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Isabelle Ioannides

@isabelleioannides.bsky.social
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EU affairs and international relations geek - all things peace and security, crisis management, EU enlargement, impact evaluation/policy learning. Balkans & Med aficionado. Strictly my views.

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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
What is new in the Growth Plan? What incentives does it provide for the #WesternBalkans to undertake required reforms? How can the Growth Plan help curb corruption? What if #EUenlargement to the Western Balkans doesn't happen? Listen to my interview on ERT here: www.facebook.com/share/v/19tH...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/07/2025
The Trump administration pushed out a university president – its latest bid to close the American mind | Robert Reich
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The Trump administration pushed out a university president – its latest bid to close the American mind | Robert Reich
Demanding that the University of Virginia’s president resign is taken from the Viktor Orbán playbook of authoritarianism
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What a thrill to present the inaugural lecture on "#EU #enlargement in a Changing World: Strengthening #Europe's Unity & Resilience" to bright young professionals from the #Visegrad countries, #WB6 & Eastern trio, at the Visegrad Summer School, in Krakow. All that thx to Villa Decius Association! 🙏
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
After the UN, now NATO. www.politico.eu/article/mark...
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Mark Rutte DOGEs NATO with dozens of job cuts
Transatlantic military chief slashes roles and eliminates divisions as U.S. President Donald Trump’s reluctant commitment overshadows the alliance.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
WR Mead @gmfus.bsky.social's Brussels Forum says that #Cyprus likely to become a "frontline state" in a world where the #EU is unable to fill the #European space that #Trump has left behind, and that #Turkey (as other powers) is trying to move into. #geopolitics101
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It's always something to venture into the streets behind the Brussels South train station (#Bruxelles midi). How can the so-called capital of #Europe let this neighbourhood in such a mess? It's the first thing a foreigner sees of #Brussels!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/05/2025
EU officials accuse bloc of taking ‘little to no meaningful action’ on Gaza
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EU officials accuse bloc of taking ‘little to no meaningful action’ on Gaza
EU Staff for Peace letter accuses institution bosses of failing to exert influence to help Palestinians A group of EU officials has written to the leaders of the European institutions criticising the bloc for “little or no meaningful action” in response to the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The group EU Staff for Peace said that more than 2,000 officials working for the European Commission, European parliament and EU agencies had signed a letter drafted in May 2024 which accused the EU of apathy to the plight of Palestinians. Continue reading...
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Excited to see our @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social research report on the EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans. What are the Growth Plan's premises, esp. its economic underpinnings? What risks and benefits? Can the Growth Plan revitalise EU enlargement? www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
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The European Union Growth Plan for the Western Balkans: A reality test for EU enlargement
The EU's Growth Plan for the Western Balkans represents a major shift and opportunity for the region's Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-summ...
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UK summons Israeli ambassador and suspends free trade agreement talks with Israel
Landmark move tears up friendly relations between the two countries
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📍 If you are in Brussels next Tuesday, do not miss the launch of #IDEES Magazine's latest issue dedicated to the Western Balkans. A discussion on geopolitics, enlargement and illiberalism with @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech (EPC) & myself. 🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
💥 On May 20th I will be in Brussels for the launch of the latest #IDEES Magazine, an issue dedicated to the Balkans. Join @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech & myself for a discussion on all things EU-WB. And take home a copy of the magazine! 🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Has the #EU-#UK TCA facilitated #trade? My latest briefing assesses the TCA's implementation over the past two years. Despite continuing challenges, the TCA can be an opportunity for deepening EU-UK relations at a time of geoeconomic disruptions. www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
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EU-UK trade flows: Continuities, changes and trends | Think Tank | European Parliament
EU-UK trade flows: Continuities, changes and trends
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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Looking to apply for a postdoc on corruption, authoritarianism, EU (non) enlargement and other fun topics… and you want to do it while sipping your favourite beverage by the seaside? Come work with me in Rijeka 🇭🇷 uniri.hr/en/vijesti/m...
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Rijeka 2025. | UNIRI
The University of Rijeka (UNIRI), a modern European University, is looking for motivated postdoctoral researchers (Postdocs) for the Marie-Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF)…
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Must be the longest 24 hours ever... #Ukraine 🇺🇦 www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump describes how he could solve Russia-Ukraine conflict in 24 hours
Former President Trump described his plan to stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of re-entering the White House in a Sunday interview with Fox News.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
J'ai eu l'occasion, grâce au journal @lesoir.be, de voir en avant-première le film de Régis Wargnier 'La Réparation'. Une histoire touchante et une interprétation merveilleuse de Julia de Nunes - je vous le recommande vivement!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/04/2025
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/04/2025
“American government, American foreign policy, and American trade policy are slowly being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, and his friends.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
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Marta Kos @martakos.ec.europa.eu · 14/04/2025
Congratulations to Albania for taking another step towards EU membership Today, we opened the Internal Market cluster. While tariffs return elsewhere, we’ll be breaking down barriers to trade and business. Happy to see us building a more united & secure Europe together.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The only countries in #Europe with no #rail services. Ashamed to say I come from one of the them. Maybe @jonworth.eu can help! #train #tram
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
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Shootings, debt and political paralysis show Brussels is falling apart
Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium’s capital is in desperate need of leadership.
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Andrew Gray @andrewramsaygray.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
EU plans to increase financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year package worth around 1.6 billion euros, European Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica tells Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/eu-boo...
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EU to boost financial support for Palestinian Authority
The European Union will increase its financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year package worth around 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), the European Commissioner responsible for the Middle East told Reuters in an interview.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Where is tge #Cyprus problem headed, if anywhere? Excellent discussion w @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social, @nasiahadjigeorgiou.bsky.social & Fesile Osum. youtu.be/fLWSe8x2un8?...
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What next for Cyprus? | Interview with Nasia Hadjigeorgiou and Fezile Osum
YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It seems that I need to update my briefing every couple of days... from announced #tariffs to imposed tarifs to paused or reduced or increased tariffs... get serious! 📈📉 #trade #transatlantic #EUtrade
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Reading a lot on the #UStariffs, while finishing a briefing that's evaluating the implementation of the #EU-UK TCA. Zooming in on #trade flows. Watch this space! 🚛🚚🚛🚚
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Guntram Wolff @guntramwolff.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
How the EU could boost its defence capabilities with an arms-buyers’ club - Our research with @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social and Armin Steinbach for the ECOFIN finance ministers meeting in Warsaw reviewed by the FT. @bruegel.bsky.social on.ft.com/42jyi6p
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How the EU could boost its defence capabilities with an arms-buyers’ club
Also in this newsletter: Why Meloni holds the keys to the EU response to Trump’s tariffs
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 06/04/2025
Elon Musk says he supports ending all tariffs and creating a US-EU free trade zone—days after President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on Europe and most of the rest of the world. www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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Musk hopes US, EU get to ‘zero-tariff situation’
“At the end of the day, I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ideally in my view to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone,” Mu…
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Not that the world isn't scary enough as it is, but has anyone spotted any April fool's jokes in the press?
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It ain't over till it's over.. #LePen *not an April's fools joke*
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/04/2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today decried a court ruling that disqualified French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen from running to be president in 2027.
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Meloni joins cacophony of outrage against Le Pen guilty verdict
“I think that no one who cares about democracy can rejoice in a sentence that affects the leader of a large party and takes away representation from millions of citizens,” says Italian PM.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Which means that Marine Le Pen won't be able to run for Presisent in 2027.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Speaking of #EUenlargement momentum...
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I wonder if the message by #Denmark's FM has missed the point. His assumption is that #Trump wants #cooperation. But Trump has proven again and again, and again, in the last weeks, that he wants to control #Europe. #Greenland (but not only!) www.linkedin.com/posts/udenri...
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Statement by the Danish Foreign Minister 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇸 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark | 1,085 comments
Statement by the Danish Foreign Minister 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇸 | 1,085 comments on LinkedIn
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/03/2025
Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott
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Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott
Özgür Özel expanded call to boycott companies perceived as close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey’s anti-government protesters are weighing their options, amid calls by the main opposition leader for weekly rallies, a growing economic boycott and a groundswell of fired-up student demonstrators determined to stay on the streets. The leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, expanded a call to boycott goods and services from companies perceived as close to the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a rally in support of the jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Continue reading...
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
#positivevibes
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
"The American imperialism directed towards Denmark and Canada is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous. The US has nothing to gain from it, and much to lose. There is nothing that Americans cannot get from Denmark or Canada through alliance." @timothysnyder.bsky.social is spot on!
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Cartes du Monde @cartesdumonde.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
USA 🇺🇸 Hier, D. Trump a partagé une vidéo pour mettre en avant les liens entre les USA & le Groenland. Si on résume, la Russie menace l'Europe sur le flanc Est et les États-Unis menacent sur le flanc Ouest. La situation géopolitique est explosive.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Release all hostages.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Are we ready for this eventuality? When are #Denmark and the #EU going to stand up and say "enough is enough" instead of trying to accommodate a #transatlantic relationship that's dead.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/03/2025
The U.S. intelligence community released its annual threat assessment, offering a window into the Trump administration’s worldview. The report cites drug cartels as the top threat, mentioning them even before state actors such as Russia, China, and Iran.
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Trump’s Intelligence Community Outlines Top Global Threats
The 2025 worldwide threat assessment lists drug cartels and China as top dangers.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Interesting to see how #EU support is distributed across Member States.
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Trumpy's friend
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/03/2025
Just WTH 🤦‍♀️ US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order
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US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order
Move signals push by the American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad
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Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Canada ordered 88 F35s but is legally obligated to buy only the first 16. It is now reconsidering its plan for the remaining 72 planes. I’m sure European manufacturers will be making pitches as this reconsideration proceeds.
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European Leadership Network (ELN) @theeln.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Join @theeln.bsky.social as a Senior Policy Fellow on Russia-West relations. Lead research, shape policy, and engage with ELN network members, policymakers, and experts. 🗓️ Deadline: 17 April 2025 🔗 Apply now: europeanleadershipnetwork.org/job/senior-p...
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Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
“The UK, France, Germany and the Nordics are among the countries engaged…It would take an estimated five to 10 years of that increased spending to raise European capabilities to a level where they could replace most US competences, the officials said, not including the US nuclear deterrent.”
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European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato
UK, France, Germany and Nordics among countries engaged in informal discussions over a managed transfer
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Isabelle Ioannides @isabelleioannides.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Let me get started with something positive, sunny #Brussels (it happens!) Everyday small pleasures can't be taken for granted nowadays.
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