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An imaginary conversation between Yermak and Witkoff
Let’s imagine a hypothetical very fictional conversation between Yermak and Witkoff in Riyadh.
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Europe is in a fight for its very survival
Do our leaders actually get it?
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Ukraine - plan for the worst case scenario
Talking to Ukrainians in the run up the US election there was some nervousness around the prospect of a Trump presidency but a sense of hope still that…
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Trump literally has no clue on Ukraine
Waking up to yet another extraordinary - actually insane story on Ukraine.
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Zelensky - bowed, but not beaten
In the end President Zelensky of Ukraine was able to put together a carefully worded statement that seems to have gone some way towards mollifying a…
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Ukraine - telling it as it is
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-03-03/eu-defense-expansion-deal-of-the-century-says-ash-videoThanks for reading @tashecon blog!
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Ukraine - Silver lining to ambush in Oval Office saloon
The ambush by hired hand JD Vance (more like Calvera than Angel Eyes) at the not so Ok coral WH Oval Office at high noon on Friday made for great…
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February 2025

Ukraine will fight on
Some quick conclusions from the fight in the Oval Office.
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Ukraine - Q&A around prospects for peace
Lots of moving parts again around Ukraine with pretty seismic shifts - Teutonic actually - underway, with the Trump administration moving to make peace…
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Ukraine - All that shines is not gold
Reports over the past 24 hours suggests that Ukraine has finally agreed to sign Trump’s Ukraine rare earth, et al, deal, and Zelensky will meet with…
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From Global Britain back to European Britain
What should be the UK’s core defence priorities
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Clueless
Listening to Trump, Musk, and their “peace” negotiators” Waltz, Rubio and Witkoff talk over the weekend it became apparent to me that they simply have…
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