viktor #Orban has maintained warm relations w/ #Russia, opposed the effort to put the #Defense Contact Grp under the alliance’s oversight.

    #unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #WorldPower #geopolitics

  3. “There is a need to give this a more robust & institutional framework to ensure #predictability & #commitment for the long haul,” Stoltenberg said. He added: “I strongly believe it’s important that #allies make decisions fast. And that includes, of course, the #UnitedStates.”

    #unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #leader #WorldPower #control #NATO #alliance #aid #geopolitics

  4. Under a prop being discussed at the #military #alliance’s HQ, #NATO would oversee the #Ukraine #Defense Contact Grp, currently led by the #UnitedStates, that coordinates the donation & delivery of weapons to the battlefield.…

    “A stronger NATO role in coordinating & providing support is the way to end this #war in a way where Ukraine prevails,” SecGen Stoltenberg said on Wed.

    #unreliable #volatile #Trump #Republicans #US #leader #WorldPower #control #allies #aid #geopolitics

  5. #UnitedStates is losing status as a #leader & #WorldPower due to #Trump & #Republicans

    With continued American #aid to #Ukraine stalled & against the looming prospect of a 2nd Trump presidency, #NATO ofcls are looking to take more #control of directing #military support from Ukraine’s allies — a role that the #US has played for the past 2 yrs.

    #geopolitics #alliance #allies #unreliable #volatile
    nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/e

  6. Central to the #crisis is the “Trumpist infection,” observed Spanish daily El Pais, which lamented the former president’s “rehabilitation” after the #Jan6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, as well as the worrying implications of dozens of #Republican lawmakers openly or tacitly endorsing #Trump’s well-documented attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #WorldPower #geopolitics #Republicans #Minoritarianism #Authoritarianism

  7. “What’s at stake is more than the fate of a man finally devoured by the tiger he thought he could outrun,” the editorial read. “It’s about the institutional functioning of the world’s leading power. …The field of ruins that the House of Representatives has become can only worry #America’s allies & delight its adversaries.”

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans

  8. …as noted by an editorial in leading French newspaper Le Monde, the #House’s disarray reflects the bigger issue of a #legislature where #gerrymandering & low voter participation in primaries has yielded a cadre of lawmakers who view #compromise as “anathema,” especially among the #GOP.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans

  9. They see an #American #PoliticalSystem lurching down the path of #dysfunction & a #legislature increasingly dominated by #politicians uninterested in actual #governance or #democratic deliberation. And they see the asymmetry of what’s in motion — where the #Republican Party, beholden to fmr president #Trump & a #FarRight Trumpist base, is the principal vehicle for the #destabilizing forces coursing through the American body politic.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower

  10. With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
    
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism

  11. With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
    
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism

  12. With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
    
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism

  13. With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
    
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism

  14. With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
    
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.

    #UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism