Dimitar Bechev
@DimitarBechev
Director of the Dahrendorf Programme @stantscollege Senior Fellow @Carnegie_Europe Author: Rival Power:Russia in Southeast Europe &Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Lots of unhappiness in Russia as Azerbaijan president Aliev accepts a gift of shoulder patches of Ukrainian army brigades from a Ukrainian journalist and tells her: “Continue on the same path.”
Tariq Ali is regretting Gülen failed to topple the Turkish government in 2016.
"Лек кетъринг"
Днес младежката организация на ГЕРБ организира семинар на тема "Фалшивите новини в ерата на изкуствения интелект". Специален гост на събитието е Тиквата, който разказал виц за изкуствения интелект.
Especially Stalin.
“Kurchatov, Korolyov and Stalin live in your DNA.” Russian military TV showcases the giant Shahed drone production plant in Tatarstan, boasting that children after 9th grade are working there to help kill Ukrainians.
Listening to @dpatrikarakos and @KadriLiik on @BBCWorld 's Weekend programme.
The funny bit about Murdoch v Trump is that Maxwell is sort of involved as well.
We are standing firm. The EU just approved one of its strongest sanctions package against Russia to date. We’re cutting the Kremlin’s war budget further, going after 105 more shadow fleet ships, their enablers, and limiting Russian banks’ access to funding. (1/3)
A Britain in which defrocked clergymen are no longer mauled to death by lions in seaside resorts will no longer be the Britain I know and love
Was musing recently on why the "Carry On" films are so difficult to explain to non-Britons. Answer's in plain view, really: nowhere else in the 1930s had a churchman who "picked up" 200 showgirls a year and then got probed by a demon in Blackpool and mauled by a lion in Skegness
Can’t remember who talked about the “Asia-fication of European security”, webs of bilateral and minilaterals: “Anglo-German accord…pledges that both countries will “assist one another, incl by military means, in case of an armed attack on the other.” That echoed language…
This is excellent news. A new European security architecture is being drawn. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/wor…
Chmut has been among the most clear-eyed analysts throughout the war. This interview now translated in parts in English is worth reading and watching.
Chmut: 2025 is the hardest year of the war in Ukraine. Russia attacks. Ukraine loses ground. Institutions stall. Mobilization fails. Command structure breaks down. Head of Ukraine’s top-funded defense charity “Come Back Alive,” Taras Chmut spoke to UkrPravda. 1/
Happy to see Chapel Hill, where I spent four years, on the list.
Big report from Brookings out today on the geography of AI in the US. Beyond Silicon Valley, there are regional AI hubs emerging in places like Princeton, Austin, and Chapel Hill. Universities play a powerful role, but so do local industries. Read here: brookings.edu/articles/mappi…
адв. Емил Георгиев: Наказателният процес не познава конструкцията на “оттегляне” на веднъж дадени показания, но, дадени под натиск, те подлежат на преоценка. bnr.bg/varna/post/102…
Довечера от 21:00 ще сме на живо с @ruslantrad за да припомним каква трагедия се случи преди 30 години в Сребреница. Линк долу! Абонирай се и гледай!