Christian Thiels
Civil Servant in Defence 🇩🇪 | he/him | 4mer Spoxperson & (prior to that) Journalist | No official German MoD account | personal views only | RP&FAV ≠ I agree | 🦊🐿️🦅🦇🦉🐦⬛🌳🐕🦺🦝 📷 🏃 🏍️
- "French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he was open to discussing the potential deployment of his country's nuclear weapons elsewhere in Europe." DW www.dw.com/en/macron-op...
- "How Marco Rubio’s Dual Roles Could Impact the China-US Relationship Rubio’s position as both secretary of state and national security adviser further elevates his profile in the Trump administration." @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2025/05/how-...
- "The FSB, GUGI and a host of teenage warriors were marching in this year's Victory Day parade in Murmansk" @thebarentsobserver.com www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/the...
- I don't think it's a real shift, but it still creates opportunities for #Ukraine. - Inside the #Trump administration’s quiet shift on Ukraine www.ft.com/content/9a75... #Putinswar #Russia
- "U.S. President Trump was set to meet Syria's president in Saudi Arabia following a surprise announcement that the U.S. would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government despite lingering concerns about its leaders' former ties to Al Qaeda." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...
- Emilie Lowositzová - may your memory be a blessing. 🕯️
- 14 May 1908 | A Czech Jewish woman, Emilie Lowositzová, was born in Jihlava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
- Iran Syria Israel Hamas Houthi Gaza Update May 13 - by @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
- May 13, 2025 Ukraine Situation report - @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
- Lazy Sunday afternoon with the best doggie friend. #Kangal #dogsofbluesky
- "After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are sceptical about this weekend's ceasefire and in no hurry to return to their villages." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
