Dr. Ulrike Franke is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), based in Paris. Her areas of focus include German and European security and defence, the future of warfare, and the impact of new technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence on geopolitics and warfare.

Franke has published widely on these and other topics, and is a regular commentator in the media. She co-hosts the Sicherheitshalber Podcast, a German-language podcast on security and defence.