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This was a lot of fun! Thank you very much for having me and the excellent questions, @snellarthur.bsky.social

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22h

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.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 22h

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...

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Deep Connections: Kaja Bego on the undersea cables that underpin the global economy.

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 5 October · 53min

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 22h

This was a lot of fun! Thank you very much for having me and the excellent questions, @snellarthur.bsky.social

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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...

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‘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.

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orlabarry.bsky.social @orlabarry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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...

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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

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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.

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Marleen Stikker @marleen.oso.social · 29/09/2026

“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

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“We were just there procuring some jet fuel.”

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everything looks better in print! (Plus, it’s not every day that the Financial Times calls your book “excellent”! 😳)

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Kaj Leers @kajleers.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

En spreekt ook Nederlands, media!

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everything looks better in print! (Plus, it’s not every day that the Financial Times calls your book “excellent”! 😳)

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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...

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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.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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".

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to reading this!

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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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...

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Rislandr 🇪🇺 🔰 @rislandr.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to this.

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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nice, a new book to illuminate an often overlooked but critical aspect of technology sovereignty. Promises to be super interesting! 👁

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Subsea electricity cables are playing an increasingly important role in European energy security This new book from my colleague Katja is a must-read

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy publication day, @katjabego.bsky.social . This book has been greatly anticipated and could not be more timely.

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 25/09/2026

Very excited to finally read this!

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a brilliant book and super timely. I have an interview with @katjabego.bsky.social coming out next week.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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...

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Fire at Poland Starlink station 'sabotage', minister says The station is used to transmit internet traffic through Poland, including to Ukraine.” Another day, another incident. The targeting of dual-use and military infrastructure on EU soil is only gaining pace. www.euractiv.com/news/fire-at...

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Fire at Poland Starlink station 'sabotage', minister says | Euractiv

The station is used to transmit internet traffic through Poland, including to Ukraine

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stark: ASML says that is currently has no live orders anywhere in Europe. Europe's most valuable and strategically significant company - and chokepoint - makes all of its money outside of it. Europe's chief problem is still a lack of investment, not regulation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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ASML Executive Says Europe’s Biggest Firm Has No Sales in Europe

A top executive at ASML Holding NV, Europe’s most valuable company, said it isn’t selling any of its chipmaking machines on the continent and that the region risks getting left behind as the US, China...

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some comments by me in this CNBC piece on the accelerating “arms race” to build new tech, such as new underwater drones and sensors, to protect critical undersea infrastructure like cables. This is an area of dual-use tech development where Europe is doing rather well! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/19/u...

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A new arms race is unfolding on the ocean floor

Countries and companies are investing in technologies for underwater use amid concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure on the ocean floor.

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A new arms race is unfolding on the ocean floor

Countries and companies are investing in technologies for underwater use amid concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure on the ocean floor.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Whohoo! Great news! I hope you’ll enjoy it.

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Whohoo! Great news! I hope you’ll enjoy it.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My upcoming book reviewed in The Australian! "China is seeking to overturn the American order, Trump's Washington is abandoning it and we, in Australia, are stranded in the middle. Read Deep Connections. Read it slowly and carefully, Jane Citizen. The stakes are very high indeed."

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Massive rail outages all over the Netherlands, crippling the network. Authorities say that the early signs point to sabotage (with objects left on tracks in several places). This is our new daily reality in Europe. We need a more forceful answer. nos.nl/artikel/2631...

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Grote treinstoring, Prorail meldt materialen op het spoor, lijkt sabotage

ProRail zegt dat er op het spoor materialen zijn gewonden die duiden op sabotage.

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PG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

12 september kwam de vraag ‘maar wat nu?’ @jaapjansen.bsky.social Jaap Jansen sprak in die dagen in Washington met gelauwerde strategen van Bush’ voorgangers, zoals 'Zbig' Brezinski en Brent Scowcroft. Hun scherpe blik toen blijkt nu profetisch. #BetrouwbareBronnen omny.fm/shows/betrou...

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Merovingian Road! After all the bodies of SS soldiers and unexploded WW2 ordinance on dried-out riverbeds, some variety (and levity!) on the list of climate emergency-enabled archaeological finds.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The OpenAI Navier-Stokes controversy - did the company steal mathematicians’ nearly-finished proofs fed into its models - surely must have massive ramifications beyond the incident itself. Which company will still believe the claim that their proprietary data and ideas don’t get hoovered up/reused?

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some comments by me in TIME on the geopolitical significance of the EU's new investment package for Greenland announced yesterday. This is about Greenland's security yes, but the EU has much to gain too from working far more closely with Greenland on critical minerals. time.com/article/2026...

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E.U. Extends Major Investment Boost to Greenland and Pledges 'Full Solidarity' Amid Trump’s Annexation Threats

"Greenland's future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else," said the European Commission's president.

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E.U. Extends Major Investment Boost to Greenland and Pledges 'Full Solidarity' Amid Trump’s Annexation Threats

"Greenland's future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else," said the European Commission's president.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Only in the 70+ age cohort was the AfD vote share relatively modest in Sachsen-Anhalt. “We must never forget” has an expiration date. Roughly two generations removed, it turns out.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I see that Von Der Leyen's big announcement today about major new EU investments and aid for Greenland has been received well in the White House.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

European success stories like this one - whether in space, tech, defence - have turned from a trickle into a steady stream. The continent is making real progress, on many fronts. Far more is needed of course, but we should be celebrating the good things a lot more too (and learn from them!).

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Historically high turnout in Saxony-Anhalt so far. We shouldn't over-extrapolate, but I would wager that the AfD voters in this case are the more complacent ones (they'll almost certainly win), whereas the counter-vote is highly motivated to go vote and try and stave off an AfD absolute majority.

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

German Isar successfully launches satellites into orbit - the first European commercial space company to do so. This is a highly significant (and long overdue!) milestone towards European space sovereignty.

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