China basically for NATO at the moment is the biggest topic of discussion but it isn’t really the biggest threat
Ulrike Franke comments on the NATO-Summit in Brussels
China basically for NATO at the moment is the biggest topic of discussion but it isn’t really the biggest threat
Ulrike Franke comments on the NATO-Summit in Brussels
Nowhere else is the use of military drones such a political issue as in Germany
Ulrike Franke talks about Germany’s negative attitude towards drone technology
NATO needs to decide whether to focus on Russia or China
Ulrike Franke previews the 2021 Brussels Summit and the renewal of NATO objectives
More and more people of my generation are taking responsibility in foreign policy. But “geopolitics” sounds the same as “troop movement” to them.
Ulrike Franke explains in her essay why German millennials cannot think geopolitically
It makes massive sense for Nato to look more at this [technology] The question is, what exactly are they focusing on? There’s a danger of Nato spreading itself too thin
Ulrike Franke argues that Nato’s tech centre will be most effective if it prioritises systems designed to facilitate joint military operations
Ulrike Franke points out that Turkey and China are now involved in a market that has so far been dominated by the USA and Israel and in which no other European country has played a significant role
For the first time, an official document links kamikaze drones and autonomous lethal weapons
Ulrike is quoted in a France 24 article about the autonomous drones in Libya.
Since the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, you could definitely see a certain uptick in interest in loitering munitions
Ulrike Franke talks in this feature about how (new) technology is transforming conflict
It is true that we are seeing more and more autonomy in the military sector, including in the case of drones, which are already unmanned, i.e. remote-controlled, from the outset.
Ulrike Franke talks about combat drones and guided weapons
What is not new is the presence of loitering munition. What is also not new is the observation that these systems are quite autonomous.
Ulrike Franke says that the UN report does not say how independently the drone in Libya acted, how much human oversight or control there was over it, and what specific impact it had in the conflict.