We're happy to be back! New Better Think Tanking issue out today. Enjoy reading: tslb.substack.com/p/better-think… Sarah Bressan Better Think Tanking

Presentation of body armor specially designed for women – a long overdue initiative. With 5000 women serving in combat roles, this is essential for better protection. Even Princess Olga Monument is wearing one too

The European Parliament urges the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko for "enabling" Putin's war crimes in Ukraine. euronews.com/2023/09/14/bel…

.Artyom Shraibman discusses the degree to which Russia has become dependent on Belarus since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—and why Minsk has continued to gain leverage over Moscow as the fighting has gone on. trib.al/IuVVqZp

Yesterday Minister Pistorius presented #Germany|s new Defence Policy Guidelines which highlight the need for the armed forces to be #warfighting capable. Our allies will no doubt welcome this statement indicating realism & a new seriousness to live up to our commitments to #NATO

1/🚨 Breaking: French Magistrates Issue Arrest Warrants for Syria’s President Al-Assad & 3 Associates over 2013 Chemical Attacks. A historic move for justice. scm.bz/en/french-magi…

Immer wenn im Ministerium eine Frau auf eine B6-Position befördert wird, klagt jemand dagegen. Daraufhin bleiben die Stellen unbesetzt, bis das juristische Verfahren durch ist. Dieses Interview mit Pistorius ist wirklich hörenswert #WIIS20 WIIS.de

1/ I get asked a lot about the possibility of a ceasefire in the 🇷🇺🇺🇦 war. Short answer - it's an illusion. Long answer in the thread.

Weekend read: thoughts on the EU’s role in deterrence by yours truly. 🇪🇺

In this new Foreign Affairs piece, Michael Kimmage and I argue that the West needs to prepare for a long war in Ukraine & adopt a containment strategy towards Russia. Despite the perception of stalemate, it should guard against defeatism. A thread🧵👉 Council on Foreign Relations foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/contai…

Good news, everybody! Russia has just been voted off the OPCW Executive Council. Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania were successful 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇱🇹 It's time for all international organisations to clean themselves up in order to maintain their relevance and credibility.

The NATO focus on 2%-GDP spending is like fighting the last war. Latest from me w/ Theresa Lütkefend American-German Institute at Defense News US and Europe must recalibrate the security partnership and enable Washington to avoid a strategic choice between Asia and Europe defensenews.com/opinion/2023/1…

To avoid a U.S. strategic choice between Asia and Europe, NATO should move from an abstract spending target to tangible commitments that erase over-dependence on scarce U.S. military capabilities. New article by Jeff Rathke and me in Defense News. defensenews.com/opinion/2023/1…

To let 🇺🇸 leaders meet their global security obligations, the 🇪🇺 not only has to spend more on defense – it also must spend in ways that shore up the transatlantic security bond, write Jeff Rathke & GPPi fellow Theresa Lütkefend. What that means in practice: defensenews.com/opinion/2023/1…

Excellent from Theresa Lütkefend and Jeff Rathke. This is precisely why the Vilnius pledge was to spend >2% of GDP on defence - more is going to be needed. NATO’s defence planning process is also setting out where the investment is needed, based on new plans for collective defence.

The power and limits of data for peace. My latest with EU Institute for Security Studies on 🇪🇺 conflict early warning, predictive models, intelligence assessments and foresight. Or, as the marketing pros would say: #AI in diplomacy: iss.europa.eu/content/power-…

Um transatlantische Lastenteilung nachhaltig zu gestalten, müssen Deutschland und seine europäischen Verbündeten nicht nur mehr, sondern auch gezielter Geld für Verteidigung ausgeben. Mehr dazu von Jeff Rathke und mir auf ZEIT ONLINE. zeit.de/politik/auslan…

"The U.S. and Europe must recalibrate their security partnership" from Jeff Rathke and Theresa Lütkefend is now available to read in German at ZEIT ONLINE:

Excited to become part of DC think tank world! I've started a new position as assistant director in the Forward Defense program Scowcroft Center, where I’ll be leading the work on defense strategy and military operations. atlanticcouncil.org/programs/scowc…

Mit Marcus Welsch heute in der Frankfurter Allgemeine zum 🇺🇦 Munitionsnachschub. Artillerie ist nur bedingt durch FPV Drohnen substituierbar. Sogar mit 🇺🇸 wären wir derzeit in einem Produktions-und Liefertief. Ein Vorziehen von Aufträgen für 🇺🇦 ist unausweichlich. faz.net/aktuell/ukrain…