Max Bergmann

Director Europe, Russia, Eurasia @csis. Host EuroFile/RussianRoulette. Fmr State Department (PM/T/SP). Dad, husband. Largely at @maxbergmann.bsky.social

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

instantly one of my new all-time favorite sports videos

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

I think I fell for Russian propaganda.

Let me explain…

[FOX 4 NEWS @FOX4]

"We're going to get drunk before the game. We're going to get drunk during the game. And then we're going to get drunk after the game."

The match doesn't start for another few hours, but England fans have a plan.

[Sander Tordoir @SanderTordoir]

The frame Europe is starting a trade war with China is strange.

China has been waging trade and industrial policy battle against Europe, sector after sector.

EU diplos asked for change nicely for years

Now the EU wants to do something about it and it’s the aggressor?

Aha.

[Daniel Sperry @sperrydaniel94]

“There’s a lot of unnecessary anger at people who don’t look like us, and pray like us, and walk like us, and cheer like us. In Lawrence, we are wide open to embracing something new.”

On the love affair between Lawrence and Algeria for The Guardian: https://t.co/J630yd6hgW

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Covering D.C. elections:

Me: Can I ask you about who you voted for?
Voter: Nope, security-sensitive job. Can’t talk politics.
Me: Oh. Well, can I ask you?
Other voter: Sorry, I’m also a reporter.
Me: C’mon. Fine. Hey, you, can we talk?
Other other voter: Not cleared for media.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Sam Adams says from Thursday to Sunday, the Tartan Army drank four times as much Boston Lager as it normally sells during a typical four-day holiday stretch like the Fourth of July. https://t.co/g8NvYxiQD6

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

The tide is turning for Ukraine.

The situation in 2026 is very different from 2025.

Ukraine is bravely holding the frontline.
Russia’s fatigue is openly showing.

That’s the time to double down on our support.

With the first disbursement of the €90 billion EU loan.

With a winter package to support Ukraine later in the year.

The G7 stands in support of a strong and sovereign Ukraine.

[Arrogant Nation✌🏻 @FightOnRusty]

we do this

[Hans von der Burchard @vonderburchard]

Interesting hot mic moment as Zelenskyy is caught saying he’ll go to Brussels tomorrow for “meetings” (with Commission on enlargement? Or Rutte? Staying for the EU summit?) and Macron says he had “difficult” discussions with Trump on Ukraine.

Security protocol must hate this.

[IntelliNews @bneintellinews]

Hungary's parliament approved a constitutional amendment imposing an eight-year limit on time served as prime minister. https://t.co/r0eXDOykhS Follow for news

[Maria Snegovaya @MSnegovaya]

"Some experts, including Maria Snegovaya at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, think the Kremlin can muddle through its recruitment issues by putting more pressure on the regions outside of major cities like Moscow, pushing students to sign military contracts and recruiting more foreign nationals. The fact that the defense sector is approaching maximum capacity also presents difficulties for Putin, but is “not catastrophic,” Snegovaya said.

Economically, though, “the strain is becoming increasingly visible,” Snegovaya told CNN. “This year in particular we see the economic costs finally imposing difficult tradeoffs on the Kremlin.”"

https://t.co/if0b3vrZ0x

[Matt Viser @mviser]

On the cusp of the country’s 250th birthday, the capital is a city full of metaphors.

[Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck]

While @SanderTordoir and @Brad_Setser deserve the highest credit for their sharp analysis, German economists and commentators should ask themselves why they have done so little to draw attention to the role of China in Germany's current economic troubles.

https://t.co/6jrVf2aDgf

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

“LET’S GO NETHERLANDS!” 🗣️ #JameisOnFOX

@Jaboowins joins the Orange Army ahead of Netherlands vs Japan

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

“What we are increasingly seeing is Europeans beginning to think about a life with less America,” says @maxbergmann. “We’re seeing this when it relates to Ukraine, in particular, where the European Union has stepped up and has become the major financial backer of Ukraine.”

[CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program @csiserep]

As one of the few scholars still traveling to and from Russia, Dr. Nina Khrushcheva joined @maxbergmann and @MSnegovaya to discuss her rare, personal view of how Russian culture, politics, and society have evolved.

Listen to #RussianRoulette below.
https://t.co/q1iQueDKIO

[Barred in DC @BarredinDC]

Owner of Tallboy tells me that this was roughly a $4,000 tab meaning Gio Reyna ridiculous goal cost them 2 grand.

(As they mentioned when they announced, they hedged on Kalshi).

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Here are highlights from Nice…a great start to my France visit.

May the India-France friendship keep getting stronger.

@EmmanuelMacron

[Sander Tordoir @SanderTordoir]

It was an incredible own goal not to equip it with a buy European clause.

The German government had decided so in November last year, but then a few months later as the EV consumer subsidy came online it had been inexplicably maimed.