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The DSR Network

AAI: A View from Northern Europe, with former DDIS senior officer Jacob Kaarsbo

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode - the final episode of Above Average Intelligence - former Danish Defense Intelligence Service senior officer Jacob Kaarsbo (@jkaarsbo.bsky.social) (@JKaarsbo) joins @mpolymer to discuss “Why Greenland?”, plus how Europe must focus now on a security regime without US leadership. Always great to hear from allied intel pros, given the huge global challenges in 2025. Tune in here. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.4

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0:14.8

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0:25.8

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0:28.7

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0:32.9

This is above-average intelligence, a production of the DSR network.

0:39.2

Each week, host Mark Polymeropoulos is joined by leading voices in the intelligence community

0:45.7

for expert analysis on the biggest security challenges around the world.

1:06.0

Welcome to the podcast. I'm Mark Polynropolis, and this is DSR's Above Average Intelligence Show. Today I'm very happy to welcome as my guest, Mr. Jacob Carzbo, who is a former Danish Defense Intelligence Service officer, former chief of the Middle East there.

1:18.2

That's, of course, something that I'll be very much interested to me as kind of a former Middle East hand.

1:23.7

We can talk about that later.

1:25.4

His bio is, as you would expect, a former intelligence

1:29.3

officer. You can read a lot into it. An experienced partner with a demonstrated history of working

1:34.0

in the security and investigations industry, skilled in coaching, government and national relations,

1:38.8

strategic planning and organizational development, strong entrepreneurship professional

1:43.4

with a master's degree focused in political

1:45.2

science and government. So it's kind of funny. I love reading these things because it's like,

1:49.9

you know, how do you go on LinkedIn and kind of hide the fact that you were a former spy, but

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