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📢 🇺🇸 🇪🇺United States Trade Representative: "The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers. U.S. services companies provide substantial free services to EU citizens and reliable enterprise services to EU companies, and they support millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in direct investment in Europe. The United States has raised concerns with the EU for years on these matters without meaningful engagement or basic acknowledgement of U.S. concerns. In stark contrast, EU service providers have been able to operate freely in the United States for decades, benefitting from access to our market and consumers on a level playing field. Some of the largest EU service providers that have hitherto enjoyed this expansive market access include, among others: — Accenture — Amadeus — Capgemini — DHL — Mistral — Publicis — SAP — Siemens — Spotify If the EU and EU Member States insist on continuing to restrict, limit, and deter the competitiveness of U.S. service providers through discriminatory means, the United States will have no choice but to begin using every tool at its disposal to counter these unreasonable measures. Should responsive measures be necessary, U.S. law permits the assessment of fees or restrictions on foreign services, among other actions. The United States will take a similar approach to other countries that pursue an EU-style strategy in this area." 📎 United States Trade Representative

🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 America's Khrushchev moment | Arnaud Bertrand https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/americas-khrushchev-moment

📝 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 "I'm really struck by the similarities between what we're witnessing in Europe-US relations and the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s." - Arnaud Bertrand "The Sino-Soviet split also occurred due to an ideological fracture whereby, after Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and embrace of "peaceful coexistence" with the West, China (the Soviets' junior partner at the time) accused the Soviets of being "revisionist traitors". Khrushchev pursued "peaceful coexistence" in large part to avoid military confrontation and redirect resources toward the Soviet world: his (somewhat deluded) promise to "catch up and overtake" the West economically. Eerily similar here: "peaceful coexistence" is quite literally what Trump is now saying he wants to achieve with Russia, his latest National Security Strategy (NSS) prioritizes the US homeland and the Western hemisphere, and it redefines the competition with China as primarily economic rather than military (the very title of the China chapter in the NSS is "Win the Economic Future, Prevent Military Confrontation", almost verbatim Khrushchev). And Europeans, the junior partners, now explicitly view the U.S. as "revisionists". Listen to Merz 👇 who's now saying that "Pax Americana" is over, "no longer exists" and that there's no point being nostalgic about it because "it is how it is." There's no overstating just how extraordinary it is for a German chancellor, and all the more a CDU chancellor (traditionally the most pro-US party), to say this and frame US-Europe relations as fundamentally adversarial. It's incredibly ironic when you think about it. The war in Ukraine, at its heart, flared up because of the expansion of the transatlantic alliance. And it's now ending up destroying it. I spent the last week analyzing in (probably way too much) depth the U.S.'s new National Security Strategy, how much it differs from previous NSS documents (the answer is: radically!), the root causes behind this immense shift and what it all means for Europe, China, and the world generally. The result is entitled "America's Khrushchev moment": The key question to ask is, if Trump is Khrushchev, who can be Deng?" 📎 Arnaud Bertrand

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israel Channel 14 reports that Nuno Loureiro was of Jewish origin. Google StreetView images of his home, where he was murdered, shows a "Stand With Israel" sign in the window.

🇺🇸⚡️- An MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro, was shot and killed in his Brookline, Massachusetts, home on Monday night. There were no other casualties or targets in the murder. There is no suspect in custody.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — 6x US Navy planes operating on the coast of Venezuela as now

🇺🇸🇻🇪🛢🛥 — While Pro-Maduro shills say that Trump is Regime changing Venezuela for Oil, American Tanker ships continue to arrive in Venezuela 🇬🇷 Greece-flagged MINERVA ASTRA arriving at Bajo Grande from the USA, will load crude at Campo Boscan. 🇬🇷 Greece-flagged MINERVA ELPIDA arriving at Aruba OPL, will load at Campo Boscan. Despite the tensions, Maduro continues to hand out Venezuelan Oil to Chevron https://t.me/worldconflicts/51984

🇺🇸🇵🇸 - A special series article posted in the Institute for Palestine Studies, written by Mustapha Kharbouch, has been uncovered and archived. The article was written in 2024, and is named "I Hear The Voice of My Ancestors Calling." The entire article ostensibly serves as a manifesto for violent action on behalf of Palestinian nationalism.

🇺🇸🇵🇸 - There is growing suspicion that Mustapha Kharbouch, a third-generation Palestinian refugee studying international relations at Brown University, is the perpetrator of the mass shooting at Brown University on December 13th. A Gait analysis conducted comparing a video of Kharbouch at a pro-Palestine protest and surveillance footage published by the Providence Police Department shows a 97.8% correlation; high confidence that the two individuals in both videos are the same. Gait analysis use three-dimensional models to analyze and determine movement pathology, primarily in animals, but the same system has been used to identify and correlate human movement. Furthermore, all evidence that Kharbouch ever was at Brown University has been scrubbed; with his page on Brown University's official website now redirecting to a 404 error. His LinkedIn no longer displays Brown University in any way, and his X has been deactivated. NOTE: Rerum Novarum is NOT positively identifying Kharbouch as the shooter at this time.

🇺🇸 Nick Reiner to be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. 📎 disclosetv

✡️ Israeli prime-minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened Western countries to take additional measures to combat antisemitism or else..

I demand that Western governments do what is necessary to fight antisemitism and provide the required safety and security for Jewish communities worldwide. They would be well-advised to heed our warnings. I demand action from them – now.

🔗 Clash Report (@clashreport)

🇦🇷🤝🇨🇱 — President Javier Milei and President-elect Jose Antonio Kast with Milei's legendary chainsaw

Kast: If there is one piece of good news, it is that freedom is advancing throughout Latin America. Milei: Long live freedom dammit!

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🇦🇷🤝🇨🇱 — The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, received the President-elect of the Republic of Chile, José Antonio Kast, at the Casa Rosada. ➡️ He was accompanied by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pablo Quirno. Oficina del Presidente (@OPRArgentina) on 𝕏 🖇

🇲🇱 ⬜️ JNIM's center of gravity has shifted west. FLM refers to Katiba Macina, the biggest individual Katiba in JNIM. As you can see, they are well beyond the Macina. The manpower required for this is in the tens of thousands. https://www.counterextremism.com/blog/sahel-monitoring-september-2025 📎 Dilawar Karwan

🚀 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 China moving fast to become the "most powerful space force on the planet" @mikestudeman "They intend on dominating this frontier... If they have two taikonauts that plant the Chinese flag in 2029, the 80th anniversary of the CCP taking over, they're going to make a big deal about it in the information domain. And the perception will be that the Americans are slipping behind and maybe, in fact, your descent is all but inevitable." "The Chinese ambitions are more than just putting two taikonauts on the moon and then moving on to Mars. Their concept is much bigger than what we appear to be talking about as a nation. This is part of their grand strategy. When they talk about becoming a self-reliant techno-economic superpower, there's a space portion involved in this grand strategy they've resourced well." 📎 Ian Ellis

🇦🇺 Pickets, Pouncers, and Protectors How the Australian Defence Force Can Use Uncrewed Systems for Twenty-First-Century Deterrence

BRYAN CLARK AND DAVID BYRD CENTER FOR DEFENSE CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY, HUDSON INSTITUTE

📎 Hudson Institute

🇦🇺 New strategic plan to protect Australia by @clarkdefense & David Byrd of @HudsonInstitute 📎 Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan

📝 ⚓️ Naval Power Projection as We Know Is probably Dead | Patricia Marins The concept of naval power projection has existed for thousands of years and is studied in every naval academy on the planet. Just as land doctrines are being completely reshaped by the emergence of drones, the same transformation is occurring at sea. The revolution in land doctrines has been driven by the war in Ukraine and its advances in drone warfare, while the concept of naval power projection is being redesigned by Chinese technological breakthroughs. Sea control, a cornerstone of naval power projectionis fundamentally changing with the advent of UUVs, USVs, aerial drones, and long-range hypersonic missiles. Here are some key points: - Denying the enemy the use of the sea You no longer need to deploy large naval forces to blockade ports. A hundred UUVs in the area, combined with a fleet positioned 4,000 km away supported by high-altitude drones ready to acquire targets, is enough to prevent any ship from leaving port. - Projecting force onto land (e.g., amphibious operations, carrier-based air strikes) This is perhaps the only aspect that has changed relatively little. Troop landings will still need to occur largely as they have for thousands of years, but aircraft carriers now face threats unlike any seen before due to technological advances. They will no longer operate with the freedom they enjoyed 20 years ago. - Deterring threats Under current technologies, deploying large surface ships would be more likely to invite threats than deter them. Such a force would be vulnerable to ambush when approaching areas equipped with anti-ship batteries with ranges of 3,000–5,000 km, not to mention the risk of attacks by hundreds of UUVs. What we saw in Yemenseveral vessels withdrawing from the strait after days of attacks is nothing compared to a coordinated naval ambush against a major power. - Protecting or blocking sea routes Again, blocking ocean routes can now be achieved with UUVs and high-altitude drones. Submarines remain an option, but there is no longer a need to deploy large forces. Drones do the job for 5% of the cost. Today, the traditional concept of a navy capable of power projection is giving way to one of omnipresence: hundreds of UUVs, constant monitoring by high-altitude drones, and operations conducted within the envelope of long-range missiles. Ships can be target from other continent. We never had this technological situation before. The old idea of global projection, maintaining presence in multiple oceans with advanced logistics (at-sea replenishment, alliances, and distant bases), will increasingly be seen as a massive waste of money and a collection of high-priority targets that would be struck first by missiles. China’s leading surveillance and target-acquisition drones can currently stay aloft for 10–48 hours. With solid-state batteries, that endurance could reach 2–6 days. Stealth, Operating in large numbers and at high altitude, aided by AI, they can provide global-level monitoring of military vessel movements. Missiles like the DF-26, with a range of 3,000–5,000 km, will receive mid-course guidance from these platforms. THIS IS THE NEW CONCEPT OF POWER PROJECTION OVER ANY OCEAN. It doesn’t stop there: the DF-27 hypersonic glide vehicle can reach up to 8,000 km and operate in the same way. When combined with swarms of high-speed UUVs and aerial drones, this will turn naval warfare into something never seen before. And again, the new solid batteries are key in this revolution. Of before an UUV had speed of 5-6 knots, with solid batteries they can cruise at 10-14 and split at 25 depending of the size. I’m using the Chinese as reference but soon every navy will operate at the same way. Naval power projection as we know is probably dead. 📎 Patricia Marins

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇹🇷 The Black Sea has seen the most Maritime Security incidents in the past month than any other region At least 7 attacks against shipping in the Black Sea were reported in the past 4 weeks only, which underscores the growing risk to shipping in the Black Sea, and at Russian and Ukrainian Ports. Russia has attacked three ships at Ukrainian Ports or in Ukraine’s EEZ using Iskander ballistic missiles and UAVs (Probably Iran -ian origin Shahed 136). Ukraine has attacked at least 4 ships which are scheduled to call at/recently called at Russian Black Sea ports. ⚡️ Not all ships attacked by Ukraine are sanctioned or are designated as Dark Fleet shipping by OFAC/EU etc. 📎 Martin Kelly

🇿🇦🇺🇸 Ernst Roets on X: "Renewing the Afrikaner Vow in English in New York City with Joost Strydom, the NYYRC and friends from all over the world. It was an absolute pleasure to speak at the NYYRC's 113th Annual Gala." 🔗 Ernst Roets