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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 13/09/2026

📰 With the growing popularity of AfD, should we expect a reset of Germany's pragmatic politics towards Russia? Our scholar @jeberle.bsky.social just published a new long-read in @warontherocks.bsky.social, arguing why the comeback of Ostpolitik is unlikely. warontherocks.com/why-are-peop...

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Why Are People Talking About a German Reset with Russia?

The summer of 2026 has raised questions once again among politicians, diplomats, and academics about whether Germany might be about to dither on Russia.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It took the CDU three years to realise that everything Merkel said about Merz was right

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The landslide victory for a far-right party marks a profound turning point. The traditional party system is no longer able to bind people to it or absorb the prevailing public mood. The AfD is winning support with ethnonationalist and chauvinistic positions that exclude large sections of society.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thundering. If that's a verb.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/09/2026

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Neocolonial decoloniality?: Ontological (in)security and the Pantayong Pananaw master fantasy - cup.org/4qRHBGy - Michael Magcamit #FirstView

Promotional banner for "Review of International Studies" featuring a partial view of the Earth from space, with the text "#OpenAccess" displayed.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In this piece, Ian Klinke and I argue that worries about 🇩🇪 reset with 🇷🇺 are off the mark. The real problem with German geopolitical thinking is "zombie Atlanticism" & fixation on a version of US that no longer exists. @warontherocks.bsky.social @prcp.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz #ostpolitik

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Why Are People Talking About a German Reset with Russia?

The summer of 2026 has raised questions once again among politicians, diplomats, and academics about whether Germany might be about to dither on Russia.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Gestern hat Friedrich Merz gemeinsam mit anderem Staats- und Regierungschef gefordert, der Vorschlag zum nächsten EU-Haushalt müsse um „mehrere Hundert Milliarden“ gekürzt werden. Durch die deutsche Debatte geistern dabei wieder ein paar Mondzahlen. Daher nochmal der Versuch einer Einordnung.

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Liana Fix @lianafix.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett @chantal-st.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Great to see this chapter out online! 📖 An assessment of the Greens in government (2021-2025) and a nice bookend to my PhD work which followed Baerbock and Habeck's leadership. Thanks to editors Ross Campbell and @louiseds.bsky.social, as well as to the IASGP, who made this book possible! 🇩🇪

Book cover of the book 'The 2025 German Federal Election: A polity under stress' edited by Ross Campbell and Louise Davidson-Schmich, it has a picture of the German parliament building the Bundestag at dusk.

A screenshot of the first page of book's 18th chapter 'Alliance 90/The Greens and the 2025 Federal Election: The End of the Habeck/Baerbock Era' by Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Publication time! All you wanted to know about 2025 German election is in this mammoth volume. Including my and Vladimir Handl's chapter on 🇩🇪 relations with 🇺🇦 and 🇷🇺, and much more. @hannahalarian.bsky.social @louiseds.bsky.social @prcp.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

👏 We are thrilled to announce the winner of our Best Dissertation Award - Anne Lene Stein (Lund University) for the thesis “Agonism against the Odds: Epistemic Disruptions and Bodies of Dissent in Palestine and Israel” 🔗 Read more the committee’s comments here: bit.ly/4xLql8h

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 06/08/2026

🇩🇪 Proč se Německo ocitá v takových problémech s migrací, energetikou nebo stagnující ekonomikou? Proč v průzkumech nadále vede AfD? Náš výzkumník @jeberle.bsky.social vysvětlil příčiny a možná řešení těchto problémů v podcastu Bruselský diktát Hospodářských novin 👇 podcasty.hn.cz/c1-67908620-...

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Německo se nezhroutilo a to je ten problém. Co je v zemi špatně s růstem, migrací i politikou

O Německu v Česku slýcháme prakticky jen špatné zprávy: o obrovských problémech s migrací, energetikou nebo stagnující ekonomikou. A v průzkumech tam vede strana, která navazuje na nejhorší rysy němec...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Very early days for Burnham... but why not just rejoice over something that looks like good news, right?

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When human creativity becomes resource to be plundered. #datacolonialism now extends also into your favourite old bookstore.

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European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🚀📚 NEW: "Aesthetics of ontological security" from @iremcihan.bsky.social. 👉 Open access - read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The very policies that are supposed to enhance EU #digitalsovereignty vis-a-vis US and China might be tearing it apart by deepening intra-EU digital divides. Critical debate on digital inequality is needed. Read my article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 19/06/2026

🔵 Our scholar @jeberle.bsky.social will be a visiting researcher at the @leibniz-ios.de. During his stay, he will be delivering a guest lecture on digital sovereignty in the CEE region. If you happen to be in the city, feel free to join! 📅 July 6, 16:00–17:30 📍 Landshuter str. 4

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

Ban continuous scroll. Appears to one of the most addictive features with no downside in banning it.
Require a 20s delay before playing any video. Would make essentially no difference to watching TV episodes or films, but would effectively nuke short-form video.8
Require all platforms to have the default feed

as people you follow, in chronological order. Reduces algorithmic effects.
Any platform that uses an algorithm more complex than ‘people you follow in chronological order’ to be treated as a publisher, and held to account for content. As above, but more robustly.
Require users to use real names. Much of the worst content is produced by anons; it would also make it easier to hold people to account for things that are banned in real life, such as libel or incitement to violence.
Require all platforms to provide a suite of user tools. This might include hard blocks, ability to detag yourself or restrict ‘quote tweets’, and community notes.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This July I will be a visiting fellow at @leibniz-ios.de in Regensburg. This lecture on #digitalsovereignty will be part of my programme. europeamerica.de/news-and-eve...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

NEW OPINION PIECE OUT NOW Daniel Šitera and myself take a different look at the "deregulatory turn" in EU digital policy. Building on our academic research, we argue that the key enabling role of smaller EU states have been largely overlooked. #digitalsovereignty Link in first comment.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

NEW ARTICLE - DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Very excited to share my most recent article, written together with Linda Monsees. It is an introduction to a special issue on the position of CEE states in EU's digital sovereignty agenda. Link in the first comment. PM for access.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Dostat tzv. Standardní grant od GAČR - tedy nejobvyklejší způsob národní podpory vědy - je dnes historicky nejtěžší. "S ohledem na rozpočtová omezení"...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ukrainian citizen suspected to be the orchestrator of the blowing-up of the NordStream pipelines was extradicted to Germany. This will surely be a very interesting and extremely sensitive process. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...

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Nord-Stream-Verdächtiger an Deutschland ausgeliefert

Er soll die Operation zur Sprengung an Pipelines in der Ostsee geleitet haben. Serhij K. wurde in Italien verhaftet, nach juristischem Hin und Her ist er nun ausgeliefert und nach Karlsruhe geflogen w...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Is lack of a common definition of #digitalsovereignty the core of EU's issues with projects like Gaia-X, per @politico.eu? Not really. Let's not obsess about definitions and pay attention to power relations behind them (as argued in an article we published recently). www.politico.eu/article/anat...

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Anatomy of a Franco-German tech misfire

As Europe debates how far to go in pivoting away from US Big Tech, a cloud initiative provides a cautionary tale.

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Stephen Herzog @herzogsm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

1/5 In @foreignpolicy.com, @laurensukin.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, and I provide analysis on how publics around the world viewed the Biden administration's extensive but restricted military aid to Ukraine in 2022-2023. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/20/u...

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Reliable Not Reckless

Why Washington’s measured support for Ukraine reassured the world.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 20/10/2025

🇨🇿🇺🇦 Jak bude nová česká vláda přistupovat k Ukrajině? Podle našeho výzkumníka @jeberle.bsky.social bude méně vstřícná oproti té předchozí, ale je nepravděpodobné, že by blokovala vojenskou podporu Kyjevu. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz www.ceskenoviny.cz/ukrinform/ce...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My short commentary on the implication of the Czech election for Ukraine. In short: not a good result for Kyiv, but expect pragmatic, self-interested policies, rather than a pro-Russian turn. Babiš is a transactional politician, will do what serves him best. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...

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New Czech government unlikely to oppose Ukraine in international bodies — expert

The most likely future government of the Czech Republic may be less supportive of Ukraine, but is unlikely to block military aid to Kyiv if it is in the Czech interests, including in international for...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Berlin friends, in two weeks time, I will be talking about the results of the Czech election in taz-Kantine. Tickets are free, but registration is required. Non-Berlin friends, there will be a livestream, too. taz.de/Gespraechsre...

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Gesprächsreihe „Up to East“: Nach den Parlamentswahlen in Tschechien: Analyse und Ausblick

Am 15. Oktober 2025 analysieren Expert:innen aus Tschechien den Ausgang ihrer Parlamentswahlen und seine Bedeutung für die Sicherheit und Demokratie(n) in Europa.

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Scott Brown @scottawbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Making sure my memes are on trend for the new academic year

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

NEW ARTICLE OUT IN OPEN ACCESS How do small and peripheral states respond to big EU initiatives? In a new article by Daniel Šitera and myself, we look at Czechia's reluctant and gradual warming to the idea of "EU digital sovereignty". 1/2

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 22/07/2025

Civilians cannot be targets. Never. The images from Gaza are unbearable. The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid. And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A detailed NYT investigation into Netanyahu's behaviour. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Frank's work is a must-read for anyone interested in German foreign policy.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle. But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White

We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

A really good (and long!) profile of Keir Starmer: a gradualist technocrat struggling to define his political purpose. magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/06/12/w...

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What Keir Starmer can’t say

The Prime Minister believes he will healBritain – but can he find the words?

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Institute of International Relations Prague @iirprague.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

📝 Nový policy paper @jeberle.bsky.social se věnuje analýze zahraniční, bezpečnostní a evropské politiky nové německé vlády vedené kancléřem Friedrichem Merzem z pohledu České republiky. 🇩🇪 www.iir.cz/nemecko-pod-...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Muj policy paper pro @iirprague.bsky.social Rikam, ze Merzova vlada je pro Cesko priznivejsim partnerem, nez byla ta Scholzova. Zasadni zmeny ale necekeje a budme realisticti v hodnoceni naseho vyznamu pro Nemecko. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz www.iir.cz/nemecko-pod-...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

TGA: "One can go down the list of conditions for a just war (...) and see how many are now being violated. Proportionality? No. Reasonable chance of success? No. Distinguishing between combatants and innocent civilians? No." timothygartonash.substack.com/p/the-israel...

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Great times talking about #digitalsovereignty at the GIG-ARTS conference in Salerno last week. gig-arts.eu/salerno-2025/

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

If Germany is serious about two-state solution mantra now is time to align /w major EU partners incl. France to consider official recognition of Palestinian state.Yes, mostly symbolic. Yes, with drawbacks. But brazen expansion of settlements plus Gaza ethnic cleansing plans does require firm answer.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

INTERFER - our shiny new project on foreign interference, coordinated by @smetanamichal.bsky.social at @ims.fsv.cuni.cz now has a website! www.interfer-project.eu

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🇩🇪Green Party co-leader @franziskabrantner.de calls for stronger actions against Netanyahu government * sanctioning Ben-Gvir & Smotrich * ensuring products from settlements don't get preferential tariffs * stopping export of weapons /w which violations of international law could be committed in Gaza

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