Marion Messmer
@mgmessmer.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow in International Security at Chatham House
Former BASIC, King's College London
🇩🇪 🏳️🌈 in 🇬🇧
Former BASIC, King's College London
🇩🇪 🏳️🌈 in 🇬🇧
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The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget):
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
🇩🇰Denmark surprises nearly everyone and selects three interim short range ground-based air defence systems at one time in order to have everything in operation by 2026:
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget):
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
Beautiful Saturday hike 🍂🍁
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Beautiful Saturday hike 🍂🍁
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🇪🇺🇷🇺 #Europe - #Russia: Political Systems and Societal Resilience.
🔎 Read Ifri's new collective Study: "Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review". www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
🔎 Read Ifri's new collective Study: "Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review". www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🇪🇺🇷🇺 #Europe - #Russia: Political Systems and Societal Resilience.
🔎 Read Ifri's new collective Study: "Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review". www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
🔎 Read Ifri's new collective Study: "Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review". www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
I remember how shocked I was when a friend who works in environmental conservation explained to me that the UK, despite its high level of rainfall, does not actually have good water management or a safe level of fresh water reserves. Not very crisis resilient.
I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I remember how shocked I was when a friend who works in environmental conservation explained to me that the UK, despite its high level of rainfall, does not actually have good water management or a safe level of fresh water reserves. Not very crisis resilient.
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I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
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My first for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social -- A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.
bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...
bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...
Fuck Waymo, Long Live KitKat
A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.
bayareacurrent.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My first for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social -- A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.
bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...
bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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Peter Goosen, the titan of arms control, has passed. Peter was an amazing man, a proud South African who left his mark on chemical, biological and nuclear arms control. However, he will be most famously known for his role in the NPT’s indefinite extension in 1995. (1/n)
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Peter Goosen, the titan of arms control, has passed. Peter was an amazing man, a proud South African who left his mark on chemical, biological and nuclear arms control. However, he will be most famously known for his role in the NPT’s indefinite extension in 1995. (1/n)
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Nachdem Populismus Trumpscher Prägung ja leider auch in gehörigem Maße nach D geschwappt ist, hoffe ich, dass die gegenteiligen Botschaften auch ankommen. Sollte ja eigentlich gerade für SPD und Grüne interessant sein. Man kann auch Wahlen gewinnen, indem man überzeugt und glaubhaft progressive 1/
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Nachdem Populismus Trumpscher Prägung ja leider auch in gehörigem Maße nach D geschwappt ist, hoffe ich, dass die gegenteiligen Botschaften auch ankommen. Sollte ja eigentlich gerade für SPD und Grüne interessant sein. Man kann auch Wahlen gewinnen, indem man überzeugt und glaubhaft progressive 1/
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BROKEN RECORD is more than a book—it’s a collective outcry. Nearly 50 academics share stories of gendered abuse, harassment, and institutional silence, demanding accountability and transformation.
#NewBookTuesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/znejxkdk
#EndAcademicAbuse #FeministScholarship
#NewBookTuesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/znejxkdk
#EndAcademicAbuse #FeministScholarship
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BROKEN RECORD is more than a book—it’s a collective outcry. Nearly 50 academics share stories of gendered abuse, harassment, and institutional silence, demanding accountability and transformation.
#NewBookTuesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/znejxkdk
#EndAcademicAbuse #FeministScholarship
#NewBookTuesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/znejxkdk
#EndAcademicAbuse #FeministScholarship
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Pre-planned, long-scheduled tests of new delivery vehicles is not "nuclear chest thumping." The framing of this article is wrong. James and Pavel were right, but buried in the middle, between a German analyst who was wrong about the messaging and a Russian propagandist. Bizarre framing. (1/2)
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pre-planned, long-scheduled tests of new delivery vehicles is not "nuclear chest thumping." The framing of this article is wrong. James and Pavel were right, but buried in the middle, between a German analyst who was wrong about the messaging and a Russian propagandist. Bizarre framing. (1/2)
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I have been banging the drum for years about treating social media as just another industry that produces externalities that can be regulated as any other so this is great
This by @maxread.info is really interesting on shift from a liberal-market critique of Big Tech to a (potentially far more potent) public health critique maxread.substack.com/p/platform-t...
Platform Temperance
Notes on a new wave of the Techlash
maxread.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have been banging the drum for years about treating social media as just another industry that produces externalities that can be regulated as any other so this is great
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"Enlargement has been considered to be the most successful policy of the European Union.... but there has been disappointment with the results."
Natalie Sabanadze (@chathamhouse.org) on the challenges facing countries trying to join the EU.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Natalie Sabanadze (@chathamhouse.org) on the challenges facing countries trying to join the EU.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Enlargement has been considered to be the most successful policy of the European Union.... but there has been disappointment with the results."
Natalie Sabanadze (@chathamhouse.org) on the challenges facing countries trying to join the EU.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Natalie Sabanadze (@chathamhouse.org) on the challenges facing countries trying to join the EU.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
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So if the survival of Europe's industrial base wasn't enough of a motivation not to go for a Chinese EV, not having your car weaponized against you sounds like another solid one.
Norway tested two different types of electric buses this summer -one from a Dutch and one from a Chinese manufacturer- to assess cybersecurity risks.
The tests revealed that the Chinese bus could be controlled and turned off remotely, while the European one could not.
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/os...
The tests revealed that the Chinese bus could be controlled and turned off remotely, while the European one could not.
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/os...
Oslo tests reveal Chinese electric buses can be switched off remotely
Public transport operator Ruter says manufacturer access allows buses to be stopped from China, prompting Norway to review cybersecurity risks in public transport - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
So if the survival of Europe's industrial base wasn't enough of a motivation not to go for a Chinese EV, not having your car weaponized against you sounds like another solid one.
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For 33 years, all U.S. presidents, including President Trump during his first term, preserved the moratorium on explosive nuclear testing because they understood testing would do more harm than good to U.S. national security.
The same logic applies today: It is unnecessary, unwise, and unwelcome.
The same logic applies today: It is unnecessary, unwise, and unwelcome.
Statement from NTI CEO Ernest J. Moniz on President Trump’s Remarks on Nuclear Testing
"Testing nuclear weapons is unnecessary for U.S. national security, unwise because it will invite our adversaries to do the same, and unwelcome in communities close to the test site," said Moniz.
www.nti.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For 33 years, all U.S. presidents, including President Trump during his first term, preserved the moratorium on explosive nuclear testing because they understood testing would do more harm than good to U.S. national security.
The same logic applies today: It is unnecessary, unwise, and unwelcome.
The same logic applies today: It is unnecessary, unwise, and unwelcome.
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feels like we gotta start differentiating between nuclear signaling and sheer nuclear ignorance
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
feels like we gotta start differentiating between nuclear signaling and sheer nuclear ignorance
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Hostile media environment aside, I think GL-PvdA wavering a bit on defence (not committing to the increased NATO norm beyond 2030) may prove to have been a pretty costly mistake.
Purely anecdotal, but I know of several people who were on the fence where that became the deciding factor.
Purely anecdotal, but I know of several people who were on the fence where that became the deciding factor.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hostile media environment aside, I think GL-PvdA wavering a bit on defence (not committing to the increased NATO norm beyond 2030) may prove to have been a pretty costly mistake.
Purely anecdotal, but I know of several people who were on the fence where that became the deciding factor.
Purely anecdotal, but I know of several people who were on the fence where that became the deciding factor.
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🧵 1/13
1. Braucht Trump Nukleartests?
Die drei großen US-Nuklearlabore bewahren seit dem letzten US-Test 1992 Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit des US-Arsenals ("Stockpile Stewardship"), indem sie „sub-kritische“ Experimente durchführen und mit Hochleistungsrechnern Simulationen durchführen.
1. Braucht Trump Nukleartests?
Die drei großen US-Nuklearlabore bewahren seit dem letzten US-Test 1992 Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit des US-Arsenals ("Stockpile Stewardship"), indem sie „sub-kritische“ Experimente durchführen und mit Hochleistungsrechnern Simulationen durchführen.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🧵 1/13
1. Braucht Trump Nukleartests?
Die drei großen US-Nuklearlabore bewahren seit dem letzten US-Test 1992 Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit des US-Arsenals ("Stockpile Stewardship"), indem sie „sub-kritische“ Experimente durchführen und mit Hochleistungsrechnern Simulationen durchführen.
1. Braucht Trump Nukleartests?
Die drei großen US-Nuklearlabore bewahren seit dem letzten US-Test 1992 Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit des US-Arsenals ("Stockpile Stewardship"), indem sie „sub-kritische“ Experimente durchführen und mit Hochleistungsrechnern Simulationen durchführen.
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My primer on tomorrow's Dutch elections, and what they may mean for Europe:
After the collapse of a short-lived right-wing government in the Netherlands, traditional parties may make a comeback — a shift that will be welcomed in Brussels and beyond.
Read @katjabego.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
Read @katjabego.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
The Dutch elections are an opportunity for the Netherlands to regain its international influence
After the collapse of its short-lived right-wing government, traditional parties may make a comeback in a ‘middle coalition’ that is more likely to be stable and proactive – a shift that will be welco...
www.chathamhouse.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My primer on tomorrow's Dutch elections, and what they may mean for Europe:
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The UK has some of the highest visa costs in the world, particularly compared to other "science nations" as the Royal Society data shows. This is not only costing migrants thousands of pounds just to work in the UK, it also undermines the whole country.
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The UK has some of the highest visa costs in the world, particularly compared to other "science nations" as the Royal Society data shows. This is not only costing migrants thousands of pounds just to work in the UK, it also undermines the whole country.
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
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Big news from Sweden:
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets
SVT erfar: Sverige vill sälja 150 Gripenplan till Ukraina
Sverige skriver under en avsiktsförklaring om att undersöka möjligheten att sälja uppemot 150 Gripenplan till Ukraina, erfar SVT. Det meddelar statsminister Ulf Kristersson på en pressträff inom kort,...
www.svt.se
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Big news from Sweden:
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets
Now we only need bigger passenger terminals! I love the Eurostar but the terminal experience is usually dire, people packed in there and no space to sit.
Some good news: Eurostar will start running doubledecker
trains from 2031 (increasing the overall fleet's capacity by around 30%). The doubledeckers will operate throughout the network - including new destinations Geneva and Frankfurt.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
trains from 2031 (increasing the overall fleet's capacity by around 30%). The doubledeckers will operate throughout the network - including new destinations Geneva and Frankfurt.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Eurostar to run doubledecker trains through Channel tunnel from 2031
Operator signs €2bn deal with Alstom amid boom in international rail travel from UK
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Now we only need bigger passenger terminals! I love the Eurostar but the terminal experience is usually dire, people packed in there and no space to sit.
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Interesting: Greenland picks French company Eutelsat over Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Grønland satser på fransk selskab frem for Elon Musk-satellitter
Grønlands selvstyreejede teleselskab Tusass har indgået en aftale med et fransk selskab om at sikre bedre internet i Øst- og Nordgrønland.
www.dr.dk
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Interesting: Greenland picks French company Eutelsat over Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Greenland's government-owned telecommunications company Tusass signed the agreement with Eutelsat to provide east and north Greenland with better and more reliable internet connectivity.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...