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Our Rasmussen Global team continues to gather key political, industry, and policy voices to explore Europe’s most pressing defence challenges. 🔹Last week, we co-hosted a high-level roundtable on Securing Strategic Ammunition Stockpiles for Europe’s Defence with Dokka Fasteners and Würth Group. Attendees included: MEP Niels Flemming Hansen, MEP Riho Terras, and MEP Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, alongside senior representatives from EU institutions and industry leaders. 🔹The discussion delved into the challenges of ensuring sufficient ammunition production, supply chain resilience, the role of SMEs, and the legislative steps needed to overcome fragmentation and improve coordination between member states. Industry participants underscored the importance of securing long-term guarantees for demand and discussed solutions to address gaps in Europe’s defence capabilities. The discussion also focused on Europe's historic lack of defence investment, and how it can catch up. To learn more about how Rasmussen Global is helping shape Europe's defence agenda, please reach out to Phillip Kjær Luscombe, Senior Project Manager at Rasmussen Global.

Rasmussen Global is looking for a Junior Advisor to join our Kyiv Office. If you are a fluent Ukrainian speaker, studying in the field of business, politics, economics, European affairs, or international relations looking for a hands-on learning experience to supplement then this could be the position for you. The role is paid and for a period of six months in our central Kyiv office. See the full details of the role and how to apply attached.

Rasmussen Global, alongside MEP Hildegard Bentele and Albemarle Corporation, co-hosted a high-level roundtable on the future of the EU’s battery value chain. The event brought together representatives from along the battery value chain, including BASF, BMW Group, and key stakeholders from the European Commission, European Parliament, EU partner countries and industry associations. 🟩 The conversation emphasized the importance of the Critical Raw Materials Act and the need for financing mechanisms to support sustainable CRM production in Europe, despite potential higher costs. 🟩 Participants also noted challenges in achieving recycling and processing targets and highlighted the importance of supply chain reliability, strategic partnerships, and coherent legislation to drive competitiveness. 🟩 The conclusion was clear: Europe must accelerate efforts to create a resilient and sustainable CRM supply chain while ensuring market demand and strategic autonomy. If you would like to hear more about Rasmussen Global’s work with Critical Raw Materials you can reach out to Helene Bille Albrechtsen, Director for Energy and Resources at hba@rasmussenglobal.com

On 30 September 2014, I ended my mandate as Secretary General of NATO. The next day, I founded Rasmussen Global.   As Prime Minister and then Secretary General, I had been at the head of organizations with tens of thousands of employees. On my first day at Rasmussen Global, it was suddenly just me, calling the phone company to get a new business line installed. We have come a long way since then. Although we still aren’t quite the size of NATO or the Danish government, Rasmussen Global now counts more than 35 people across seven European countries.   I am proud of how we have grown but growth has never been an aim in itself. What matters to me is the values the company stands for and the results we deliver. We have always been a firm with a purpose – to help democratic governments and multinational companies work on projects that strengthen our free societies. That can be working with companies powering the green transition, helping us remove our dependence on Russian oil and gas. With tech companies looking to design rules for artificial intelligence that enhance our freedoms rather than undermine them. With democratic governments wanting to strengthen their relations with the European Union. Or our pro-bono work with the Ukrainian government – to do anything we can to help them win this war and achieve a lasting peace.   This month, we celebrated our 10-year anniversary by inaugurating our new office in Copenhagen and with a team retreat in Italy. It was a way of saying thanks to all those who have helped build Rasmussen Global over the last 10-years.   Now we are back to work, delivering results for clients, and doing what we can to build a stronger democratic world.

We are looking for new Junior Advisors in Brussels to join our growing team in the 2025 spring semester. If you are a student looking for a hands-on internship at the cross-section of business, politics and international affairs, this might be a great opportunity for you!

Our Rasmussen Global team in Brussels regularly brings together senior political and policy experts, industry leaders, and diplomatic staff to discuss solutions to some of Europe’s most complex geopolitical challenges.   Our recent events have included:   🔹The latest in our Geopolitical Breakfast series, which focused on the geopolitical and policy implications of our modern-day space race—and what Europe needs to do to build a competitive 21st century space sector. Participants included representatives from Member States, EU institutions, NATO, think-tanks, and industry stakeholders.   🔹A high-level roundtable that focused on the challenges facing the EU and Member States regarding Russian sanctions enforcement—and explored key recommendations for improving Europe’s sanctions regime as we rapidly approach the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Participants included sanctions experts from Member State representations, missions to the EU, the European Parliament, the European Commission, and external experts.   To learn more about the work that Rasmussen Global is doing to shape Europe’s space agenda and the future of Europe’s Russian sanctions regime—or to join a future Geopolitical Breakfast at our office in Brussels—please reach out to our Senior Director for European Affairs Arthur de Liedekerke.

Rasmussen Global is partnering with Brave 1 to promote the First International Investment Summit dedicated to the Ukrainian defense tech industry, which will take place on October 3-4 in Kyiv. Brave 1 is a united platform created by the Government of Ukraine to collaboration between all stakeholders of the defense tech industry by providing them with organizational, informational, and financial support for defense tech projects in Ukraine. The summit will bring together hundreds of Ukrainian and foreign investors, manufacturers, military, and representatives of key government stakeholders will share how the Ukrainian defense tech industry has become one of the world's innovation hubs. Ukraine has emerged as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technical hubs in the world, where innovations and technologies serve as the most important tools and strategic vectors to win the war. The most prominent technologies developed in this effort must be scaled up to ensure victory and long-term stability. During the Summit, investors will learn more about investment opportunities in Ukraine's defense innovation sector and receive a clear roadmap for investing in Ukrainian defense tech. Investors will also be able to communicate directly with Ukrainian developers, representatives of the Defense and Security Forces, and government officials to form a better understanding of the development of Ukrainian defense tech. In addition, Ukrainian developers will pitch their projects to investors to attract additional funding for the development of their products, and will be able to establish partnerships with international investors and manufacturers. Please, join the Summit by registering for the event via the following link: https://lnkd.in/djeG9PTZ Rasmussen Global has worked in, on, and with Ukraine for the last eight years. We work with the Ukrainian government on a pro bono basis on issues relating to security guarantees and Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration. We also help major international firms and start-ups to understand the political and military situation in Ukraine and discover new investment opportunities.

We are looking for new Junior Advisors to join our growing team in the 2025 spring semester. If you are a student looking for a hands-on internship at the cross-section of business, politics and international affairs, this might be a great opportunity for you!

Our team is excited to announce that we’ve welcomed two talented Junior Advisors to our ranks for a 5-month internship: Ida Marie Emilie Sandroos and Emma Wilson! Ida is studying her master's in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen and brings experience from Topsoe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries. Emma is studying a master's in International Business & Politics from Copenhagen Business School, having previously contributed her expertise at Ramboll, Bjarke Ingels Group, and Man Energy Solutions. We’re beyond excited to see the impact that Ida and Emma will have on our work! Welcome on board, Ida and Emma!

"While Trump has implausibly promised to end the war in one day, Harris could start defining her own, more realistic strategic bargain — a plan that should demonstrate Ukraine and its European allies can assure the bulk of the forces needed to defend Ukraine, with the U.S. providing a smaller but still indispensable share. She could state that if Europe steps up and develops a credible defense investment and readiness plan for the next five years to defend Ukraine, the U.S. will support extending an invitation for Ukraine to join NATO." Rasmussen Global CEO Fabrice Pothier outlines in POLITICO Europe what a new Harris doctrine for Ukraine could entail.