Sign in

Eva Michaels

@evamichaels.bsky.social
1.9K followers 836 following 75 posts

Asst Prof in Intelligence & Security Uni Leiden & Senior Fellow @ibei.org | European foreign & security policy | warning intelligence | realist constructivism | background in Political Science, International Relations, War Studies

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Eva Michaels
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
theguardian.com
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
54836184
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I've been waiting for the @warontherocks.bsky.social summer reading lists every year - and truly honoured that this year's list includes my recommendations as well: Mornings in Yenin (Susan Abulhawa) and The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan). warontherocks.com/2025/06/the-...
warontherocks.com
The 2025 War on the Rocks Summer Fiction Reading List - War on the Rocks
Forget the algorithm — this list was created by the humans who bring you War on the Rocks. Here, they share some of their favorite works of fiction. Kerry
043
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Agreed!
110
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"In every longer term way, this appeasement of Trump solves nothing." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle
The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
231
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I'm kinda relieved that my Intelligence & Policymaking course is over
092
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
OK, so maybe a Nobel Ceasefire Prize, after all? But a very gold and shiny one. And need to do it fast, before we have to bomb again the nuclear program that just got forever obliterated
811517
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
yes sadly
000
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
It's much worse than that (but has a LinkedIn feel to it). It's all so naive and cringeworthy and I can't take any more of the schmoozing & massaging of Trump's ego by Rutte, Starmer and Merz. They really need to work on their messaging skills, among others
110
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I can't take any more of this, it's so embarrassing
250
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
✍️ If you are a scholar working in EU Studies and comparative regionalism, please do send us your best work! We're a multi-disciplinary, methodologically and theoretically pluralist journal open to the full range of rigorous work in our scope. We also publish policy commentaries.
182
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"Haffner was 24 when he wrote Parting in just a few weeks in October and November 1932, just months before the Nazis came to power." And here it is, published first in German and soon in English more than nine decades later.. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
theguardian.com
Unknown novel by writer who charted Hitler’s rise becomes German bestseller
Sebastian Haffner’s love story set in final days of Weimar Republic published more than nine decades after it was written
001
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Love it
000
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Here's a 2013 throwback:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!
6:55 PM • 11/10/13
13958265
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Correct. When Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018, he made it the policy of the United States that every country should have an active nuclear weapons program. Today he made it clear they need to develop functional nuclear weapons as soon as possible. Nothing else can prevent a U.S. attack.
212159660
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA. on.ft.com/4kSuQYO
9330891366
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump | Rafael Behr
Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spread, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
000
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Come do a PhD at @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social. You could be supervised by some of my fantastic colleagues while working in a vibrant, pluralistic & highly engaged research environment. These positions are fully salaried & come with a research budget of 30k SEK a year fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com
PhD students in War Studies
The Department of War Studies conducts research and education in the subject of War Studies. The department consists of about 160 employees and has about 1000 students and participants in commissioned
22017
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A take on what Trump might do on Iran! Get it while it's still hot! danieldrezner.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
danieldrezner.substack.com
Thoughts on Iran, Israel, and Trump
Buckle up.
23513
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In a Dutch university they would put three desks in there, perhaps four 😂
010
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is so wholesome and made my day
093
Reposted by Eva Michaels
tante @tante.cc · 10/06/2025
"The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities."
versobooks.com
Is the AI Bubble About to Burst? | Verso Books
In the years since Automation and the Future of Work first appeared, a new wave of technological enthusiasm has swept across the popular imagination. The catalyst this time has been the rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence, spearheaded by companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta. Once again, a c
220172
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
US intelligence worker arrested for ‘trying to leak secrets to Germany’ www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
thetimes.com
US intelligence worker arrested for ‘trying to leak secrets to Germany’
Nathan Laatsch has been accused of trying to leak state secrets prior to the meeting between President Trump and Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office
243
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/06/2025
"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
Every Election Is Now Existential
A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.
591845536
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 06/06/2025
81 years ago in Normandy, the heroes of the Allied forces changed the course of global history. Their bravery, their sacrifice, their courage brought freedom. Europe is forever grateful. We remember them. We honour them. #DDay
311023
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Zelensky has promised to stop the war between Trump and Musk in 24 hours.
1223320491
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This year, D-Day resonates so heavily--that the US, Canada, the UK, and others sacrificed so much on that day to liberate the continent from fascism and now the US is embracing it.
Pointe du Hoc
picture of the monument and the channel beyondplaque for national guard units that fought on and after D-DayMap at the Omaha Cemetary of the military operations from D-Day to the end of the war in EuropeMarkers of those who buried at the Omaha Beach cemetery---endless rows of markers.
12511
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
U Amsterdam has compiled a list of experts on 🇳🇱 politics & upcoming elections ⬇️ some on 🦋 fx: @favstats.eu @markboukes.bsky.social @hakhverdian.bsky.social @bnbakker.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social www.uva.nl/en/news-even...
uva.nl
Fall of the Dutch cabinet and new elections
The Schoof cabinet has not even lasted a year. How should we interpret the fall of the cabinet and Geert Wilders' decision to withdraw the PVV’s support for it? What happens next? Put your question t...
01913
Reposted by Eva Michaels
John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I read *a lot* of scientific abstracts that are missing key elements. Here are the 5 things an abstract needs: 1. Introduce the topic, 2. State the unknown, 3. Outline the method used to answer the question, 4. Preview the findings, and 5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
1012930
Reposted by Eva Michaels
euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 06/06/2025
As the US shuts out global student talent, the EU must act boldly: expand Erasmus+, simplify access, invite Harvard and MIT to open EU campsuses, and make Europe the go-to destination for open minds and academic freedom, write MEPs from the S&D, EPP and Renew.
euobserver.com
Harvard's international students — come to Europe instead
As the US shuts out global student talent, the EU must act boldly: expand Erasmus+, simplify access, invite Harvard and MIT to open EU campsuses, and make Europe the go-to destination for open minds and academic freedom, write MEPs from the S&D, EPP and Renew.
02210
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Yes… Hahaha… Yes!
993328486
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We need details on this.
2803314367176
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I'm no fan of Merz but he handled this very well and did quite a few smooth moves during the press conference
020
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Doktor Zoom @doktorzoom.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Good Christ. Trump seemed to think the chancellor of Germany considered the end of WWII a sad day somehow. Merz had to explain, no, America liberated us from the Nazis, dipshit. That was a good thing, you absolute fucking moron. I paraphrase only slightly.
1372700655
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“You don’t get to wear the language of liberation while you cheerlead for slaughter. You don’t get to name-drop movements you’ve never built, grief you’ve never held, or strategy you’ve never risked a damn thing for.” @bulldogshadow.bsky.social
05913
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The PVV has left the Dutch coalition. What does this mean? Will there we be new elections? When? Who will win? Which government will form? 🧵
518284
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 03/06/2025
New: Ukraine's SBU security service behind the audacious drone attack deep inside Russia now says it has attacked the Kerch bridge in occupied Crimea in a months-long operation. It says SBU agents "mined the supports" of the bridge with 1,100kg of TNT under the water line and detonated this morning.
633363
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
💪🔥📚
000
Reposted by Eva Michaels
HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies @hcss.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚨 Why do deterrence efforts fail? Often, it’s not what is said, but how it’s said. New report by HCSS strategic advisor @jmichael424.bsky.social explores the power—and pitfalls—of deterrence warning messages. 📘 Read more: hcss.nl/report/deter...
hcss.nl
Deterrence Warning Messages: A Short Guide for NATO - HCSS
Why do deterrence efforts fail? Often, it’s not what is said, but how it’s said. In a new report, HCSS strategic advisor Dr. Jeffrey H. Michaels explores how the success or failure of deterrence often...
032
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Ben Crum @bencrum.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The most right-wing government ever of the Netherlands has fallen apart It will be a long and volatile time until likely elections in autumn This coalition has tainted all four parties. BBB and NSC are likely to be marginalized. VVD has painted itself in a corner. Big q is whether the PVV can profit
1165
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Thank goodness he's run away - the news I've long been waiting for - but alarming that the PVV is still narrowly polling in first place www.politico.eu/article/geer...
politico.eu
Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders’ far-right party quits
Asylum dispute topples coalition in the Netherlands.
2264
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Alexander Hay @alexanderhay.myatproto.social · 03/06/2025
When two groups of people normally known for their embrace of new technology refuse to use something, listen to them. "‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home..." www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #Technology #Art
theguardian.com
‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home
Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it
528485
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Indeed a bitter pill for all of us to swallow theconversation.com/pro-trump-ca...
theconversation.com
Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU, Ukraine and women
Though the president has few powers, one of them is vetoing legislation. This means Karol Nawrocki’s win will be felt keenly, both in Poland and across Europe.
010
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Shocking that an official State Department account publishes such nonsense, with the implicit threat that if Europe doesn't knuckle under, the US will do something about its "democratic backsliding" which "increasingly affects American security & economic ties".
9379
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Most certainly not going
110
Reposted by Eva Michaels
HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies @hcss.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"Het is moeilijk om de timing van deze publicatie los te zien van de NAVO-top in Den Haag volgende maand," zegt HCSS expert Hans Horan in Trouw. "Dit is een signaal naar de Russen dat westerse diensten deze groep in de gaten hebben." www.trouw.nl/binnenland/r...
trouw.nl
Russische groep achter politiehack zoekt vooral naar relevante info voor de oorlog tegen Oekraïne
Tot dinsdag was de Russische hackersgroep Laundry Bear onbekend. Maar nu is er een rapport van de inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD. Onder meer om kort voor de Navo-top een signaal af te geven naar de...
022
Reposted by Eva Michaels
Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Palestinian children are suffering day after day as the Israeli bombardment and siege continues. These children have names, they have hopes and dreams for the future. They are someone's everything, their entire universe. We refuse to allow their suffering to become normalised.
27346
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Oh I miss you all!
010