@KyivIndependent

@KyivIndependent

@bbcnickrobinson

@BBCr4today

@bbcnickrobinson

Spilne | Commons

@commonscomua

@elmo_left

Why are so many Ukrainian refugees returning to a war-torn country? Read the cards 👇 based on our new article for @elmo_left project about #transnational #migration in #CEE.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

🔥 🧵s on #NeoIdealism 🧵 🔥

2. Why is 'Neo-Idealism' called 'Neo-Idealism'?

- I outlined this new approach to #IR & Grand Strategy in a previous thread (see linked tweet).
- Now I dig deeper into the name & concept

1/25

https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1612105940441915395?s=20&t=tyvrk6KrtlUcfFRtjrZ77Q

@RUSI_org

I first introduced the idea of #NeoIdealism in a piece for @RUSI_org in April '22 but Its fullest elaboration so far is in my book - 'To #Ukraine With Love'
- published last month & available now on kindle & paperback😎
amazon.com/Ukraine-Love-E…

So why call it Neo-Idealism?

2/25

Some of the Neo-Idealists from #CEE - sometimes explicitly - seek to refresh the hopeful, people-centred politics that flourished in the post-communist transitions of the 1990s but which had wilted more recently, especially after the 2008 financial crisis
3/25

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

1. What is Neo-Idealism?
(seeing as many of you have asked)
It’s a new approach to Grand Strategy & International Relations that I think we can see emerging in responses to #Russia’s war & from #Ukraine’s brave resistance.
1st 🧵in a series on #NeoIdealism
1/25

@RUSI_org

I introduced the idea of #NeoIdealism in a piece for @RUSI_org in April '22. Its fullest elaboration so far is in my book 'To #Ukraine With Love' that came out last month - available on kindle & paperback on all amazon stores 😃
So what is it? 2/25
amazon.co.uk/Ukraine-Love-E…

#NeoIdealism is a morally based approach to the geopolitical pursuit of interests that emphasises all democratic states, including smaller states' rights to self-determination - e.g. in joining spheres of Integration (EU, NATO) & rejecting spheres of influence (🇷🇺 empire)
3/25

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

This year has changed so much
- & changed so many of us.

#Russia's War & #Ukraine's heroic resistance have had a clarifying effect:
- what's right & what's wrong
- what matters & what doesn't
- what we have to do & what we shouldn't.

🧵on To Ukraine With Love 1/

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We've been inspired by Ukrainians' courage, ingenuity & humour in adversity
- & galvanised by #Ukraine's fight in our common war.

🇺🇦We've lost friends along the way, but made many new ones.

🇺🇦We've sought new ways to think & act
- & found them. 2/
amazon.com/Ukraine-Love-E…

When #Russia invaded #Ukraine, again, the stakes became higher - & more starkly apparent.

Even for those of us who had followed the situation closely for years, this was a step change that needed a response at every level.
3/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

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Fundacion Dfa

@FundacionDfa

📣 Permitidnos un 🧵 para hablar de un tema muy importante:
👉 El #Empleo es fundamental para #autonomía y #desarrollo personal
👉 Los Centros Especiales de Empleo #CEE son una salida laboral para #personascondiscapacidad y en riesgo de #exclusión
👉 Existen 2 tipos de CEE (1/8)

@elmundoes

👉#CEE de iniciativa #social, gestionados por entidades sin ánimo de lucro cuyos ingresos financian su #laborsocial
👉CEE de iniciativa empresarial, cuyo objetivo es el beneficio económico
👉En @elmundoes: Cuando #discapacidad se convierte en negocio bit.ly/3QA4uLl (2/8)

@elmundoes

@elmundoes 👉 Como dice el artículo de @elmundoes: "Atraídos por factores económicos, algunos #CEE se han desligado de su cara más humanitaria dando paso a un monstruo empresarial"
👉 El (legítimo) beneficio económico les hace pasar de "inclusión laboral" a "utilizar para..." (3/8)

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Fundacion Dfa

@FundacionDfa

@elmundoes

@elmundoes

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Fundacion Dfa

@FundacionDfa

@Cermi_Estatal

@Cermi_Estatal @COCEMFEnacional @CERMIAragon @Cocemfe_Aragon @amanixer 👉#CEE de iniciativa #social, gestionados por entidades sin ánimo de lucro cuyos ingresos financian su #laborsocial
👉CEE de iniciativa empresarial, cuyo objetivo es el beneficio económico
👉En @elmundoes: Cuando #discapacidad se convierte en negocio bit.ly/3QA4uLl (2/8)

@Cermi_Estatal

@Cermi_Estatal @COCEMFEnacional @CERMIAragon @Cocemfe_Aragon @amanixer @elmundoes 👉 Como dice el artículo de @elmundoes: "Atraídos por factores económicos, algunos #CEE se han desligado de su cara más humanitaria dando paso a un monstruo empresarial"
👉 El (legítimo) beneficio económico les hace pasar de "inclusión laboral" a "utilizar para..." (3/8)

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

@TimothyDSnyder

There's been a lot said about @TimothyDSnyder's devastating takedown of Jurgen #Habermas perspective on #Ukraine & #Russia which is, sadly, representative of a major strand of discourse in #Germany that also impacts 🇩🇪policy & positioning.

I want to highlight a few things 🧵

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1542260371213410307

Snyder's main point, which is spot on, is that #Habermas take is actually not about #Ukraine or really even about #Russia (apart from in a very instrumental way) - its all about #Germany.
This is important because it indicates the level of Onanistic self-obsession that dominates

way too much of the debate here. Ukrainians might be fighting & dying for what should be all of our cause - because they are fighting for all of our freedoms (& security) against an aggressive authoritarian regime - but for too many 'elites' in #Germany, the main issue is Germany

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Jorge A. Laval

@jorge_laval

https://twitter.com/Preprints_org/status/1541632487687946241

The cat is out of the box!

https://twitter.com/Preprints_org/status/1541632487687946241

I promise a thread 🧵when the paper gets accepted. It's about the thermodynamics of traffic flow near the critical density.

Next up is to show that the entropy of an urban network is the travel time!

@jianxi_gao

1/n

The paper below by @jianxi_gao @LouisShekhtman and others reveals macroscopic emergent behavior in the Beijing urban network consistent with self-organized criticality. This changes everything.

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE TALK ABOUT #GERMANY
This thread (pic) gained a lot of traction

But gives a misleading impression (to put it mildly)

Rooted in an outdated view of German identity

That excuses inaction on #Ukraine & makes much needed 🇩🇪change much less likely.
🧵

The thread starts from the premise that the main driver of 🇩🇪 policy is a demilitarised, non-aggressive identity that seeks to be a 'force for good'. It understands this as forged in reaction to the Nazi period (seen as a key lens through which #Germany is perceived abroad). 2/

Now, I'm very sympathetic to the idea that national identity matters in (foreign) policy - & that national identity is shaped inter-nationally. In fact I have an academic article about to be published on just that ... focusing on ... #Germany.
Which discusses at length ...
3/

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

@andrewduffEU

This article by @andrewduffEU is sadly typical of group think in & around the Brussels bubble.

“Nobody who knows how the Brussels institutions work-without a strong government-can be confident the EU is fit to internalize #Ukraine’s national problem.” 1/

politico.eu/article/ukrain…

It’s a well informed piece (from an #EU perspective) that on the surface might sound eminently reasonable- like some other recent attempts to fob off #Ukraine with 2nd class options. BUT, the quote in the previous tweet gives the game away. It shows 🇺🇦 is seen as a problem 2/

Rather than being recognised as the #EU’s best geopolitical opportunity in a generation, #Ukraine is presented as a cost, a burden to be borne, not a huge potential benefit to be embraced, or a possibility for EU renewal to be welcomed. 3/

ip-quarterly.com/en/integrating…

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

Recent Publications & Threads (A 🧵)
I. Articles & Commentaries Published
II. Interviews with me on (European) Politics & Security
III. Threads on #Ukraine #Germany #EU #UK #CEE and more.
Gathered in one place ...

@RUSI_org

I. Articles and Commentaries

8. Are #Czechia & #Slovakia the #EU's New Radical Centre
for @RUSI_org
rusi.org/explore-our-re…

@ForeignPolicy

I. Articles and Commentaries

7. Ukraine Doesn't Need Half-Measures from the #EU
for @ForeignPolicy
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/07/ukr…

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

https://twitter.com/ulrichspeck/status/1523905123885404162

So much for #Macron 2.0
- early days but this really looks like more of the same

A- prioritises ambition for #France to be a ‘great power’, at the table with eg #Russia

B- never mind if #CEE gets overlooked & #Ukraine gets a raw deal.

That’s harsh but not entirely unfair 1/

https://twitter.com/ulrichspeck/status/1523905123885404162

There may be more to the revival of concentric circles/variable geometry than meets the eye & it may be a creative way to end the ENP/EaP impasse BUT ONLY if countries can move through the circles rather than being kept in/ relegated to them - & are supported in doing so 2/

#Macron will need to convince CEE countries (incl. #Ukraine) & W. Balkans that they will have these possibilities. & he’ll have his work cut out to do so. Multi speed/variable geo EU is not necessarily a bad idea but only if it’s without the 1st/2nd class divide many suspect 3/

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Stanisław Żaryn

@StZaryn

For the past few days, Russian propaganda has been waging a coordinated disinformation campaign against Poland.
1/6

Within the framework of these actions, the representatives of the Kremlin, the main Russian media, as well as typical disinformation media, have been spreading insinuations against Poland, convincing that it is preparing to attack and occupy the western part of Ukraine.
2/6

In order to authenticate lies, Russian propaganda used a falsified order from a Polish general, which Russia presented in its message as proof of the mobilization of the Polish Army and as authentication of Poland's hostile plans towards Ukraine.
3/6

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

What's the problem with 'post-communism'?

In 2004 10 countries joined the #EU.
Incl. 8 #CEE states that at some point had socialist/communist regimes (imposed on them).

My🧵on what 2004 means for #EU & #Ukraine today
🔥prompted some interesting & important reactions
so ...
🧵

The thread was mainly about the success of enlargement & how it benefitted the #EU (by embodying its unique model of geopolitical power) as well as the acceding states.
Here's how the thread started, incl. the fateful word choice "former communist states"

https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1521827535939584002?s=20&t=UiyQab1ozBv51909h2zEIA

As a scholar of #CEE, & having lived & worked across the region for many years, I should have been more careful.
Normally I would use the term 'post-communist' or 'post-socialist' with the inverted commas indicating that this was a term of use, including during 2004 accession.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

18 years ago this week the #EU gained 10 new members.

8 of them were former communist states & its often forgotten that their accession was a high point of EU Geopolitics.

The way we understand it matters a lot for the present moment - for the EU as well as for #Ukraine.
A 🧵

It matters b/c too many in the #EU have come to see enlargement as a form of charity, bestowed by a virtuous Western Europe that pays the costs, while Easterners - who should be grateful - get the benefits.
This is wrong on many levels - as history of enlargement (&🇪🇺) shows.

For leading dissidents turned national leaders like Vaclav Havel & Lech Walesa (& others)– EU & NATO membership were essential to securing their countries' symbolic ‘Return to Europe’
(don’t ask where they’d been- it's complicated)
& for their very material, existential security.

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

A quick follow up on dangers of German exceptionalism & 🇩🇪's insular political culture arising
from yesterday's thread on #Germany's approach to #Ukraine (& some great responses to it) in the context of #Emma #offenerbrief (open letter to Olaf Scholz)

https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1519995506591682561?s=20&t=oSuHTxUMoZujqFivFOuErw

1. Many ppl claim '#Germans have been told for 70 years that nothing but diplomacy & non-military solutions are acceptable' They're wrong but prove the 🇩🇪insularity point.
This was the message INSIDE #Germany for (some) understandable reasons. But OUTSIDE it was very different:

#Germany has been warned by allies (in #CEE, #US, #UK) for years about #Russia
& about Cheap-riding in #NATO.

But, as (e.g.) this piece shows,🇩🇪ignored those warnings & went its own way on defence, on🇷🇺& ended up trampling #CEE & #Ukraine's agency
warontherocks.com/2015/07/are-ge…

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

It's not enough for #Russia to lose its aggressive war.
▶️#Ukraine must win.
It's not enough to win a military victory
🇺🇦needs a viable future.
That must include a clear path to #EU membership.
Here's why🇪🇺should offer that
(& what's getting in the way)
a🧵

@SecDef

It's clear that the immediate priority for #Ukraine is to defeat #Russia & repel its unprovoked invasion.
What defeating #Russia means has been increasingly discussed in recent days - especially after @SecDef's comments on weakening 🇷🇺
theguardian.com/world/2022/apr…

@shashj

There have been many good interventions on that topic, including from @shashj in discussion with @DrRadchenko

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1519009010246201344?s=20&t=jzCLQoEIBfOhB-TUOVXC7g

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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦

@bctallis

@DLidington

V. interesting ongoing discussion in this event.
Excellent points from @DLidington @RosaBalfour & @GeorginaEWright
some more concerning though:
- alternatives to #EU candidacy for #Ukraine
- over-estimation of #Germany's #zeitenwende & EU role in countering #Putin's aggression

https://twitter.com/UCL_EI/status/1508766552191082496

@DLidington

@DLidington particularly compelling on the need for #Russia to lose - anything else will be a defeat for the West - & as on keeping the #US fully involved in European security (and the need for #France & #UK to work together on that & on helping #Germany reach security potential

@GeorginaEWright

@GeorginaEWright outlined potential French (public & politicians) objections to #Ukraine's #EU membership aspirations & thus the need to consider alternatives. - something, I strongly challenge here. How to convince 🇫🇷 to embrace 🇺🇦 - its in 🇪🇺 interest!

foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/07/ukr…

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