Ulrike Franke
@rikefranke.eu
Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
My most boomer opinion is that you should be able to connect a printer straight out of the box with a cable to the pc and print. No wifi, no bluetooth, no freaking app.
“We have become accustomed to Switzerland’s security. We sometimes find it hard to believe that it is under threat, even though the signs are unmistakable. There is war once again in and around Europe. The situation is more dangerous than it has been for decades.” This is gonna be worth reading
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“It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Switzerland’s Federal Council has approved the new Swiss Security Policy Strategy www.admin.ch/en/newnsb/zR...
Comprehensive approach to security: Federal Council adopts the 2026 Security Policy Strategy
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“It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
cnn.com
On France Info atm to discuss the role of drones in Russia’s hybrid attacks against Europe
Ich wollte eigentlich Friedrich Merz verteidigen, der NATÜRLICH NICHT Juden zu Ausländern erklären wollte, sondern VÖLLIG ZU RECHT einen Zusammenhang zwischen „Ausländerhass“ und Antisemitismus herstellt. Eigentlich eine bemerkenswert progressive Position. Aber was soll‘s, es hört eh keiner zu.
Currently writing - again - on the Eurodrone and it’s quite disheartening to go back and find pleas to build up Europe’s sovereign military drone capabilities… from 2010.
It's Been 84 Years Meme - Titanic Lady
ALT: It's Been 84 Years Meme - Titanic Lady
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Blitzkrieg personality!! LESS IS THE NEWS MORE!!! MEEHAW COWCAT!!! These are spectacular.
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d agoin this week's newsletter! I didn't have phone internet in Beijing so instead I wrote down every single nonsense English slogan I saw on people's t-shirts, and it may be my magnum opus: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/some-beiji... [free to read!]
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 🎁🔗 The west must hurry to catch up with Ukraine on AI combat
The west must hurry to catch up with Ukraine on AI combat
Technological innovations mean that the terms of military conflict have changed — forever
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Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
Security debate in Austria starting in 3, 2, 1 ... oh wait, we are talking about Austria!
Anton Shekhovtsov@shekhovtsov.substack.com · 2d agoSlovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico stated that he has no intention of fulfilling his country’s obligations under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, or of taking part in the defence of allies in the event of a Russian attack.
Europe is heading into a super election year in 2027. Those elections will take place against a precarious security backdrop: war in Ukraine and Iran, a retreating US & Europeans increasingly worried about their own security. So shouldn’t this benefit the political centre? Not so fast. 🧵
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 🎁🔗 The west must hurry to catch up with Ukraine on AI combat
The west must hurry to catch up with Ukraine on AI combat
Technological innovations mean that the terms of military conflict have changed — forever
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"This is the first time in more than 50 years that there has been no growth in India’s coal power over a two-year period, even as electricity demand grew overall." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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Do you know the previous video, too? Absolutely great!
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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It may be a shock to some on here, but team UvL have actually thought through potential paths to a different EU-Canada relationship and the reaction from member states is the start of the usual Brussels policy wrangling process. The bigger issue is this EU routine takes time Ottawa might not have
Finally got around to make my own website! (Mainly to have a cooler Bluesky handle, let’s be honest). Nothing you don’t already know, but here we go: www.rikefranke.eu
Dr. Ulrike Franke
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Reminder that just last week, a drone shut down Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in central Taiwan, diverting eight military aircraft and delaying a commercial flight.
Brian Hioe@brianhioe.bsky.social · 3d agoNice scoop, which raises a lot of alarming questions about defense procurement in Taiwan
!!! “Interestingly, the majority of Swiss people are also in favour of closer security cooperation with selected partners. When asked whether such cooperation is more important for security than relying as much as possible on their own national defence, a good 60% answered in the affirmative.”
Die Angst vor dem Druck der Grossmächte wächst – und kaum jemand glaubt, dass die Schweizer Politik darauf vorbereitet ist
Nur ein knappes Drittel der Stimmbevölkerung findet, dass die Schweiz rasch auf globale Krisen reagieren kann. Und: Diese Skepsis überträgt sich auch auf die Problembewältigung im Inland.
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“Less than a third of the electorate (31.6 %) believes that Swiss politicians are capable of responding to global crises at an appropriate pace.” Made me chuckle because it reminded me of this (translation of screenshot in alt) bsky.app/profile/rike...
Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.eu · last yr.Never change, Switzerland, never change. 😂 www.nzz.ch/meinung/schw...
