David Madali
Founder of Bohemia Defense. A Prague-based analyst of the defence industry, critical raw materials and the space economy, and creator of OreOrbit, an open atlas of the minerals behind Europe's defence.
What I do
Europe's defence runs on ten minerals, and for seven of them China controls at least one stage of the supply chain. Through Bohemia Defense I analyse Europe's defence industry, security and foreign policy. Through OreOrbit I map the mines, refineries, sea routes and chokepoints those materials depend on.
Projects
- Bohemia Defense, since November 2024Independent analysis of the European defence industry, NATO, Ukraine and security in Africa, published here and on LinkedIn, where posts reach up to 450,000 views.
- OreOrbitA free, live atlas of critical raw materials for European defence and space, with satellite pictures of 31 sites, ships at the key chokepoints, export-control stress tests and a supply-chain assessment that runs in the browser.
In the press
BBC News Chinese quoted me as an analyst on the security of the Taiwanese vice-president's visit to Prague, July 2025. Read the article
Background
- Czech Ministry of Foreign AffairsEconomic diplomacy in the office of the chief economist: macroeconomic analysis and briefings used by the Minister and trade delegations.
- CzechTradeExport consulting; set up Chytrá bezpečnost, an informal cluster of 12 security-industry companies from Czechia and Europe.
- University of Economics and Management, PragueEconomics and management (Bc. 2025; Ing. expected 2027).
- TrainingEUSPA, the EU Agency for the Space Programme: space technologies and building a space business. NATO counterintelligence (ADL 135). Open-source intelligence.