| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Prisoner exchange deals encourage hostage-taking. | 2022-12-14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1602842988937240576 | 1602842988937240576 |
| Taiwan's difficult past and difficult future. | 2022-11-24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1595860583605096450 | 1595860583605096450 |
| North Korea aligns decisively with Russia and China. | 2022-11-09 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1590185774917771264 | 1590185774917771264 |
| Bad news for Trumpists everywhere. | 2022-10-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1586914273304883201 | 1586914273304883201 |
| Medieval rejection of Enlightenment ideals infects India, | 2022-10-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1583281019729301505 | 1583281019729301505 |
| Kim has studied and profited by Putin's example. | 2022-10-14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1580726783812333568 | 1580726783812333568 |
| Russia no longer can help Armenia and Azerbaijan. | 2022-10-07 | 588 | 37 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1578422162955698177 | 1578422162955698177 |
| “What we have seen now is the return of America as the | 2022-10-07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1578201715139936256 | 1578201715139936256 |
| Why Russians put up with Putin - | 2022-07-01 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1542725985593765889 | 1542725985593765889 |
| Worried about climate change? What about nuclear war? | 2022-06-03 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532572656884559872 | 1532572656884559872 |
| Time for a European Army? It'll get a big boost if | 2022-05-23 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528615934117654528 | 1528615934117654528 |
| War in the Ukraine raises temperatures worldwide - that's | 2022-05-20 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1527504546838110214 | 1527504546838110214 |
| American leadership is at a zenith abroad and a nadir | 2022-05-20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1527445842012999680 | 1527445842012999680 |
| Hard times again in North Korea | 2022-05-18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1526803495197605888 | 1526803495197605888 |
| Can Armenia come to terms with its neighbors? | 2022-05-12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524544576953872384 | 1524544576953872384 |
| North Korea has learned from Ukraine and is seizing the | 2022-05-09 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1523513658369712132 | 1523513658369712132 |
| How the European Union works - or doesn't work. | 2022-05-03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521358907741904897 | 1521358907741904897 |
| Who says the Sixties are over? It's back to east, west, | 2022-04-29 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520039574394744832 | 1520039574394744832 |
| Alaska, Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota - and New York City | 2022-04-22 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517307651977211904 | 1517307651977211904 |
| The argument for holding our noses and allying with Saudi | 2022-04-22 | 549 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517306045109989376 | 1517306045109989376 |
| Moldova fears it's next. It's not in NATO or EU. | 2022-04-22 | 523 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1517304899251228672 | 1517304899251228672 |
| Das Fürstentum Liechtenstein leads the way! | 2022-04-22 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517300476852588544 | 1517300476852588544 |
| The face of Trumpism in France. | 2022-04-21 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517195012634644481 | 1517195012634644481 |
| Like the League of Nations before it, the UN is powerless | 2022-04-16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1515159712261574660 | 1515159712261574660 |
| Populist kleptocrats stick together. | 2022-04-14 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514451713096265733 | 1514451713096265733 |
| Serbian fascists have always admired Russian nationalists. | 2022-04-10 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513246386053033987 | 1513246386053033987 |
| Then it was Stalin's job to defend eastern Europe from | 2022-04-10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513045188041588737 | 1513045188041588737 |
| Give Putin credit for expanding NATO, by proving that what | 2022-04-09 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1512635341345157124 | 1512635341345157124 |
| Bad times ahead for future generations. | 2022-04-06 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1511568849442729992 | 1511568849442729992 |
| Now nobody can claim any doubt where Orban's and Hungary's | 2022-04-04 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510781336495157253 | 1510781336495157253 |
| Hopefully a teaching moment for regimes in Poland and | 2022-03-25 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1507343087932112901 | 1507343087932112901 |
| Time for a European Army to defend European Peace? | 2022-03-23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506762042044141568 | 1506762042044141568 |
| Too bad about the Ukrainians - but look at the deal Indians | 2022-03-22 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506089561595686919 | 1506089561595686919 |
| The lesson is not lost - Russia kept nuclear weapons and | 2022-03-18 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504641905996431361 | 1504641905996431361 |
| Moldova doesn't know what to do. Too many ethnic | 2022-03-14 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503170284320280584 | 1503170284320280584 |
| How WWIII didn't start - this time. | 2022-03-13 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503157595325886464 | 1503157595325886464 |
| Thousand of Russians stranded in Thailand as local tourist | 2022-03-13 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503155439256580096 | 1503155439256580096 |
| Making the most of the Ukraine distraction! | 2022-03-10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502059078310408221 | 1502059078310408221 |
| Who's rallying the NATO troops for whatever comes next? | 2022-03-09 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501580263989874690 | 1501580263989874690 |
| Limited sovereignty - the essence of imperialism. | 2022-03-09 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501573478884929536 | 1501573478884929536 |
| Expanding the EU takes years. Expanding NATO is faster, | 2022-03-09 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501567831783075843 | 1501567831783075843 |
| Moldova fearfully looks toward the west while Transnistria | 2022-03-07 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500851528545943557 | 1500851528545943557 |
| How the oligarchs hope to buy influence in the west. | 2022-03-07 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500848879054426116 | 1500848879054426116 |
| An uneasy ménage à trois - Russia, China, India. | 2022-03-07 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1500847898086428672 | 1500847898086428672 |
| New leadership for a new era - Germany resumes its rightful | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500525828194455554 | 1500525828194455554 |
| Bosnians are living Ukraine's future - if it's not the | 2022-03-06 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500487552708448256 | 1500487552708448256 |
| Putin gives Serbia another chance at Kosovo. | 2022-03-06 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500362235419381761 | 1500362235419381761 |
| America can't retire from being a superpower. | 2022-02-20 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1495408252535787520 | 1495408252535787520 |
| Blinken emphasizes strategic importance of Pacific islands | 2022-02-17 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1494185323026259972 | 1494185323026259972 |
| Strong leader Putin is the role model for Trump. | 2022-02-11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1492130014837428229 | 1492130014837428229 |
| How do you talk to an autocrat? Flattery works with | 2022-02-10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491574333315043331 | 1491574333315043331 |
| Putin's plan might be to threaten war until he wears | 2022-02-09 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491292826411614208 | 1491292826411614208 |
| Cyberattacks are good for financing nuclear missile | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490476213315387392 | 1490476213315387392 |
| Putin and Xi see eye-to-eye. Will they coordinate | 2022-02-04 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1489605371966615552 | 1489605371966615552 |
| Why Europe depends on US. | 2022-02-03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489308219990163457 | 1489308219990163457 |
| It's easy to criticize while you are out of power. | 2022-02-01 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488304867915431936 | 1488304867915431936 |
| The Wild West lives on in Brazil, led by the Trumpist | 2022-01-20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484027710632464388 | 1484027710632464388 |
| Credit Putin for reviving NATO's sense of purpose. | 2022-01-16 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482750656024776704 | 1482750656024776704 |
| Kim joins Putin in hoping to exploit Biden's moment of | 2022-01-15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482192419684634624 | 1482192419684634624 |
| Putin sees a great opportunity to re-establish the Soviet | 2022-01-14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482003916795432961 | 1482003916795432961 |
| How does Trumpism work in Poland? | 2022-01-14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482000094383591424 | 1482000094383591424 |
| Your friends are where you find them, but - | 2022-01-10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480398527096229889 | 1480398527096229889 |
| Putin thinks of himself as the preserver of the Russian | 2022-01-10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1480348706465464324 | 1480348706465464324 |
| Trouble in Kazakhstan | 2022-01-06 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479088433016414208 | 1479088433016414208 |
| A role model for Trumpism? | 2022-01-06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478948997247102977 | 1478948997247102977 |
| Back to the bad old days. | 2022-01-03 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477995485713428481 | 1477995485713428481 |
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========== Prisoner exchange deals encourage hostage-taking. Tourists beware! https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-middle-east-united-states-government-and-politics-5b4736d2428014066683605731affa8a #PS1foreign ===== impress 2 time 2022-12-14 01:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602842988937240576 ========== Taiwan's difficult past and difficult future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/23/china-tests-taiwan-nationalism/ Who is going to fight for it? And to what end? #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 22% impress 9 time 2022-11-24 19:23 +0000 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595860583605096450 ========== North Korea aligns decisively with Russia and China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/08/china-russia-north-korea-realignment-nuclear-weapons/ #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-11-09 03:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590185774917771264 ========== Bad news for Trumpists everywhere. https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-religion-caribbean-voting-ed2130a095ca42ff1be324a3dea9f355 Eventually a majority sees through the lies. #PS1foreign ===== impress 1 time 2022-10-31 02:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586914273304883201 ========== Medieval rejection of Enlightenment ideals infects India, and now it's reinfecting America. https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-holidays-nationalism-d851b8fcabb9eb0f3946275fdf596322 Is America, or India, based upon a universal idea and ideal? Or based on accidents of birth and creed? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783896718621506 #PS1foreign ===== impress 6 time 2022-10-21 02:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583281019729301505 ========== Kim has studied and profited by Putin's example. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-seoul-united-nations-nuclear-weapons-ab71f575cf671bb4661368d8633b1234 #PS1foreign ===== impress 9 time 2022-10-14 01:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580726783812333568 ========== Russia no longer can help Armenia and Azerbaijan. America is stepping in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-putin-control/ Armenia is a democracy but has historically aligned with Russia. #PS1foreign ===== engage 37 engage-rate 6% expands 2 impress 588 likes 8 retweets 3 time 2022-10-07 16:29 +0000 urlclicks 16 userclicks 8 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578422162955698177 ========== “What we have seen now is the return of America as the essential factor in European security” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/05/ukraine-war-changed-europe-nato-russia/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 3 time 2022-10-07 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578201715139936256 ========== Why Russians put up with Putin - https://theamericanscholar.org/putins-potemkin-paradise/ Political repression is constant in Russian history. But relative prosperity is new. So they vote their pocketbooks. Likewise Chinese and Xi - https://theamericanscholar.org/the-china-model/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1698701083807737 #PS1foreign ===== impress 15 time 2022-07-01 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542725985593765889 ========== Worried about climate change? What about nuclear war? Putin has unleashed a global race to arm for deterrence protection. Like other arms races, it's likely to end in a bad miscalculation. https://turonzamin.com/putins-threats-highlight-the-dangers-of-a-new-riskier-nuclear-era-the-new-york-times #PS1foreign ===== impress 6 time 2022-06-03 03:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532572656884559872 ========== Time for a European Army? It'll get a big boost if Trump is re-elected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/18/european-union-army-ukraine/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 55 time 2022-05-23 05:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528615934117654528 ========== War in the Ukraine raises temperatures worldwide - that's why Biden is visiting the far east. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/asia/biden-asia-trip-military-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 44 time 2022-05-20 04:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1527504546838110214 ========== American leadership is at a zenith abroad and a nadir at home. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/opinions/us-leadership-thriving-abroad-different-story-at-home-ghitis/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 18 time 2022-05-20 00:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1527445842012999680 ========== Hard times again in North Korea https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-government-and-politics-seoul-south-korea-1b9087337475c3a9b5eb83df05e2a966 https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-government-and-politics-south-korea-north-07e3aa5c1b6bce2323c8621c05a61ea4 #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 replies 1 time 2022-05-18 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1526803495197605888 ========== Can Armenia come to terms with its neighbors? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/10/armenia-pashinyan-azerbaijan-turkey-diplomacy/ Can it be a model for Ukraine? #PS1foreign ===== impress 24 time 2022-05-12 00:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524544576953872384 ========== North Korea has learned from Ukraine and is seizing the moment. It may even invade South Korea once it has credible nuclear deterrent against US and Japan. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/asia/north-korea-nuclear-ukraine-war-lessons-intl-hnk/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 44 time 2022-05-09 04:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1523513658369712132 ========== How the European Union works - or doesn't work. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/opinion/european-union-macron-ukraine.html It's not the United States of Europe - yet. But give Putin more time! #PS1foreign ===== impress 26 time 2022-05-03 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521358907741904897 ========== Who says the Sixties are over? It's back to east, west, and non-aligned, but with more nuclear-armed countries. https://news.yahoo.com/us-them-cold-war-neither-115041636.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 42 time 2022-04-29 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520039574394744832 ========== Alaska, Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota - and New York City - all play major roles in hiding assets of criminals and foreign oligarchs, as became clear with Ukraine sanctions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/21/financial-secrecy-laws-russian-assets/ Federal legislation is needed to end asset hiding for good. #PS1foreign ===== impress 526 time 2022-04-22 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517307651977211904 ========== The argument for holding our noses and allying with Saudi Arabia and UAE - instead of Russia, Venezuela, and Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/21/russia-ukraine-oil-production-saudi-arabia-uae-gulf-states-security/ Meanwhile, we try to wean Europe from burning hydrocarbons as quickly as possible. #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 549 time 2022-04-22 00:55 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517306045109989376 ========== Moldova fears it's next. It's not in NATO or EU. It has plenty of internal problems that Russia exploits and exacerbates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/21/russia-putin-united-states-must-keep-eye-on-moldova/ #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 523 time 2022-04-22 00:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517304899251228672 ========== Das Fürstentum Liechtenstein leads the way! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-united-nations-general-assembly-business-europe-states-3e1560d3b38bc0110d65fe388a6ea4ad It should take two votes to veto in the Security Council anyway. #PS1foreign ===== impress 528 time 2022-04-22 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517300476852588544 ========== The face of Trumpism in France. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/opinion/le-pen-france-election.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 494 time 2022-04-21 17:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517195012634644481 ========== Like the League of Nations before it, the UN is powerless to address conflicts between permanent members of its Security Council. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/united-nations-ukraine-russia/index.html That doesn't mean the UN is useless. It does mean that NATO is not obsolete. #PS1foreign ===== impress 37 time 2022-04-16 02:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1515159712261574660 ========== Populist kleptocrats stick together. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/13/nicaragua-russia-bffs-in-latin-america/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 52 time 2022-04-14 03:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514451713096265733 ========== Serbian fascists have always admired Russian nationalists. Maybe they'll start a nationalist war too. They've got plenty of veterans with experience murdering civilians. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-china-serbia-nato-682ab79c4239f14ecc1133ff5c7addc9 Russia and China are happy to encourage them to disrupt NATO and EU. #PS1foreign ===== impress 53 time 2022-04-10 20:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513246386053033987 ========== Then it was Stalin's job to defend eastern Europe from murderous Hitler. Now it's Germany's job to defend eastern Europe from murderous Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/08/germany-crucial-to-resistance-against-putin-fascism/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 36 time 2022-04-10 06:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513045188041588737 ========== Give Putin credit for expanding NATO, by proving that what Stalin did to Finland in 1939 could easily happen again. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/finland-sweden-nato-membership/index.html Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia might like to join too, when they are qualified. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 106 likes 1 time 2022-04-09 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1512635341345157124 ========== Bad times ahead for future generations. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-reaction-international-conflict/index.html And that's not even talking about climate change. #PS1foreign ===== impress 14 time 2022-04-06 04:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1511568849442729992 ========== Now nobody can claim any doubt where Orban's and Hungary's sentiments lie. Evidently they have forgotten 1956 - or don't care. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/03/europe/hungary-election-results-viktor-orban-intl/index.html No doubt Trump has already sent congratulations. #PS1foreign ===== impress 65 time 2022-04-04 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510781336495157253 ========== Hopefully a teaching moment for regimes in Poland and Hungary - a reminder why they are allied with western democracies rather than eastern dictatorships. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-warsaw-europe-c905f43858e7966afb3b6cbfbed82b46 #PS1foreign ===== engage 4 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 121 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-03-25 13:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507343087932112901 ========== Time for a European Army to defend European Peace? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/opinions/european-army-defense-strategic-compass-putin-andelman/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-23 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506762042044141568 ========== Too bad about the Ukrainians - but look at the deal Indians are getting on oil! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-business-health-983b157639a631ffab63aa1357aec290 India knows the US needs its support against China. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 62 time 2022-03-22 02:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506089561595686919 ========== The lesson is not lost - Russia kept nuclear weapons and is safe from attack. Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for meaningless security guarantees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/cornered-putin-dangerous-ukraine-david-ignatius/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1622763358068177 #PS1foreign ===== impress 61 time 2022-03-18 02:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504641905996431361 ========== Moldova doesn't know what to do. Too many ethnic minorities, too many opinions. But it will probably have to take sides soon. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-moldova-europe-race-and-ethnicity-dc151731d845b7556fa9c99fa375941b #PS1foreign ===== impress 66 time 2022-03-14 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503170284320280584 ========== How WWIII didn't start - this time. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/asia/india-pakistan-missile-intl-hnk/index.html How long will we be so lucky? #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 68 time 2022-03-13 23:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503157595325886464 ========== Thousand of Russians stranded in Thailand as local tourist industry suffers. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-travel-business-e31653ca76e092c78a2af5c53f083b7a #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 73 time 2022-03-13 23:45 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503155439256580096 ========== Making the most of the Ukraine distraction! https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-missile-test-icbm-47fe520e96a71312e0a47fb6cc2c9910 #PS1foreign ===== impress 90 time 2022-03-10 23:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502059078310408221 ========== Who's rallying the NATO troops for whatever comes next? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/08/ignatius-milley-ukraine-nato/ #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-03-09 15:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501580263989874690 ========== Limited sovereignty - the essence of imperialism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/opinions/russia-soviet-memories-prague-spring-1968-kumermann/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-09 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501573478884929536 ========== Expanding the EU takes years. Expanding NATO is faster, but at this particular moment. might push Putin over the edge. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-moscow-european-union-a8ca42e257391c95c355dd4d752c8208 #PS1foreign ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-09 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501567831783075843 ========== Moldova fearfully looks toward the west while Transnistria looks hopefully toward Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/06/moldova-ukraine-war-invasion/ They know they are on Putin's list and wonder if they are next. #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-07 15:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500851528545943557 ========== How the oligarchs hope to buy influence in the west. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/07/russian-oligarchs-donate-american-charities/ How much foreign money gets laundered into political campaigns? #PS1foreign ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-07 15:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500848879054426116 ========== An uneasy ménage à trois - Russia, China, India. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/asia/china-india-ukraine-reaction-intl-hnk-dst/index.html Putin tests the limits of his allies. #PS1foreign ===== engage 6 engage-rate 5% hashclicks 1 impress 117 time 2022-03-07 14:56 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500847898086428672 ========== New leadership for a new era - Germany resumes its rightful place among the nations - democratic rule-of-law nations, this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/06/distinguished-pol-olaf-scholz/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 17:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500525828194455554 ========== Bosnians are living Ukraine's future - if it's not the worst outcome. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe-sarajevo-yugoslavia-bb65ed5f194bda780ec1c2231d462359 There are no happy endings. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500487552708448256 ========== Putin gives Serbia another chance at Kosovo. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-racial-injustice-serbia-kosovo-756fa71c7ab417115ee3521a95791ca7 They've always dreamed of cleansing the Kosovars. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 65 time 2022-03-06 06:46 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500362235419381761 ========== America can't retire from being a superpower. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/ukraine-war-biden.html The rest of the world will not leave us alone. #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 14:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495408252535787520 ========== Blinken emphasizes strategic importance of Pacific islands to US. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/blinken-says-us-has-a-long-term-future-in-the-pacific-islands GOP senators need to confirm Biden ambassador nominations to these countries. #PS1foreign ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 96 time 2022-02-17 05:41 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494185323026259972 ========== Strong leader Putin is the role model for Trump. https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-russia-getting-away-with-it-60f7e4f7c54ae3fe65d966ff5a159e9b "cheating is acceptable if you don’t get caught" #PS1foreign ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-11 13:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492130014837428229 ========== How do you talk to an autocrat? Flattery works with some, blatant shows of force with others, subtle hints of force with others. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/opinions/putin-russia-ukraine-macron-table-autocrat-ghitis/index.html Cigar smoke worked for Mannerheim with Hitler - according to legend. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=196733 #PS1foreign ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-10 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491574333315043331 ========== Putin's plan might be to threaten war until he wears down the west's resistance, for instance by enabling the re-election of Trump, who would gratefully enable Putin in return, talking about how much money he was saving by leaving NATO. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/world/europe/ukraine-putin-russia.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 62 time 2022-02-09 06:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491292826411614208 ========== Cyberattacks are good for financing nuclear missile development. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-global-trade-united-nations-north-korea-25b1c7199519b31fe592dace54e119d9 #PS1foreign ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 00:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490476213315387392 ========== Putin and Xi see eye-to-eye. Will they coordinate simultaneous action on Ukraine and Taiwan? https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-putin-xi-meet-0e9127176250c0cab19b36e75800052e #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 259 time 2022-02-04 14:22 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489605371966615552 ========== Why Europe depends on US. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-military-4b7f31272dd8e117ea0e4fe881e175de In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row #PS1foreign ===== impress 34 time 2022-02-03 18:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489308219990163457 ========== It's easy to criticize while you are out of power. You don't have to be consistent or logical or practical. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/trump-never-met-dictator-he-didnt-praise-yet-his-fans-dare-accuse-biden-appeasement/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 51 time 2022-02-01 00:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488304867915431936 ========== The Wild West lives on in Brazil, led by the Trumpist Cowboy-in-Chief Bolsonaro. https://apnews.com/article/business-mountains-environment-and-nature-brazil-00196ff2ed46a82e4fd6a4a817829f24 #PS1foreign ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-20 04:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484027710632464388 ========== Credit Putin for reviving NATO's sense of purpose. https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-united-states-vladimir-putin-b547c53e4b787da6a8304807db6167c5 But he doesn't need to start a war. He can just wait until Trump is re-elected - with Putin's help again - and Trump will unilaterally withdraw US from NATO. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-01-16 16:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482750656024776704 ========== Kim joins Putin in hoping to exploit Biden's moment of weakness. https://apnews.com/article/diplomacy-south-korea-north-korea-pyongyang-41158eef7c5fdf375185137ca19e7e2a #PS1foreign ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-15 03:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482192419684634624 ========== Putin sees a great opportunity to re-establish the Soviet Union. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2618716 He knows the Trumpist GOP in Congress will oppose any Biden attempt to respond. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1580289185648928 #PS1foreign ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-14 14:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482003916795432961 ========== How does Trumpism work in Poland? https://apnews.com/article/technology-middle-east-israel-poland-europe-50ed323d62ecb49e0f5fdf2c54103095 Just like here - the Trumpist party refuses to participate in a bipartisan investigation of spyware in elections. Because they know where that would lead. #PS1foreign ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-14 14:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482000094383591424 ========== Your friends are where you find them, but - "Moscow has a history of sending peacekeeping forces to countries that never leave" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/world/europe/kazakhstan-russia.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 15 time 2022-01-10 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480398527096229889 ========== Putin thinks of himself as the preserver of the Russian Empire, imposing Russia on all his neighbors and sometimes elsewhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/08/russia-putin-kazakhstan/ His motto for is fellow dictators could be "where we fall one, we fall all". #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-01-10 01:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480348706465464324 ========== Trouble in Kazakhstan https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-moscow-kazakhstan-3349e68089ccdbcd08e76a5e8fd4a909 A Trumpist government vs a Trumpist insurrection. #PS1foreign ===== impress 155 time 2022-01-06 13:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479088433016414208 ========== A role model for Trumpism? https://apnews.com/article/business-kazakhstan-almaty-9da42330ca51c36fe9fd88f9ef35ff4e #PS1foreign ===== impress 19 time 2022-01-06 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478948997247102977 ========== Back to the bad old days. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-russia-china-ukraine-a7cc93ab7f9b546acb47034aab490841 Not just Russia and China, but North Korea and Iran want nuclear missile capabilities. #PS1foreign ===== impress 74 time 2022-01-03 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477995485713428481