For nearly a thousand days, Ukraine has resisted full-scale Russian
aggression: the heroism of its armed forces and its people stand as an
example to all free nations. But as the US has delivered Trump back to
the White House, Ukraine and its allies face mounting strategic dangers.
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Dr Benjamin Tallis is Director of the Democratic Strategy Initiative, a
Berlin-based Think Tank, set up to address the systemic competition we
now see in global politics. He is also a research fellow at the German
Council on Foreign Relations. He runs the project “Action Group
Zeitenwende” on the transformation of Germany’s security and foreign
policy, and where he hosts the podcast "Berlin Inside Out" in 2025. He
previously worked for the EU on security missions in Ukraine and the
Balkans and was policy officer at the European Centre of Excellence for
Civilian Crisis Management in Berlin. Benjamin spent five years at the
Institute of International Relations Prague where he headed the Centre
for European Security, advised numerous European governments, edited the
journal New Perspectives. Benjamin regularly appears in the media, and
has been published in Foreign Policy, Politico, The Independent, and in
leading academic journals.

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER -
A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of
Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to
Ukraine's frontline towns.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Heroism of Ukraine’s armed forces stand as an example to all free nations.
00:02:08 Olaf Schulz's party banking a good result in the Hamburg state elections.
00:05:09 Delaying election is not about German national interest on the part of the SPD.
00:08:17 Decision makers take strange comfort in fatalistic view Russia destined to win.
00:12:08 Seizing Russian assets would not “make us as bad as the Russians.”
00:16:13 There’s a risk Trump could try to impose a disadvantageous deal on Ukraine.
00:20:17 Former NATO official asked how many people work there, “about half” he said.
00:27:36 NATO is still the best we've got, for the present, because it's tried and tested.
00:32:42 So many European countries still haven't understood this as their war too.
00:37:18 Lack of strategic depth in Europe has been exposed this last year particularly.
00:40:23 This would be de facto neutrality, and a guaranteed disaster for Ukraine.
00:44:33 Rusia loves to watch the world burn because then it can profit off the chaos.
00:46:37 We have dropped the ball massively in Europe on providing our
own security.
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LINKS:
To Avoid Another Munich, Europe Must Act to Secure Ukraine – Sunday 3rd
November 2024.
https://www.democratic-strategy.net/_files/ugd/dcfff6_17f621993d194aeda9bb6c7cf7352dd6.pdf


https://berlinsideout.podigee.io
https://twitter.com/bctallis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-tallis-b02a386/
https://dgap.org/en/user/28265
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/benjamin-tallis/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ru/author/benjamin-tallis/
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/

Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/

Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/

UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/

Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/

Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine

Ukrainian Freedom News
https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/

UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/

Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org

NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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