Luke is a Political Science and Human Geography student at Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on international relations, European security, and defence policy. At EPIS, he works as a daily news correspondent covering Germany and as a research analyst contributing to a defence startup index. He also supports project management at BSH Frankfurt, the student network for security policy. Through Model United Nations conferences across Europe, including as head of delegation, he gained practical
Ukraine’s Starlink scare has renewed Europe’s push for its own satellite network, with Germany’s OHB building part of IRIS² while the Bundeswehr plans a separate system. First launches are due in 2029, but no German contract has been awarded and launch capacity remains the bottleneck.
As leaders gathered in Brussels for the European Council on 15 October, Germany entered the summit with three controversial demands: an emergency brake on EU legislation, a new trade protection instrument alongside France, and opposition to the proposed €1.622 trillion EU budget for 2028-2034. Th…
