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Ed Arnold

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European Security at RUSI - NATO, JEF, Arctic and High North security. All views my own

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 13h
The Finnish companies Nokia and Iceye want to challenge Starlink and start producing communications satellite systems for governments. First satellites to be launched 2028. Great if they can make this happen on scale
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Teknologia | Nokia ja Iceye haastavat SpaceX:n Starlinkin
Nokia ja Iceye alkavat kehittää viestintäsatelliittijärjestelmää valtioiden tarpeisiin. Ensimmäiset satelliitit on tarkoitus laukaista jo 2028.
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Since there's already plenty of summaries of options around, here's a short guide to some useful things that might be considered when talking about future UK-EU relations PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic149 @ukandeu.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 29/09/2026
When Russian forces besieged Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov stayed, ensuring the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine is neither obscured nor forgotten. CEPA is proud to honor him with the 2026 Freedom Fighter Award in recognition of his exceptional commitment to freedom and his courageous journalism.
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The test - if it’s as dangerous as they claim - is to delete ‘AI’, insert ‘poison gas’, then see how you feel about investing
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russian FPV drones continue to strike civilian cars in their sick terror campaign. Today they struck one in the village of Shestakove, Kharkiv region. ​The 67-year-old driver died at the scene, and his 65-year-old wife was injured‼️
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Last week, Ed Arnold (@edrusi.bsky.social) Senior Fellow at the British Foreign Policy Group, discussed escalating Russian aggression across NATO territory with @euronews.com. Read the piece below: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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NATO's deterrence 'weakened' by lack of response to Russian attacks
Experts and diplomats tell Euronews that Europe’s failure to appropriately respond to escalating Russia aggression across NATO territory is chipping away at the alliance’s deterrence ability – and fee...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19/09/2026
Germany's chief of defense Carsten Breuer will take over as chair of NATO's highest military authority, after a majority of the alliance's top generals backed his candidacy in a secret vote today.
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Germany’s top general to lead NATO’s highest military authority
Carsten Breuer — widely seen as the front-runner — beat out Canada’s Jennie Carignan for the role of NATO military committee chair.
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Called it... www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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‘Oceans 11’: The Case for Canada Joining the Joint Expeditionary Force
Under increasing economic and diplomatic pressure from the US, it is time for Canada to reconsider joining the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The UK should support its likeminded ally and put the qu...
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John R. Deni @johnrdeni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes, more of this, including along Finland's border with RU, the forests of southeastern Estonia, northeastern Romania near the border with Moldova, and Türkiye's Black Sea coast -- creating strategic and operational dilemmas for Putin.
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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh yeah, the famous Bones Against Drones strategy
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Prime Minister Burnham and the case of the Inescapable Foreign Policy" BFPG Executive Chair David Landsman OBE examines the areas of foreign policy that will require the Prime Minister's attention. Click the link below to read⬇️ bfpg.co.uk/analysis/pri... #UKForeignPolicy #UKGov #Burnham
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Prime Minister Burnham and the case of the Inescapable Foreign Policy | BFPG
David Landsman examines the areas of foreign policy that will require the attention of the Prime Minister
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New comment: the abolition of NHS England is drifting, with key questions unanswered Burnham and Cooper have not articulated their vision for the NHS. That can't last. The Health Bill is coming back to the Commons, forcing them to decide More 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/yvet...
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Will Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham still abolish NHS England? | Institute for Government
Wes Streeting's Health Bill is on its way back to the Commons.
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BBC News - British army told to stop non-essential training exercises to save money - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder Eyebrow Raise
ALT: Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder Eyebrow Raise
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 03/09/2026
Alternative for Germany's Hans-Thomas Tillschneider may soon be in a position to help realize one of the greatest ambitions of the far-right party’s most extreme faction: Steering Germans toward leaving behind the Nazi past. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/hans...
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 02/09/2026
Europe’s Spies: Fighting as a Team | "Britain and France lead Europe’s spy league table, but smaller agencies have important capabilities and must be included on the continent’s intelligence team sheet." Dan Lomas cepa.org/article/europes-spies-figh…
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Europe's Spies: Fighting as a Team
Britain and France lead Europe’s spy league table, but smaller agencies must be included on the continent’s intelligence team sheet.
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For BFPG, August brought a valuable opportunity to reset and regroup after a busy July and to reflect on what’s ahead for UK foreign policy. Read BFPG's full roundup of August 2026 via the link below. bfpg.co.uk/analysis/bfp...
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BFPG's August 2026 Review | BFPG
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/09/2026
German press reports a failed attack with rockets (?!!) on an electric substation. More info to come. www.maz-online.de/brandenburg/...
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Beschuss mit Raketen: Versuchter Anschlag auf Umspannwerk Jänschwalde
Nach MAZ-Informationen wurde eine wichtige Anlage nahe des Kohlekraftwerks mehrfach beschossen. Einsatzkräfte sollen vor Ort weitere Raketen entschärft haben. Netzbetreiber 50Hertz spricht von einer „...
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is not ok.
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Burnham goes to Kyiv, but is the public following? Using insights from BFPG's 2026 Public Opinion Survey, our latest piece examines Prime Minister Andy Burnham's recent visit to Ukraine. Written by @jackpannell.bsky.social #Ukraine #UKForeignPolicy #BFPG bfpg.co.uk/analysis/bur...
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Burnham goes to Kyiv, but is the public following? | BFPG
Andy Burnham's first trip abroad, what does it mean for ukraine
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
so is Andy Burnham going to be as reticent to show any solidarity with Canada as his predecessor? Don't Everton fans stick together? Or will we need deploy the King again to signal our tacit support for our Canadian commonwealth partners?
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Commanders are increasingly interested in modern targeting capabilities, but how do they work, and what frictions do they create? Our latest paper by @roberttollast.bsky.social, Noah Sylvia & @mtsavill.bsky.social examines AI-enhanced targeting, human oversight and the UK’s Digital Targeting Web.
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Modern Targeting in European Militaries
This paper analyses digital targeting in European militaries, focusing on organisational, procedural and technological integration challenges.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/08/2026
Under pressure from the rising far right, Berlin is letting Taliban officials staff Afghan missions in exchange for more deportations. Activists say the arrangement puts them at risk. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/germ...
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Get the assembled to do a raindance.
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
COBR (not COBRA) is not an appropriate mechanism to address climate related challenges and Polanski would know that if he bothered to understand the machinery of government
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More ships go round the Cape of Good Hope every twelve hours than transit the Northern Sea Route in a year
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Classic of its type: talk up being "more ambitious" then only list things that are already on the agenda from the Cmn Understanding, throw in your negotiating experience with [checks notes] the Taliban and a bunch of can-do-ism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Last chance was 2024 Washington Summit. Its gone.
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In a new piece for @theeln.bsky.social, @jackpannell.bsky.social and @edrusi.bsky.social assess what Burnham's new Cabinet signals for Britain's foreign policy, defence, NATO, Ukraine, Europe, and relations with the Trump administration. Read below ⬇️ europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/w...
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What does Andy Burham’s new cabinet mean for UK foreign policy?
Andy Burnham has signalled that he wants to focus his energies on domestic policy, and his Cabinet appointments suggest he is willing to delegate responsibility to his top team – though that does not ...
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Gee. From the math, sounds like about 2.5 years current production rate used in five months, though only about equal to the planned production rate in 2030
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 28/07/2026
Ukrainian children, forced to live through the horrors of war, pray to God that no more Shahed drones will fly over their homes and that Ukraine will defeat russia. Every child deserves a safe future, free from war. Help protect them. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
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Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New for RUSI today - An Update on the Air War over Ukraine four years on: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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Four Years On: An Update on the Air War Over Ukraine
An established Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Wing and the overstretch of fighters and air defences on both sides by sustained long-range strike campaigns have changed the nature of the air war.
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Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Some considered thoughts on the new Office of the PM & Cabinet here It’s v good news. But we’re worried the changes don’t yet go far enough. A spectral Cabinet Office will endure, leaving reform as a branding exercise not a new way of governing www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/burn...
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Burnham is right to create an Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | Institute for Government
Reforms to No10 and the Cabinet Office must be more than a rebranding exercise.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Good on Natalie Fleet - very brave to go “actually I’ve realised I can’t do this important job”, loads of people would just do it badly:
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Natalie Fleet leaves 'triggering' safeguarding minister role
The MP for Bolsover has spoken about how she was groomed and raped as a teenager.
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British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Last week: Launch of BFPG's 2026 Annual Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy and Global Affairs. Sincere thanks to our partners and sponsors, and to our excellent line-up of speakers. bfpg.co.uk/events/2026-... #ForeignPolicy #UKPolicy #NationalSecurity #UKPolitics
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/07/2026
Look, on the one hand they allow perverts to covertly film your children and upload the footage to pedophelia forums. On the other hand, they can save someone half a second by projecting in front of them information they'd otherwise have to glance at their phone to get. What's a regulator to do?!
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Right, let's have a look at the new UK line-up for EU relations tl;dr complete clear-out of senior politicians and reduced weight in Cabinet 1/
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pleased to join The British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social to launch their Annual Survey on UK public opinion on foreign policy. You can download it here: bfpg.co.uk/reports/2026...
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Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“It worries me that we will be seen as the generation that screwed it up” - It was inspiring to hear UK CGS Gen. Sir Roly Walker (Head of the British Army) talk so candidly this week about his absolute determination to accelerate defence transformation to ensure deterrence.
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This Is Not A Drill @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 After a tense few days in Ankara, @ozkaterji.bsky.social hears the latest from the conference halls of NATO from @edrusi.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What did the 2026 #NATOSummit really deliver? 🎙️ In the latest #GlobalSecurityBriefing, Rachel Ellehuus is joined by Natia Seskuria, @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @oanalungescu.bsky.social to examine the summit's key outcomes.
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Episode 124: After Ankara: First Reflections on the 2026 NATO Summit
The 2026 NATO Summit convened at a moment of fragile unity for the alliance. What did it deliver? What did it leave unresolved?
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My take on the NATO Ankara Summit, what it means for UK defence and Andy Burnham's national security priorities www.dgroup.co.uk/insights-pub...
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The 2026 NATO Ankara Summit: Hard decisions for the UK lie ahead | The D Group Insights
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/07/2026
Trains last 30 years, as do lots of other things. Either we invest now, or we will get burned. www.ft.com/content/b9ed...
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Eurostar orders trains to cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers
Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mini @rusi.bsky.social reunion with @oanalungescu.bsky.social and @burcuozcelik.bsky.social at the NATO Ankara Summit
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Ed Arnold @edrusi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What happens when the FS takes a 7% budget cut without any sign of fighting back
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/07/2026
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner is pushing back against the continent-wide rollback of protections for over 4 million Ukrainians. Michael O'Flaherty spoke with the Kyiv Independent about just what is at stake.
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Prioritize Ukrainians' dignity as you did in 2022, urges Europe's human rights head
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner is pushing back against the continent-wide rollback of protections for over 4 million Ukrainians. Michael O'Flaherty spoke with th...
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Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you want people to take the geopolitical threat from Russia seriously (and I agree that they should), this nonsense is the absolute worst messaging and will only harm public support for that cause.
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Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You cannot undertake a comprehensive preparation for government programme in under a month and Burnham and his team should not try. Me for @politicshome.bsky.social on how Burnham and his team should prioritise in their prep for govt www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Andy Burnham has little time to prepare for government - he must focus on a clear overall vision
When he took over as Prime Minister in June 2007, Gordon Brown had been thinking about the job for over a decade and planning the succession for ma...
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