Tharsos (θάρσος in Ancient Greek) means “boldness” or “courage.”

At international conferences, you are likely to hear some variant of the following phrase: “In the 21st century, the only trend more notable than the rise of China is the decline of Europe.“

This framing is false because it misses an important fact: that the most dynamic defense ecosystems in the world today are in Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, and NATO’s Eastern Flank. Europe’s center of gravity is shifting east, to Warsaw, Bucharest, and Kyiv.

Central and Eastern Europe has what the rest of NATO is still searching for: a living memory of what is at stake when nations take their security for granted. NATO stands on the premise that free peoples and sovereign nations are stronger together than any adversary is alone. Russia’s war on Ukraine is testing that premise, but the Eastern Flank is answering.

Solutions are emerging not in the labs of legacy primes or expert-led government programs, but from founders with skin in the game and the burning desire to secure their own future.

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