Only took three months for the US to weaponize the US-UK Tech deal: "British officials on Monday confirmed the US suspended the deal last week, with one saying the Trump administration was pushing for UK concessions in areas of trade outside the tech partnership." www.ft.com/content/afd4...

Only took three months for the US to weaponize the US-UK Tech deal: "British officials on Monday confirmed the US suspended the deal last week, with one saying the Trump administration was pushing for UK concessions in areas of trade outside the tech partnership." www.ft.com/content/afd4...

not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize

Alarming events in nuclear proliferation, space security and hybrid warfare meant 2025 was a year in which the international security order deteriorated. Read the latest from @mgmessmer.bsky.social and @katjabego.bsky.social⤵️

You know, there is also a world where, in a decade or so, JD Vance and the Heritage Foundation receive the Charlemagne prize for their pivotal work in service of European integration.

Good piece in the @wsj.com on the US's National Security Strategy - which includes some of my thoughts on what this means for Europe. Boils down to: No more "Trump whisperers", European leaders can no longer deny that the transatlantic relationship as we knew it is dead. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Good piece in the @wsj.com on the US's National Security Strategy - which includes some of my thoughts on what this means for Europe. Boils down to: No more "Trump whisperers", European leaders can no longer deny that the transatlantic relationship as we knew it is dead. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

The Netherlands talks a big game about tech sovereignty, but is now about to allow the domestic cloud provider that underpins its national digital identity system and several other critical government services to be sold off to a new American owner. Incomprehensible. nos.nl/artikel/2591...

The Netherlands talks a big game about tech sovereignty, but is now about to allow the domestic cloud provider that underpins its national digital identity system and several other critical government services to be sold off to a new American owner. Incomprehensible. nos.nl/artikel/2591...

A global Cloudflare outage as we're in Berlin discussing European tech sovereignty. A little on the nose!

Detailed explainer piece by the BBC about what it would actually mean for Europe to build a drone wall - and how the debate around the technical and financial feasibility of such a plan has evolved in recent weeks. Includes comments by me. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Detailed explainer piece by the BBC about what it would actually mean for Europe to build a drone wall - and how the debate around the technical and financial feasibility of such a plan has evolved in recent weeks. Includes comments by me. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So if the survival of Europe's industrial base wasn't enough of a motivation not to go for a Chinese EV, not having your car weaponized against you sounds like another solid one.

finally some competitive advantage for the Dutch: unlike the Chinese, we are not weaponizing your electric bus.

Despite the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has continued to invest heavily in building out its presence and revamping Russia's existing bases in the Arctic.

So if the survival of Europe's industrial base wasn't enough of a motivation not to go for a Chinese EV, not having your car weaponized against you sounds like another solid one.

Norway tested two different types of electric buses this summer -one from a Dutch and one from a Chinese manufacturer- to assess cybersecurity risks. The tests revealed that the Chinese bus could be controlled and turned off remotely, while the European one could not. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/os...

The very on brand cover of Japan’s defence white paper.

Hostile media environment aside, I think GL-PvdA wavering a bit on defence (not committing to the increased NATO norm beyond 2030) may prove to have been a pretty costly mistake. Purely anecdotal, but I know of several people who were on the fence where that became the deciding factor.

Voor iedereen die hoopt op de stemmers uit het buitenland: D66 doet het uiteraard altijd goed bij deze groep, maar veel stemmers hebben vorige week al gestemd. Voor het PVV verval en de echte groeispurt van D66. Een moment opname van een week geleden dus (zag je in 2023 ook af in de resultaten).

There is only one certainty in Dutch politics: foreign media overselling the Wilders angle.

Leestip bij de #BetrouwbreBronnen van heden! omny.fm/shows/betrou...

My primer on tomorrow's Dutch elections, and what they may mean for Europe:

Leest allen dit stuk van Katja Bego.

After the collapse of a short-lived right-wing government in the Netherlands, traditional parties may make a comeback — a shift that will be welcomed in Brussels and beyond. Read @katjabego.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️

The Dutch elections have once again been disappointingly myopic - the transatlantic fractures, European security, China, Ukraine: they barely feature. Despite this, I'd argue the momentum is for a more centrist coalition to win out, which will want to be far more active on the global stage again.

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

German media reports that the wreck of the MS Estonia (whose sinking in 1994 took 852 lives, and, as a large gravesite, remains off-limits to divers) in the Baltic Sea is apparently being used by Russia as spot to hide undersea spy sensors. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/russ...

US global reach may be eroding, it's far from dead yet: "Chinese state oil majors have suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil after the United States imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Moscow's two biggest oil companies, according to multiple sources." www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Dear EU @katjabego.bsky.social and I have a great solution for the frozen Russian assets question: Use them to pay for Ukraine’s 150 JAS Gripen fighter jets from Sweden

Big news from Sweden: A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets

Yes, absolutely. Long overdue. However, as the recent events around Nexperia, rare earths and transatlantic coercion show, Made in Europe efforts won't go over well in China and the US. The EU needs to situate this in a far more strategic approach to economic security (and increase capacity!).

Some good news: Eurostar will start running doubledecker trains from 2031 (increasing the overall fleet's capacity by around 30%). The doubledeckers will operate throughout the network - including new destinations Geneva and Frankfurt. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Interesting: Greenland picks French company Eutelsat over Elon Musk’s Starlink. Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Interesting: Greenland picks French company Eutelsat over Elon Musk’s Starlink. Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

The Dutch intelligence services are already sharing less intelligence with the US than they used to, their directors confirm: "Though we do not take any political positions, we are very cognisant of the potential politicisation of how our intelligence gets used by others." nos.nl/artikel/2586...

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

That’s some incredibly high profile additions to the list of academics making the move from the US to Europe: Both Nobel prize winners, both stars in the starriest of economics departments (MIT economics) (* though Duflo was already part-based in Paris).

Indeed it was (and long overdue too!)

It’s Krasznahorkai’s year!

Despite the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has continued to invest heavily in building out its presence and revamping Russia's existing bases in the Arctic. Read @katjabego.bsky.social's latest analysis for @chathamhouse.org ⤵️

Love this image by @nixonsimon.bsky.social: what Europe needs is a drone wall for economic security and reducing dependencies. (As we currently don't have clarity on what a drone wall would actually entail, the comparison perhaps works a little too well) From: nixons.substack.com/p/brave-new-...

The FT reports that the EU will unveil a plan on achieving digital sovereignty, reducing dependency on China and the US and the promotion of homegrown AI. The plan "will warn about external dependencies in the AI stack, which can be weaponised by both state and non-state actors." on.ft.com/4o2XK9F

Macron: “We’ve been guilty of handing over our public democratic space to social networks owned by big American and Chinese firms whose interests are not in the survival and the functioning of our democracy." I'm quite hopeful that French-German leadership on tech sovereignty can achieve something.

European Arctic strategies have tended to downplay the links between security and economic interests. In an increasingly tense geopolitical environment, this connection is key. Read @katjabego.bsky.social's latest analysis for @chathamhouse.org ⤵️

@aaronhughellis.bsky.social Hi Aaron, I *think* you sent me a DM - unfortunately can't open it as I've not done the age verification thing. Am available on email :)

"The modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield comms network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir, and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities, and should be treated as a "very high risk," according to a recent internal Army memo." www.reuters.com/business/aer...

"We've seen a crazy increase in sales." said Valdemar Badsted, a salesperson at Wolf Tactical, a military surplus shop in Copenhagen. "People are getting worried about war." (Includes some of my comments on the difficulty of responding to drone incursions) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

🚨 BREAKING: The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) is firmly in the lead of Moldova’s election, with around half of votes counted so far and PAS-sympathetic constituencies still to tally. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/poll...