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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

What role does ‘foreign policy specialisation’ play for small EU member states in international negotiations? In their article, @tomasweiss.bsky.social & Sandra Fernandes define it as a deliberate, enduring prioritisation of a region or topic in national foreign policy. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvP8

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Are you interested in Teaching & Learning? This is the event for you.

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Jan Rovny @jrovny.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Many are concerned about the return of Babiš to the top of Czech politics. While the results of this weekend's Czech legislative election poses its concerns, I am an optimist. I think Babiš's victory is rather Pyrrhic. Here are some thoughts: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

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The 2025 Czech election – Andrej Babiš’s Pyrrhic victory

Andrej Babiš’s ANO won the 2025 Czech election on 3–4 October. Yet as Jan Rovny explains, Babiš will find it challenging to form a stable government.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#UACES2025 starts on Monday in Liverpool. Once again, a range of brilliant panels. Many of them in our themed track on European security. I hope to see many of you there to discuss foreign interference, small state specialisation, and many other topics. @uaces.bsky.social @seceur-uaces.bsky.social

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Interesting read, even if worrying. Much more reliance on paid WoS in Czechia. But some promotion models started going the Scholar way. Maybe a mistake…

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This is great reading. It offers a very limited hope that European defence may ever work, but it does not rule it out entirely, so that's a relief. It's also slightly depressing research-wise. The complexity of it all almost prevents any meaningful understanding. In any case, go and read it!

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

And this, dear readers, is why people go to social media. Not for disinformation and venting their rage, but for exciting analyses of issues they actually never cared about until reading the threads.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

A very thought provoking essay. What is the reason we ask students to write?

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This is a great post. Students often do not understand the importance of the research question. This post explains it so well!

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I am going to save this and go back to it every single time I need to write an abstract. My future me will love me for doing it.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Evidence that humanities help us better understand the world around us.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If you are interested in small states, you mustn't miss the current issue of Small States & Territories, which offers 25 articles on how small states offer answers to big questions. Edited by Hillary Briffa and Anna-Lena Högenauer, it's all open access. www.um.edu.mt/sst/currenti...

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Current issue - L-Università ta' Malta

Current issue

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Yep. As she says. But Sauna!!!

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Donald Trump has dedicated his life in politics with single-minded ferocity to one luminous goal: the utter and final destruction of the weekly magazine

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

If it walks like insider trading, and it quacks like insider trading...

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A must read thread on the German coalition agreement and foreign policy!

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Just to remind you that there is still time to apply for a full-time post doc at Charles University and work with us on reaction to foreign interference in the EU, NATO and their member states. Let me know if you have any questions. #AcademicSky #polisky #EUsky #research #researchjob

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Díky Honzovi Burešovi a @brestan.bsky.social za pozvání do Makromixéru. Mluvili jsme o evropské bezpečnosti, o obranném průmyslu, transatlantických vztazích a tak podobně. Otázky byly skvělé, odpovědi snad dostačovaly. Můžete se rozhodnout sami: 1url.cz/v16zK

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MakroMixér Jana Bureše a Roberta Břešťana s Tomášem Weissem 2/2025

MakroMixér Jana Bureše a Roberta Břešťana · Episode

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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Even if a Frankenstein made up of Clinton, Obama and Biden wearing a Santa costume handing out free oil, gas and F-35s to EU member states were to re-emerge it would still be in Europe’s best interests to develop their own defences…

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Great job opportunity in Berlin! Apply for the position of the deputy director of the Institut für europäische Politik. Become the Deputy Funda! iep-berlin.de/en/about/car...

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Deputy Director, Institut für Europäische Politik | IEP

We are looking for a deputy director to join our institute management team as soon as possible. The deadline for applications is 14. April 2025.

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Jonathan Polk @jonathanpolk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

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Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe

Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Europe United in Belief That JD Vance is a Prick

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I know you have other concerns now, with NATO collapsing, the US turning authoritarian and what not. But maybe you have a PhD student about to finish out a postdoc looking for a job. Let them know we want them in Prague to research on foreign interference (including from the US). #polisky #EUsky

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

❗ CfA full-time postdoc position on foreign interference! ❗ Join us in Prague for research on foreign interference in the EU, NATO and their member states. A full-time research job for 42 months. Deadline for applications: 17th March Start date: July 2025 More info: ims.fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/post...

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Postdoctoral Research Position at the Institute of International Studies - INTERFER Project | IMS - Institut mezinárodních studií

The Institute of International Studies announces an open call for a postdoctoral research position within the project INTERFER, focused on foreign interference and national and international reactions...

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Michal Kolmaš @michelpoiccard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS: Czech Journal of International Relations seeks submissions to a Spec. issue on Gender-based violence in and beyond Central and Eastern Europe. Abstracts targeting GBV from various angles welcome. Deadline 16th March. Eds. M. Shevtsova and J. Sachseder. cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...

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Call for Papers: A Special Issue on gender-based violence in and beyond Central and Eastern Europe | Czech Journal of International Relations

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Extended deadline! Submit your proposal to the UACES conference. Last year, there was a problem with registrations. But it won’t happen again, so don’t be afraid. UACES still remains the best venue for discussing your EU-related research and much more. What about our European Security track?

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Do you keep asking these questions? The chances are you are an academic. Seek professional help!

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Short, and true. But considering the political situation in most European countries, I have no idea how to achieve it.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy new year! The best outlooks to everyone! / Šťastný nový plný krásných vyhlídek!

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"Další vánoční videoklip si připravila Tereza Mašková, což je ta zpěvačka, kterou znáte jen díky tomu, že má růžové vlasy (víc o ní vědět netřeba)." je jen jeden ze silných momentů nejlepší recenze vánočních písní, co jsem četl za dlouhou dobu. Pro otrlé i s videoklipy. denikn.cz/1602679/nacp...

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Nacpěte si vosí hnízda do uší: přichází letošní porce vánočních hitů

Přinášíme souhrn nových vánočních hitů (převážně) českých hvězd. A také „hvězd“. Nedávná anketa Český slavík ukázala, že hudební talent, cit pro melodiku nebo snad charisma jsou věci, které nejpopulár...

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Forget about staying in touch with friends far and wide or keeping your finger on the pulse. This is the sole purpose of social networks: Learning things you will never need but you cannot live without at the same time.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I can just see a research project comparing the probabilities of and paths to FRexit and CANschluss! Someone needs to do that if only for the semantic value of keeping these neologisms around.

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Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is a fascinating animation!

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