IR/Strategic Studies. Mendel University (Czech Republic). Interests: Great Power Competition | Emerging Tech | Indo-Pacific & European Geopolitics
Brno, Czech Republic
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My report, “Small Force, Big Data: Defense AI and New Zealand,” is out: lnkd.in/d2ETbt8x. I explain that defense #ArtificialIntelligence isn’t optional - it’s the difference between sovereign capability & strategic irrelevance. Thanks @HeikoBorchert. #nzpol #NewZealand
1/ A fortnight ago I was in New Zealand for a whirlwind week: three talks, three cities. NZIIA Auckland, NZIIA Wellington at Victoria University, then the Aspen NZ Security Forum in Queenstown.
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9/ Perhaps we lack the intellectual apparatus to push these questions into public view – and, through that, make our leaders engage.
That's the gap to close.
My latest article ('The big national security questions that will immediately confront the new New Zealand Govt') is out in the @heraldnz: nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-big-na…
#NewZealand #nzpol
My latest co-authored article with the Mighty John Howard: thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361097…
My thanks to the mighty John Howard for co-authoring this report with me, and to @nzinitiative for providing us with a platform to release it. nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-… #nzpol #NewZealand
Trump considering US diesel export ban. I'm seeing quick calculations that it could take 20% of current global seaborne diesel supply from international trade prior to market responses. Strikes me this could be a pretty big and destabilizing developing.
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The best Australian defence and strategic analysis podcast bar none 👇On China issues specifically, I’m sometimes a fairly long way from Michael and Marcus, but on defence and strategic issues more broadly, these guys are focused on facts, not propaganda and hopium.
AUKUS at 5: Not Dead Yet. Don’t make the rookie error it’s about submarines – it’s about the “Geopolitical Imaginary”…& Dune… strategicanalysis.org/aukus-…
Expect Trump to try derive max leverage from the US's frontier AI position in coming months and yrs theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Space weapons are extremely relevant for space-launch nations - including #NewZealand which, in 2025, was behind only the US & China in the number of satellites launched from it's territory (17; co-equal with Russia). #nzpol edition.cnn.com/2026/09/15/s…
Pleased to say I'm attending (and speaking on the 'AI, Cyber & the New Strategic Advantage' panel) at the @AspenInstitute New Zealand Security Forum in Queenstown on 16 October. Looks like an excellent - and forthright - line-up of speakers. #nzpol #NewZealand. Event link👇
