@DonJBacon “All those who believe in a democratic Taiwan and a rules-based international order must with it ensure that Ukraine prevails.” - The Boiling Moat @jonasPplesner @AndersFoghR

Shocking! This young Iranian woman killed for celebrating khamenei’s death. Do you remember the night the news spread that Ali Khamenei was dead? Many of us Iranians watched, almost instinctively, took to the streets. Some cried. Some laughed. Some celebrated. Not because we love death, but because we believed the man who had ordered the imprisonment, torture, blinding, and killing of so many innocent people was finally gone. She celebrated inside Iran. Her name was Nehal Abuqalandari. Sources say, she was so happy when she heard the news, she got into a car with her friends and drove through the streets of Khorramabad, full of hope, celebrating the removal of a dictator. But the security forces opened fire and a bullet struck her in the chest. She could have been me. She could have been thousands of other Iranians who celebrated outside Iran. The only difference is geography. I was lucky enough to celebrate in freedom. But she is now gone simply because she celebrated under a warmonger regime. Three days later, authorities pressured her family to call her a “war martyr” and blame America and Israel for her death. Her family refused. Because they knew who killed her. Nehal was not killed by a foreign enemy. She was killed by the Islamic Republic, a regime so afraid of its own people. This is what breaks my heart. Her friends say she was kind, positive, and full of life. She should be alive today. Please say her name: Nehal Abuqalandari. 💔

Open Letter To the President of the Russian Federation From the President of Ukraine When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past. Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

Always such a pleasure to see my friend @DSORennie

While Trump negotiates a deal with the Islamic Republic, a deal with zero human rights clauses, regime is hanging people in silence. Today they hanged another innocent Iranian. Mojtaba Kian was arrested, tried, and executed in less than 50 days. All of it happened under a 13-week internet blackout the longest state-imposed digital blackout in human history. No witnesses. No international pressure. No chance for his family to scream for help. You cannot make peace with a regime that executes their own people faster than the world can count them. None of the U.S. presidents included human rights as a central condition in their nuclear deals with the Islamic Republic. That omission gave the regime power, money, legitimacy, and time while the Iranian people paid the price. 💔

Today, I witnessed firsthand the consequences of yesterday’s Russian attack on Kyiv. Russia is deliberately trying to break people through fear, darkness, and constant nighttime attacks. But every such strike reveals the true nature of Putin’s regime — a regime that recognizes neither human life, nor international law, nor borders. And the Lukashenka regime bears its share of responsibility for this because it allowed Belarusian territory to be used for aggression, for launching missiles, and for deploying Russian weapons. But I want Ukrainians to know: Belarusians stand with you. We support Ukraine not because it is ‘politically correct’, but because we feel this pain as our own. We see your courage after every attack. That is true strength. And I am convinced: no missile can break a nation fighting for its freedom and dignity.

Our ISR/intel shows that the #PRC has deployed over 100 vessels around the #1stIslandChain over the past few days, so soon after the #Beijing summit. In this part of the world, #China is the one & only PROBLEM wrecking the #StatusQuo & threatening regional peace & stability.

Delighted to see National Security Advisor Joseph Wu again in Taipei. @AoDemocracies Will keep including 🇹🇼 among the family of democracies including at our upcoming Copenhagen Democracy Summit 12 May

Important online debate on Greenland 🇬🇱 with @epc_eu with Maria Martisiute Chris Kremidas-Courtney @NaujaBianco @AnnaRGuthrie

Advarslerne mod kinesiskejede TikTok er hørt før, skriver kommentator @jonasPplesner. Alligevel er danske politikere storforbrugere af det sociale medie, der er forbudt i sit eget hjemland. Men hvis vi tør, kan vi genskabe den individuelle frihed online. berlingske.dk/kommentatorer/…

#Greenland is not for sale. Full #podcast with @jonasPplesner available on #NatStrat Youtube channel @AoDemocracies @AndersFoghR @rasmussenglobal @PankajSaran11 youtube.com/shorts/3gJsFQZD_…

NatStrat was at #RaisinaDialogue2026. Up now, the first of our many conversations with noted experts @raisinadialogue with @jonasPplesner! This one on #China and #Taiwan @AoDemocracies @AndersFoghR @rasmussenglobal @PankajSaran11 @samirsaran youtu.be/8tCVMhqO0vo?si=2ru6…

Taiwanese children are now being registered as Chinese in Denmark, reports Berlingske. In my view, what matters is no longer what the authorities say, but what they do. Mails indicate that treating Taiwan as part of China is a political decision. berlingske.dk/internationalt…

At last week's @raisinadialogue, @d_jaishankar joined @Bonnie_Glick, Helena Legarda, I-Chung Lai, @jonasPplesner, & @smitaprakash to discuss deterrence in the #Taiwan Strait: youtube.com/watch?v=u7MC15Kk…

We must confront a difficult truth. A new autocratic curtain is rising once again. On the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” speech - which he warned of an Iron Curtain rising over Europe - I had the honour to be in Cambridge to address Churchill College. I outlined that tyranny has returned as a governing model. Our adversaries already align. From Russia to China. So it is high time Democracies align too.
 We need a global order based on values – a freedom-based world order. Read my full speech rasmussenglobal.com/key-note…

Delighted to talk about why Taiwan 🇹🇼 matters at @raisinadialogue in Delhi. Important topic for world economy, peace and liberty globally.

At @raisinadialogue in 🇮🇳. Delighted to be back in the world’s largest democracy with @AndersFoghR and the @AoDemocracies As always at big conferences, I’m in my #Ukraine colours (my uniform) to show support and remind about the atrocious war.

.@jonasPplesner, Director, Alliance of Democracies, Denmark, is joining us for the Raisina Dialogue 2026 #RaisinaDialogue2026

.@GuptaUcsd, Dean, School of Computing, Information and Data Science, University of California San Diego, United States of America, is joining us for the Raisina Dialogue 2026 #RaisinaDialogue2026