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Andrea Rotter
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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
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Neue #ZMSBw-Bevölkerungsbefragung für #Deutschland:
- Sicherheitsempfinden weiter schwach
- 67 % sehen #Russland als Bedrohung
- Mehr Unterstützung für #Ukraine & #Bundeswehr
- Vertrauen in Bundeswehr: 84 %
- #USA weniger verlässlich aber weiter wichtig
👉 zms.bundeswehr.de/resource/blo...
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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👉 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 🛰📡
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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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/...
June 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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.
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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June 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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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_...
June 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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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-...
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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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!
June 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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🚀 2025 Global #Counterspace Capabilities Report by the Secure World Foundation 🛰️

A must-read for understanding global #military #space developments. Here’s what you need to know: 🧵👇
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This week, I had the privilege of attending an immensely thought-provoking workshop on #Europe's future #security architecture by BASIC, focusing on challenges posed by #Russia, #transatlantic relations, #climatechange impacts on #defense, and the crumbling #armscontrol & #nonproliferation regime.
March 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Diese Woche durfte ich bei #hartaberfair zur #Sicherheits- & #Verteidigungspolitik mitdiskutieren. Die kontroverse Debatte zeigt: Verteidigung muss ganzheitlich gedacht werden – militärisch, zivil & vor allem im Dialog mit der Bevölkerung.
📷: WDR/Dirk Borm
March 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Ein ganz besonderes Projekt (und Herzensthema) steht in den Startlöchern: Mit #HSSNexus initiiert die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung ein Young Leaders Programm für die #Außen, #Sicherheits- & #Verteidigungspolitik. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 30. April. Weitere Infos unter
www.hss.de/ueber-uns/ta...
March 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Yesterday, I joined an expert exchange with wonderful colleagues at the German Federal Foreign Office to discuss the future of #German & #European #space diplomacy, highlighting space's key role in #security, #geopolitical stability, #innovation, and #resilience.
#WomenPower
March 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Had the privilege of contributing to a panel on #disinformation & #resilience at the Lithuanian-German Forum. With #Russia targeting #Germany, there's much to learn from our #Lithuanian friends in tackling these challenges.
March 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Ukraine must win the war."
#Germany's future governing party #CDU
#Merz #Ukraine
February 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Strong signal in support of #Ukraine by the next German Chancellor #Merz: "Europe stands unwaveringly by Ukraine’s side. Now more than ever, we must put Ukraine in a position of strength. For a just peace, the attacked country must be part of the peace negotiations."
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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"Europe must spend more, better, and more European" - predictably (and understandably), the Commission's efforts to strengthen #Europe's #defense industrial base are likely to be among the first concessions aimed at keeping the #US engaged in European #security.
February 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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As #disinformation & #Russian narratives on #Ukraine are deliberately spread, including by #US government officials, the @thestudyofwar.bsky.social has released a fact sheet with sources to address & clarify these issues
👉🏻https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-fact-sheet-february-21-2025
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Given #Europe's evident lack of influence and the high stakes in #Ukraine, action is imperative.

#Trump #Russia #WeimarPlus
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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2024 war ich Teil der Enquete der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion zu Frieden & #Sicherheit in #Europa unter Norbert Röttgen & Thomas Silberhorn. Der Abschlussbericht zu zentralen Herausforderungen wurde nun vorgestellt #Ukraine #Russland #China #AchsederAutokratien
👉 www.cducsu.de/sites/defaul...
January 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The autocratic alliance takes further shape.

#Russia #Iran

#StandWithUkraine
January 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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"#Europe is under attack from #Russia. Why isn’t it fighting back?
Western countries have shied away from reacting to Kremlin acts of sabotage and terror."
Picture for Politico by Ricardo Tomás
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
November 25, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Back from Brussels to identify ways to strengthen the #Europe's #defense industrial capacity amid #Russia's threat & the incoming #Trump presidency, conversations emphasized that we may be facing Europe's last opportunity, while missing the lack of urgency. Much remains to be done for our #security
November 24, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Only one #European company among the top 10 #defense companies. Although worlds apart, both the #US and Europe are struggling to ramp up the defense industrial base to keep up with #China.
Source: @foreignaffairs.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...?
October 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM