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Nicolas Robert

Nicolas Robert is Managing Director of Massiliote Advisors, where he advises clients on geopolitical risk, public policy, business strategy, and capital allocation. Based in Ukraine since 2019, he focuses on how war and geopolitical change reshape industries, capital flows, and economic competitiveness.

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Ukraine's defense industry outgrew its wartime rules

by Nicolas Robert
Four years of existential war against Russia have produced a military technology model in Ukraine few traditional procurement systems could replicate. Brave1, Ukraine's state-backed defense tech platform, currently connects more than 2,500 companies and over 5,000 products, and Ukraine no longer needs to prove that it can turn battlefield problems into fielded capabilities at speed. Today's challenge, though, is preserving the incentives that let it adapt faster than the threats it faces. This