Ulrike Franke

rikefranke.eu@bsky.brid.gy

Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.<a href="http://ac.uk">ac.uk</a>. Teaches at @SciencesPo.<a href="http://bsky.social">bsky.social</a>. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur<br><br>🌉 <a href="https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/rikefranke.eu">bridged</a> from 🦋 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rikefranke.eu">rikefranke.eu</a>, follow <a class="h-card u-author mention" rel="me" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/bsky.brid.gy" title="@bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy">@bsky.brid.gy</a> to interact

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After Sachsen-Anhalt, AFD also strongest party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Not final numbers)
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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 secu...
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In September, the 2 Million inhabitants of Sachsen-Anhalt, one of the 16 German Länder vote for their parliament. This is the current polling 👇
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Interesting, though unsurprising
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It’s raining 😍
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Yet another drone over EU/NATO territory. For over an hour. Shot down via fighter jet… 🫣 english.mapn.ro/cpresa/6822_... Drone Neutralized by Romanian ...
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I read @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com@bsky.brid.gy ‘s Prospect essay a few days ago and this really stuck with me. Because it really feels like everyone is looking for this special thing to make younger people happier (more successful etc) but it’s kinda just 👇
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Shocking numbers, though not really surprising if you’ve been in France this summer. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates European heatwave wiped €2bn f...
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Dear French team, my four-year old is *besides himself*. Can you score please? He has already threatened to not eat his Müsli tomorrow if you do not!
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God this is bleak. Almost everybody cheated and learned less than in previous years www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Recommended! Germany’s highest ranking soldier on the Bundeswehr’s future (“need for 460 000 ppl to fulfil NATO requirements”) and the security situation (“need to be ready for a Russian attack on NATO territory by 2029”) (In German) www.deutschlandfunk.de/interview-ge... Wehrpflicht als Rückversicheru...
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Interesting. Recruitment for the armed forces going well in Canada Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years www.bbc.com/news/article... How Canada’s military went fro...
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Kuwait Is Stripping Its People of Citizenship at an Unprecedented Rate newlinesmag.com/essays/kuwai... Kuwait Is Stripping Its People...
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Who would have imagined that between the US and Iran, it’s the latter that is winning the meme war?