Roderick Kefferpütz
@RKefferputz
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Director @boell_eu | Previously @merics_eu @RegierungBW @Europarl_EN | Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil Views expressed my own. Retweets ≠ endorsements.
Berlin, Germany
Joined April 2011
🟢 Being yourself is a democratic struggle. The @BoellStiftung's Global Unit for Democracy and Human Rights hosted last week an in-depth discussion with Nick Antipov, Dr. Ilyas Saliba and Azza Nubi of @Loom4Swana on how struggles for #democracy and #humanrights intersect with
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Wäre ich ein junger New Yorker, würde ich mir auch eine radikal andere Politik wünschen. Sich keine eigene Wohnung leisten zu können, heißt ja nicht nur, ohnehin reiche Vermieter finanzieren zu müssen, sondern auch, sich kein eigenes Leben, keine Sicherheit, keine Familie
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Wing previously transferred trade secrets from the company's factory in Manchester to a factory belonging to Wingtech. The company reportedly transferred the assets, chip designs and machine settings. The next step was to relocate equipment from the Hamburg production plant
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Even PRC academics recognize Beijing has gone "nuclear." And the demands will grow because President Trump has not pushed back: Da Wei: “China’s rare earths export control is a nuclear option. In my personal opinion, for China to remove a measure like this, it needs more than
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China promised to accelerate granting of licenses of rare earth mineral exports to the US as part of this summer's trade truce. THEY LIED! There have been NO EXPORTS of rare earths to the US since May, just exports of magnets, which does nothing to alleviate our dependency on
China has not exported rare earth compounds or metals in tariff lines fully covered by export controls to the United States since April 2025. While attention has focused on magnets, compounds and metals are also critical for U.S. industries. See Silverado’s new infographic 👇
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@RKefferputz @BoellStiftung @boell_secpol @EUDefenceAgency 🔎🕸️ Explore the constellation of bilateral defence partnerships (EU27, UK and Ukraine, 2014 - September 2025) in our new Böll EU Brief! https://t.co/rjzRv9uLEJ
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🟢 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀? 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 | 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕ö𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 by @RKefferputz & Anika Bruck 👉 https://t.co/rjzRv9uLEJ 🧵👇 @BoellStiftung @boell_secpol
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"Putin zwingt Europa zur Abschreckung, Trump zwingt es zur Eigenständigkeit“, sagt @RKefferputz. Die Europäer*innen können aber nur zusammen ihre Sicherheit verteidigen. „Stärke entsteht aus Einheit, nicht aus lauter Einzelwegen.“ Die ganze Studie (ENG):
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Europe’s defence map is being redrawn. Our new Böll EU Brief tracks over 160 defence partnerships signed since 2014 among EU countries, the UK and Ukraine – most of them after Russia’s full-scale...
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Beijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table, write @oertel_janka and @TGehrke_ @ECFRAsia
https://t.co/OLIdt6BEQn
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Beijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table…
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It is precisely China’s belief that Trump will fold that has led them to massively escalate. They think he is weak, and also crazy, but more weak than crazy. But he has cards, is being backed into a corner, and may escalate. If he folds again, the tectonic plates will shift.
"Doesn't look like the US is about to back down" Sir, you may have forgotten that the current President of the US is Donald J. Trump
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Das Gegenteil ist richtig! Eine Kernaufgabe wie #Verteidigung muss unser Staat mittelfristig wieder aus dem Kernhaushalt finanzieren können. Was die Bundesregierung hier offenbar plant, würde die Ausnahme von der #Schuldenbremse ad absurdum führen. https://t.co/Sbo4XNH8TX
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Recent PRC Ministry of Commerce public remarks are a must-read. Beijing seems a little rattled by the global response but is resolved to keep the regime. Three points. 1⃣ They're worried about the global reaction to their moves. So they stressed (twice) verbatim that these
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I did a translation of all 6 related announcements here. Today's actions go way beyond semiconductors. You company needs drill bits for oil and gas drilling? You will need a PRC license... The PRC just showed that it can control the supply chains for "new quality productive
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Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 55 of 2025: Decision to Impose Export Controls on Superhard Materials aqygzj 商务部 海关总署公告2025年第55号 公布对超硬材料相关物项实施出口管制的决定
CHINA JUST WEAPONIZED THE ENTIRE RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN get used to reading chinese MOFCOM bulletins because they're writing american industrial policy now. announced today: any product containing >0.1% chinese rare earth materials needs beijing's approval before re-export to
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Greenland’s PM speaks today at @Europarl_EN, which is an important moment to gauge the mood for northern enlargement. See our work on this: 📝 Op-ed w/ Villy Søvndal: https://t.co/r1GFy0JnlT 📄 Böll EU Brief: https://t.co/E9WO964esd 📅 Webinar 6 Nov:
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Recent geopolitical shifts are reopening the debate on northern EU enlargement. In Iceland, a referendum on EU membership is now promised by 2027. In Norway, polls show the gap between supporters and...
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🟢 Andrej Babiš makes a comeback, the Greens return to parliament and populism takes a new shape. @jmlanfranco talks with @adee_lajda about the key takeaways from #Czechia's election 🎧👉 https://t.co/5a310fSPG4
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🟢 The #housing crisis is a European problem that requires local solutions. Together with @EUROCITIES, we looked at the efforts taken by European cities to ensure access to affordable, inclusive and sustainable housing – from Copenhagen to Rome 👉 https://t.co/qtxC8537MJ 🏚️ These
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🟢 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 🇲🇩🇪🇺 𝟯 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗱 ➡️ https://t.co/F6zwPivTtN 🗳️ Last Sunday, the party of Moldovan President Maia Sandu won an absolute majority, confirming
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Den Morgen richtig starten: Der Sinn von Politik ist Freiheit. Großes Privileg, einige Jahre für Winfried Kretschmann gearbeitet zu haben.
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„Politikerbücher, oh ja, die muss man mögen. Es können personalisierte Parteiprogramme oder gebundene Sonntagsreden für die Fangemeinde sein. Kretschmanns Werk aber hat Qualität. Es ist Bekenntnisschrift, Regierungserklärung und Vermächtnis, vor allem aber ruft Kretschmann…
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🟢 𝟯 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗨-𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 👉 https://t.co/yqsbIgobci 🇪🇺🤝🇮🇳 The @EU_Commission and the EU's High Representative @kajakallas adopted a Joint Communication presenting a
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