Katja Bego
@katjabego.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House |Author of "Deep Connections: the hidden battles to control undersea cables" (Polity, Sep 26) | Europe, geoeconomics of tech, tech sovereignty | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
We may not have monoculture in music, fashion or movies anymore - but we certainly do have it in weird online radicalisation patterns.
Emma Jacobs@emmavj.bsky.social · 5d agoThe Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv is a former cryptocurrency speculator who four years ago was living with his parents and calling women “rotten meat” as.ft.com/r/40083ea8-7... The online life of the Flydubai attacker
Yet again, an important listen and something that isn't getting anywhere near enough focus.
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · last wk.One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
This was a lot of fun! Thank you very much for having me and the excellent questions, @snellarthur.bsky.social
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · last wk.One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
OMG it’s like @snellarthur.bsky.social is in my head, answering all the questions I have. This time on undersea cables and how much of a global shitshow a big attack on them would be.
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · last wk.One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Deep Connections: Kaja Bego on the undersea cables that underpin the global economy.
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 5 October · 53min
podcasts.apple.com
This was a lot of fun! Thank you very much for having me and the excellent questions, @snellarthur.bsky.social
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · last wk.One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
One tricky aspect of the rekindled rejoin debate is its timing. France and others are about to have their most consequential elections for Europe in decades. If the impression is created that leaving the EU can be “easily” reversed - that weakens one big hurdle for many hesitant far right voters.
If we want European alternatives to gain traction, we need to use them. That’s the sovereignty premium we should all be willing to pay: accept “good enough”, otherwise solutions can never achieve scale, improve, find a customer base. Embed Mistral, not Claude, etc. www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
‘Absolute s–t’: EU’s Microsoft Teams alternative draws bad reviews from officials
The U.S. would “instantly” win a hypothetical tech war, an official moaned.
politico.eu
Why Western Europe is growing increasingly concerned about Russia. Coming up shortly on @theworld.org with 🙏 @katjabego.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org Tune in: theworld.org
The tech-military complex intensifies: “Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, marking the SpaceX CEO’s first return to government since he ran the chaotic [..] Doge.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
theguardian.com
The tech-military complex intensifies: “Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, marking the SpaceX CEO’s first return to government since he ran the chaotic [..] Doge.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
theguardian.com
Just noticed that Brits will refer to their prime ministers by their first names (Andy, Keir, Boris). Americans do the same, but with their tech billionaires (Dario, Elon, Sam) instead. Quite fitting.
“Deep beneath the world's oceans lurks a threat with the potential to cause major disruption and conflict: a network of cables through which almost all global internet traffic runs. Increasingly under siege by tech giants fuelling an AI bubble and state actors.” Great book by @katjabego.bsky.social
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
Everything looks better in print! (Plus, it’s not every day that the Financial Times calls your book “excellent”! 😳)
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoAbsolutely delighted to see my book reviewed so positively by Tim Judah in the @financialtimes.com! www.ft.com/content/f5ca...
Everything looks better in print! (Plus, it’s not every day that the Financial Times calls your book “excellent”! 😳)
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoAbsolutely delighted to see my book reviewed so positively by Tim Judah in the @financialtimes.com! www.ft.com/content/f5ca...
Though much remains unclear (including the culprit), today's foiled attack on RAF Fairford illustrates once more that the risk calculus behind "hybrid" operations (more brazen, more lethal) has changed. I was interviewed by NBC earlier this week on this exact topic: www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Europe frets as the Kremlin pushes the limits of its hybrid warfare
Moscow has long embraced tactics that straddle the threshold of war, but a string of increasingly brazen incidents has alarmed U.S. allies, who fear what could be next.
nbcnews.com
In Oleshky wordt een stad systematisch uitgehongerd - een nieuwe Holodomor: vandaag, in Europa. Het gezicht van "vrede" met Rusland. Maar ja, laten we vandaag lekker allemaal meedoen aan een vredesdemonstratie op de Dam "tegen de militarisering van de samenleving".
Katja Bego “These invisible but vital assets, spanning almost 1.4M kilometres, are increasingly under siege by tech giants fuelling an AI bubble and state actors vying for control and seeking to undermine their geopolitical adversaries.” www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @katjabego.bsky.social
Deep Connections: The Hidden Battles to Control Subsea Cables
Deep Connections: The Hidden Battles to Control Subsea Cables, Deep beneath the world's oceans lurks a threat with the potential to cause major disruption and conflict: a network of cables through whi...
politybooks.com
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
Nice, a new book to illuminate an often overlooked but critical aspect of technology sovereignty. Promises to be super interesting! 👁
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
Subsea electricity cables are playing an increasingly important role in European energy security This new book from my colleague Katja is a must-read
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
Happy publication day, @katjabego.bsky.social . This book has been greatly anticipated and could not be more timely.
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
This is a brilliant book and super timely. I have an interview with @katjabego.bsky.social coming out next week.
Katja Bego@katjabego.bsky.social · 3w agoToday’s the day! 🥳
A UK political grandee misreading the direction of travel in Europe? Who could ever imagine such a thing. Pooling sovereignty is Europe's only path to sovereignty - the debate should now be about how we do that, not whether we should. www.politico.eu/article/tony...
