ITR

IR graduate, recently awarded by the Spanish Atlantic Association. Interested in security and defence, EU, China, and US affairs. RT/LK/FW ≠ endorsement.

[GAME España @VideojuegosGAME]

En relación a las últimas noticias: se acabó nuestro silencio. #GamersUnidos

[Financial Times @FT]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is battling a wave of corruption allegations against people close to him, including his wife, his brother and former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. https://t.co/IueYKiScXZ

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

“A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits, according to a person familiar with the matter...

The trader opened an account in late December on Polymarket, one of the best-known prediction markets. He placed about $32,000 that Maduro would be “out” by January. The bet was a long-shot.”
https://t.co/if6sGSF4hC

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The inevitable conclusion from the released Putin-Bush transcripts:
Putin didn’t invade Ukraine because he opposed NATO enlargement.
Putin opposed NATO enlargement because it would have prevented his goal of invading and eliminating Ukraine.
The ideas he had a quarter century ago - that Ukraine (and Kazakhstan) are “artificial countries” that have been “given away” by Russia and therefore must return — are the ideas he still holds today.

[Sandro Pozzi @sandro_pozzi]

Empieza el bloqueo sobre el bloqueo

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

🇪🇸 An effigy of Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up and burned in the Spanish town of El Burgo

The effigy reportedly contained around 13.9 kilograms of explosives, which detonated in front of local residents and tourists.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the act “antisemitic hatred resulting from the systemic incitement of Pedro Sánchez’s government.”

[Memorias de Pez @MemoriasPez]

Pues ya estaría, es cuestión de tiempo qué eléctrico desplace a los coches de combustión sin que hagan falta prohibiciones.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

UK Defense Secretary reports 3 Russian submarines in UK waters and warns Putin:

"To President Putin I say, we see you, we see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences."

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

NASA unveils rare Artemis II visuals from lunar orbit, showing Earth sinking behind the Moon and the Moon crossing in front of the Sun.

[6w @6w_es]

EEUU logra rescatar al segundo tripulante del F-15 derribado en Irán. El Pentágono estableció durante la noche una base improvisada dentro de Irán para llevar a cabo la misión. El tripulante rescatado sufre heridas graves, pero está vivo

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

saudi arabia and uae pushing trump to continue the war/further degrade iran capabilities shows just how much gulf countries are worried about the viability of their economic models in today’s geopolitical environment.

they didn’t want a regime change war against iran to start. but with the united states having now broken the geopolitical status quo, they want the americans to own the outcome.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

A French naval officer unknowingly revealed the location of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle by sharing a public workout on the fitness app Strava.

His run, recorded at sea, made it possible to pinpoint the carrier’s position in the Mediterranean near Cyprus.

Although the carrier’s deployment was public, sharing its exact real-time location is a serious security risk.

Source: Le Monde

[Sandro Pozzi @sandro_pozzi]

Little Marco está perdido desde hace unos días. Esta tarde se dejó ver. Me preguntó qué le pasaría por la cabeza cuando Trump soltó la gracieta de Pearl Harbor y el efecto sorpresa de los japoneses. Takaichi tomo aire, no movió un dedo

[6w @6w_es]

NUEVO: España abandona la misión de la OTAN en Irak y prepara la evacuación de su contingente, conformado por unos 300 militares - ABC

[Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555]

A lot of people don't know or appreciate how much studying, researching, networking or adjusting it takes to make a graphic like this.

Thanks for making them, Ian.

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“In the age of precise mass, the U.S. military requires more than just exquisite capabilities,” argue @mchorowitz and @Lauren_A_Kahn. “It needs drones, it needs them in droves, and it needs them now.”
https://t.co/sGFINo1B31

[Carlos Franganillo @cfranganillo]

Irán está exportando más petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz que antes de la guerra, cuenta ⁦@WSJ⁩

Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War https://t.co/upyh7BHQIS

[Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555]

Ouch.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BREAKING 🔴

Channel 12: Qatar has informed the U.S. it plans to expel Hamas leaders after the group refused to condemn Iran’s attacks on Qatar and other Gulf states.