Security correspondent for @WSJ, author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on organized crime, terror and war. He/him
London, England
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PUBLICATION DAY!
My book on the Afghanistan war was 8 years in the works and it's surreal to finally share it with you. TWENTY YEARS tells the story of the war through the people it affected the most: young Afghans with very different lives and fates
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The five Iranian men who were arrested across the U.K. over the weekend are suspected of plotting an attack on the Israeli Embassy in London. Story by @MaximColch and me
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Cancel culture doesn't exist. Kanzler culture, however, as @Heeger points out, has gone too far.
To those surprised that one ally would spy on another, remember that under Obama, the Danish intelligence service helped the NSA spy on Angela Merkel and other European politicians
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Gotta hand it to him, it's pretty bold: 20 yo Dutch man was caught trying to smuggle 50kg of ecstasy into Ibiza. His two suitcases were filled to the brim with 163,000 pills, covered only by the zip-up partition.
nltimes.nl/2025/05/05/man-ca…
Sune Engel Rasmussen retweeted
»Young people are increasingly drawn into online communities that propagate extremist views«...»While the U.S. has long had a problem with school shooters, the growing teenage threat to Europe comes primarily from Islamists« - @SuneEngel wsj.com/world/europe/teenage… via @WSJ
In Europe, most young terrorist suspect are radical Islamists. In the U.S., the problem is mostly with right-wing extremists.
One expert told me that, similar to how ISIS' caliphate was a main exporter of jihadism, the U.S. has become a main exporters of far-right ideology
Terrorists in Europe are becoming younger and harder to find. My story about how the process of radicalization - of religious as well as right wing extremists - has sped up, and mostly happens at home, online.
wsj.com/world/europe/teenage…
Terrorists in Europe are becoming younger and harder to find. My story about how the process of radicalization - of religious as well as right wing extremists - has sped up, and mostly happens at home, online.
wsj.com/world/europe/teenage…
In Sweden, criminal gangs are using the country's free-choice system to plant students in specific schools to avoid rival gangs and tighten their grip on certain districts, according to report by SVT
svtplay.se/video/eb3YwJN/upp…
“The Nordic countries have a unified security policy for the first time since the Kalmar Union in the 1400s,” @jensstoltenberg told me.
My story about how the Nordics have pooled their resources to confront Russia, leading the way for European defense
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For a long time, the Nordics were known for peace efforts and cozy living. Now they are shedding that persona.
Amid Russian aggression and unsure security guarantees from Trump, the Nordics have emerged as a model for Europe’s defense. My story:
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Commander of the US base in Greenland has been removed after sending an email following J.D. Vance's visit saying she did not share the concerns of the Trump administration regarding Greenland.
The command says it lost faith in her "ability to lead" and "remaining nonpartisan"
The email is referenced here: military.com/daily-news/2025…
Statement from Space Operations Command on Col. Susannah Meyers' removal: spoc.spaceforce.mil/News/Art…
Sune Engel Rasmussen retweeted
#متابعات #قراءات
كتاب جديد مثير للاهتمام بعنوان:
عشرون عامًا: الأمل والحرب وخيانة جيل أفغاني
المؤلف سون إنجل راسموسن @SuneEngel
في عام 2019، أفاد 85% من الأفغان بتعرضهم لصدمات نفسية. عاش أكثر من نصف السكان الأفغان تحت خط الفقر - وهي نسبة سترتفع بشكل كبير بعد انسحاب الولايات المتحدة بشكل فوضوي في صيف عام 2021. جلب هذا الانسحاب نهاية فوضوية لأطول حرب خاضتها الولايات المتحدة على الإطلاق. لنقل تأثير عقدين من الصراع في أفغانستان نفسها، يروي راسموسن قصص نصف دزينة أو نحو ذلك من الأفغان الذين بلغوا سن الرشد خلال الغزو الأمريكي، والشباب والشابات الذين خاضوا حربًا أصبحت تحدد حياتهم. مستحضرًا الجنود الأمريكيين بكامل معداتهم القتالية وهم يحاولون كسب القلوب والعقول من خلال توزيع الحلوى، والأطفال المرعوبين الذين جرفتهم الغارات المناهضة لطالبان، والحكومات المدعومة من الولايات المتحدة في كابول التي كانت فاسدة أو جاهلة أو كليهما، يجادل راسموسن بأن السياسة الأمريكية كانت غير بارعة ومخادعة وغير مفهومة في نهاية المطاف. لقد أدى التدخل الأمريكي إلى إحياء آمال الملايين من الشباب الأفغان الذين آمنوا بالمعرفة الأمريكية وثقوا بالوعود الأمريكية، ولكنهم لم يخلفوا وراءهم سوى حطام الصدمة وخيبة الأمل.
How NATO patrols the sea for suspected Russian sabotage. @DanMichaelsWSJ reporting from aboard vessels in NATO's new Baltric Sentry mission:
wsj.com/world/europe/nato-ru…
I love this story about how Trump specifically asked for a painting of James Polk, the 11th president who oversaw the largest territorial expansion of the US, to hang in the Oval Office. By colleagues @jdawsey1 @VeraMBergen @alexbward
wsj.com/politics/the-paintin…
It is unclear what Trump wants w Greenland. A 1951 treaty w Denmark already allows him to beef up US military presence if he wants to. US companies can mine Greenland's minerals but investors won't pay for it. Greenland's worry is that he wants territory, just for the sake of it
It was spun as a feel-good trip to "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but in Greenland, it was met with fury. In Denmark, the PM dialled up her usually diplomatic rhetoric and is now in a full-on spat with the Trump administration. Our story: wsj.com/world/greenlanders-a…
It was spun as a feel-good trip to "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but in Greenland, it was met with fury. In Denmark, the PM dialled up her usually diplomatic rhetoric and is now in a full-on spat with the Trump administration. Our story: wsj.com/world/greenlanders-a…
The US delegation to Greenland will no longer attend a dogsled race and "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but only visit American soldiers on the Pituffik base (far away from potentially angry Greenlandic civilians). Clear retreat after Greenlandic and Danish pushback
Sune Engel Rasmussen retweeted
First we went to the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, which has been ramping up drills and rapidly expanding its military infrastructure as a shadow war heats up in the sea that surrounds it. Hosted by @SuneEngel
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Sune Engel Rasmussen retweeted
Kudos to my friend and @WSJ colleague @SuneEngel for winning the @opcofamerica award for his brilliant book on Afghanistan’s betrayed Generation America.
