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Emil Archambault

@emilarchambault.bsky.social
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Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Security & Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit & Verteidigung, @dgap.org Remote war, armed drones, European Defence / guerre à distance, drones armés, défense européenne. Personal account, EN/FR/DE

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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Seriously though. Imagine enduring two years of "51st state" provocations, stating on the record in the NYT that you contemplated possible US military action in Canada, and seeing the US openly support extremist separatist movements. And then you reach for the smelling salts for a conference panel.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Carney had to be shoehorned into choosing between capitulation to the US and preventing a constitutional crisis to just about stand his ground. This is not the leader of the "Middle Powers Alliance" you are looking for.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Elbows up", or why I keep having to tell Europeans that Carney may give nice speeches but keeps looking for appeasement with the Trump administration. "We are taking a sign out of the window," he said at Davos. This is putting the sign back in.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ça commence bien. Les "urgences", comme une réforme constitutionnelle complexe, vouée à l'échec, et sans effets pratiques, par exemple.
Deux titres dans La Presse:
Abolition du lieutenant-gouverneur: "C'est la réforme de la monarchie la plus difficile à faire"
Le Plan de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon: "Les urgences d'abord, la souveraineté plus tard"
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The "I am not a cancer in the locker room" hostage-statement I demanded that my coach read has raised a lot of questions which are answered by my "I am not a cancer in the locker room" statement. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Cristiano Ronaldo: the extraordinary eight points he says Jorge Jesus agreed to make
Ronaldo says he ‘validated’ notes for Jorge Jesus to say at a press conference, then walked out when Portugal’s head coach did not deliver them
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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 03/10/2026
Lane || Boot.dev v @wagslane
Holy shit, America is cooked. They were able to perfectly clone the Microsoft Teams experience.


POLTICO
POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEurope • Oct 1
The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams.
But officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as "absolute shit."
vist.ly/5kje9
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But then, it's a well-trod marketing path to say "we take drones seriously" by announcing a new DRONE COMMAND. Of course, how it works with the other half-dozen or so drone commands/development units throughout the DoD will be interesting to watch.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The key is not just buying drones - it's integrating them in joint forces. "Drones" don't win war - drones work with other arms to be more effective. The risk of siloing competences (Space assets in one direction, "drones" in another) is that you lose overview of how things work together.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not to be mean to Pete Hegseth (ok, a little mean), but AUTOWARCOM sounds like some demolition derby event in a disused stadium. Also, announcing reductions in flag officer posts and a new 4-star bureaucratic command is an interesting allocation of priorities. breakingdefense.com/2026/09/hegs...
breakingdefense.com
Hegseth announces plans for new 4-star drone command, among other initiatives - Breaking Defense
Hegseth also announced a new study group led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So, if I have followed correctly: - Five men were arrested and released on bail. - One of the five called the police himself. - No explosives were apparently found. - Somehow Iran "played a role" in all these events. Sooooo...what happened??? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Strong indications’ that Iran played role in RAF Fairford incident, says Burnham
PM also defends decision to release suspects on bail and expresses ‘complete confidence’ in security services
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On présume qu'ils ont viré le coach pour passer un message au préposé à l'équipement.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The true Levelling Up.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congratulations! I'll have to order my copy.
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s the day! 🥳
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Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The supposed World Cup bounce continues to bounce in the other direction. Awful news and an awful decision that leaves one of America’s great soccer hotbeds far worse off.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mr President, we must not allow a centrifugal beehive gap!
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Évidemment, pour ça il faudrait du cran. "Elbows up" qu'il disait... www.lapresse.ca/affaires/tec...
lapresse.ca
Services numériques | Carney dit « non » au rétablissement de la taxe
Le gouvernement Carney écarte l’idée de rétablir la taxe sur les services numériques, même s’il entend conclure une « alliance unique » avec l’Union européenne – un partenaire qui préconise la ligne d...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 21/09/2026
Some interesting insights from Mecklenburg Vorpommern: 59% of AFD voters say they voted AFD because of their programme (as opposed to the candidate). “Peace in Europe” (aka foreign policy/Ukraine was a reason to vote AFD for 16%, behind social security, immigration and security/order.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And this is not a post about marketing web content.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hate to break it to you but this is a post about academic writing, and that’s not how it works.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am specifically talking about academic publishing and academic writing coaching, yes.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you for using our E-Reader. Reading is hard. Would you like to use our E-Reader to not read?
"Ebook Central Research Assistant
This AI-powered feature can help you with time-consuming research tasks. Let’s explore the core features in this brief walkthrough."
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Conquer the ultimate high ground"
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You mean space cargo launch from Saudi Arabia, three lunar orbits and landing in Texas isn’t a good way to bypass the Strait of Hormuz?
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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
heraldscotland.com
Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pas mal d'accord, à part pour Radojevic (trop tôt pour juger, mais le ramener en prêt sans option d'achat n'aurait aucun intérêt - soit on renégocie une option d'achat/on achète ou on le remplace). Gazdov, un jour faudra me l'expliquer. Il n'est simplement pas au niveau?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You're switching to Associate fellow at the ECFR?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I know, obviously, Harvard is loaded with money, and research budgets are way higher than average. But are we to assume that every researcher at Harvard (not even talking about students!) gets 30000$/year as research budget?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just out of curiosity, has *any* university ever offered its students or staff 2500$/month in research expenses, no questions asked? Assuming Harvard considers LLM access a research expense - why fund that, but not books, fieldwork, conferences?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is indeed. With mozzarella cheese. Oh, and they had an American Cheeseburger poutine for the World Cup.
Three poutines with Canadian, American, and Mexican flags.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bien vrai! On se souvient tous de la crisette sur l'appropriation culturelle de la poutine! www.lapresse.ca/vivre/gourma...
lapresse.ca
La poutine, sauce identitaire
Jamie Oliver l'a qualifiée de plat officieux et officiel du Canada. Toronto en a fait un festival. Et certains l'ont élue la plus grande « invention canadienne ». La poutine aurait-elle changé d'ident...
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Were it not for the 1931 Statute of Westminster, Brexit would have applied to the Dominion of Canada as well!
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When Canada gets confirmed as Associate Member of the EU, Frittenwerk will lose the right to market this abomination as "Canadian" poutine.
A "Montreal Style Poutine" with fries, mushrooms in cream sauce, mozzarella, and radishes.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hands off our Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.
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Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There’s not enough work or research funding to absorb a substantial percentage of American scientists.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a great opportunity for UK-based researchers to spend a year in Berlin and learn about think tank work & policy impact - I enjoyed it a ton! Webinar to answer any questions tomorrow (Tuesday), info in link - or get in touch with any questions. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
thebritishacademy.ac.uk
Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2026-27
Global Innovation Fellowships provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the cr...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“We are not in principle against arms production as we‘ll need corresponding means when it comes to future remigration and deportation actions“, says Ulrich Siegmund who won the support of close to 44% of voters in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Are there really no grounds to outlaw the AfD?
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think the obvious answer, bad as it is, is that this is sincere. He does basically agree that their concerns are legitimate, does think net emigration will stop the worst of the actions, and agrees with Mahmood that it's existential It's why she's still in place.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
😂 That's exactly how I feel
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I don’t remember that detail in @wellerstein.bsky.social’s book.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
« I would say that I outdid myself, but I am always this good, so I just…did myself. » -Tahani, The Good Place
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm very happy with my iPhone 17 (standard version) and while I've cracked a phone case I've never damaged the phone itself. But I was also intrigued by the Fairphone that was reviewed in the Guardian this week, especially the 'fully repairable' part: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster
Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular design
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/09/2026
That’s… pretty weak, actually. The shadow fleet thing is the only interesting bit and there as NO detail at all. “Pressure on the shadow fleet” that can be everything and anything.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/09/2026
Press conference on this with interior and foreign minister has just ended. Some quotes, translated by me “The government has concluded that Russia is responsible for the hybrid attack in Leipzig.” “We do not consider Leipzig as singular event”
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
dgap.org/en/press/pre...
dgap.org
New Leadership Team for DGAP
The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany’s largest research and advisory organization on foreign and security policy, is changing its leadership team effective October 1, 2026.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I held this fellowship in 2025-26; it’s great fun! Happy to answer any questions - just get in touch!
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And of course, it comes down to a weird fetishizing of the true « working class » who are people whose dads were toolmakers, not people who could ever work at, for, or near a university. Also the case with immigration policy incidentally (that was the case for Johnson, Starmer, Burnham).
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In their mind, you need an Oxford to develop the Astrazeneca vaccine when the Nation™️ needs it. In their mind, whether Oxford can do that is wholly unrelated to the existence of other teaching and research institutions. So why not be world-leading on the cheap?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I think they see value in the big ones - Oxbridge, some of the ULs (not all) - they just don’t understand why you have to have a whole ecosystem around it. Why bother funding hundreds of decent universities when you really only need 5 top ones?
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And then a "green belt" on which there will be a revolt if you ever suggest touching it in any way.
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