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Jan Zahradil

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Jan Zahradil

Czech politician MEP 2004-24, @ECRparty President 2010-20, @idualliance Vice-chair 2012-25. Now Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, CEVRO University. Czech, eurorealist, rock fan.
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China will again buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the USA. The agreement is signed for 20 years. Reports Bloomberg's correspondent from Singapore. And now I would like to have some lecture on "value-based" foreign policy and the Chinese threat from someone from our opposition - perhaps the former minister Lipavský. (translated)

BRICS summit in New Delhi is over. This is the best review of the event I’ve read so far. By former 🇮🇳 top diplomat (she served as the foreign secretary and also as the ambassador to 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 ). Read👇. #BRICS #NewDelhiSummit #Diplomacy

Today + tomorrow, BRICS meeting is being held in India. What does this bloc of countries mean nowadays? What are its ambitions, aspirations and impact? And is it de facto driven mostly by Asian countries? Simple questions, but complex answers. Read this👇. #BRICS #India #GlobalPolitics #IN #BR #RU #CN #ZA

From leading 🇦🇺 think-tank: how the world looks like 25 years after 9/11? Was it really a game changer with profound consequences even today? Or was it just a sign of its time, with limited relevancy for today? Worth thinking twice about it. #911Anniversary #GlobalImpact #FutureThinking #AU

Finally, this public secret is being spoken about openly. The flow of state money to selected agencies, through them to selected media or selected influencers/trolls on social networks. In other words, what can be hidden under the term "strategic communication."🤷🏻‍♂️ That’s why there’s the outcry from those affected that it has been canceled. (translated)

Very meaningful article from former Pentagon guy and long-term security expert: what are the US options concerning Ukraine and why. Just facts, no wishful thinkings. I like it. #Ukraine #USForeignPolicy #SecurityExpert #US #UA

The beginning of the end of Merz and the entire existing "mainstream." Germany and France will be dominated by a new political establishment that will change the course of the entire EU within a few years. It is a trend that no amount of whining or scaring will stop, only slow down. Let's prepare for it, or we will just run after the cart again. (translated)

The first Italian prime minister also holds the record for the longest continuous tenure in the entire post-war history of Italy. (translated)

And that’s it. When it comes to real issues, 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 are always ready to find a common ground. Rhetorics is one thing, geopolitical reality is the other. And the latter counts. #Geopolitics #USA #China #US #CN

Membership in the EU today only costs countries that are (sometimes significantly) below the EU average - the Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova, etc. - and believe that it will economically elevate them. The EU establishment believes that by expanding, it will geopolitically strengthen and stabilize Eastern Europe. However, neither may be true. (translated)

The USA is securing energy independence and thus its security. They will dominate Venezuelan oil (more in the comments). They lead the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. They are ramping up the construction of new nuclear reactors. What is Europe doing? Dealing with the Green Deal. 🤷🏻‍♂️ (translated)

„Žádné informace, vyjma svých osobních názorů, jsem mu nepředával,“

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Former Italian Prime Minister and former ECB President Mario Draghi launched the "Rhine Group": a think tank associated with an influential lobby that aims to prepare and push through fundamental EU reform. It includes these countries👇. This also proves how insignificant the "impact" of Central and Eastern Europe within the EU still is today🤷🏻‍♂️. (translated)

Fascinating and little known story, how USA, via sophisticated military operation, successfully manages to get oil tankers through Hormuz strait, in and out, and to neutralize Iran interventions. Worth reading. #OilTankers #HormuzStrait #MilitaryOperation #USA #IR

Very interesting look inside the US Democratic party, on foreign policy issues. After previous shift in the GOP, this another shift in Democrats sends clear signal to Europe: forget “good old times”, things are different now. But Europe still doesn’t get the message, it seems. #Democrats #ForeignPolicy #Europe #US #EU

USA goes protectionist, all-in. Forget about anything like “transatlantic free trade area” idea. Just the contrary. USA can afford it. But EU is still not ready to acknowledge it, to analyze it and to meet the consequences, hoping that somehow it will muddle through again. Wrong. #TradeWar #Protectionism #USEURelations #USA #EU

Jan Zahradil Aug 11

The strategic brain of the Pentagon, @ElbridgeColby, outlined future American strategy in the Indo-Pacific. Including China. No export of values, no ideology. Just realpolitik. Hopefully, these notes will eventually reach the local anti-China lobby 🙂. Link to a more detailed description in English in the comment. (translated)

Jan Zahradil Aug 7

Yes, this is something that needs to be known. And talked about. Who pays whom in the media world. Who owns whom. And who therefore decides about them. (translated)

Jan Zahradil Aug 4

But aside from humor. If the West helped to create an army in Ukraine that surpasses its own armed forces in combat capabilities and technologies, then this is something to seriously consider. Russia does not have to remain the only rival for Ukraine in the future.🤷🏻‍♂️ (translated)

Jan Zahradil Jul 29

Germany, political preferences in 2018 vs. 2026, same agency: CDU/CSU lost a third of voters, SPD also, FDP half. Grüne and Die Linke are where they were. Only AfD is growing - from 17% to 27%. This is already a trend. In another 1-2 electoral terms, there will be no Merz or Scholz coming back. 🤷🏻‍♂️ (translated)