Finland: Finnish friends, can I please check on an English translation for this? Machine translation gives me "Our crisis resilience will be further strengthened", but would you say that's right or captures any nuance in the statement? Kiitos

'Grab bags, prepping & a year of disasters': get a ticket, check your contingency mince pie supplies & settle-in & listen to two very experienced & knowledgeable practitioners... #crisispreparedness #civilprotection #DRM

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: "The plan for a German P-8 operation from Norway & Iceland is directly linked to NATO's prioritisation of the GIUK gap (Greenland–Iceland–UK–Norway) and the protection of critical undersea infrastructure." #HighNorth

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Hope you got a chance to see some of this @warmatters.bsky.social...

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I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... #HighNorth

Germany: #criticalinfrastructuresecurity & #civilprotection...

Recommend following Jill's insights, both here & on Patreon, from her most recent #logpower & #adventurousresearch project in Ukraine...

Ukraine: civil response... #societalresilience

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... #HighNorth

With Esja in the background, early snow topping...

Perhaps of interest @jsargentr.bsky.social? Full programme details here > www.kiu.europa-uni.de/en/programme...

"It is also the first time a container ship has traveled from China to the UK via the Arctic": China-Europe Arctic Express heralds new direct UK - #HighNorth connectivity... h/t @vesselspotter.bsky.social gcaptain.com/chinese-cont...

Germany: new BBK guide "Preparing for Crises & Disasters" published today... #civilprotection

"Jan Mayen, part of Norway’s sovereign territory, is strategically vital for NATO, serving as a key node for transatlantic supply routes and freedom of navigation in the Arctic..." #HighNorth #GIUK-NGap h/t @jsargentr.bsky.social www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...

Baltics: "We talk about this every month, every week - at work, everywhere... Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania "are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop buildup or attack"... #civilprotection www.reuters.com/business/aer...

#HighNorth: start of Adamant Serpent 26. U.S. SOF–led Arctic & sub-Arctic annual drill, with Danish, Norwegian & Swedish force participation. The exercise is "...emphasizing preparedness that cannot wait until conflict arises"

UK: article suggests delayed but not yet confirmed as being formally withdrawn. Prompts three thoughts: #1 - to paraphrase @edrusi.bsky.social from a recent RUSI article 'Until politicians are clearly preparing... why should society?'... 1/3 #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK: the Tier 1 Exercise Pegasus is ongoing. There are many non-governmental organisations, across sectors, actively involved downstream of the LGD's as part of the 'others' mentioned here... #civilprotection

Germany: "...they should be asking critical questions about long-term resilience, rather than sensationalizing scenario planning & crisis exercises." #futuresliteracy #societalresilience

Sweden: "The aim is to generate knowledge that can be directly applied to build resilience against information influence..." Malign information influence (MII) & #societalresilience

UK: "The time has come not only to ‘think the unthinkable’ but to act on it – treating war as a real & imminent threat. As our adversaries will target societal cohesion & health systems, resilience must be moved from an aspiration to a political priority..." #civilprotection #societalresilience

Drone walls: prospective EU or otherwise, & the nascent interplay of #totaldefence - #civilprotection implications...

Norway: "Total preparedness must also apply to medicines..." #totaldefence #societalresilience www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

#ResilienceDilemma: "We now have enough data to state that deterrence by resilience does not work". Challenging a broadly held idea of a part of resilience's underlying strategic rationale. "Deterrence by punishment is now the avenue that Europe needs to explore..." #totaldefence #societalresilience

IYKYK...

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Realise I'd inadvertantly taken a summer break on this: so a catch-up. This is #36andcountdown: 23 & 22, against the new Merzian back-drop of 'no longer at peace'...

Finland: Nasta! Important initiative, but level of interest continues to outstrip funding. Yet new innovations, such as the Cyber Crisis Management & Communications course (as part of the larger PikkuNASTA Leopardi 2025 exercise)... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience naistenvalmiusliitto.fi

Catching-up on some report reading. "We are not persuaded that this is a good basis for mitigating catastrophic risk: there needs to be a much clearer acceptance about the UK’s strategic vulnerability in the event of hostilities" Oh boy...

Germany: "Bereit wie nie". North Rhine-Westphalia issues state level preparedness guidance, covering eleven typical emergency scenarios... #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/seba...

US: elimination of the Strategic Futures Group. So, turns out it was roughly #1 @ricbdc.bsky.social? (with some injection of ideological projection as rationale). See bsky.app/profile/guyy...

Norway: simultaneous multi-exercising with Northern Lights, Gemini & Aurora... #highnorthberedskapen #totaldefence

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Germany: "Red Storm Bravo". Hamburg & #easternflank deployment activation exercising... #militarymobility #civildefence

Norway: new 'preparedness hub', aiming to "work with civil resilience & civil-military cooperation in the northern areas, including with neighbouring Sweden & Finland." Launch in 2026, but details & funding unclear... #highnorthberedskapen

Er, one for you @warmatters.bsky.social & @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social... #dontdelayordertoday

cc @amandacomms.bsky.social... #civilprotection

UK: Subsea resilience & crisis preparedness... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #societalresilience

Ukraine: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти... #civilprotection

Finland: "Preparedness must be proactive, inclusive and deeply integrated into national strategy..." Food system resilience & Huoltovarmuuskeskus, or the National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA), & its work... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The Type 26 has been designed from the start with one mission in mind: countering Russian submarines in the North Atlantic": I'm going to claim this one for a #GIUK-NGap klaxon...

Spain: new #civilprotection education initiative, crossing different school-age groups, & designed to provide “the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes & values needed to deal with emergency situations in a safe & effective way”... #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

UK: "...oops, no civil defence". But is there a 'full court press' to get that War Book reconstituted? #civilprotection

France: national medical contingency planning for 'rear base' conflict casuality support. Reported planning scale, "hospitals should be able to absorb between 10,000 & 50,000 wounded personnel over a 10- to 180-day window", operating with medical staging centres... euroweeklynews.com/2025/08/27/f...

Poland: new 'safety guide', described "as a tool for building societal resilience" has now been formally launched, with paper copies to be distributed to all homes over the autumn... #civilprotection www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Art...

Reading across both UK & Norwegian perspectives cited makes this a significant decision not just for future #HighNorth maritime security, but also for that of the #GIUKGap. Increasingly moves us towards the spatial realignment of a more integrated #GIUK-NGap strategic framing? 1/2