Mildly Alarmed
One Ukrainian journalist. Three European security analysts. Infinite reasons for alarm. Every week, Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen analyze alarming–and occasionally hopeful–trends in European security.
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Europe playing catchup on drone and missile capabilities
In this episode, Fabian speaks with Ettiene Marcuz, Etienne Marcuz is a senior analyst on strategic armaments and an associate fellow at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) on issues related to deterrence and missile defense. They cover the necessity of Europe to build up its logistics and stockpiles of drones and longer range strike capabilities.If you want to support our show, go t
Ukraine strikes back, G7 chatter and will Belarus enter the war?
In this episode, Anastasiia, Karen-Anna, Fabian and Minna are finally back together to discuss recent events, including Ukraine's strikes inside Russia, air defence in Moscow, the G7 meeting and the latest developments in Ukraine-Belarus relations. If you want to support our show, go to our Buy Me A Coffee page at http://buymeacoffee.com/mildlyalarmed Email us at alarmedmildly@gmail.com with any g
Russian nukes and spies in the Arctic, with The Barents Observer
In this episode, Anastasiia and Karen-Anna speak with Atle Staalesen, the founder of the Barents Observer, to discuss Russian interests in the Arctic, and how Moscow is leveraging its military and civillian assets in the region for war against the West. If you want to support our show, go to our Buy Me A Coffee page at http://buymeacoffee.com/mildlyalarmed Email us at alarmedmildly@gmail.com with
The many dramas of Ukraine’s EU accession
Welcome to the seventh episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. In this episode, Anastasiia and Minna are joined by Chris Powers, a Brussels-based correspondent for the Kyiv Independent, to discuss Ukraine’s long road towards the European Union, from the Revolution of Digni
Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe
Welcome to the sixth episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. From “greyzone aggression” to “non-military warfare”, Russian sub-threshold attacks have many names. In this episode, Fabian, Karen-Anna and Minna discuss how Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe works and how we po
How Ukraine is winning the drone war against Russia
Welcome to the fifth episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. In this episode, Fabian and Anastasiia are joined by Jimmy Rushton, a Kyiv-based security analyst and journalist, to discuss how Ukraine is winning the drone war against Russia on every level, and whether Moscow
Inside Europe's debate about nukes
Welcome to the fourth episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. This episode is about nuclear detterence—how it works, how it doesn’t work, and what the future of nuclear detterence in Europe looks like. We explain nuclear strategies of the United States and Russia, look at
Has the US abdicated from global leadership?
Welcome to the third episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. To set up the show, we are dedicating the first three episodes to recent trends in Ukraine, Europe, and global security. Episode three dives into the changing global order—are we experiencing a rupture, or someth
Is Europe doomed without the US?
Welcome to the second episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen. To set up the show, we are dedicating the first three episodes to recent trends in Ukraine, Europe, and global security. Episode two dives into the state of European security and defense. How is Europe navigatin
Is Ukraine winning the war?
Welcome to the first episode of Mildly Alarmed, a new weekly podcast about European and global security hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina, Fabian Hoffman, Minna Ålander, and Karen-Anna Eggen.To set up the show, we are dedicating the first three episodes to recent trends in Ukraine, Europe, and global security. This episode dives into the state of the war in Ukraine. With things looking brighter for Uk
