Airports in Copenhagen and Oslo were closed due to several drone sightings. In Denmark, drones seem to have such a large size that they are inconsistent with a scenario of reckless behaviour by hobby drone users. Some take-aways:

Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social

New article today in @jei-publication.bsky.social for @brunoomartins.bsky.social , @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and I - "The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Estive na edição de ontem do programa Fantástico, da TV Globo no Brasil, com uma participação sobre a evolução tecnológica em termos de drones e IA ao longo dos últimos 3 anos de guerra na Ucrânia. A peça chama-se "Mentes Digitais" e aborda o uso de drones e IA na guerra.
tinyurl.com/j3z6cmxv

Friends and colleagues have been asking how to support me and my Politics colleagues caught up in this. You could sign this:
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

New article! In this piece co-auth. with Clemens Binder and Lise Endregard Hemat, we find that civil society has largely remained side-lined in the making of interoperability of EU internal security databases – not as mere unintended consequence, but by design.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I was interviewed by Kauppalehti, Finland's financial newspaper, to comment on some of NATO member states' plans to build a "drone wall" to protect Europe's eastern flank. Some tech companies claim this can be done within one year. I said this production time to be "too optimistic". (cont)

NEW PUBLICATION: My PRIO colleagues @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and Pavel Baev and I have just published a IDN Brief deadling with current trends and challenges regarding European Deterrence, which is going through a profound transformation.
www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicaco...

A pleaseure to discuss European rearmament at the latest episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod. I was joined by Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute and former foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush.
tinyurl.com/287hmftj

For the Portuguese speakers here: dei uma longa entrevista para "O Mundo a Seus Pés", podcast do @jornalexpresso.bsky.social. 40 min de defesa europeia, guerra híbrida, tecnologia, rearmamento, Comunidade Europeia de Defesa (quem se lembra?…), proliferação nuclear, democracia.
tinyurl.com/3r7df5fm

New blogpost: European Defence Spending should be better aligned by @brunoomartins.bsky.social @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social & @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social
seceur.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/02/16/e...

@nicholasmarsh.bsky.social, @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social and I wrote an op-ed in today's Aftenposten dealing with European defence industrial investments. For reasons that we explain in detail, more money invested does not necessarily translate into more capacity. tinyurl.com/mrv2kwzy

Here's a look into some of the outputs of PRIO's RegulAIR project that came out in 2023. If you're interested in drone technology, emerging security technologies, civil-military relations in R&D, and tech regulation, there might be something interesting for you. Here we go:

According to recent SIPRI data on arms producing companies, just released, Turkey's Baykar increased its revenue by 94 per cent in 2022, making it to the world's top 100 companies for the first time. www.sipri.org/publications... (1/3)

"A debacle at the company that built ChatGPT highlights concern that commercial forces are acting against the responsible development of artificial-intelligence systems."

Article here: "What the OpenAI drama means for AI progress — and safety"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In a joint PRIO / Carnegie Council initiative part of the RegulAIR project, Arthur Holland Michel hosted WIRED’s Will Knight for a great conversation on AI and the governance of emerging technology. Check the podcast below, highly recommended! www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/podcas...

Can't believe I'm joining yet another social network.