International security and defence
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Die Ukraine ist ein Vorbild für Europa
In vielen Ländern, die die Ukraine bei ihrer Verteidigung gegen Russland unterstützen, gilt das Land als Bittstellerin. Diese Sichtweise ist einseitig und voreingenommen. In entscheidenden Bereichen ist die Ukraine ein Vorbild für Europa und darüber hinaus. Fünf strategische Lehren. Russland führt einen totalen Krieg gegen die Ukraine. Es greift nicht nur militärische, sondern vorwiegend zivile…
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Europe’s Drone Moment: Turning Civilian Strength into Strategic Defence Advantage
Russia’s war against Ukraine, the constant probing of Europe’s airspace and borders, and the vulnerability of our critical infrastructure have made one thing crystal clear: drones are now a central feature of modern security. From the Black Sea to the Baltic and the Gulf region, cheap unmanned systems have challenged traditional military technology and exposed…
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Europe, Don’t Be a Scaredy-Cat!
Get onto your feet – now! While the tectonic plates below our feet keep shifting, and the global order keeps eroding, Europeans are still punching below their weight. The recent concerted push-back against Trump’s coercive plans for a US-annexation of Greenland illustrate how much Europe can gain from standing up to a bully. Here is…
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Thinking beyond old silos!
Europeans and Canada need to be bolder and braver in charting out options for their future security. Feeling like Cassandra can be unsettling. In early 2025 I wrote the below as part of a broader policy paper on the future of NATO. With Trump now threatening to annex Greenland, thereby putting NATO’s future in further…
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Ukraine freezing, Trump raging, Europe reacting
My latest for TVP World, on Ukraine and Trump/Greenland: 1) There is, as there has always been, a real danger of Trump ending US support for Ukraine, even if the Europeans are paying for it. Just to blackmail Zelensky into accepting a bad peace deal, or now to coerce Europe on his latest fantasy, annexing…
Gerlinde Niehus
The impact of the U.S. election on NATO and CEE security
TVP World
Gerlinde Niehus
Global security becoming increasingly precarious
TVP World
Gerlinde Niehus
Interview mit Gerlinde Niehus, Sicherheitsexpertin der Nato
Aachener Zeitung
Gerlinde Niehus
Die Wiederentdeckung der Führung
Internationale Politik
Gerlinde Niehus
Die Wiederentdeckung der Führung
Internationale Politik
Roland Freudenstein
Debate (in English) in Nowa Konfederacja on the ‘Remilitarization of Germany’ on 11 November 2023
Nowa Konfederacja