Dr. Aaron T. Walter

Professor of International Relations. US Foreign Policy and US-Israeli relations wonk.

[Lithuania MFA 🇱🇹 | #StandWithUkraine @LithuaniaMFA]

Lithuania is among the NATO leaders in defence investment. In 2026, 🇱🇹 is projected to spend 5.38% of GDP on defence, the highest share in the Alliance.

This is what taking responsibility for collective defence looks like.

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#America250 Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a hero of the 1794 Polish-Lithuanian Uprising and the American Revolution, devoted his life to freedom, equality, and justice. His legacy spans both sides of the Atlantic, reflecting the longstanding bonds between Lithuania and the United States.

[Bradley Rand Smith @brs3333333]

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Check out my latest article: NATO: Paradox and Reality https://t.co/A4bgyFL0xt via @LinkedIn

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@BishopBarron Agreed! Thank you stating this.

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Check out my latest article: Iran's Memorandum Is Already Being Renegotiated in Practice https://t.co/1TOZeNpwqS via @LinkedIn

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@Super70sSports PREACH!

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Check out my latest article: The Lebanon Agreement Is a Strategic Victory for Israel, and an Opportunity America Should Not Squander https://t.co/MIRAqorc7k via @LinkedIn

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@nicksortor Congratulations, Maj. Capers! Well deserved, Marine.

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The memorandum of understanding reportedly reached between the United States and Iran may prove politically convenient in the short term, but strategic convenience and strategic success are rarely the same thing.

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The Return of the Deal https://t.co/QYlBno7jUA

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

- Radoslaw Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland:

"Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, I warned a group of Ukrainian MPs in Munich: “The war will begin next week.” I told them that if Ukraine inflicted around 100,000 casualties on Russia, Moscow would be forced to surrender.
Russia has since suffered far greater losses.
Today’s Russia is far more repressive than the late Soviet Union. In the 1980s, the USSR—with a larger population—lost tens of thousands of soldiers in Afghanistan, yet groups like the Soldiers’ Mothers Committees were still tolerated.
Under Putin, such dissent is swiftly suppressed. That is one of the reasons the war continues."

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Sąjūdis, the Reform Movement of Lithuania, was established OTD in 1988.

Sąjūdis became the driving force behind Lithuania’s peaceful struggle for freedom, paving the way for the restoration of independence after decades of Soviet occupation. 🇱🇹

[Dr. Aaron T. Walter @Aaron_T_Walter]

A tense and profanity-laden exchange between leaders who are allies is nothing new in U.S.-Israeli relations.

[Regina Bauer 🇪🇪🇺🇦 @petite_michelle]

Russia is hauling Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the International Court of Justice. The charge? "Discrimination against Russian-speaking minorities." Tallinn has dismissed the move as part of Russia's disinformation campaign, and Latvia and Lithuania said the same.
Let that sit for a second.
The same state that spent 50 years trying to erase us now wants to stand in The Hague as the defender of minority rights. A short history lesson for the court:
▪️ June 1941: ~10,000 Estonians packed into cattle cars and deported to Siberia. Mostly women, children, the elderly.
▪️ March 1949, Operation Priboi: ~20,000 more from Estonia in a single week. ~90,000 across the three Baltic states. The offense was owning a farm, teaching the wrong subject, having the wrong surname.
▪️ Decades of Russification: our language pushed out of public life, Russian speakers moved in by the hundreds of thousands to outnumber the people who'd lived here for centuries.
▪️ A flag you could be jailed for owning. An anthem you could be arrested for singing. A border you'd be shot for crossing.
And here's the part Moscow is praying the judges don't notice: the "Russian-speaking minority" it now claims to protect exists in those numbers precisely because the USSR deported the locals and shipped in Russians to replace them. The minority is the evidence of the crime. Now it's the pretext for the next one.
So no — we're not discriminating. We're just inconveniently still here. Still speaking the languages you spent half a century trying to bury.
And we remember exactly how it went. 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹

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Reminds me of Reagan-Begin back in 1981 and 1982…
Allied, but tense exchanges in private.

[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

❗️🇺🇸🇮🇱during yesterday’s phone conversation, Donald Trump harshly insulted Benjamin Netanyahu.

☎️ Excerpt from the Trump–Netanyahu phone call:

📌 “You are just crazy…. If it weren’t for me, you would be in prison. I’ve been protecting your a** for a long time. Now everyone hates you. Because of you, everyone hates Israel.”

🔹 The main reason for the confrontation between the two leaders was their disagreement over Israel’s announced air operation in the Dahieh district — Hezbollah’s stronghold in the suburbs of Beirut.

This report, indicates a serious breakdown in the personal relationship between Trump and Netanyahu. The unusually crude and confrontational language used by the U.S. President reflects deep frustration in Washington with Israel’s current military plans and the risk of broader regional escalation.

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The Unfinished Liberation—Why the U.S. Must Finish the Job in Iran https://t.co/XEjO4uLogt via @LinkedIn

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

Ukraine has just deployed a battlefield technology that feels like a mix of science fiction and a game of Call of Duty.

According to The Times, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have introduced a new system that radically changes the rules of modern warfare.

A single operator can now control an entire swarm of drones in real time, see the battlefield through artificial intelligence, receive instant targeting data, and coordinate strikes with sniper-level precision.

What once required dozens of personnel and hours of planning can now reportedly happen within seconds.

Russian troops are already referring to it as “the Ukrainian digital hell.”

[Axios @axios]

Trump asked Muslim leaders to sign peace deal with Israel after Iran war ends https://t.co/lLwAqZaQoK