The Viking Ráðagerð Further Gels: IMAGE OF THE DAY

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This picture of a Ukrainian president in front of a Swedish fighter jet may be a sign of a significant change in the wind: if opinion, industry, and force structure align, a northern VIking Ráðagerð could become the mid‑continent super‑region that keeps Russia deterred even in a post‑Pax Americana world…Well! An interesting image:ShareAnd we have, in commentary:Phillips O’Brien: Is Ukrainian Now A “Nordic” State? <https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-187-trying-to-collapse>: ‘Zelensky… flew into Sweden…. The Swedes donated 16 earlier generation Gripen fighters to the Ukrainians (they should arrive in early 2027) and from that point the Ukrainians will go forward to buy many more. The original purchase order looks to be 20 of the most advanced generation of Gripens—with an eventual order of up to 150 being mooted…. This is only the latest of what has been a series of strong commitments to Ukrainian defense by… Nordic states… [which] have gone far beyond most in their financial and military backing of Ukraine and, moreover, are more comfortable discussing Ukraine winning the war…. The Baltic-North sea states. The Nordics, Baltics, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK at this point are the key ones in determining whether Europe will both aid Ukraine to win the war and whether Europe will actually free itself from US strategic dominance…Give a gift subscriptionLeave a commentI would add Canada, Greenland, and Iceland to this list of countries that I see as becoming a Ráðagerð, as we used to say in Old Norse. As Dmytro Kuleba wrote last week, “the Vikings…