Sascha SIMON

Security & Defence Policy

[Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO]

If #NATO Allies don’t spend more together now to prevent war, we will pay a much, much, much higher price later to fight it.

Not billions, but trillions of euros.

That’s if we come out on top…and that’s if we win.

[Gustav C. Gressel @GresselGustav]

By wasting three critical years not supporting Ukraine decisively and preparing for a potential Trump return, Europe has sown the seeds of its own Untergang. Russia will reap it.
My latest for @ecfr 👇
https://t.co/OQRcQ2tbzx

[Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen and Rants" Masala @CarloMasala1]

Schön. Alles wie immer

Bundeswehr-Skyranger: Verzögerung um 18 Monate https://t.co/QPNXVJwsXa

[EU Institute for Security Studies @EU_ISS]

🚁 Drones have become ubiquitous in conflicts—we explore their growing impact on modern warfare, from $10K models to $150M systems, and the advanced tech used to combat them. How should 🇪🇺 respond?

Read more👇
https://t.co/cbCMePunSh

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

Thank you to Jan Joel for putting his trust in me and seeing this project through, and to @cd_trich for his usual fantastic work on the visual!

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

Feels a bit like graduation day all over again, making it across the finish line.

I am excited to see "Minding the Drone Gap - Drone Warefare and the EU” by Jan Joel Andersson and your's truly (finally) published by the @EU_ISS, 🇪🇺 Institute for Security Studies!

[EU Institute for Security Studies @EU_ISS]

The new "King of Battle"?

#drones are now key weapon systems of war. Jan Joel Andersson & @SaschaSimon95 explore their impact on modern warfare & how the EU should respond to their growing prominence on the battlefield.

Read: https://t.co/cbCMePunSh

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

... debating the ins and outs of drone warfare from #Ukraine 🇺🇦 to the Red Sea and beyond, for almost my entire time at EUISS. It's easily been my favourite part of the job and has taught me a lot of new things about a subject I thought I knew quite well already.

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

@drfranksauer Textbook 'Sheltered Pursuit', according to @NarangVipin's "Seeking the Bomb" from 2022. 🙃

[EU Institute for Security Studies @EU_ISS]

The new "King of Battle"?

#drones are now key weapon systems of war. Jan Joel Andersson & @SaschaSimon95 explore their impact on modern warfare & how the EU should respond to their growing prominence on the battlefield.

Read: https://t.co/cbCMePunSh

[Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen and Rants" Masala @CarloMasala1]

„Die gleichen Leute, die gegen Flüchtlinge hetzten, sind die gleichen Leute, die die nächste Fluchtwelle auslösen indem sie die Ukraine nicht unterstützen.“

Und noch anderes kluges

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

What did I miss?

[Charles Michel @CharlesMichel]

The EU rotating presidency has no mandate to engage with Russia on behalf of the EU.

The European Council is clear: Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine is the victim. No discussions about Ukraine can take place without Ukraine.

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

@spignal Saw this at a Colombo airport last year, it’s spreading 🙃

[Andrej Matisak @matisaksk]

Chinese and Russian companies are developing an attack drone similar to an Iranian model deployed in #Ukraine, European officials familiar with the matter said https://t.co/wJxoJm32lI via @bpolitics #Russia #China #Putinswar

[Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz]

China tried to smuggle Wing Loong II armed #drones to the Libyan warlord Haftar through an Italian port, but Italy captured the drones after a tip by the US. #armstrade h/t @putintintin1

https://t.co/nrRyCa1Xub

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

🇵🇱FM with a clear implication, given last night’s debate.

[Radek Sikorski @radeksikorski]

Marcus Aurelius was a great emperor but he screwed up his succession by passing the baton to his feckless son Commodus (He, from the Gladiator).
Whose disastrous rule started Rome's decline.
It's important to manage one's ride into the sunset.

[Marcel Plichta @plichta_marcel]

1/3 Lots of writing focuses on how to counter drones, but few talk about how drones are evolving in response. In @ZKallenborn and I's new article for Joint Force Quarterly, we lay out some of the ways drone users and manufacturers might respond to cUAS https://t.co/kFmEMl8E8c

[Giuseppe Spatafora @gspataf95]

My first @EU_ISS intervention: why the @NATO Summit matters for the 🇪🇺 - and how @EU_Commission @eu_eeas can contribute to the defence of Europe and support for 🇺🇦 - acting on areas that the summit won't address

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

Yesterday it was a stick, now its a gun to get a drone out of the sky. What's it gonna be tomorrow? Shoes?

[Slava 🇺🇦 @Heroiam_Slava]

Russian throwing rifle at a drone

[Sascha SIMON @SaschaSimon95]

Didn't have drones having dogfights with sticks in my bingo cards for 2024. @RikeFranke

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

Ukrainian Mavic drone downs Russian Mavic using a stick.

https://t.co/JLcbN89GMF