HeyJaredNorthern Flank Notes
(Northern) European security issues, past and present, and other things that bother me
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“You Will Miss US When We’re Gone” (opens the original)
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In August, Donald Trump seemingly spontaneously decided to scale down a major annual military exercise with South Korea on short notice. His reasoning for the decision included that South Korea had not helped out with the Iran war, the exercise would cost a lot of money, and send an “inappropriate and hostile” signal to North Korea.In September, the US didn’t participate in a traditional NATO anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exe
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid (opens the original)
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We truly live in the most unexpected timeline where almost anything is possible. Perhaps we have already entered some quantum field without noticing? I’m sure that science will be able to tell soon.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the latest evidence for the limitless possibilities of our timeline yesterday in her annual State of the Union speech. Namely that the Trump administration’s Western hemisphere policy is going so well that Canada has not only joined the Euro
To Escalate Or Not To Escalate (opens the original)
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CIA Director Ratcliffe’s brief surprise visit to Moscow has understandably led to a flurry of speculation about the motives and purpose of the visit. It came after a warning issued by US intelligence earlier this summer that Russia could escalate with something “ranging from a cyberattack to a small-scale incursion”, sounding suspiciously like a good old little green men scenario (nevermind that such an operation would be extremely unlikely to succeed again). According to the Wall Street Journal
(Northern) European Integration (opens the original)
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As a slightly longer summer read, I looked at the Nordic countries’ history with European integration in the context of regional Nordic cooperation.Unrelated picture of the midnight sun at its lowest point in Rovaniemi, Finland (at the Arctic Circle) taken on 3 July. The sun sets again for the first time tonight, 7 July.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kge!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
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