Happy holidays to everyone, and merry Christmas to those celebrating it. And if you don't know it already, here is one of the best Christmas stories about air defense. #SantaDetected www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

"a manifesto for a radically different American project. It is narrower, more partisan, more inwardly focused, and more personalized than any of its predecessors.”

The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation force: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...

Beyond surreal. The message to Moscow is that European defense is not a priority.

Finnish Air Force confirmed B-52 over Finland where it conducted simulated weapons drops on the Sotinputo range. x.com/finnishairfo... 60-0036 is part of Bomber Task Force recently deployed to Morón. Today’s mission part of strengthening air ops in Northern region. ac.nato.int/archive/2025...

@hoanssolo.bsky.social, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the @cnas.bsky.social joins the Vilnius Foreign and Security Policy Conference on November 21 to discuss modern warfare, defense innovation, and the future of strategic security. Learn more: conference.gssc.lt Photo credits: CNAS

"Recent data from Advocates for Children of New York shows that 154,000 students in the city’s public school system were homeless — about one in eight pupils" www.ft.com/content/46c1...

Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech

US, Russia’s tests & subs, Euro deterrent, conventional forces, US space force & House of Dynamite in this week’s STAND newsletter, a project by @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social on recent news & analyses to better #underSTAND #nuclear #space #deterrence & #threats 1/10

President Zelenskyy in Sweden today: Ukraine plans to buy 100-150 JAS-39 Gripen E fighters. Certainly a positive sign for the post-war prospects of the Ukrainian Air Force. Great EW suite, modern AESA radar, Meteor missile compatible. But, it doesn't help win the current war.

Very interesting article discussing what might lurk behind the Nexperia controversy. bits-chips.com/article/lets...

"A recent report by the House Select Committee on the CCP issued a startling warning: U.S. Department of Defense funding has routinely sponsored research conducted by institutions with deep links to China’s defense industrial base. " @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2025/10/why-...

New START, US help to Ukraine, Steadfast Noon, Euro deterrence, Chinese & DPRK’s capabilities, SATCOM & the military use of space in this week’s STAND newsletter, a project by @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social, on recent news & analyses to better #underSTAND #nuclear #space #deterrence & #threats 1/10

Ich hatte vor kurzem die Chance mit Marlen Oehler für den Podcast @nzz.ch Geopolitik zu sprechen: "Krieg der Satelliten? Wie die Machtspiele auf Erden den Weltraum erfassen" www.nzz.ch/podcast/krie...

Reminder for students from Sweden: at the Hertie School, we have 3 full scholarship (tuition + stipend) for our MA in international affairs with specialization in international security www.hertie-school.org/en/study/fun...

The EU considering China's "market for technology" clause.

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.” www.ft.com/content/013e...

Hey students from Sweden 🇸🇪: here you can find information for three full scholarships to come to study international security at the Hertie School (@hertieschool.bsky.social, @hertiesecurity.bsky.social) in Berlin. www.hertie-school.org/en/study/fun...

Ouverture de la journée Marc Bloch, vie, combats, héritages, par @jalazard.bsky.social à la Sorbonne

Today's #openScience mini kerfuffle is @urisohn.bsky.social 's Data Colada post responding to the JASA paper by @richarddmorey.bsky.social & @clintin.bsky.social critiquing the p-curve. datacolada.org/129 The whole thing is a bit sad w open-science related debates degenerating into team sports. 1/n

🔱 “Citing the 🇨🇳 Chinese navy, Xinhua News Agency reported that the J-15T and J-35 fighter jets, along with the KJ-600 early warning and command aircraft, recently completed electromagnetic catapult-assisted 🛫 takeoffs and arrested 🛬landings aboard the #Fujian.” #EMALS

"Although reports suggest that an initial architecture has been selected, unless expectations are recalibrated, Golden Dome risks (lol) being built to promises rather than requirements, eroding the transparency and confidence needed to make the program sustainable." warontherocks.com/2025/09/gold...

Very happy to see our article ""Europe needs also minds, not just guns" out, which I have written with @aagilli.bsky.social, Antonio Missiroli & Niccolò Petrelli. www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...

Unfortunately at the exact same time @mmitchell.bsky.social and I are talking, so those physically in Berlin have to choose, but the rest of you sign up for the AI here invtdu.to/_ovppw PS the Pizza events Mauro is a part of are aimed at prospective Hertie School students, so the pizza is great!

I started a thread about this, but I quickly got to 2k words: I will make it into an article. For those in Berlin, I will talk about these very points on Wednesday. See you there. Details here: www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

In an intense news cycle, it is easy to miss that Washington is normalizing ties with Minsk, with a US envoy having met with Lukashenka and agreeing to lift sanctions on Belavia Airlines in exchange for the release of political prisoners. pism.pl/publikacje/u...

ETH Zurich climate scientist @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social is the first Swiss citizen to receive the prestigious German Environmental Award bestowed by the German Federal Environmental Foundation. Congratulations for receiving this award for outstanding research! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Map showing reported Russian drone incursions into Poland. Does not look random (14 drones): It looks like a deliberate attempt by fascist Russia to test NATO air defenses over a part of Polish territory used as a transit point for Western aid to democratic Ukraine.

Il nodo non si scioglie: il Dipartimento del commercio USA ha comunicato al governo italiano che il golden power su Sinochem nell'azionariato Pirelli non è sufficiente. Mo' son cavoli amari www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One drone carrier in Germany, one drone into Poland, one airspace violation in Estonia and (possibly related) a ship temporarily taking out a part of an Estonian port. 36 or so hours.

"More Americans think his mass deportation programme has gone “too far” (49%) than “not far enough” (21%) or “about right” (24%), an Economist/YouGov poll finds. More oppose his sending troops to cities than support it: 46% to 40%" www.economist.com/united-state...

"Ukraine's main government building in Kyiv has been hit for the first time in the war during Russian attacks, the Ukrainian prime minister says." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Two cable faults near Jeddah 🇸🇦. Affected systems: SEA-ME-WE 4, I-ME-WE

Microsoft said multiple international subsea cables have been cut in the Red Sea.

Zuckerberg saying Meta intends to spend at least 600 billion in the US Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic

Super interesting analysis.

Whereas traditional media caters to a range of views, with moderate positions well-represented, extreme views — of both left and right — are heavily over-represented on social media. on.ft.com/3HNwX1M

I have often argued that pensioners should be obliged to do a year of public service. German economist @mfratzscher.bsky.social has made that proposal now in writing and is getting the mother of all pushbacks. People are OuTRaGeD!1!

China Unveils Large Unmanned Stealth Fighter Design During Military Parade www.twz.com/air/chinas-u...

The Hertie School is thrilled to welcome Mauro Gilli as its new Professor of Military Strategy and Technology and a core member of the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social research team! A heartfelt thanks to the Ax:son Johnson Foundation for supporting his professorship!

World Trolling Championship 😎

After hiring Violeta Moreno-Lax and @maurogilli.bsky.social, @hertieschool.bsky.social (with the @kiel.institute) is going for a hat trick! Does anyone know a good Professor of International Economics apply.interfolio.com/169770

I have finally watched this video about EUV photolithography. It's probably the most accessible and encompassing explanation I have come across over the past few years, with very intuitive examples and very fascinating graphics. Strongly recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B248...