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Ulrike Franke

rikefranke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.<a href="http://ac.uk">ac.uk</a>. Teaches at @SciencesPo.<a href="http://bsky.social">bsky.social</a>. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de &amp; LeCollimateur<br><br>🌉 <a href="https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/rikefranke.bsky.social">bridged</a> from 🦋 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rikefranke.bsky.social">rikefranke.bsky.social</a>, follow <a class="h-card u-author mention" rel="me" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/bsky.brid.gy" title="@bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy">@bsky.brid.gy</a> to interact

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  • Post #4494788

    In September, the 2 Million inhabitants of Sachsen-Anhalt, one of the 16 German Länder vote for their parliament. This is the current polling 👇

  • Post #4311855

    Interesting, though unsurprising

  • Post #4230085

    It’s raining 😍

  • Post #4073985

    Yet another drone over EU/NATO territory. For over an hour. Shot down via fighter jet… 🫣 english.mapn.ro/cpresa/6822_... Drone Neutralized by Romanian ...

  • Post #4025837

    I read @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com@bsky.brid.gy ‘s Prospect essay a few days ago and this really stuck with me. Because it really feels like everyone is looking for this special thing to make younger people happier (more successful etc) but it’s kinda just 👇

  • Post #4006386

    Shocking numbers, though not really surprising if you’ve been in France this summer. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates European heatwave wiped €2bn f...

  • Post #3817318

    Dear French team, my four-year old is *besides himself*. Can you score please? He has already threatened to not eat his Müsli tomorrow if you do not!

  • Post #3686150

    God this is bleak. Almost everybody cheated and learned less than in previous years www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

  • Post #2495100

    Recommended! Germany’s highest ranking soldier on the Bundeswehr’s future (“need for 460 000 ppl to fulfil NATO requirements”) and the security situation (“need to be ready for a Russian attack on NATO territory by 2029”) (In German) www.deutschlandfunk.de/interview-ge... Wehrpflicht als Rückversicheru...

  • Post #2475469

    Interesting. Recruitment for the armed forces going well in Canada Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years www.bbc.com/news/article... How Canada’s military went fro...

  • Post #2465161

    Kuwait Is Stripping Its People of Citizenship at an Unprecedented Rate newlinesmag.com/essays/kuwai... Kuwait Is Stripping Its People...

  • Post #2426866

    Keep an eye on the “Technology” sector when I switch to the Europe tab… 😬 From: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

  • Post #2361542

    Can we stop focusing on single statements and pretend they influence US policy? Trump wants to reduce US support for European defence. Merz’s statements (or any other) are a pretext, not the cause. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How Germany’s Merz torpedoed his plan to contain Trump How Germany’s Merz torpedoed h...

  • Post #2202186

    Is this what good news feels like?

  • Post #2071455

    “A total of 29 Ukrainian companies, along with the government of the UK, have joined production after receiving the appropriate licenses. … This approach allows rapid scaling of the technology and ensures that the Defense Forces are equipped with the necessary tools.” Defense Ministry purchases 8,0...

  • Post #1892078

    Portrait of German defence minister Pistorius in today’s Le Monde “The minister who wants to prepare Germany for war”

  • Post #1810177

    “Noch nie in der Geschichte der Republik gab es eine Regierung, die so wenig Kontakt zu den Menschen hatte, weder geistig noch moralisch, geschweige denn emotional.” www.zeit.de/politik/deut... Bundesregierung: Die kühlste R...

  • Post #1784381

    Now in your podcatcher!

  • Post #1748889

    Of course Europe can defend itself! It is a challenge, structures are as they are but we need to stop pretending that we are some helpless babies needing to be saved by the US. My - slightly less rant-y - comments from last night.

  • Post #1726895

    Miscellaneous. Not once have I spelled this correctly without spell-check. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l7mwn6iba72xsiayiac5222p/post/3mki4j3tcr22p

  • Post #1160766

    Who would have imagined that between the US and Iran, it’s the latter that is winning the meme war?