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Elisabeth Braw

Elisabeth Braw

The Times

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Weapons are one thing, but if war breaks out, Europe’s best resource is its people

Weapons are one thing, but if war breaks out, Europe’s best resource is its people

Wars, these days, target digital infrastructure as well as military installations. The very fact that large chunks of daily life can be knocked out...

02.06.2026 10

The Guardian

Elisabeth Braw

Does a stray drone constitute an attack?

NATO’s mission is to defend every inch of its members’ territory, the alliance’s mantra goes. Then, on 29 May, a Russian drone hit a Romanian...

01.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Elisabeth Braw

Can Europe survive without US defence? Surprisingly, the Baltic sea nations are showing the way

When European countries in the Baltic Sea region joined Nato for protection against Russia, they were not anticipating their most powerful Nato ally...

20.02.2026 300

The Guardian

Elisabeth Braw

American brands have lost their cool

As boycotts spread, the US is discovering the price of being politically unpopular

03.02.2026 10

Financial Times

Elisabeth Braw

Ask what your gym can do for your country

A loneliness epidemic and Gen Z’s obsession with fitness could help western countries bolster civilian defence

09.10.2025 10

Financial Times

Elisabeth Braw

Financial institutions should prepare for subsea cable sabotage

Attacks on the infrastructure that moves money could be a bigger threat than cyber hacks

15.07.2025 10

Financial Times

Elisabeth Braw

How cheap steel endangers Europe’s defence build-up

Without its own industry, the continent will be forced to depend on foreign firms that could cut off supplies

30.05.2025 10

Financial Times

Elisabeth Braw

Subsea sabotage puts European power at risk

Interconnectors, which transmit electricity between countries, are even more difficult to repair than fibre optic cables

26.03.2025 10

Financial Times

Elisabeth Braw

Military service would ready Britons for our unstable world

11.03.2025 20

The Spectator

Elisabeth Braw