Henrik Larsen

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Geopolitics and Security Studies Center (GSSC), and International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS)

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@MEpiskopos Her proposal is a laughing stock among most EU member states

[Kevork Oskanian @DrKevorkO]

Tony Blair is the Liberal International Order speaking from its grave.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@JJCarafano How can the US transition from appealing almost exclusively to the right-wing parties to appealing to the political centre, which still holds power in most European countries?

[Vytas Leškevičius @Leskevicius]

Germany's coming to the fore in European defenses- that was the leitmotif of our conversation with @MunSecConf's Head of Research @TobiasBunde, as the @GSSC_LT launches a series of high-profile debates on Berlin's (ever-increasing_ role in Europe -and beyond.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@rochowanski yes, everything becomes hybrid because obviously everything is being weaponised

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

Wer Europa als Supermacht bezeichnet, der muss zum Arzt

[Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot]

L’Europe sera la superpuissance du XXIe siècle.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

Germany has spent more than 15 years outsourcing its security to the United States so it could focus on its economy. Yet, its average growth rate has been just 1.34% per year.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@MEpiskopos Is that the only reason why the ambassador is resigning? (honest question)

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@JJCarafano I would not discredit the Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation therein

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

If hope for Iranian 🇮🇷 regime change remains, the United States 🇺🇸 should rank its preferences like this:
1. Secular democracy
2. Secular autocracy
3. Islamist theocracy
4. Civil war
Iran remains at preference number 3...
https://t.co/c3hxhHChyL

[Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck]

Germany and Lithuania should build a deep and broad partnership; the German brigade provides an opportunity for both countries.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

What about Native American Treaty Organisation

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@STO_alerts @IlvesToomas But it is true that without US fighting power and awareness capabilities, NATO is unable to defend its eastern borders

[Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck]

Finland, with a long border with Russia, understands the value of Nato and transatlantic relations better than some Western European countries. Finnish president @stubb immediately moves into crisis management mode and calls Trump.

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@rm_virtual The Estonians have said they are considering how to help. It is true that the lack of consultation and (social) media bluster puts the European leaders in the uncomfortable situation of having to appear as either giving into US pressure or to publicly defy the US

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

As long as European NATO cannot defend itself against Russia, it is very unwise to flatly reject European contributions to keep Hormuz open. Germany can perhaps afford to do so, but not Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States. Security-dependent allies need to find something

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

Most convincing argument I've read recently that the Pentagon knows what it's doing, from ... Al Jazeera https://t.co/8w126fO3ay

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

The Danish Straits control 3.3 percent of global oil transportation; not quite Hormuz, but significant enough to constrain Russia

[Henrik Larsen @larsenification]

@ProfessorPape Although this is X, a little more nuance in assertion would be appropriate