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Benjamin Tallis
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Thought Leadership for Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
And NO, Europe isn’t too
Soft to fight. But we do have to train our strength - & we can.

Mobilising our societies & economies is in our gift - but our elites have to want it.
Excellent, insightful piece from Roderick Parkes & @florencegaub.bsky.social

warontherocks.com/2025/10/is-e...
Is Europe Too Soft to Fight?
Europe’s populations are readier to fight than they are often credited. The problem isn’t their lack of will, but elite pessimism about it. The belief
warontherocks.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Many thanks!
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
And how to protect them! :)
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was also energising to hear so many European participants focusing on how we strengthen our defence, our economies & gain technological leadership - rather than wallowing in our dependencies.

Thanks & kudos to @kpisarska.bsky.social, @pisarski.bsky.social & team for a successful #WSF2025
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It was great to engage with the impressive array of experts, policymakers & leaders from the military, industry, politics & civil society
- & catch up with friends & allies in the mission to ensure our free societies not only survive, but thrive in an increasingly hostile and competitive world.
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It depends if evolve our doctrine, OpCon & force structures to actually make the most of the new tech - drones included - and the wider possibilities of AI. Military effectiveness amid tech change depends, inter alia, on properly adopting, integrating & employing tech.
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
lol. Thanks - it’s been an awesome 6 months so far!
It’s great to be part of such a mission-driven company that is really shaping Europe’s defence future. I appreciate your support.
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM