Emil Archambault
@emilarchambault.bsky.social
Fellow, Center for Security and Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit und Verteidigung, @dgap.org
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
If Microsoft keeps trying to shove Microsoft 365 Copilot down everyone’s throat, they might indeed end up with the same number of users.
It just won’t be the bigger number.
It just won’t be the bigger number.
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If Microsoft keeps trying to shove Microsoft 365 Copilot down everyone’s throat, they might indeed end up with the same number of users.
It just won’t be the bigger number.
It just won’t be the bigger number.
Dipping back into my academic identity for the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference at the ZMSBw in Potsdam. As far as conference premises go, this is quite a nice one!
I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow on Giulio Douhet and Future War - apt for a history conference!
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow on Giulio Douhet and Future War - apt for a history conference!
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Dipping back into my academic identity for the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference at the ZMSBw in Potsdam. As far as conference premises go, this is quite a nice one!
I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow on Giulio Douhet and Future War - apt for a history conference!
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow on Giulio Douhet and Future War - apt for a history conference!
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
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"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
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Great to read this table, the week after my institution announces a voluntary severance programme, to see the government introducing a policy that will cost us an extra *£13 million*
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Great to read this table, the week after my institution announces a voluntary severance programme, to see the government introducing a policy that will cost us an extra *£13 million*
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The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
Bis repetita.
news.sky.com/video/air-tr...
news.sky.com/video/air-tr...
Air traffic suspended at Eindhoven Airport due to 'drone sightings'
Multiple drone sightings have forced the suspension of air traffic at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands, according to the country's defence minister.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bis repetita.
news.sky.com/video/air-tr...
news.sky.com/video/air-tr...
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The “drone wall” can’t be the solution to all our security problems. Suggesting differently is unwise.
My comments in the recent @dgap.org discussion.
Full debate: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLc...
My comments in the recent @dgap.org discussion.
Full debate: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The “drone wall” can’t be the solution to all our security problems. Suggesting differently is unwise.
My comments in the recent @dgap.org discussion.
Full debate: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLc...
My comments in the recent @dgap.org discussion.
Full debate: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLc...
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You can rewatch our latest #MorningBriefing on the drone wall & future of war fare with @rikefranke.bsky.social, @emilarchambault.bsky.social & András Rácz on our YouTube channel! 📺👇
The Drone Wall: Technology, Politics, and European Defense
YouTube video by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You can rewatch our latest #MorningBriefing on the drone wall & future of war fare with @rikefranke.bsky.social, @emilarchambault.bsky.social & András Rácz on our YouTube channel! 📺👇
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Join our next #MorningBriefing tomorrow with @rikefranke.bsky.social, @emilarchambault.bsky.social & András Rácz on the so-called drone wall. We will assess border security and – given the recent drone activity within 🇪🇺, including at airports & power plants – ways to prevent domestic risks.
The Drone Wall: Technology, Politics, and European Defense
dgap.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Join our next #MorningBriefing tomorrow with @rikefranke.bsky.social, @emilarchambault.bsky.social & András Rácz on the so-called drone wall. We will assess border security and – given the recent drone activity within 🇪🇺, including at airports & power plants – ways to prevent domestic risks.
FCAS lives to fight another day, NGF (combat aircraft) included.
I still believe all (state) parties fundamentally have an incentive to cooperate.
I still believe all (state) parties fundamentally have an incentive to cooperate.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
FCAS lives to fight another day, NGF (combat aircraft) included.
I still believe all (state) parties fundamentally have an incentive to cooperate.
I still believe all (state) parties fundamentally have an incentive to cooperate.
Reading the FT-Report on FCAS, it's still all up in the air. It is not the first trial balloon launched in the media concerning the future of the programme.
"[Officials] cautioned, however, that no decision had yet been made."
www.ft.com/content/e0cc...
@dgap.org
"[Officials] cautioned, however, that no decision had yet been made."
www.ft.com/content/e0cc...
@dgap.org
Berlin and Paris discuss scrapping joint fighter to focus on air ‘combat cloud’
Proposed downsizing of €100bn flagship defence project follows feuding by Airbus and Dassault
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reading the FT-Report on FCAS, it's still all up in the air. It is not the first trial balloon launched in the media concerning the future of the programme.
"[Officials] cautioned, however, that no decision had yet been made."
www.ft.com/content/e0cc...
@dgap.org
"[Officials] cautioned, however, that no decision had yet been made."
www.ft.com/content/e0cc...
@dgap.org
Reports from people involved in the other pillars of FCAS (i.e. not the New Generation Fighter) say that the work is going well and progressing as planned.
So, logical that they would not want to sacrifice those if they can be salvaged.
Nevertheless, that would leave a big question mark...
So, logical that they would not want to sacrifice those if they can be salvaged.
Nevertheless, that would leave a big question mark...
High-level Franco-German meetings are happening this week. In them, they will try to save FCAS - or save face while quietly abandoning FCAS.
FT reports the joint fighter jet+ programme could continue - without the actual fighter jet.
FT reports the joint fighter jet+ programme could continue - without the actual fighter jet.
Berlin and Paris discuss scrapping joint fighter to focus on air ‘combat cloud’
Proposed downsizing of €100bn flagship defence project follows feuding by Airbus and Dassault
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reports from people involved in the other pillars of FCAS (i.e. not the New Generation Fighter) say that the work is going well and progressing as planned.
So, logical that they would not want to sacrifice those if they can be salvaged.
Nevertheless, that would leave a big question mark...
So, logical that they would not want to sacrifice those if they can be salvaged.
Nevertheless, that would leave a big question mark...
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Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
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It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Just start by reinstating the 45p rate! It's not like it's some radical insanity, it was the norm until 2023! It's the lowest of low hanging fruits.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rachel Reeves plans £7.5bn tax rise in budget after U-turn on income tax rates
Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just start by reinstating the 45p rate! It's not like it's some radical insanity, it was the norm until 2023! It's the lowest of low hanging fruits.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The AfD, a classified extremist organization (per Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution), encourages the government to proscribe extremist organizations. Fun.
Also known as “extremist organization holds extreme position”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Also known as “extremist organization holds extreme position”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
AfD hails US ban on European leftwing groups as historians fear crackdown on anti-fascists
German far-right party urges Berlin and other European nations to also designate ‘antifa’ groups as terrorist organisations
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The AfD, a classified extremist organization (per Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution), encourages the government to proscribe extremist organizations. Fun.
Also known as “extremist organization holds extreme position”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Also known as “extremist organization holds extreme position”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Toujours un plaisir d'être au micro du Podkast d'@helkohl.bsky.social, cette fois-ci pour parler des investissements dans la défense européenne.
Avec en seconde partie une intervention de @rikefranke.bsky.social sur l’industrie, la conscription, les drones.
smartlink.ausha.co/le-podkast/s...
Avec en seconde partie une intervention de @rikefranke.bsky.social sur l’industrie, la conscription, les drones.
smartlink.ausha.co/le-podkast/s...
S5 E16 Défense : être prêts avant Poutine
Les services de sécurité allemands mettent en garde : la Russie pourrait être capable de mener une attaque sur un pays de l'OTAN en 2029. Alors l'Allemagne se prépare à répondre à cette menace : réfor...
smartlink.ausha.co
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Toujours un plaisir d'être au micro du Podkast d'@helkohl.bsky.social, cette fois-ci pour parler des investissements dans la défense européenne.
Avec en seconde partie une intervention de @rikefranke.bsky.social sur l’industrie, la conscription, les drones.
smartlink.ausha.co/le-podkast/s...
Avec en seconde partie une intervention de @rikefranke.bsky.social sur l’industrie, la conscription, les drones.
smartlink.ausha.co/le-podkast/s...
What is wrong with this government.
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
What is wrong with this government.
Just like Musk I like to read the Iliad by opening a book that says “The Odyssey” on the cover.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just like Musk I like to read the Iliad by opening a book that says “The Odyssey” on the cover.
Great new study by @moreincommonde.bsky.social on attitudes towards security, defence, and international politics in German society.
The Zeiten, they are wending.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Great new study by @moreincommonde.bsky.social on attitudes towards security, defence, and international politics in German society.
Come work with us!
Wir suchen eine/n neue/n Kolleg/in zum Thema integrierte Sicherheit und Resilienz im Zentrum für Sicherheit und Verteidigung der @dgap.org!
dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs...
Wir suchen eine/n neue/n Kolleg/in zum Thema integrierte Sicherheit und Resilienz im Zentrum für Sicherheit und Verteidigung der @dgap.org!
dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs...
(Senior) Policy Fellow (m/w/d)
Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt, befristet auf zwei Jahre, eine/n (Senior) Policy Fellow (m/w/d; 80-100%, in Anlehnung an TVöD E 13 oder E 14 je nach Erfahrung und Qualifikation), Kennziffer:...
dgap.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Come work with us!
Wir suchen eine/n neue/n Kolleg/in zum Thema integrierte Sicherheit und Resilienz im Zentrum für Sicherheit und Verteidigung der @dgap.org!
dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs...
Wir suchen eine/n neue/n Kolleg/in zum Thema integrierte Sicherheit und Resilienz im Zentrum für Sicherheit und Verteidigung der @dgap.org!
dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs...
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He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
Quelle pauvreté créatrice. Ça se dit créatrice artistique, et tout ce que ça trouve c’est à ressasser le faux thème de la « culture de l’annulation ».
C’est tellement lourd…
www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...
C’est tellement lourd…
www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...
Le grand retour des annulés | Marie-France Bazzo en terrain miné
Pour Le grand retour des annulés, Marie-France Bazzo a tendu la perche à presque toutes les personnalités qui ont disparu de l’espace public depuis l’avènement du mouvement #metoo. Finalement, seul Be...
www.lapresse.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Quelle pauvreté créatrice. Ça se dit créatrice artistique, et tout ce que ça trouve c’est à ressasser le faux thème de la « culture de l’annulation ».
C’est tellement lourd…
www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...
C’est tellement lourd…
www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...
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Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free…
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free…
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...