Kent and Surrey BylinesJun 10, 2025

The IISS Summit: with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the growing tensions between China and the US, it is time for Europe to act | Mike Phillips

#Trump #Macron #China #StrategicDefenceReview #Europe #InternationalInstituteforStrategicStudies
#IISS
https://kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/?p=28084&fsp_sid=71

Kent County Council goes DOGE: the Musk-ification of local government

Reform’s first moves in charge of Kent County Council threaten budget chaos, with a vision for Kent’s governance that is doomed to fail

Kent and Surrey Bylines - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 26, 2025
the ex #IMF's Director of Fiscal Affairs tried to get the #FinancialTimes and other media - which had reported the wrong #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies' data -to set the record straight to no avail.
The wrong data have been used to make a case for hugely increasing #EUMilitarySpending
stefania mauriziFeb 26, 2025

yesterday #FattoQuotidiano revealed that ex Director of Fiscal Affairs at #IMF& colleagues exposed that #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies miscalculated #militarySpending by #Russia and #EU,which resulted in misleading articles by #FT,#AP, #Politico

https://www.ft.com/content/93d44b5a-a087-4059-9891-f18c77efca4b

Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds

IISS assessment lays bare challenges facing Europe should US cut back Ukraine military support

Financial Times
Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 26, 2025
quello che è accaduto con i dati falsi pubblicati dall'#InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies e ripresi da media di prima grandezza,come #FT, #AP,#Politico,#Repubblica,#Formiche, ricorda la manipolazione dell'informazione prima dell'invasione USA dell'Iraq
Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025

here is the report by the ex IMF economist Cottarelli and colleagues, highlighting the serious error by the #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies.

I recommend it: it takes no special expertise in financial matters

[Italian]

https://t.co/ykcg4Am5Jx

Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025
#InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies' flawed calculations have been uncritically reported by prominent international and EU media in an attempt to make the case for a major increase in #MilitarySpending in EU.
The ex IMF economist has tried to get #FT to issue a correction to no avail so far
Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025
dopo averla letta vi chiederete: come è possibile che un think tank, che vanta esperti internazionali come #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies, possa fare un errore di quella portata, che probabilmente neanche un laureando in economia farebbe
stefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025

voglio invitarvi a leggere la pubblicazione di Carlo Cottarelli,Alessio Capacci e Carlo Cignarella sul gravissimo caso dell' #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies che ha sbagliato i conti della #SpesaMilitare. E' eccellente e accessibile a tutti:

https://t.co/ykcg4Am5Jx

stefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025

è corretto e rispettoso del lavoro altrui dire che la pubblicazione che evidenzia il grave errore di calcolo dell' #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies ha come autori non solo Carlo Cottarelli, ma anche Alessio Capacci, Carlo Cignarella

https://osservatoriocpi.unicatt.it/ocpi-pubblicazioni-facciamo-chiarezza-nel-2024-la-spesa-militare-europea-eccedeva-quella-russa-del-58

Facciamo chiarezza: nel 2024 la spesa militare europea eccedeva quella russa del 58% | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

La spesa europea per la difesa eccede quella russa del 58% nel 2024 (56% considerando solo UE e altri membri NATO in Europa e 19% considerando la sola UE).

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Show threadstefania mauriziFeb 25, 2025
The #InternationalInstituteForStrategicStudies' calculations have been uncritically reported by prominent international and European media to make the case for a massive increase in #militarySpending by the EU