Blaz Bratovic
@DeepShort7
Personal views. Interested in climate/energy nexus. Sometimes chess-related content. "Trust me, I am an engineer". http://withouthotair.com
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1/n A couple tweets returning to the earlier theme of a 40/40/20 energy system by 2040 (40% RE, 40% nuclear, 20% gas).
Not many good news nowadays but this is one of them.
Good morning with good news: China's clean electricity transition accelerates in 2025, jumping from 37.7% in Sept 2024 to 43.8% in Sept 2025. RE & nuclear gained 6.1 points of market share in 9/2025, compared to 9/2024! China may reach 50% for a month for 1st time in 2026.
"Look what it took the Europeans to take the Russian threat seriously — and many of their politicians are STILL refusing to do so."
The United States cannot arms race China alone. The PRC is not like the Soviet Union — it’s a challenge on a scale we have never faced before. The national effort required to attempt what this suggests will dwarf anything we have done and will be enormously costly — which means…
Should be an interesting read.
❗New Book❗ Our very own Olivia Cheung has just published a new book with Steve Tsang entitled "China's Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping", published with Oxford University Press. A major work in the field! Order now global.oup.com/academic/produ… @OliviaCheung_oc
Looks like Trump is considering allowing exports of advanced semis to China. Nvidia argues that its chips won’t enable PRC military modernization. So @SamBresnick and I dug through hundreds of PLA procurement documents yesterday. We find evidence of the opposite. 🧵
I am excited to share a work we did in the Discovery team at @GoogleDeepMind using RL and generative models to discover creative chess puzzles 🔊♟️♟️ #neurips2025 🎨While strong chess players intuitively recognize the beauty of a position, articulating the precise elements that…
A Polish mass-produced ALCM is only a matter of time. We'll see if it ends up being this one or another design. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: While Russia currently holds a significant advantage in the missile domain, we are inevitably moving toward a future in…
🇵🇱 The Polish state-owned defence conglomerate PGZ has signed an agreement with the US-based Anduril for the joint development and production of a Polish version of the Barracuda cruise missile and other autonomous air systems for the Polish Armed Forces. defence24.pl/przemysl/powst…
Whether this initiative will blunt Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign remains to be seen. But the fact that Russia is resorting to this extraordinary measure shows the extent to which the Ukrainian drone threat has caused alarm in Moscow. More from @JohnH105: fdd.org/analysis/2025/…
Cool.
Breaking: EU ready to retaliate vs China's rare earth controls, VDL says in Berlin EU is "ready to use all of the instruments in our toolbox to respond" she tells Berlin forum Comes after Macron on Thursday called on the commission to activate the anti-coercion instrument
Cool.
“Europe cannot do things the same way anymore. We learned this lesson painfully with energy; we will not repeat it with critical materials” euractiv.com/news/von-der-l…
You can either support a multilateral or multipolar order, not both at once. Multipolarity is a denial of (and therefore incompatible with) universal values and principles, which are the basis for multilateral governance.
A multipolar world requires multipolar cooperation. I am here today to deepen the EU’s partnership with ASEAN. We are connecting our economies, our people, our green & digital goals. Together we are a strong combined force for multilateralism. The EU is a reliable,…
Should be interesting.
❗Register Now❗ "Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe" 🗓️ 19 November 2025 ⏲️ 11:00-12:30 📍Press Club Europe 🤝 Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies More info csds.vub.be/event/caught-i…
Turbulent times are generating hard-headed politics in the EU and NATO. My column, The Telegram, reports on a strikingly serious and grimly realistic mood in Brussels, an international capital wrestling with an age of strongmen. economist.com/international/…
“EU leaders are set to instruct the European Commission to design a legal proposal to use billions of euros in Russian frozen state assets to fund a massive loan to Ukraine, after Belgium signaled it would not stand in the way. “The controversial proposal, if adopted, could…
Smart move.
❗️The fighting should stop immediately; the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations - joint statement by European leaders and President Zelenskyy. Statement by President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Starmer, Chancellor Merz, President Macron, Prime…
China’s Huge ‘GJ-X’ Stealth Drone Appears To Have Been Spotted In The Air For The First Time The massive 'cranked kite' planform flying-wing was first spotted on the runway at China's drone test base near Malan just a couple of months ago. Story: twz.com/air/chinas-hug…
Interesting.
Apparently ASML DUV machines that China has to make their chips recently broke down. They called the Dutch company for help repairing it. ASML sent some techs. They discovered that the Chinese broke the machine when they disassembled it and tried to put it back together. 1/
Instead of investing in Russia’s future, Putin squandered its potential. Moscow never progressed beyond selling its energy and raw materials, and there’s a limit to how much this will buy you with the neighbors. Just as with the European neighbors who are drawn to the West for…
China pushes Russia out of its own "backyard" — Central Asia In 2024, China's trade with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan exceeded $94.8 billion — more than double Russia’s $45 billion. 25 years ago, the roles were reversed: Russia traded with the region five…
This week, the German intelligence community spoke remarkably openly about the threat posed by Russia. Here are the 10 most important findings from the German foreign intelligence service, domestic intelligence service, and military counterintelligence service: 1. Russia's…
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