Nicolas Tenzer

Il y a 9 mois paraissait aux Ed. de l'Observatoire mon dernier livre Fin de la politique des grandes puissances. Le grand discours du 20 janvier de Mark Carney à Davos lui a donné une nouvelle résonance : il a, de fait, repris sa thèse centrale sur les moyennes puissances (voir sous-titre). Fil 1/13

Never forget nor forgive! 16 years ago, on July 15, 2009, Natalia #Estemirova was murdered by Kadyrov's hitmen because she exposed the regime's crimes. She had worked with Anna Politkovskaya and Stanislav Markelov also murdered by Putin regime, Kadyrov's master. Western leaders turned a blind eye.

Some say it's diplomacy... How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, & endless torture? Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity. By what it announces, It constitutes a strategic threat.

Amazing news! We can be confident that this will continue. We must strike at the heart of Russia's capabilities before missiles and drones reach Ukrainian territory—target the archer rather than the arrows. This saves lives. A huge congratulations to the Ukrainian armed forces! Ukraine will win!

Tribune que je cosigne dans @lemonde.fr : arrêtons de parler, de promettre, de différer. C'est maintenant qu'il faut livrer les intercepteurs de missiles à l'Ukraine. C'est maintenant que nous devons donner la priorité à cette production. Tout retard est criminel. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

J'ai eu le plaisir ce matin à 8h30 d'être l'invité de la matinale de @franceinfo.fr présentée par @camillegirerd.bsky.social et BenjaminRecouvreur. Thèmes : visite des soi-disant "négociateurs" de Trump, point de situation Ukraine/russie, aide à Kyiv, extrême droite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKB...

Sur la visite des deux prétendus négociateurs russes (pardon américains...) en Ukraine, mes quelques remarques, qui vont sans doute un peu au-delà, dans cet entretien avec Marie Guermeur pour @lepoint.fr : un théâtre d'ombres. Pas de paix pour l'Europe et l'Ukraine sans la victoire de celle-ci.

Indeed, words are essential. Only by describing reality as it is can we envision actions as they should be.

25 years. Martha S. Tenzer, April 30, 1920 – August 31, 2001. Resistance fighter, “Nacht und Nebel” political prisoner, deportee to the Nazi Ravensbrück concentration camp, recipient of the Croix de Guerre, diplomat, Jewish. Lover, musician, mother. Forever.

Russian propagandists (in the West) are bastards, but they can come across as sophisticated. This long essay in my international politics journal takes a detailed look at their insidious narratives. I also explain how democracies continue to arm them. 1 tenzerstrategics.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...

An infamy. Ratko Mladić, a war criminal, guilt of crimes against humanity and of genocide, will receive a state funeral with military honors, according to the Serbian Minister of Justice. This desecrates the memory of the more than 8,000 victims of Srebrenica. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

An inspiring story: - a perpetrator of crimes against humanity was sentenced to life in prison by an international court (which I would always prefer to a summary execution); - he eventually died in prison. Note: Putin has far surpassed Mladić in scale of crime. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...

Sorry for the slight delay (no, I wasn’t on vacation!) Here's the 184th in-depth essay on my international politics journal, Tenzer Strategics. Extensive discussion of russia’s crushing defeat and the duty of Europeans to make Ukraine and themselves win. tenzerstrategics.substack.com/p/from-the-t...

On this 35th anniversary of Ukraine's regained independence, I express my boundless admiration for the Ukrainian people. The free Ukrainian nation is a model for the European nation of the future. While russia is sinking forever into the rat holes of infamy and depravity, Ukraine is making history.