Benjamin Tallis
@bctallis.bsky.social
Thought Leadership for Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
ICYMI! Great piece from @glandsbergis.bsky.social from before xmas on why Europe needs a new, two-track approach to deterrence - & fast!
Europe’s security situation is changing fast— pretending otherwise is becoming dangerous & GL’s piece is even more pertinent now
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Europe’s security situation is changing fast— pretending otherwise is becoming dangerous & GL’s piece is even more pertinent now
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Europe needs its own deterrent
The former Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, is calling for Europe to have a deterrent of its own. In his view, Berlin has a central role to play here.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
ICYMI! Great piece from @glandsbergis.bsky.social from before xmas on why Europe needs a new, two-track approach to deterrence - & fast!
Europe’s security situation is changing fast— pretending otherwise is becoming dangerous & GL’s piece is even more pertinent now
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table.media/en/security/...
Europe’s security situation is changing fast— pretending otherwise is becoming dangerous & GL’s piece is even more pertinent now
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table.media/en/security/...
Great interview @shashj.bsky.social - & a super way to get a clearer understanding of Helsing’s vision, how we’re supplying Ukraine with advanced strike drones & building the capabilities that Europe needs for effective deterrence.
Europe has the tools to take our future in our hands.
Europe has the tools to take our future in our hands.
For Inside Defence, I interviewed Torsten Reil, the co-founder of the defence-tech firm Helsing. We talked about competing visions of the future of war, ethical dilemmas around autonomy & AI & whether Europe's defence industry needs US-free supply chains. www.economist.com/insider/insi...
How is AI changing warfare? | The Economist Insider
Today’s arms-makers must be nimble. New technologies are transforming the battlefield while raising moral questions about who bears responsibility when machines make life-or-death decisions. Torsten R...
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Great interview @shashj.bsky.social - & a super way to get a clearer understanding of Helsing’s vision, how we’re supplying Ukraine with advanced strike drones & building the capabilities that Europe needs for effective deterrence.
Europe has the tools to take our future in our hands.
Europe has the tools to take our future in our hands.
New Tech ≠ Military Transformation - or advantage.
A powerful reminder from fmr UK CDS Nick Carter in his new @WarOnTheRocks article
Learning from #Ukraine & military history, real change needs integration, vision & realistic experimentation at scale
warontherocks.com/2026/01/a-ne...
A powerful reminder from fmr UK CDS Nick Carter in his new @WarOnTheRocks article
Learning from #Ukraine & military history, real change needs integration, vision & realistic experimentation at scale
warontherocks.com/2026/01/a-ne...
A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech
When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001
warontherocks.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
New Tech ≠ Military Transformation - or advantage.
A powerful reminder from fmr UK CDS Nick Carter in his new @WarOnTheRocks article
Learning from #Ukraine & military history, real change needs integration, vision & realistic experimentation at scale
warontherocks.com/2026/01/a-ne...
A powerful reminder from fmr UK CDS Nick Carter in his new @WarOnTheRocks article
Learning from #Ukraine & military history, real change needs integration, vision & realistic experimentation at scale
warontherocks.com/2026/01/a-ne...
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My top 20 reads of 2025
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
My top 20 reads of 2025
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
My top 20 reads of 2025
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
(incl a few evergreen re-reads)
These books materially shaped how I think and work — and several translated directly into real professional impact.
I’ve got a strong list for 2026, but I’m keen to sharpen it:
- what should I be reading next?
Military need & geopolitical reality not bureaucratic timelines or fiscal shortsightedness must drive Europe’s rearmament.
We need to align pol, Econ & mil timelines to transform our forces, fast.
Delayed deterrence is failed deterrence
- & failed deterrence costs so much more.
We need to align pol, Econ & mil timelines to transform our forces, fast.
Delayed deterrence is failed deterrence
- & failed deterrence costs so much more.
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Military need & geopolitical reality not bureaucratic timelines or fiscal shortsightedness must drive Europe’s rearmament.
We need to align pol, Econ & mil timelines to transform our forces, fast.
Delayed deterrence is failed deterrence
- & failed deterrence costs so much more.
We need to align pol, Econ & mil timelines to transform our forces, fast.
Delayed deterrence is failed deterrence
- & failed deterrence costs so much more.
Reposted by Benjamin Tallis
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Honoured to be at @rusi.bsky.social for CDS lecture in London.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
December 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Honoured to be at @rusi.bsky.social for CDS lecture in London.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Honoured to be at @rusi.bsky.social for CDS lecture in London.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
A broad ‘whole of society’ vision & strong words on lethality, but as the questions showed, UK need to dispel a perceived ‘say-do gap’.
Building on Atlantic Bastion model to get new capability at speed & scale would do just that.
Next leg of the Winterreise.
After a brief festive pit stop in beautiful #Prague, I’m now back on the road, heading to #London for meetings with experts & a special event.
We have so much to protect - & much to do to protect it, but wherever I’ve been so far we’re stepping up.
After a brief festive pit stop in beautiful #Prague, I’m now back on the road, heading to #London for meetings with experts & a special event.
We have so much to protect - & much to do to protect it, but wherever I’ve been so far we’re stepping up.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Baby, it’s cold outside!
Wonderful, short but intense wintry trip to #Ottawa.
Great to check in with
experts, policy shapers & industry players
& feel the energy for defence transformation & building military capability using AI.
Geopolitical winter is coming but we need to be #preparednotscared
Wonderful, short but intense wintry trip to #Ottawa.
Great to check in with
experts, policy shapers & industry players
& feel the energy for defence transformation & building military capability using AI.
Geopolitical winter is coming but we need to be #preparednotscared
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Baby, it’s cold outside!
Wonderful, short but intense wintry trip to #Ottawa.
Great to check in with
experts, policy shapers & industry players
& feel the energy for defence transformation & building military capability using AI.
Geopolitical winter is coming but we need to be #preparednotscared
Wonderful, short but intense wintry trip to #Ottawa.
Great to check in with
experts, policy shapers & industry players
& feel the energy for defence transformation & building military capability using AI.
Geopolitical winter is coming but we need to be #preparednotscared
Political will meets cutting edge expertise & industrial dynamism.
⏩🇩🇪🇨🇦🦾
It was an honour to co-lead the session on rising to new security challenges at the excellent German-Canadian AI Symposium in Montreal in the company of political, industry & AI leaders.
Now we all need to deliver.
⏩🇩🇪🇨🇦🦾
It was an honour to co-lead the session on rising to new security challenges at the excellent German-Canadian AI Symposium in Montreal in the company of political, industry & AI leaders.
Now we all need to deliver.
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Political will meets cutting edge expertise & industrial dynamism.
⏩🇩🇪🇨🇦🦾
It was an honour to co-lead the session on rising to new security challenges at the excellent German-Canadian AI Symposium in Montreal in the company of political, industry & AI leaders.
Now we all need to deliver.
⏩🇩🇪🇨🇦🦾
It was an honour to co-lead the session on rising to new security challenges at the excellent German-Canadian AI Symposium in Montreal in the company of political, industry & AI leaders.
Now we all need to deliver.
Munich was looking wonderfully festive, & it was a wrench to leave after such a flying visit - though we crammed a lot of work in with a high-intensity engagement with military leaders.
But, it’s already ‘giddy up Jingle Horse’, and on to Montreal via, a lovely dawn, for the AI symposium.
But, it’s already ‘giddy up Jingle Horse’, and on to Montreal via, a lovely dawn, for the AI symposium.
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Munich was looking wonderfully festive, & it was a wrench to leave after such a flying visit - though we crammed a lot of work in with a high-intensity engagement with military leaders.
But, it’s already ‘giddy up Jingle Horse’, and on to Montreal via, a lovely dawn, for the AI symposium.
But, it’s already ‘giddy up Jingle Horse’, and on to Montreal via, a lovely dawn, for the AI symposium.
It was an honour to engage with the Bundeswehr Führungsakademie Transatlantic Seminar at Helsing Munich on a crucial topic:
- We need to master current & future shifts or face being mastered by our enemies.
- We need to master current & future shifts or face being mastered by our enemies.
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It was an honour to engage with the Bundeswehr Führungsakademie Transatlantic Seminar at Helsing Munich on a crucial topic:
- We need to master current & future shifts or face being mastered by our enemies.
- We need to master current & future shifts or face being mastered by our enemies.
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Europe must act now. We should use Russia’s frozen assets to provide a reparations loan that strengthens Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. This is fair, feasible and urgent. Leaders of 🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇪 to 🇪🇺 in the name of 🇺🇦
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Europe must act now. We should use Russia’s frozen assets to provide a reparations loan that strengthens Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. This is fair, feasible and urgent. Leaders of 🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇪 to 🇪🇺 in the name of 🇺🇦
Our future is in our hands.
I’m proud to be able to show what Helsing can do to help us all ensure that there’s plenty to cheer in festive seasons to come.
I’m proud to be able to show what Helsing can do to help us all ensure that there’s plenty to cheer in festive seasons to come.
Let’s go! Last trip of the year - and it’s a bumper tour of key spots for securing the future of our free societies.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our future is in our hands.
I’m proud to be able to show what Helsing can do to help us all ensure that there’s plenty to cheer in festive seasons to come.
I’m proud to be able to show what Helsing can do to help us all ensure that there’s plenty to cheer in festive seasons to come.
Let’s go! Last trip of the year - and it’s a bumper tour of key spots for securing the future of our free societies.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Let’s go! Last trip of the year - and it’s a bumper tour of key spots for securing the future of our free societies.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
🇩🇪Munich
🇨🇦Montreal
🇨🇦Ottawa
🇨🇿Prague
🇬🇧London
🇧🇪Brussels🇪🇺
Driving forward the defence of our democracies together with military, political & industry leaders.
⭐️Europe has the tools, we just need to embrace our strength.⭐️
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
Atlantic Bastion: Europe’s New Front Line
America’s new National Security Strategy quietly changed Europe’s maritime reality. With U.S. forces shifting focus to the Indo-Pacific and strategic domains like undersea warfare, Europe must now sec...
www.futurenavy.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
⭐️Europe has the tools, we just need to embrace our strength.⭐️
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
“the US National Security Strategy leaves no ambiguity:
Europe must generate its own deterrent mass in the North Atlantic and its surrounding seas”
1/3
www.futurenavy.com/p/atlantic-b...
Europe must become strong
- & we can.
Very clear discussions in London on:
- Strategic Picture & Urgent Timelines
- Concept-Driven Military Change
- Embrace of New Technologies
- European Way of War
- Leveraging Our Strengths in Innovation & Industry
- Societal Readiness
- & we can.
Very clear discussions in London on:
- Strategic Picture & Urgent Timelines
- Concept-Driven Military Change
- Embrace of New Technologies
- European Way of War
- Leveraging Our Strengths in Innovation & Industry
- Societal Readiness
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Europe must become strong
- & we can.
Very clear discussions in London on:
- Strategic Picture & Urgent Timelines
- Concept-Driven Military Change
- Embrace of New Technologies
- European Way of War
- Leveraging Our Strengths in Innovation & Industry
- Societal Readiness
- & we can.
Very clear discussions in London on:
- Strategic Picture & Urgent Timelines
- Concept-Driven Military Change
- Embrace of New Technologies
- European Way of War
- Leveraging Our Strengths in Innovation & Industry
- Societal Readiness
What can AI do for AirPower?
How do we learn the right lessons from #Ukraine?
How can we master technological change to deliver military advantage.
Great to be on The High Ground podcast to get into all of this with @gregbagwell.bsky.social & @Sean Bell
Listen in👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7r82...
How do we learn the right lessons from #Ukraine?
How can we master technological change to deliver military advantage.
Great to be on The High Ground podcast to get into all of this with @gregbagwell.bsky.social & @Sean Bell
Listen in👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7r82...
Artificial Intelligence: Judgement Day?
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What can AI do for AirPower?
How do we learn the right lessons from #Ukraine?
How can we master technological change to deliver military advantage.
Great to be on The High Ground podcast to get into all of this with @gregbagwell.bsky.social & @Sean Bell
Listen in👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7r82...
How do we learn the right lessons from #Ukraine?
How can we master technological change to deliver military advantage.
Great to be on The High Ground podcast to get into all of this with @gregbagwell.bsky.social & @Sean Bell
Listen in👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7r82...
For a strong Europe.
Already on the road for an early start with @rusi.bsky.social in London tmrw on equipping the European Pillar of NATO, before heading back to to Berlin for Defence Königswinter to accelerate & deepen German & UK leadership on European defence.
Already on the road for an early start with @rusi.bsky.social in London tmrw on equipping the European Pillar of NATO, before heading back to to Berlin for Defence Königswinter to accelerate & deepen German & UK leadership on European defence.
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For a strong Europe.
Already on the road for an early start with @rusi.bsky.social in London tmrw on equipping the European Pillar of NATO, before heading back to to Berlin for Defence Königswinter to accelerate & deepen German & UK leadership on European defence.
Already on the road for an early start with @rusi.bsky.social in London tmrw on equipping the European Pillar of NATO, before heading back to to Berlin for Defence Königswinter to accelerate & deepen German & UK leadership on European defence.
From Europe. For Europe.
Helsing’s CA-1
Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle.
Proud to be part of the team giving Europe the sovereign capabilities it needs for air superiority & deep strike.
Helsing’s CA-1
Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle.
Proud to be part of the team giving Europe the sovereign capabilities it needs for air superiority & deep strike.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
From Europe. For Europe.
Helsing’s CA-1
Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle.
Proud to be part of the team giving Europe the sovereign capabilities it needs for air superiority & deep strike.
Helsing’s CA-1
Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle.
Proud to be part of the team giving Europe the sovereign capabilities it needs for air superiority & deep strike.
“The task is to make technology intuitive, like the STEN gun or Panzerfaust — which were simplified for widespread use.“
Clear message that we need simple, agile, effective mass - easy to produce, field, employ, maintain & replace, fast & at scale.
warontherocks.com/2025/10/is-e...
Clear message that we need simple, agile, effective mass - easy to produce, field, employ, maintain & replace, fast & at scale.
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
“The task is to make technology intuitive, like the STEN gun or Panzerfaust — which were simplified for widespread use.“
Clear message that we need simple, agile, effective mass - easy to produce, field, employ, maintain & replace, fast & at scale.
warontherocks.com/2025/10/is-e...
Clear message that we need simple, agile, effective mass - easy to produce, field, employ, maintain & replace, fast & at scale.
warontherocks.com/2025/10/is-e...
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A #Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 heads into combat to defend our skies.
Deep gratitude to those who protect #Ukraine from above!
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A #Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 heads into combat to defend our skies.
Deep gratitude to those who protect #Ukraine from above!
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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❤️🔥
A #Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 heads into combat to defend our skies.
Deep gratitude to those who protect #Ukraine from above!
❤️🔥
A #Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 heads into combat to defend our skies.
Deep gratitude to those who protect #Ukraine from above!
Reposted by Benjamin Tallis
Polish FM Radosław Sikorski voiced support for Trump's stance, writing: "I agree with President Trump that without striking enemy territory, you can’t win a war. That’s why Tomahawks must be delivered to Ukraine."
He made the statement from London, where he brought a captured Russian Shahed drone.
He made the statement from London, where he brought a captured Russian Shahed drone.
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Polish FM Radosław Sikorski voiced support for Trump's stance, writing: "I agree with President Trump that without striking enemy territory, you can’t win a war. That’s why Tomahawks must be delivered to Ukraine."
He made the statement from London, where he brought a captured Russian Shahed drone.
He made the statement from London, where he brought a captured Russian Shahed drone.