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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
by Anne Applebaum
The people of #Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and russian kleptocrats circle their country.
My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):
https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059
Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
by Anne Applebaum
The people of #Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and russian kleptocrats circle their country.
Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was close and depended on resolving just two major issues, while Moscow says it wants radical changes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/us-envoy-ukraine-peace-deal-close/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump
The Kremlin welcomed President Donald Trump's new national security strategy, saying it largely accorded with Russia's perceptions, the first time Moscow has so lavishly praised such a document from the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/russia-us-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #russia #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #ukraine
In conference call on #Trump camp collusion w #Kremlin, leaders agree on risk of US selling out #Ukraine and #Europe.
#Macron: “There is chance that US will betray Ukraine on territory w/o clarity on security guarantees"
#Merz: #Zelensky needs to be “very careful" - “They are playing games w both you and us
#Finland 's Stubb: “We must not leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys"
#NATO head Rutte "We need to protect Volodymyr"
The French President and German Chancellor have voiced severe scepticism about efforts by the U.S. government and its envoys to negotiate a peace between Ukraine and Russia, German magazine Spiegel cited a transcript of a confidential call as showing.
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #France #Germany #Macron #Merz #US #Trump
Funny how ‘annexation’ becomes ‘changing the map’ when it’s an ally. The West’s vocabulary shifts faster than its principles.
#Israel #Trump #Gaza #US #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #Genocide #Uk #EU #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #Ukraine
The U.S. wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials said, a deadline that struck some as unrealistic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/us-2027-deadline-europe-nato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #europe #nato #donaldtrump #usmilitary #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
The message couldn’t have been clearer. In a 33-page National Security Strategy signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House said Europe risked being wiped away unless it changed its culture and politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/europe-trump-security-strategy-ukraine-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #us #donaldtrump
My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):
https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059
Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine's senior negotiator Rustem Umerov over the past two days, U.S. officials said on Friday, with further talks scheduled for Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/us-officials-ukraine-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defense despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its ties with Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/politics/modi-putin-india-russia-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #india #russia #vladimirputin #narendramodi #us #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
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