Andrea Rotter
Deputy Director Academy for Politics and Current Affairs & Head of Foreign & Security Policy Division | 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇲| | space security enthusiast 🛰🚀| WIIS | ex SWP Berlin, GMFUS, American German Institute fellow | personal views only
- Great read on #quantum computing and #Germany’s growing role on the international stage by Valentin Weber and Maria Pericàs Riera via @dgap.org dgap.org/en/research/...
- Vor 70 Jahren trat #Deutschland der #NATO bei – ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur Souveränität. Heute muss 🇩🇪 mehr sicherheitspolitische Verantwortung übernehmen – als starke Säule einer europäischeren NATO. Meine Gedanken via HSS 👇 www.hss.de/news/detail/...
- Philip Johnston, CEO of the startup Starcloud, says it’s “inevitable” #data centers will move to orbit as launch costs drop. #Space offers advantages like free cooling & solar energy. And the #tech isn’t as far off as it sounds. Intriguing read from @economist.com 👇🏻 www.economist.com/science-and-...
- #Deutschland stellt die politischen Weichen für die #Raumfahrt: In der nächsten Regierung wird es ein #CSU-geführtes Ministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt geben 🛰🚀
- Great news: #Germany is financing #Ukraine's access to a #satellite internet network operated by French company #Eutelsat. The service serves as an alternative to tech billionaire #Musk's #Starlink, which has played a key role in Kyiv's battlefield communications. kyivindependent.com/germany-fina...
- 🚀 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: 🧵👇
- While the impact of performative politics is hard to assess, it's a fitting twist of history that African American Sen. Cory #Booker set the record for the longest #US #Senate floor speech, surpassing Sen. Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster against the Civil Rights Act by honoring John Lewis's achievements
- The once unimaginable future is now taking shape: The #US #Space Force is funding the development of a groundbreaking "Orbital Carrier" spacecraft, capable of deploying multiple #satellites as needed. www.space.com/us-space-for...
- Once again, the most bizarre and concerning news emerges from the new #US administration: #US national #security leaders included a journalist in a #Signal group chat discussing upcoming military strikes in Yemen. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- #Mustread via @sipri.org as #quantumtechnology is quickly becoming a key enabler for #defense & #security, extending beyond #encryption to include sensing, communications, & computing, making proactive policymaking essential doi.org/10.55163/DRD...
- 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.
- 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
- Potential for conflict: #US arms-makers are being frozen out of the #EU’s massive new #defense spending plan, which aims to splash the cash for EU & allied countries. Also left out for now is the #UK. www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
- 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...
- 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
- 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.
- 🇵🇱 FM reminds Elon #Musk of his contractual obligation to provide #Starlink to #Ukraine. 🇮🇹 also raises concerns, highlighting the economic impact for Musk in the European market if agreements aren’t honored. #EU
- Die #Ukraine ist von #Musks #Starlink abhängig, was zunehmend #Sicherheitsbedenken aufwirft, falls die #USA unter #Trump den Zugang blockieren. #Europa sucht nach Alternativen – darüber und mehr habe ich mit @zeit.de ONLINE gesprochen. #IRIS2 #GOVSATCOM #Eutelsat www.zeit.de/digital/2025...
- Gestern absolvierte die #Ariane6 ihren ersten kommerziellen Flug & brachte dabei den🇫🇷 Spionage-🛰️ CSO-3 in den #Weltraum. Mit @chs42.bsky.social habe ich über die geopolitische Relevanz der Rakete sowie #Europas Abhängigkeit von den #USA & #Musk - via @spiegel.de www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
- Must-read on lessons learned from #Ukraine in advancing #AI-driven unmanned systems to reduce direct warfighter involvement while enhancing combat effectiveness. - via @CSIS.org www.csis.org/analysis/ukr...
- Yes!
- “Fund managers now say #Trump’s #MAGA agenda has instead unleashed a Make Europe Great Again trade that is reordering global financial markets. 'Europe is at its best in a crisis' - investors had not realised that Europe would rise to the challenge presented by the US." www.ft.com/content/2e81...
- Shedding the pretense of moral high ground: #US President #Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 #Ukrainians who fled the war with #Russia, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation via @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
- About time: Analysts project #defense expenditure in #Germany could hit 3.5% of GDP by 2027, up from 2.1% in 2024. In an economy of Germany’s size, that would be a massive boost. Germany’s reawakening shows how a crisis can unite #Europe once again. www.ft.com/content/ea05...
- #France is offering intelligence to #Ukraine, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday, a day after Washington said it was suspending #intelligence sharing with Kyiv, an effort to step up pressure on Ukraine's President Volodymyr #Zelensky www.reuters.com/world/europe...
- To everyone praising #Trump's negotiation and peacemaking skills: This will come at a heavy cost-#Ukrainian lives. Pushing pressure on one party, the victim of aggression, does not create the foundation for a just and lasting peace. www.ft.com/content/c58f...
- 🇩🇪 "Whatever it takes" - #Merz has agreed a deal with the SPD to inject hundreds of billions in extra funding into the Germany’s #military by relaxing the country’s debt brake to exempt #defense spending above 1% of GDP from the debt brake rules. www.ft.com/content/316e...
- #Eutelsat is in talks with European governments about providing additional satellite connectivity in Ukraine to replace Musk’s Starlink in the country. #OneWeb already provides services to Ukraine through a German distributor, but its technology is older than #Starlink’s www.ft.com/content/f4cc...
- The #European Commission is exploring ways to help #Ukraine secure #SATCOM capacity after reports that #Musk may cut its access to #Starlink. Options include #Govsatcom, #IRIS² (operational in 2030s), or sourcing commercial capacity from European providers www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
- Shocking, but not surprising: "The #Trump administration is considering ending all ongoing shipments of military aid to #Ukraine in response to President Volodymyr #Zelensky’s remarks in the Oval Office on Friday." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Zelensky remained dignified and resolute, showing strength and composure.
- While my transatlantic heart breaks, there is no other option. This is our defining moment - our make-or-break moment in history, with consequences that will echo for years to come.
- The actions of the US President & Vice-President towards President Zelensky are disgraceful. Europe now faces a choice - to stand by & watch idly or show our commitment to our Ukrainian partners, fighting & dying for our values, through real action. #StandWithUkraine www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
- #Europe's #defense industry could face a significant skills shortage, depending on how much European #NATO countries increase their defense budgets. According to a new study: 🔹 2% of GDP → 163K workers needed 🔹 2.5% → 460K 🔹 3% → up to 760K www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/f...
- #Europe moving closer together: #Britain will this week join EU leaders in groundbreaking talks about setting up Europe-wide #defense funding arrangements, as the continent struggles to beef up its military amid fears of a disappearing #US security blanket www.ft.com/content/1a82...
- The gloves are off - but without real capabilities, it's just symbolic: The #EU offered #Ukraine a rival proposal for a 'critical materials' agreement, while Donald #Trump claimed the #US was close to securing a deal for Kyiv's vast natural resources. www.politico.eu/article/crit...
- If true, a major financial step on a long road ahead: #CDU & #SPD are reportedly negotiating a €200B debt-financed #defense fund, per Bloomberg. The plan is to approve it with the old Bundestag's votes. #Germany #Bundeswehr www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
