The author wrote that Sweden would join NATO’s annual Steadfast Noon exercise in Italy from 13 October, with JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft and Swedish Armed Forces personnel. They said the participation would strengthen the Alliance’s readiness and security. https://t.co/XcznJqu65v #NATO #Defence #Security #SE #IT
The author wrote that the United States’ military reach was global, citing NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, EUCOM, AFRICOM, CENTCOM and INDOPACOM as covering key strategic regions. They said strong alliances, credible deterrence, global readiness and US leadership remained essential. https://t.co/280UN4IV0N #USA #GlobalPower #MilitaryLeadership #US
The author said repeated violations of NATO airspace underscored the need for high readiness on the eastern flank. They wrote that Swedish Gripen aircraft would strengthen NATO’s ability to deter and defend while helping protect military and civilian support continuing to flow through Poland to Ukraine. #NATO #Ukraine #Defense #SE #PL #UA
Excellent meeting with President @daniel_chapo24 at #UNGA. I reaffirmed the IMF's readiness to support Mozambique in addressing macroeconomic challenges, protecting the vulnerable & advancing reforms that promote stability & unlock the country's considerable economic potential. https://t.co/kg1XuTx2K6 #UNGA #IMF #Mozambique #MZ
Productive exchange with Acting President @delcyrodriguezv on earthquake recovery and reconstruction in Venezuela. We welcomed progress in renewed engagement and reaffirmed the IMF's readiness to support the country through capacity development and policy advice. https://t.co/2thEXY25Tm #Venezuela #EarthquakeRecovery #IMF #VE
With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our Nato Allies, Lithuania will defend its airspace.
NATO acted swiftly and decisively after a drone entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, with NATO fighter jets detecting and shooting it down. This is a clear demonstration of Allied readiness to defend NATO territory and a reminder that Russia’s war against Ukraine directly #NATO #Lithuania #UkraineWar #LT #RU #UA
A drone that just entered our airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets. With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our NATO Allies, we will defend our airspace.
Why the world is run in an insane way. The notion that power is inherently good while liberalism is bad is utterly perverse. Narcissists, megalomaniacs, windbags, pathological liars, adventurers, and individuals with criminal tendencies all crave tyranny, oligarchic fascism, and one-man dictatorships. They harbour but a single dream: absolute, unassailable power and boundless privilege. Any consolidation of power—regardless of how it is marketed—inevitably leads to economic contraction, a halt in development, and a deterioration in the quality of life for the majority. Worse still, it intensifies military confrontation and fosters a readiness to engage in protracted conflicts. A state of peace—hitherto a paramount priority—gives way to a state of war, claiming victims from all walks of life. The rigid, linear mindset and behavior characteristic of those in power are manifestations of stupidity. Life is inherently contradictory; it thrives on equilibrium and balance and does not submit to commands—save for in appearance or through folly. This severely limits the efficacy of resolving problems via coercion, which rapidly devolves into entropy and systemic collapse. Within the corridors of power, rational individuals are sidelined; perceived as indecisive and wavering—aware as they are of life’s inherent contradictions and the fact that problems are often intractable or insoluble—they lack the appeal that breeds popularity. Instead, the spotlight falls on narcissists, megalomaniacs, arrogant windbags, pathological liars, and figures from the criminal underworld—individuals who transform the exercise of power into a mafia-like enterprise. They always display determination and convey the impression that problems are easily solvable—and that they possess both the knowledge and the ability to resolve them; this is precisely what appeals most to people and generates popularity. Yet, such public popularity is highly deceptive. It is profoundly artificial, hypocritical, and detached—a theatrical role-play designed to maintain the image and ratings of a public star, manifesting nothing but boundless narcissism. There is no intelligence in this, only madness. These are madmen who believe they can do whatever they please. The character of all such politicians—who have lost all sense of proportion—bears a resemblance to that of Hitler. Защо светът се управлява по безумен начин. Идеята, че властта е нещо добро, а либералзма е нещо лошо е напълно извратена. Всички нарцисисти, грандомани, празнодумци, патологични лъжци, авантюристи, хора с криминални наклонности искат, тирания, олигархичен фашизъм, еднолична диктатура. Те имат само една мечта абсолютна несменяема власт и безгранични превилегии. Всяко усилване на властта, независимо как се представя ще води до свиване на икономиката и прекратяване на нейното развитие и до влошаване на живота на мнозинството от хората.Нещо по-лошо то ще усили военното противопоставяне и лесното прибягване до конфликти, които ще бъдат продължителни. Мирното време, което досега беше висш приоритет ще се замени с военно време, на което всички ще станат жертви.Праволинейното мислене и поведение, свойствено на властта, е проява на глупост. Животът е дълбоко противоречив. Той съществува чрез равновесие и баланс и не се подчинява на заповеди, освен привидно и по глупост. Това определя крайно ограничените възможности проблемите да се решават с принуждение. То бързо се превръща в ентропия, разрушаване на системата.В властта разумните хора се пренебрегват, защото те са нерешителни и колебаещи се, знаещи, че животът е дълбоко противоречив и проблемите се решават трудно или са въобще неразрешими и това не се харесва и не създава популярност . Издигат се нарцисисти, грандомани, самонадеяни празнодумци, патологични лъжци, хора от криминалния свят, които превръщат властта в мафия. Те винаги показват решителност, внушават че проблемите са лесно разрешими и те знаят и могат да ги разрешат и точно това най-много се харесва и създава популарност. Публичната популярност обаче е много измамна. Тя е дълбоко фалшива, лицемерна, отчуждена, игра на роля като в театъра, с която се поддържа имидж и рейтинг на публична звезда, изразяваща безгранична самовлюбенест и нищо повече. В това няма никаква интелигентност, а само безумие. Това са безумци, които си мислят, че всичко им е позволено. Характерът на всички самозабравили се политици е подобен на характера на Хитлер.
Spoke to @WSJ about Estonia’s security landscape and @NATO’s deterrence posture. Russia’s recent provocations against NATO Allies are calculated efforts to probe our readiness and cohesion. Each of these hostile acts will be met with a precise, coordinated response. NATO Allies #Estonia #NATO #Security #EE #RU
Spoke to @WSJ about Estonia’s security landscape and @NATO’s deterrence posture. Russia’s recent provocations against NATO Allies are deliberate probes, attempts to test our readiness and cohesion. They are tests, nothing more, and each one will be met with a clear, coordinated #Estonia #NATO #Security #EE #NATO #RU
€800 Billion of Central Planning Europe’s defence problem illustrates a lesson politicians repeatedly refuse to learn: You cannot spend your way out of a supply problem. Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission has announced an €800 billion rearmament programme with the confidence of a central planner who has discovered that shortages can be eliminated by increasing the budget. The European Court of Auditors appears considerably less impressed. Its warning is devastating: insufficient coordination, fragmented funding, bottlenecks in materials and critical components, shortages of skilled personnel and serious difficulties in achieving readiness by 2030. Notice what is missing from the solution: more bureaucracy. The fundamental error is confusing financial resources with real resources. Governments can create euros with a stroke of a pen. They cannot create factories, engineers, semiconductors, explosives, machine tools, rare materials or production capacity by decree. Worse, the EU is attempting to coordinate what politicians cannot possibly know well enough to coordinate from Brussels: which technologies should be developed, which weapons should be produced, where capacity should be expanded, and how scarce resources should be allocated. That is precisely the information problem identified by Friedrich Hayek. Knowledge is dispersed throughout millions of individual decisions. Prices communicate that knowledge. Central planners replace those signals with political priorities, committees and funding programmes. The result is predictable: fragmentation, duplication, lobbying, distorted incentives and expensive procurement. Europe does need to rearm. But that does not prove that Europe needs an €800 billion bureaucratic spending programme. In fact, the opposite may be true. If defence is genuinely urgent, Europe should remove the obstacles preventing private capital, competition and production from responding to demand. Let companies compete. Let governments buy what actually works. Let prices reveal scarcity. Let inefficient producers fail. The question is not whether Europe can spend €800 billion. Of course it can. The question is whether Brussels can transform €800 billion of political spending into €800 billion of actual military capability. The Court of Auditors has just reminded us that money is not knowledge, bureaucracy is not coordination, and spending is not production. And history has never been kind to economies that confuse the three.
Spot on analysis. Yes, increasing Allied defence readiness in Europe is a priority. But @NATO 3.0 is just a slogan, it tries to describe a process that needs time for implementation, while sabotage campaign is happening right now. NATO should not wait months on end to respond.👇 #NATO #AlliedDefense #Security #EU #NATO
🇻🇳🇺🇸 Vietnam Restates Readiness for ‘Constructive’ US Trade Talks - Bloomberg https://t.co/fjdHG6tl4k #Vietnam #USTrade #TradeTalks #VN #US
Overnight, NATO once again demonstrated its readiness and ability to defend every inch of Allied territory, as a drone was successfully shot down over Romania. At the same time, the threat to NATO will persist as long as Russia continues its war of aggression against Ukraine. #NATO #Ukraine #Russia #RO #RU #UA
Who knows the story behind some of this stuff, but as president, this really is his Achilles’ heel: an apparent relish for his enemies’ misfortunes that may have its own story, but which gives the appearance that he shares with the left a readiness to take sadistic pleasure in #Politics #Leadership #Sadism #Therearenospecificcountrymentionsinthetweetprovided.
🌍Climate and disaster risks cross borders. So must media preparedness. @UNESCO and @_AfricanUnion Broadcasting are strengthening climate reporting and media's disaster readiness in the Lake Chad Basin. Delighted to join virtually this week's regional workshop in N'Djamena 🇹🇩 https://t.co/gnqz8jIov9 #ClimateAction #MediaPreparedness #DisasterRiskReduction #TD
The Baltic states have lived with Russia's provocative aggression for decades. The current situation is understandably more tense because of the ongoing full-scale war in Europe, but there is nothing fundamentally new about it. I would be more concerned about the readiness of #BalticStates #Russia #EasternEurope #EE #LV #LT #RU #EU
The Baltic states have lived with Russia's provocative aggression for decades. The current situation is understandably more tense because of the ongoing full-scale war in Europe, but there is nothing fundamentally new about it. I would be more concerned about the readiness of #BalticStates #Russia #EuropeWar #EE #LV #LT #RU #UA
