@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@msnegovaya.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialNew Russian Roulette episode out!
@maxbergmann.bsky.social and I spoke with @hannanotte.bsky.social about her new book, We Shall Outlast Them: Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West, and Russia’s evolving global strategy, partnerships, and challenge to the West. w/@erep.csis.org
@fbermingham.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialBREAKING: European Parliament significantly toughens China position, adopted by landslide FOR 454 AGAINST 86 ABSTAIN 110 Report says China is “decisive enabler” of Russia & backs a “continuous [European] naval presence and joint exercises” in and around the Taiwan Strait
@today.yougov.comReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialNew polling on how Europeans view Trump
% with a favorable | unfavorable opinion of Trump, Sep 2026
🇫🇷 France 12% | 79% (net -67)
🇪🇸 Spain 12% | 86% (-74)
🇬🇧 Britain 10% | 85% (-75)
🇩🇪 Germany 9% | 87% (-78)
🇮🇹 Italy 8% | 84% (-76)
🇩🇰 Denmark 4% | 95% (-91)
yougov.com/en-us/articl...
@csis.orgReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.social"As with other recent deals struck by the Trump administration, the devil will be in the details and implementation of the agreement. The parties’ diverging framings may foreshadow diverging interpretations of the legal text," writes Otto Svendsen.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rTdcIz
@bmcwilliams.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialDenmark is fast becoming the new Norway. Battery electric vehicles are approaching 90% of new sales.
Substantially ahead of the next EU cluster (BE, NL, FI, SE) at 50%.
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialSánchez calls elections for November 29. Odds strongly against him but history suggests it would be unwise to write off the great survivor of Spanish politics entirely. The timing is typically canny: seizing moment where the national conversation has turned from migration to housing.
@sandertordoir.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialIn a world where China is growing off the back of net exports, this is a powerful deterrent. So France and Germany are right to buttress the flurry of forthcoming trade measures with a second strike option in case China retaliates outside the rules.
@fbermingham.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialWho knows where we end up in terms of instruments. But the fact that the terms "kill switch" & "torture chamber" are being thrown around to describe the EU's China strategy suggests we're really through the looking glass
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialThanks for all the super helpful and interesting responses
@csis.orgReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialIn a best-case scenario, durable U.S. defense engagement with Greenland paves the way for a broader NATO role in the territory. However, much will depend on the implementation of the agreement in the coming months and years, argue CSIS experts.
Read: https://bit.ly/4huKXuY
@jaapburger.euReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialThe Netherlands and Finland have also crossed the 50% mark. France, Ireland, Sweden and Portugal are also rapidly approaching the 50% mark. If Austria and perhaps even Germany continue their current trend, they may cross that line this year, too.
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialQuestion for Europeans - were you taught about the EU and its history in school? If so, when in school? And what country are you from?
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialThe end of When Harry met Sally is the UK-EU relationship. Frank Sinatra playing "it had to be (EU)." Meg Ryan: "I know you're feeling lonely. But you can't just show up here, tell me you love me, and expect that to make everything alright. It doesn't work this way!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4OD...
@jrfhanger.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.social"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world."
China's goals are EVs to be 50% of truck sales and 20% of its truck fleet by 2030.
EVs may be 50% of truck sales in 2026.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #energysky
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialNow the UK realizes the break up was a total disaster and has decided it wants to get back together. But the EU is in just a very different place. It has moved on. The decision to get back together isn’t with the UK. It’s with the EU. To get back together the UK has to do something to win it back.
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialThe UK-EU relationship is like a bad rom-com. The UK broke up with the EU. The EU was shocked and sad about it. But soon realized there was a lot about the UK that was annoying (opt outs, hostility to federalism, America’s poodle) and they moved on. 1/2
@noahbarkin.bsky.socialReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialIt's unnerving for the EU to watch Xi Jinping being feted in Washington at a time when the bloc is veering towards a trade conflict with China. My comments to @scmpnews.bsky.social
@manuelmueller.foederalist.euReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialThat juxtaposition of "a Europe of nation states, a Europe capable of being a genuine global power" is striking. Does he truly believe these things are positively correlated? How does he think such an EU would function? Or is it just that after so many years I still haven't got used to cakeism?
@erep.csis.orgReposted by @maxbergmann.bsky.socialOn The #Eurofile: Max + Lexi discuss Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address. Plus, Emily Benson joins the show with an update on uneasy state of U.S.-EU tech relations. Full episode below.
@maxbergmann.bsky.social @lexi-linafelter.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSq...
@maxbergmann.bsky.socialGross outcome. France makes it really hard to defend France.