“The #EU and #Australia have signed long-awaited #trade and #security deals as they seek *mutual support* to cope with pressure from #China and the #US. The trade agreement will boost the EU’s access to Australia’s #CriticalMinerals, while the #defence and #security pact will enable Australian companies to participate in the bloc’s €150bn #rearmament programme.”

“Australia meanwhile is seeking to reduce its reliance on China, its biggest trading partner, and has signed trade deals with the #UK, #India and the United Arab Emirates (#UAE) in the *past five years* to #diversify its #exports. It has previously said that the EU deal was “the missing piece of the puzzle”.”

#Trade / #RegionalSecurity / #Labor <https://archive.md/NPuZU> / <https://ft.com/content/4a71ddd6-bb5c-439c-9a10-ce3ad1d4377f> (paywall)

Again, an unexpected and balanced analysis (at least for me) from Foreign Affairs:
Potential dangers for European unity posed by Germany's defense policy
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/europes-next-hegemon-liana-fix

#europe #gerpol #rearmament #foreignpolicy

Virkistävää puhetta USA:n Hesarin(?) pönkittämästä asevarustelu-kiimasta, https://fair.org/home/as-trump-uses-military-to-threaten-democracy-nyt-declares-military-needs-more-resources/

Euroopan komission deregulaatio-hingusta on sentään ilmestynyt "suomennosta", https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/dissecting-deregulation

#usa #war #varustelu #suomi #pelko #fear #fearMongering #rearmament #media #eu #europe #deregulation #luonto #yhteiskunta

"The American order is over because the United States has decided that it no longer wishes to play its historically unprecedented role of providing global security. The American might that upheld the world order of the past 80 years will now be used instead to destroy it."

~ Robert Kagan

#Trump #NATO #Europe #Russia #China #InternationalLaw #GlobalInstability #rearmament #NuclearThreat
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/trump-national-security-greenland-spheres-of-interest/685673/?gift=3gozaec2NM6PUSZsUEI9kphswgVLHs-azhwbrEEQgjA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Germany inches towards martial law through mandated Russophobia

To enforce its war policy, the EU and Germany rely on repression. Journalists, humanitarian workers, and cultural institutions are targeted – which means all of us.

by Alexander Kiknadze
peoples dispatch
January 13, 2026

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/germany-inches-towards-martial-law-through-mandated-russophobia/

Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2026 proposes alternatives to Germany’s war path

Thousands attended the 31st Rosa Luxemburg Conference and the Luxemburg–Liebknecht demonstration, rejecting Germany’s rearmament and militarization drive.

by Ana Vračar
peoples dispatch
January 13, 2026

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/rosa-luxemburg-conference-2026-proposes-alternatives-to-germanys-war-path/