Joseph Shelzi

This undermines U.S. national security. I taught in SOSH & was always proud of USMA's willingness to stand up to political pressure. The institution protected our independence and thereby the quality of the education we provided cadets. Politicizing education and our military is garbage.

Exclusive: US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

Under Trump, NSC has stopped holding regular meetings with European officials on Russian sabotage, sources say
www.reuters.com/world/us-sus...

Germany: Upper house signs off on landmark debt reform plan – DW – 03/21/2025 A favorable majority of Germany's 16 federal states has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

Germany's upper house has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.
www.dw.com/en/germany-u...

Veterans Can’t Sit This One Out Veteran Services Organizations and veterans should be leading the charge to defend our constitutional system

“Veteran Services Organizations and veterans should be leading the charge to defend our constitutional system,” writes @itsapurdy.bsky.social

“This is not about partisanship. This is about protecting the pillars of our democracy itself.”

www.justsecurity.org/108896/veter...

How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries? President Trump's administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other countries?

President Trump's administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other countries?

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.

This inexplicable policy shift will have far reaching effects on U.S. interests at home and abroad. Disrupting Russian cyber-based hybrid threat actions just became far more difficult for U.S. partners and allies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine - War on the Rocks Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and

Jack Watling and I take a look at what the requirements might look like for a European force in Ukraine. We find that this not an insurmountable task, but will require proper resourcing and difficult political choices. @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...

Three Years of War: Ukraine Holds the Line—But Can It Hold Its Allies? - The Soufan Center Today marks three years since the start of Russia’s multi-front invasion of Ukraine. On the morning of the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a televised address outlining the objectives ...

As the war enters its fourth year, President Zelensky’s gravest concern is not on the battlefield, but in Washington.

In today's Soufan Center #IntelBrief, I wrote about the trajectory of the war in #Ukraine three years on.
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Europe should brace for Trump to end NATO protection, Germany’s Merz warns Merz said there was need to discuss Germany coming under British and French nuclear protection.

That's what I'd call a Zeitenwende

“We need to have discussions with both the British and the French — the two European nuclear powers — about whether nuclear sharing, or at least nuclear security from the U.K. and France, could also apply to us” - Friedrich Merz
www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Dozens of inauthentic X accounts are posting coordinated, AI-generated content critical of CDU leader Friedrich Merz ahead of the German election, but failing to get any traction.

Notably, they all misspell his name "Mertz", and seem to be very keen for Germany to restore energy ties with Russia.

Breaking the Western Front: U.S.-Russia Talks Deepen European Uncertainty - The Soufan Center On Tuesday, U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to initiate peace talks regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine, drawing the ire of Ukrainian officials who were notably excluded from discussions....

Events over the past week have signaled the potential for tectonic shifts in the transatlantic relationship. My Soufan Center colleague Nikkie Lyubarsky and I examined these changing dynamics in today's #IntelBrief.
thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Russia supported sabotage spree in Germany to roil election campaign, report says A wave of car vandalism, initially blamed on climate activists, is now being linked to Moscow.

German investigators allege Russia hired petty criminals to pose as climate activists and vandalize hundreds of cars across Germany in an effort to spark a backlash and turn voters against the Green Party ahead of the upcoming federal election

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

Meet Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, a teenage DOGE engineer, who has access to sensitive federal data

• Runs Tesla.Sexy, a company operating a Russian website

• Worked at startup that hired convicted hackers

• Someone using his Telegram handle solicited a cyberattack

www.wired.com/story/edward...

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