Randolf Carr @_randolf_carr_

Senior Policy Advisor at @MunSecConf: Asia-Pacific, tech & economic security. Personal views only. Berlin, Germany Joined September 2015

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Paul McLeary @paulmcleary

2 days ago

NEW: The new National Defense Strategy has been delivered to SecDef Hegseth for review, and places homeland security over deterring China has the Pentagon’s primary mission. Not everyone in the Pentagon thinks that’s a good idea.

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Mike Bird @Birdyword

2 months ago

I recognise not everyone feels the need to buy a screen privacy protector before working on their laptop on a train or plane. But if you're writing an email in massive font that begins "Dear Munich Security Conference team" you probably should be investing in one.

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Matthias Wachter @Wachter__M

3 months ago

Die Schlinge zieht sich zu. Die Versorgung der deutschen Industrie mit Rohstoffen aus China 🇨🇳 verschärft sich weiter. Es tritt jetzt ein, was jahrelang befürchtet wurde und vor dem wir gewarnt haben: #China setzt den Export als geopolitisches Druckmittel ein.🧵

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Financial Times @FT

3 months ago

Japan scraps US meeting after Washington demands more defence spending on.ft.com/4ncQ30O

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Demetri @Dimi

3 months ago

SCOOP - Japan scraps 2+2 meeting with Rubio & Hegseth over defence spending dispute. US was pushing Japan to boost spending to 3% of GDP but Bridge Colby abruptly increased the ask to 3.5%, angering Tokyo #USJapanScoop (w ⁦@Urbandirt⁩) on.ft.com/3TyrZYJ

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Randolf Carr @_randolf_carr_

3 months ago

According to Japan MoD "the recent sailings by the carriers may have been intended to practice countering U.S. forces in the event of a Taiwan contingency, with one playing the role of a U.S. aircraft carrier and the other practicing intercepting it."👀 japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/1…

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Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 @BonnieGlaser

6 months ago

China’s Foreign Ministry claimed that Ishiba had told Wang that "Japan respects the positions elaborated by the Chinese side” — a statement that Ishiba had never made, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. Japan protests. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/2…

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Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof

6 months ago

It’s clear from this that the only difference between Steve Witkoff’s and Vladmir Putin’s views on the war in Ukraine is that Putin actually knows the names of all the five Ukrainian regions he wants to keep.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj

6 months ago

“Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.” politico.eu/article/donald…

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Mackenzie Hawkins @mackhawk

6 months ago

The office responsible for implementing the Chips Act is losing around two-fifths of its staff - Around 20 people took voluntary deferred resignations & left last week - Around 40 probationary employees being fired today bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM

6 months ago

US-Ukraine minerals deal: the full text @FT The terms of the bilateral agreement between Kyiv and Washington ft.com/content/387afd…

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Joerg Lau @joerglau

7 months ago

For a lifelong transatlanticist like me who came of age at the peak of American (hard and soft) power, these days feel like when your aging parent suddenly succumbs to Alzheimer’s, not recognizing you anymore, and, what’s worse, not knowing who they themselves are.

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Randolf Carr @_randolf_carr_

7 months ago

"Commitment to misinformation"? I thought this administration considers the term "misinformation" to be a cudgel of Soviet-style censorship, as VP Vance just informed the crowd in Munich. #MSC2025

Taylor Budowich @Taylor47

7 months ago

"Commitment to misinformation"? I thought this administration considers the term "misinformation" to be a cudgel of Soviet-style censorship, as VP Vance just informed the crowd in Munich. #MSC2025

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Mackenzie Hawkins @mackhawk

7 months ago

New: TSMC is open to taking a controlling stake in Intel’s US factories, @ianmking & I are told Trump team floated a potential Intel deal in recent meetings w TSMC officials, who were receptive. Intel’s stance is unclear. Talks are in very early stages bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Bojan Pancevski @bopanc

7 months ago

Our exclusive with @JDVance ahead of @MunSecConf: -On Ukraine, he says there will be a good peace deal that will guarantee the country’s long-term sovereignty - and Putin will face sanctions and military measures if he doesn’t play ball. -On Europe, he will tell mainstream…

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen

7 months ago

Asked about the recent developments and whether a ceasefire would be acceptable without restoring Ukrainian territory to pre-2014 borders, Iwaya said Tokyo was watching “with great interest.” japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/1…

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Sam Greene @samagreene

7 months ago

Ok folks, deep breaths. There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome. (A rather long 🧵, obviously) /1

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Jakub Janda 楊雅嚳 @_JakubJanda

7 months ago

Honolulu Defense Forum opened by Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, who said on the record: „What China does around Taiwan are not exercises. Those are real rehearsals for forced unification of Taiwan with the mainland China.“ „Our precision guides…

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Tobias Bunde @TobiasBunde

7 months ago

Deutschland, eine Großmacht? Ernsthaft? Mehrheiten in fast allen G7-Staaten, Brasilien, Indien, China und Südafrika sind der Meinung, dass 🇩🇪 eine Großmacht ist - in #Deutschland sind es 22 Prozent. 👉 @SZ-Gastbeitrag mit @SophEisentraut #MSC2025 sueddeutsche.de/politik/deutsc…

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Rush Doshi @RushDoshi

7 months ago

The new acting Undersecretary of State for public diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)