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polls - not to get valid answers but rather to mobilise attention on key issues

⚡️ “My questions on EU(ropean) security situation and your answers - polls” by @londil https://t.co/WUkak68wIf

— On (EU)ropean Security-Cooperation/Lundin (@londil) December 25, 2020

Twitter polls do not mean much in terms of validity but can help to focus attention to problems - herE are some from August 2020

Repeat poll from 2019: Where would you put the first priority in terms of beefing up multilateralism to improve European security?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Which will be the next major global crisis?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Much talk about implosion in last 20 years. But which do you consider most likely and imminent?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Do you consider that there is not enough attention to the greatest risks of regional escalation today? If not which risk should be given the highest priority? /repeat poll from 2019/

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Which is the most important security-related goal on which the international community should focus? ( partly repeat from 2019)

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

So who will actually win in the US? (Repeat poll from 2016)

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Has arms control become too difficult to pursue or is there a future for more negotiated agreements?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Repeat poll: Credibility of US nuclear security guarantee to NATO member States in both North and South?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Would a Biden win in November bring everything back to normal when it comes to the transatlantic link in security policy?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Who is politically in the lead in Europe today?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

How serious is the current crisis around the OSCE - both as regards institutions, commitments and regional crises (Belarus, Caucasus)?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Do you expect European governments to be able and willing to beef up their defence capabilities given the Covid-19 crisis?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Your view of US sharing nuclear responsibility by stationing and modernising nuclear weapons on European (German, Belgian,Dutch, Italian and Turkish soil)

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Your forecast for the START treaty

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Repeat poll from 2019: When do you expect the #TPNW to enter into force with 50 States Parties (currently 44 ratifications).

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Repeat poll - your forecast #Brexit

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Repeat of poll from 2019: Would reintegration of Russia in the G8 be a good move?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 23, 2020

Polls from earlier years

Would reintegration of Russia in the G8 be a good move?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) September 14, 2019

Your view on the firing of the National Security Advisor Bolton. Is President Trump

— On security/Lundin (@londil) September 14, 2019

Your forecast #Brexit:

— On security/Lundin (@londil) September 14, 2019
Click to access my publicly available nuclear database from july 2019

Will the INF-treaty expire beginning August and if so with which consequences? More on https://t.co/QFNkgLtm1e

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 6, 2019

Your preferred approach to nuclear weapons? More on https://t.co/0u9PEG3fxb

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 6, 2019

Which is the net effect of strategic discord among civil society organisations on nuclear and conventional disarmament/risk reduction? Does it help to get message through using different channels to promote peace and achieve disarmament or is it more exploited to prevent progress

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 21, 2019

Do you consider that there is not enough attention to the greatest risks of regional escalation today? If so which risk should be given the highest priority?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 21, 2019

When do you expect the #TPNW to enter into force with 50 States Parties (currently 23 with 70 signatures).

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 25, 2019

Which is the most important security-related goal on which the international community should focus?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 21, 2019

To what extent is unpredictability a good thing when seeking to enhance deterrence?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 21, 2019
CLICK TO ACCESS MY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE EUROPEAN SECURITY DATABASE FROM JULY 2019

What are your prospects for the UK?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 6, 2019

Are we fully aware of the seriousness of the Idlib - Syria crisis? More on https://t.co/QFNkgLtm1e

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 6, 2019

Where would you put the first priority in terms of beefing up multilateralism to improve European security?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 25, 2019

Credibility of US nuclear security guarantee to NATO member States in both North and South - your view in 2019

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 26, 2019

EU top jobs: EU summit again on June 30 to try to decide. How important is it that the persons selected are well known and supported including by the European Parliament.

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 21, 2019

For those believing that there is a military solution to the "African problem". How far is it from Dakar in Senegal to Cairo in Egypt by road?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 26, 2019

A dedicated website with FAQ here

Vad säger en Twitter poll? Inget av vetenskapligt värde. Men en indikation på förhållandet passivt intresse - aktivt engagemang. Nedan några exempel på tweets som väckt stort passivt intresse (impressions - första siffran i tabellen) men måttligt aktivt engagemang (andra siffran) pic.twitter.com/Mb3eoP6MOC

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 2, 2019

FAQ on EU, security including the nuclear challenges https://t.co/2mPgdqoOmF

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 25, 2019

Selected questions to my followers - then and now

In the next month do you expect the world oil price to ..

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 25, 2019

And who will win in the US in 2020?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 25, 2019
Om säkerhet och samarbete i Europa, kärnvapenfrågor mm. On European security and cooperation, nuclear issues and more 
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