@andrearotter.bsky.social
Deputy Director Academy for Politics and Current Affairs & Head of Foreign & Security Policy Division @HSS | Non-Resident Fellow @AGI | 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇲| | space security enthusiast 🛰🚀| WIIS | ex SWP Berlin, GMFUS fellow | personal views only
Must-read article on rearming #Europe and the need for strategic expertise: "Without investing in the education & development of future #defense strategists, even the best-equipped military forces will struggle to formulate & execute effective #security policies."
warontherocks.com/2025/04/rear...
The #UK and #France have pledged for the first time to co-ordinate the use of their #nuclear weapons, saying they would jointly respond to protect #Europe from any “extreme threat”.
www.ft.com/content/eb83...
👉 Happy to share my latest article, now published in the KKrVA Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, which explores the key challenges and opportunities for #Germany's #space #security policy under the (still relatively new) federal government 🛰📡
09.07.2025 17:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gestern hat der #US-Senat das umstrittene Steuergesetz-Paket von Präsident #Trump verabschiedet – u.a. trotz deutlichen Widerstands von Elon #Musk. Ein hervorragender Artikel des @tagesspiegel.de, zu dem ich beisteuern durft, beleuchtet die Hintergründe👇🏻
www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
Honored to be invited as a Non-Resident Fellow at the renowned @amgerinst.bsky.social in DC. AGI focuses exclusively on key issues for #Germany & #UnitedStates - now more important than ever. Grateful to contribute to fostering the #transatlantic relationship! americangerman.institute
01.07.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Der #NATO-Gipfel setzt wichtige Impulse zur Stärkung der kollektiven #Verteidigung, ohne Eklat zwischen den #USA & den europäischen Partnern. Doch kann das nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass die Allianz vor enormen Herausforderungen steht - via HSS
www.hss.de/news/detail/...
- Promote coherence by fostering effective, streamlined relationships with commercial space actors from Allied nations, including through aligned and simplified governance.
25.06.2025 15:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0- Leverage commercial solutions by integrating them flexibly and rapidly to support NATO’s core tasks, while also informing its operational and defense planning.
- Ensure continuous access to commercial space services across all phases -peacetime, crisis, and conflict.
#NATO has released its Commercial #Space #Strategy, endorsed in February 2025, to enhance the #Alliance’s collaboration with commercial space partners. The strategy is built around 3 core objectives:
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
- NATO will expand transatlantic defense industrial cooperation and leverage emerging #technologies and #innovation, guided by its "Rapid Adoption Action Plan".
25.06.2025 15:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0- Support to #Ukraine remains a sovereign commitment, with direct contributions to Ukraine’s defense and defense industry counted toward defence spending.
25.06.2025 15:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1- #Russia is identified as the long-term threat to Allied security.
- Allies commit to investing 5% of GDP annually by 2035 on core defense needs and related security spending. Allies will submit annual plans outlining credible, incremental paths to reach this goal, with a progress review in 2029.
One of the shortest #NATO Summit Declarations to date - but rich in substance:
- Allies reaffirm their “ironclad commitment” to collective #defense, as enshrined in #Article5 of the Washington Treaty: "an attack on one is an attack on all".
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
The plan focuses on three core objectives:
- Accelerate procurement and integration
- De-risk new technologies (awarding "NATO Innovation Badges")
- Align innovation with #military needs (establishing a "NATO Front Door for Industry")
#NATO's Rapid Adoption Action Plan:
To maintain its #technological edge, NATO seeks to adopt innovative technologies more quickly by shortening the time from #innovation to operational use to within 24 months.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
To the proposal: defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
25.06.2025 14:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today, the #EU has unveiled the long-awaited EU #SpaceAct to establish a unified framework for space activities. It aims to tackle space debris, legal fragmentation, security risks, improve resilience, safety, and sustainability, boosting competitiveness and creating a true single market for space.
25.06.2025 14:22 — 👍 24 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2
Kleiner TV-Tipp:
Im Vorfeld des #NATO-Gipfels in Den Haag habe ich im #ARD-Europamagazin über die Rolle der NATO und die aktuellen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen für #Europa gesprochen – heute ab 12:45 Uhr in der ARD oder jederzeit in der Mediathek.
#USA #Trump #Russland #Ukraine
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22.06.2025 00:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Earlier this month, #NATO launched its new #Science & #Technology #Strategy to maintain its #military and tech edge—boosting capabilities, #interoperability & resilience.
Strategic goals:
1️⃣ Anticipate & Invest
2️⃣ Safeguard & Protect
3️⃣ Orchestrate & Energize
🔗 www.nato.int/nato_static_...
New #SIPRI Yearbook out now:
🔺 World’s #nuclear arsenals are growing & being upgraded
🔺 More states may host or develop nukes
🔺 #ArmsControl is in crisis as a new arms race looms
🔺 Emerging tech - #AI, #cyber, #space, #quantum - adds major risk
Read more: www.sipri.org/media/press-...
Dear #network,
What are the best websites or platforms for #job opportunities, #fellowships, and similar positions in #foreign, #security, #defense, and #tech policy—especially for those with a #thinktank background?
I’d be grateful for your #recommendations!
#NATO is working to up its game when it comes to #intelligence gathering & sharing, in particular increasing investment in #space capabilities & implementing two key initiatives: APSS and the Strategic SSA System.
breakingdefense.com/2025/05/nato...
Great read on #quantum computing and #Germany’s growing role on the international stage by Valentin Weber and Maria Pericàs Riera via @dgap.org
dgap.org/en/research/...
Vor 70 Jahren trat #Deutschland der #NATO bei – ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur Souveränität.
Heute muss 🇩🇪 mehr sicherheitspolitische Verantwortung übernehmen – als starke Säule einer europäischeren NATO.
Meine Gedanken via HSS 👇
www.hss.de/news/detail/...
Wir freuen uns sehr, beim #DFS2025 dabei zu sein! Wir diskutieren über den #Weltraum als geopolitischen Schauplatz mit @andrearotter.bsky.social, @epobjie.bsky.social & @matthiaswachter.bsky.social
📅 7. Mai, 8:30 Uhr via Zoom
Jetzt anmelden: dgap-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our upcoming #MorningBriefing this Wednesday from 8:30 to 9:30am! As part of #DFS2025, we will assess the technological and political steps needed to make 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺 fit for geopolitics in #space together with @epobjie.bsky.social, @andrearotter.bsky.social & Matthias Wachter @derbdi.bsky.social.
05.05.2025 10:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Die #Bundeswehr hat einen "steigenden Bedarf an weltraumgestützter Aufklärung", so ein Sprecher des Verteidigungsministeriums gegenüber loyal. Deswegen untersuchen die Streitkräfte den Aufbau weiterer #Satelliten-Konstellationen. Darum geht es: 🧵1/7:
16.04.2025 08:40 — 👍 52 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
Philip Johnston, CEO of the startup Starcloud, says it’s “inevitable” #data centers will move to orbit as launch costs drop. #Space offers advantages like free cooling & solar energy. And the #tech isn’t as far off as it sounds. Intriguing read from @economist.com 👇🏻
www.economist.com/science-and-...
#Germany is setting the political course for #space: In the next government, there will be a #CSU-led Ministry for Research, Technology, and Space. 🛰🚀
09.04.2025 13:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
