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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨We’re delighted to share the latest paper by EISS Board member @sannecjv.bsky.social, published in the Journal of Strategic Studies 🌏 “Why interstate arms collaborations fail: The commitment-implementation paradox in the context of NATO BMD” Read the paper now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🌐 The paper is part of Antonio’s @erc.europa.eu funded project, Competition in the Digital Era: Geopolitics and Technology in the 21st Century 🔔 Learn more about CODE and subscribe to the CODE Substack: codeproject.substack.com/about

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About - CODE

Competition in the Digital Era (CODE): Geopolitics and Technology in the 21st Century is a project funded by the European Research Council examining the technological competition in contemporary econo...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨We’re delighted to share the latest paper by #EISS Board member @acalcara.bsky.social, published in @jcms-eu.bsky.social “Crossing the Valley of Death: Why Some EU Technology Initiatives Fail Before Operationalisation” 🧷 Read the paper now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The conference took place on 11–12 June 2026 in Stockholm and was co-organised by the EISS, @netsec-cost.eu, and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, bringing together scholars to discuss some of the most pressing challenges in international security 🚨 Stay tuned for more updates on our upcoming events !

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🎥 The recording of the concluding remarks from the European Security Studies Conference (ESSC2026) is now available on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/tBRNeX2lnf8?...

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ESSC2026 - Concluding Remarks & Award of the European Security Studies Best Paper Prize

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚨Big news! After nine years as #EISS Director, Hugo Meijer (@sciencespo.bsky.social @cnrs.fr) has decided to step down and will now assume the role of EISS Founding and Honorary Director For more: www.linkedin.com/posts/eiss-e...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🔹 Moving on at #ESSC2026 to the panel “Extended Nuclear Deterrence through European Eyes,” chaired by Ludovica Castelli, with contributions from Linde Desmaele, Christopher David LaRoche, Jacklyn Majnemer, and Alexander Sorg Stay tuned for more updates from the conference! @netsec-cost.eu

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🛑 Wrapping up Day 1 of the European Security Studies Conference with two panels: “The Conduct of Contemporary and Future War” and “The Politics of Deterrence in Europe.” Day 2 starts tomorrow at 9am! eiss-europa.com/2026.html

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🚨The discussion at the European Security Studies Conference continues with the panel “Gender, Politics, and Security,” chaired by Chiara Ruffa. Bringing together Elisabetta Ginevra Iida, Jéssica da Costa Pereira, Anna Luisa Reinhardt, and Teodora Stoicescu

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📢 We kick off the discussions at the European Security Studies Conference with the roundtable “Taking Stock of European Security in a Rapidly Changing Geopolitical Environment.” The discussion features Sanne Verschuren, Eliza Gheorghe, John Helferich, Linde Desmaele, and Antulio Echevarria

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🚀 The European Security Studies Conference is now underway! The conference opened with introductory remarks from Hugo Meijer, Sanne Verschuren, Julia Carver, and Magnus Petersson Looking forward to 2 days of stimulating discussions on international security

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📢 The European Security Studies Conference kicks off tomorrow in Stockholm! 🎤 Get ready for our keynote speech by Lieutenant General Thomas Nilsson (Swedish Air Force), taking place tomorrow at 13:30.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In just a few days, participants will join our trainers @nicoblar.bsky.social, @juliacarver.bsky.social, Silvia D'Amato, @clibiseller.bsky.social, Chiara Ruffa, and Vanessa Newby for 3 days of discussions and networking on key issues in international security eiss-europa.com/NetSecSchool...

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We are the largest and most diverse European gathering of scholars and practitioners on security issues.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

📢 The NetSec Early-Career Scholars Summer School starts next week ! 🌐 Organised jointly by the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) and Stockholm University under the framework of @netsec-cost.eu, the Summer School will take place in Stockholm from 9–11 June 2026

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🚨We are delighted to share the programme for the 2026 European Security Studies Conference, taking place on 11–12 June 2026 at Stockholm University ! Check out the full programme now! netsec-cost.eu/essc-2026.html

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📖 Don't miss Olivier's latest book, Preparing for War: Strategy, Power and Military Change, which explores how states adapt their militaries to changing strategic environments: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/prepari... Congratulations, Olivier! 👏

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Preparing for War | Hurst Publishers

An original conceptual approach to the study of war, attempting to capture the entire phenomenon of military adaptation—whether strategic, institutional or in the field.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🏆 Congratulations to #EISS Board Member @olivierschmitt.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Enderlein Prize by Hertie School and Sciences Po The prize recognizes outstanding European researchers under the age of 40 whose work has made a significant contribution to their field

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We are delighted to welcome an outstanding group of NetSec trainers: @nicoblar.bsky.social, Julia Carver, Silvia D'Amato, @clibiseller.bsky.social, Chiara Ruffa, and Vanessa Newby PhD

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📢 The first NetSec Early-Career Scholars Summer School is approaching! 🌐 Organised jointly by the EISS and Stockholm University under the framework of COST Action NetSec, the Summer School will take place in Stockholm from 9–11 June 2026 ahead of the European Security Studies Conference.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🔗 More information and submissions: indico.eiss-europa.com/event/22/abs... The conference is jointly organised by the COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action #NetSec, European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) , and Stockholm University!

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2026 Conference — Stockholm

European Security Studies Conference, 11 — 12 June 2026 at Stockholm University. Jointly organised by the COST Action NetSec, EISS, and Stockholm University.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🚨The European Security Studies Conference 2026 is approaching! The conference kicks off on 11 June in Stockholm ! Are you a PhD student or an ECR?Submit your paper for the European Security Studies Best Paper Prize, organised in partnership with the Journal of Strategic Studies by 27 May!

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🚨Interested in #Geopolitics and the #EU? Read the latest paper by #EISS Secretary General Moritz Weiss and Benjamin Daßler: “Taking the EU Seriously: Dual Security Management in the New Geopolitics” (@gsqjournal.bsky.social) 🧷Open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🔍 Central argument: Neither war nor peace is a unitary package that evolved at a single point in time. Both have deep roots and co-evolved gradually through a mosaic-like trajectory, with distinct but interacting components emerging at different moments over evolutionary time.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Humans are Janus-faced. No other species combines a propensity for intergroup coalitionary killing with an inclination for extensive peaceful cooperation between groups. 🤝⚡

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

⚔️🕊️ Why — and since when — are humans capable of both war and peace? 🌍 The book explores the origins of this defining feature of our species.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📚 Save the date! The book ‘The Origins of War and Peace in the Human Species’ by #EISS Founding Director Hugo Meijer will be published in September 2026 by Cambridge University Press ! 🎉 www.cambridge.org/universitypr...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

➡️ “Rule-takers or rule-makers? How regional hubs design digital governance frameworks” by Sandra J. Bandemer, Benjamin Daßler, Berthold Rittberger, Moritz Weiss, and Kathrin Will — now available open access in Globalizations! 🌍 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Rule-takers or rule-makers? How regional hubs design digital governance frameworks

Geoeconomic competition is transforming digital governance. Existing scholarship emphasizes either dependencies on digital ‘empires’ – the US, EU, China – or domestic autonomy as primary determinan...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Focusing on cases like Turkey, India, and South Africa, they show that these countries are not passive rule-takers. Instead, they selectively draw from competing governance models to build their own hybrid digital frameworks.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🎉 New research! 📄 In a new paper in #Globalizations, #EISS Secretary General Moritz Weiss and colleagues explore whether regional powers are merely adapting to global digital rules—or actively shaping them.

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The book explores how modern militaries adapt—or fail to adapt—to evolving threats, technologies, and political constraints. Moving beyond static views of military power, Preparing for War develops a dynamic framework to better understand the drivers and mechanisms shaping military transformation

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨We are delighted to share that #EISS Board Member @olivierschmitt.bsky.social has published his new book Preparing for War: Strategy, Power and Military Change (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📣 We’re pleased to share a new article by EISS Board member Silvia D'Amato, together with Andrea Bartolucci and Alessia Tortolini! 📚✨ Borderless Interventionism: The International Disaster Response in the Libyan Civil War is now out in @gsqjournal.bsky.social ! 🌍

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🚨 Deadline TODAY (30 March)! 🚨 Still time to apply for a 3-year Postdoc on European security with the #ENTRE team at the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, funded by the NCN National Science Centre. For more information: www.gov.pl/web/nauka/in...

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Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of European Studies, Warsaw/Poland, assistant professor (post-doc) (m/ f/ d), political and administrative sciences, expires 30.03.2026 - Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego - Portal Gov.pl

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

💡The book will be of interest to anyone interested in hybrid warfare, counterinsurgency, and the Revolution in Military Affairs, as well as to readers concerned with how knowledge on war is produced, how concepts evolve, and how discourse influences Strategic Studies

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📘We’re thrilled to share that the book authored by #EISS Board Member @clibiseller.bsky.social, “Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies”, is out! 🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🚨We are delighted to announce the publication of ‘The Changing Fights and Fighters of Contemporary War: From the Margins to the Middle’, edited by #EISS Board member @marierbn.bsky.social, Amelie Theussen, Ph.D., and Kerstin Carlson, now available with Palgrave Macmillan

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The issue is guest-edited by #EISS Board Member @acalcara.bsky.social and Mahmoud Javadi (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🚨 #CfP | The Cambridge Forum on Technology and Global Affairs invites submissions for the special issue “From Concept to Capability: Defence Innovation in a Contested World.” 📌 Send your abstract by 30 April 2026 🧷 More information and submission form: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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