An important contribution to the debate on the shape of the post transatlantic order in Europe. The possibility and risk of the emergence of a new German question is viewed as being at the heart of the matter.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1693 1. While POTUS voids US sanctions, the EU launches new sanctions package 2. 5 Iskander M and 9 Bandeerol vs Ukraine 88/108 strike drones down/out (58/74 jet propelled strike drones down)

⚡Ukrainska Pravda demands investigation into Austrian police conduct after journalists' detention.

Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron called on top European players to forge a new “alliance” to strengthen collective satellite capacity. The real target of the let’s-team-up message? Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Today's two Russian attacks on vessels just outside Bulgarian territorial waters and following last week's attack near Romanian TTW mark a dangerous Russian escalation track that may lead to direct involvement of the two countries & NATO. This may well be the Russian game plan to test this.

Wondering we will seize sanctions-breaking ships bringing 🇷🇺 diesel to 🇺🇸

Indeed

Zelenskyy vows to retaliate if Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid continue

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1691 1. 🇷🇺 strikes Kharkiv power plant shortly after Trump's purported energy cease fire 2. Trump threatens to suspends US arms deliveries to 🇺🇦. Reminder: Europe plus 🇨🇦+🇭🇲 pays for 100% of arms transfers to 🇺🇦 3. 89/121 strike drones down/out, of which 55/76 jet propelled

⚡️Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire.’ Ukraine's Presidential Office confirmed that the attack occurred after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

⚡️US threatens to halt weapons procurement for Ukraine over strikes on Russian energy sites, FT reports. The reported pressure preceded President Donald Trump’s announcement on Oct. 11 that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to stop attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure.

Ukraine's FM Sybiha told Germany's Wadephul that Russia hit Kharkiv's TPP-5 hours after announcing an energy truce. He reaffirmed Ukraine's readiness for a full ceasefire if Russia stops attacks and urged more military aid, EU accession progress, and use of frozen Russian assets.

A rightly unrepentant Frank Fukuyama delivers an important book (read the awesome last chapter if nothing else, though the amusing account of his tussle with French 1970s deconstructionists shouldn't be missed). Spoiler: prospects for rhe last man aren't great.

Glucksmann's excellent primary score will make it very difficult for François Hollande to stand as a pinch-hitter for the mainstream left. As a presidential candidate, Glucksmann has yet to prove that that he has rhe requisite charisma.

Une branlée (bien méritée) pour Olivier Faure (14%) et une conséquence politique majeure: il sera très difficile pour François Hollande de se présenter face au score sans appel de Glücks. Mais que saura faire ce dernier bien peu charismatique avec son excellent résultat?

⚡️️️️️️️Update: Death toll in Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia rises to 20. At least 20 people have been killed after Russia dropped five guided bombs on a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia early on Oct. 10. The victims include three children.

⚡️️️️️️️US demands Kyiv halt refinery attacks, threatens to suspend intelligence sharing. During recent talks, the Ukrainians were told that Washington would cut off intelligence sharing that has helped Kyiv identify and strike targets inside Russia, one person present told the Kyiv Independent.