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🌍 I'm happy to share with you the exclusive interview I had with Digi24 along General James L. Jones, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, and General Tod D. Wolters, also former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. We discussed the launch of the American Romanian Business Roundtable (ARBR). A few key statement below: 💬 It's time for action. I created this platform to facilitate, at zero cost, relationships between strategic-thinking businesspeople. Its purpose is to strengthen commercial ties and deepen U.S.-Romanian relations." 💬 General James L. Jones: "Romania has always been a reliable ally and friend to the United States. Our relationship began in 1993, when I first visited Constanța, and it has developed over the years. The transformation I’ve witnessed in NATO is fantastic, and Romania plays a crucial role in Europe’s defense." 💬 General Tod D. Wolters: "Romania is the perfect nation to lead in this region. Romanians – whether civilians or military – have demonstrated transparency, legitimacy, and exemplary determination. We are incredibly optimistic about our shared future." #ARBR #Romania #USA #Defense #Energy #Innovation #StrategicPartnership

A clever adressing by our chairman Fabien A. from Pan-African Council on AI matters. There is a deep necessity of discussing regulatory and moral metricis on the regards of AI impact and how to use it to improve people’s life and companies practices instead the unregulated scenario where certainly the impact will be disastrous. Government, companies and civil Society need to build together and set the boundaries and ways that gonna pave a fortuitous future to society on the use of AI tools. The global south certainly will play a key role in this process and we should to pay attention on that.

Dear MEPIN Readers, Please watch my "salon" style interview, which is an in-depth analysis: Anna Vinogradskaya 1. The lack of a US strategy for the Middle East 2. The coming nuclear arms race in the region 3. What America Should Do Concerning Iran and the Iranian People 4. The Abraham Accords Future and anti-Semitism in the Middle East 5. The coming war with Hezbollah 6. The current military status of Hamas in Gaza 7. The problems with Egypt, Turkey, and Jordan 8. The uncertainties of a Harris and Trump administration regarding the Middle East 9. The Hamas infiltration and control of the West Bank (Judea/Samaria) 10. Why Senator Schumer has impeded bringing the Anti-Semitic Awareness from coming for a vote in the Senate https://lnkd.in/dZiHumWz

Due to the biophysical and ecological blindness embedded into our geopolitical economies and cultures of ‘modernity’ we will be forced to confront our unsustainable mass delusion with much pain, likely inequitably distributed over long time durations. Nate Hagens characterizes this crisis via “the four horsemen of the 2020s” - debt, geopolitics, complexity, and social contract. While Hagens appears to use complexity in terms of the hierarchical and organizational intricacies of societies paralleling Joseph Tainter’s use in his work “The Collapse of Complex Societies (1988),” there is no escaping that an understanding of complexity as an inherent characteristic of adaptive systems would also play a role, not just as part of the crisis but as also a vital approach to managing not only the complexity (global technological intricacies) which Hagen identifies but also the entangled crisises of debt, geopolitics, social contract, habitat, etc. (Dave Snowden).

Clear, conscise and so relevant.

Publication 📝 One of the most noteworthy publications i have read this year is Brent Sadler's latest book, 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 21𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 . As an avid reader of Sadler's work on the The Heritage Foundation, I was particularly interested in exploring his concept of "Naval Statecraft" and found myself thoroughly engaged in deciphering its nuances throughout the course of chapters. I have penned down my detailed review of Sadler's book for the current issue of 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐯y 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 ( 𝐇𝐄𝐂 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝). From a researcher's perspective, i can deduce that book should be read by scholars of International Relations and security studies concerned with maritime affairs, particularly naval warfare. Brent D. Sadler, with more than two decades of active naval experience, provides readers with an overview of the challenges facing the US Navy from Russia and China. The book's content, explanatory and instructive in nature, does not shy away from being laden with data and previous research literature, which is helpful for researchers in connecting the dots regarding American Naval Planning. The book offers critical insights into Naval organizational reform schemes that have been carried out , as well as the author's own perspective on how the US can synergize its naval strategy to address imminent challenges. What distinguishes U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century from other works on Naval strategy is Sadler’s ability to interconnect non-traditional security domains with naval affairs. He adeptly simplifies the complexities of naval statecraft, making the technical aspects accessible even to novice readers while offering a thorough analysis for experts. For the published review, read here: https://lnkd.in/dNU9BJZ4

"What do you actually work on?" is a question you regularly get as an academic, researcher, or expert. In fact, explaining your area of expertise and research interests in a short and easily understandable phrase is at least as important as (and sometimes even more challenging than) entering into the details of your work. My answer in a nutshell is usually: I work on the links between global events and power shifts and European security and defence, and what that means for Europe as a global actor. As part of my non-resident fellowship programme with Notre Dame International Security Center, I am sharing more insights into my research in this video. https://lnkd.in/ewuzcC_E During the fellowship time, and building on my research time at Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies earlier this year, I plan to work more on Europeans in alliances, and especially the tensions between a fear of abandonment and entrapment in the context of US-China competition. Stay tuned! PS: Never did any kind of video recording with so much jetlag, even the morning run following a 22h travel didn't help get rid of the panda eyes. 🐼

On this day in 1949 Congress officially designated June 14 as Flag Day, a national day of observance. Want to know 5 facts about our American flag? Link to https://lnkd.in/deEBv6j to learn more! #HappyNationalFlagDay

"Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade" - Sir Water Raleigh (poached from the interview ref'd below) Exceptional work by Kevin B.. Anyone with maritime domain interests would gain by having a look at Kevin's work below: -The Cod Wars and Lessons for Maritime Counterinsurgency (all links below in Kevin's post) is revealing, well-told history: 'doing a lot with a little'. -Solving for the Missing Element of Maritime Campaigning is a masterpiece. One highlight, among many: 'A combined Robin Sage-NAVSCIATTS program would allow for integrating social movement approaches to build resilience against subversion and coercion, bolster maritime internal defense, and disrupt outside challenges by, with, and through the population, while also addressing unique maritime considerations and core competencies.' -Finally, Lisa Munde and Benjamin Jebb's interview with Kevin and Claude Berube is a MUST for anyone working in the IUU/CL-SC domain. Great overall work by the Irregular Warfare Initiative in this domain. Low-level op's...

The most important subtext at the NATO summit is the relief that John Bolton no longer represents the Project 2025 element of the American national security process. Bolton and the Project for the New American Century are the foreign policy element of Project 2025