Thought Leadership and Playbooks

If tomorrow’s wars are fought mainly by machines, victory belongs to the power that can fuse AI with robotics and build the result by the million. Today, that is China. For the West's industrial base, it is a warning and an opportunity. Read the article on RUSI here.

Four easy fixes for German defence procurement in my German-language article for Security.Table here.

The new US$134-billion defence bank could be transformative for NATO, if only its mission were more ambitious. NATO allies don't need another lender. Canada's Defence, Security and Resilience Bank should unlock private capital by underwriting risks, not by lending. Read my OpEd in THE GLOBE AND MAIL here.

My article here on RUSI — the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Europe's oldest defence think tank.

Modern Diplomacy article here. Will Germany succeed in swapping its engine of peace and prosperity? We are entering a historical phase where prosperity comes disproportionately from founders who take risks, and where the need for government functions to modernize has become quite urgent.

European NATO countries cannot ignore that AI speeds up military targeting by 100x. It would be naive to assume NATO adversaries are not prepared to deploy these rapidly evolving capabilities against the West to the fullest extent. Therefore, Europe needs to invest in mechanisms to deploy these capabilities in ways that are aligned with the values of our resilient democracies, and move on from the current 'head in the sand' mindset.

Five Key Measures to Boost the European Defence Tech Start-up Ecosystem — A Playbook for Governments and Regulators

Playbook — Fixing European Defence Procurement to Make Innovation Available to Militaries Faster and At Scale