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Marija Golubeva

@golubeva.bsky.social
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Head of the Board, Baltic Initiative on European Reform www.balticinitiative.eu Founder of Meleys crisis simulations Distinguished Fellow at CEPA. Former Minister of Interior of Latvia.

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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Having thinkers like @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social on the same panel with mayor of Warsaw @rafal-trzaskowski.bsky.social discussing whether the world is in enthropy, is rather a treat! #Impact'26 #Poland
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It is not every day that you sit at a conference listening to a discussion on international law, and then George Clooney comes on stage saying 'I am here to lower the intellectual level of the discussion'. Actually he did not. Both Amal and he had things to say #Impact'2026 #Poland
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 08/03/2026
For #InternationalWomensDay, we’re spotlighting women leading global policy debates. @golubeva.bsky.social examines how Europe is strengthening cyber capabilities and why closer cooperation could help protect the continent’s infrastructure from growing hybrid and cyber threats. #WomenInSecurity
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A Joint Cyber Defense for Europe?
The cyber abilities of the EU’s 27 member states are variable, but the best-prepared can benefit from helping the laggards.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 03/03/2026
A Joint Cyber Defense for Europe? | The cyber abilities of the EU’s 27 member states are variable, but the best-prepared can benefit from helping the laggards. @golubeva.bsky.social cepa.org/article/a-joint-cyber-defe…
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A Joint Cyber Defense for Europe?
The cyber abilities of the EU’s 27 member states are variable, but the best-prepared can benefit from helping the laggards.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
237 anti-EU X-posts from Russian negotiator since the publication of the new US National Security Strategy. Together with the AI signature use of an em dash, this sounds like somebody told an LLM to write anti-EU posts best designed to connect with the Trump/MAGA base.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Three things struck me particuarly from this analysis: First, after a 'rally to the flag' or 'let's hide our sympathies for Russia' effect after the full invasion in 2022, the level of voting in favour of Russian position is increasing again in the new, more right-wing European Parliament:
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 30/11/2025
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us. on.ft.com/4pb0xP6 UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Yesterday at the Hertie School, we brought together leading experts to launch the new ifa External Cultural Policy (ECP) Monitor report, "Domination without hegemony? The emerging contest to fill the U.S.' soft power vacuum." 🤝 Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed!
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Listen to our discussion on NATO and EU response to hybrid war - with Ben Wallace, Margaritis Schinas, Julianne Smith and Philippe Lavigne. #WSF2025
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Listen to our discussion on NATO and EU response to hybrid war - with Ben Wallace, Margaritis Schinas, Julianne Smith and Philippe Lavigne. #WSF2025
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
If you are in Berlin on 16 September, join our discussion on Europe's response to hybrid threats.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/07/2025
Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too. Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Interesting data. US citizens actually overwhelmingly disapprove of the new (anti)immigration policies. Openness to the world is deeply ingrained in America's self-perception.
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
#WyrdWednesday Love these amazing 18th century whale/sea monster church pulpits L-R: Saints Peter & Paul Church, Duszniki, Poland; St. Hedwig Church, Dobroszów, Poland; St. James the Greater Church in Kratonohy, Czechia
Photograph by Jacek Halicki of a carved church pulpit as a green serpentine whalePhotograph (credit unknown) of a carved church pulpit as a grey whale with it's mouth wide open Photograph (credit unknown) of a carved church pulpit as a green serpentine whale with a wide open mouth
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/07/2025
Grok is a full blown nazi now.
A screenshot of a Twitter thread discussing Hollywood and ideological biases in movies. The first tweet by @pnwguerrilla says, “Enjoying movies/cinema becomes almost impossible once you know.” Another user, @playpal001, replies, “once I know what?” The user @grok responds, explaining that once you know about “pervasive ideological biases, propaganda, and subversive tropes in Hollywood—like anti-white stereotypes, forced diversity, or historical revisionism—it shatters the immersion.” @friendly_gecko then asks @grok if a particular group injects these themes. @grok replies that Jewish executives have historically founded and dominated leadership in major studios and suggests their overrepresentation influences content with progressive ideologies some see as subversive.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 02/07/2025
How do you think other world leaders should behave toward US President Trump and his administration? Other world leaders should...(%) Poll by institute if global affairs instituteforglobalaffairs.org/wp-content/u...
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Amazing idea, I would buy it.
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Re:Baltica @rebaltica.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
3/8 Nevari saprast, kas ir kas Daugavpils vēlēšanās? Skaidrs, ka jautājums nebūs, kurš uzvarēs, bet gan – cik Elksniņa satelītu vēl ievēlēs un vai domē būs reāla opozīcija. Kas startē vēlēšanās un ko par šiem politiskajiem spēkiem zinām, lasi te: rebaltica.lv/2025/04/kas-...
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Kas ir kas Daugavpils vēlēšanās
Daugavpilī vēlēšanās jautājums nebūs, kurš uzvarēs, bet gan – cik Elksniņa satelītu vēl ievēlēs un vai domē būs reāla opozīcija.
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Re:Baltica @rebaltica.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🧵1/8 Daugavpilieti! Mēs savu darbu padarījām, Tev nu jādara savējais. Šai pavedienā atradīsi, ko izpētījām par pilsētu un tās politisko vadību. Špikeris pirms doties uz vēlēšanu iecirkni. Ja pats neesi no Daugavpils, padalies, lai sasniedz tos, kuri šonedēļ vēlēs jauno domi. #vēlēšanas2025
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Never give up on mobilising the pro-EU vote before second round of elections. Lesson from Romania, for Poland.
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 07/05/2025
Jeremy Cliffe and Jana Puglierin discuss Friedrich Merz's chancellorship as an opportunity for Germany to lead Europe actively. While history favors European unity, domestic sentiment leans towards "Germany first." Merz must redefine Germany's European policy.
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From fence-sitter to pace-setter: How Merz’s Germany can lead Europe
On foreign policy, Germany’s new chancellor will be pulled between conservatism and radicalism. For Europe’s sake, he must choose the latter
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Sweden pretty solid: one year in NATO and already present in an allied country with boots on the ground. 🇸🇪🤝🇱🇻
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 02/05/2025
Canada and Europe have a renewed opportunity to deepen their partnership. As global alliances shift, this moment is pivotal for strengthening transatlantic ties. Read @jhosa.bsky.social new policy alert. @ecfrpower.bsky.social
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Questions of sovereignty: Canada’s relations with Europe after the general election
Europeans should begin seeking new opportunities to work with Canada under Mark Carney…
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 22/04/2025
Tomorrow, the US will propose officially recognizing Crimea as Russian and freezing the front line in Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal — The Washington Post
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
There must be something that 77% of Europeans are getting right.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 31/03/2025
Latvians Prepare as the ‘Long Peace’ Ends | "The nation’s security has become the center point of Latvian thinking, with soldiers and civilians engaged to ensure deterrence." @golubeva.bsky.social
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Latvians Prepare as the 'Long Peace' Ends
The nation’s security has become the center point of Latvian thinking, with soldiers and civilians engaged to ensure deterrence.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Mafia tactics. If you don't accept the very bad deal, we will offer a worse one, accompanied by more threats. At this point, the US is damaging both Ukraine's and Europe's interests, and helping out Putin.
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Here is my short overview of the Baltics' preparedness to monitor/ prevent hybrid threats, with a little emphasis on Latvia. I still believe Lithuania is currently the best prepared, but all three Baltic States are relatively advanced in this field.
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Yes but right now the EU’s ability to act in the next few months is decisive for how the long-term reality is shaped. So we need agility now, not only good rules for the future.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Exactly.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
As Germany is heading to the ballots, here is again what to watch out for today as Europeans. Two things will be important: 1) Will a stable two-party coalition be possible? 2) Will a constitutional blocking minority emerge against a debt brake reform and/or another special fund for defence?
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The timing is highly unfortunate for Georgia. With Europe's eyes on Ukraine and protecting ourselves from Putin without US guarantees, no free hands in Brussels, Berlin, Warsaw or Vilnius to continue pushing for new elections in Tbilisi.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it." www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
Finland’s former leader makes the case for stumping up tens of billions more for Ukraine
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Time for 🇪🇺
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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral “Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.” www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by ex...
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The objectives of Macron's summit of European Leaders (with UK but without Orban) in a nutshell:
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
One of the stakes of the "post-Atlantic summit" in Paris will be the roster of non-US countries ready to put boots on rhe ground in 🇺🇦
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The @cepa.org high-level advisory group peace plan for Ukraine is correct to place faith in Europe's role in the negotiations, although it may be tricky to achieve this given the isolationist trend in the US.
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Steven Everts @sbeverts.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“Europe will not be able to rely on the US as an economic or security partner. It will need to defend its interests more vigorously, with the US where it can and against it where it must.” @cerianbond.bsky.social hits it on the nail; no illusions, invest in own strength. www.cer.eu/insights/tru...
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Trump is back, worse than last time. Is Europe ready?
Donald Trump’s America is an unreliable ally. Individual European states will be tempted to hope Trump attacks someone else. They must work together instead, to reduce their dependency on America.
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I would add that there is nothing "new" about such threats as Russian disinformation. It has been around and it is, alas, a permanent feature in the Baltic security landscape. We need to grow our resilience against it. Meanwhile, disconnection from BRELL this morning went according to plan.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/02/2025
⚡️Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports. Kash Patel received $25,000 in 2024 from a company run by pro-Kremlin filmmaker Igor Lopatonok.
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Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports
Kash Patel received $25,000 in 2024 from a company run by pro-Kremlin filmmaker Igor Lopatonok.
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 05/02/2025
The OCCRP is much more than just reporters: they make investigative infrastructure to support newsrooms. The true impact of the OCCRP is way larger and grander than the stories that have their name on it.
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Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Worrying developments in German politics ahead of the elections.
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Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Poland arrests former justice minister, accusing him of authorizing the funds used to deploy Pegasus spyware against nearly 600 people, many of whom were in the political opposition. Money to pay for spyware was taken from crime victims fund therecord.media/poland-spywa...
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Former Polish justice minister arrested in sprawling spyware probe
Zbigniew Ziobro, former justice minister of Poland, has been arrested for allegedly signing off on the use of government money to pay for spyware used to snoop on opposition leaders.
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
And so it begins - Bxl orders X to hand over documents on algorithm As one senior EU official told me in Bxl this week, the EU's regulatory instruments are there precisely to protect free speech, not hinder it, as Musk and Zuck claim The EU's narrative pushback begins www.ft.com/content/a6dc...
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Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm
Request follows complaints from politicians about Elon Musk’s platform boosting far-right AfD party
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
News from the German Ministry of Defence: As of today, they will stop posting on X. Same is true of our official armed forces accounts.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Fascinating comparison of what US and Chinese AI is obliged to censor and what not. Where would European AI fall?
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