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Nikolaos Tzifakis

@tzifakis.bsky.social
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Jean Monnet Chair @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social, Prof. at University of the Peloponnese. Project Coordinator @geopower-eu.bsky.social Visiting Prof. @collegeofeurope. Research Assoc. @MartensCentre. Member @biepag.bsky.social. Interests: #IR #Balkans #EU.

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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨 Hot off the press! Our new @geopower-eu.bsky.social study on #EU enlargement reform is live. It highlights key reform pathways—including an unconventional "three-track model" to bypass unanimity bottlenecks in interim accession stages. Read it here: geo-power.eu/wp-content/u...
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Out now! 📢My new work: "The EU and authoritarian norm diffusion in the Western Balkans" Proud to be featured alongside a group of distinguished experts in this new volume edited by Igor Vidačak. 🔓Read it here (it's Open Access): doi.org/10.4324/9781... @biepag.bsky.social @geopower-eu.bsky.social
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The Western Balkans and the Challenges of EU Accession | The Resilient
This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the transformation of Western Balkan candidate countries as they move toward European Union
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🔔 New BiEPAG policy brief 🔹 Mining in the Western Balkans: How to counter authoritarian extractivism? As the EU secures critical raw materials, mining in the Western Balkans raises concerns over governance, environmental risks, and weak public participation. 📄 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mrxz77xh
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
How are the 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇹🇷 perceived across the WB & the EaP? Our latest study reveals clear regional contrasts. While the 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸, and 🇷🇺 dominate online debates, 🇨🇳 and especially 🇹🇷 show distinct, & in some cases more favourable — sentiment patterns, particularly in EaP countries. 🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
📣New #GEOPOWEREU Case Study! Research finds that disinformation in 🇧🇦 is largely homegrown and politically weaponised. In Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik uses pro-🇷🇺 rhetoric to deflect corruption allegations and entrench illiberal rule. 🔗https://bit.ly/4aF8mGD
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🔔 Seriously Balkans – The BiEPAG Talks ep.22 🔹 The Student Protest Movement in Serbia: What does the Future hold? 🎙️ Our BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social is hosting his guests: 🔸Marina Vulović 🔸Jelena Vasiljević 🔸 Nikola Burazer 👇 Tune in now 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1Y48...
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🔔New policy brief ✍️J. Marović & O. Barbullushi 🔹How Accession Treaties Can Strengthen Europe The brief argues for enforceable safeguards, rule-of-law conditionality, and performance-based integration. EU accession treaties must become tools for democratic resilience. 📄https://tinyurl.com/ycbuu8wy
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣 Is the Eastern Partnership still relevant in today’s geopolitical landscape? Join our online webinar, organised by @eapcsf in partnership with #GEOPOWEREU, on rethinking EU🇪🇺–EaP relations amid war in🇺🇦 & strategic competition. 🗓️ 19 Feb | ⏰ 12:00–13:00 CET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZvgSTv
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
📣New publication alert! Our PI Prof. @tzifakis.bsky.social has published a new co-authored article on EU enlargement and “reversed conditionality” in the Western Balkans. Read it open access here: bit.ly/4r0WhTl
*Featured image: Deutsche Welle, Image: picture-alliance/dpa/B. von Jutrczenka
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Read our (open-access) article offering an agency-structure perspective to EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and let us know what you think. Link: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 1/2 @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...
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ASN European Conference: Reconfiguring National Identities amid Multiple Crises, 18–20 September 2026
As an interdisciplinary event, the conference welcomes contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, law, literature, political science, gender studies, psychology,...
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🔔Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep.19 🔹The predicament of media and press freedom in the Balkans 🎙️Our BiEPAG member Giorgio Fruscione is hosting his guests: Lejla Mazlic and @slobageorgiev.bsky.social #MediaFreedom 👇Tune in for more on this topic👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5thu...
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Join us for a discussion on a very interesting topic.
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📣 New GEO-POWER-EU Report! Our new study shows how corrosive capital and #disinformation take hold through co-production between domestic political patrons and foreign actors—using opaque deals and tailored narratives to shield vested interests. Read here🔗 bit.ly/48rghX0
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social launches a series of short tutorial videos. Brilliant colleagues explain analytical approaches, concepts, & ideas in clear terms. #IR #EUStudies 1/6
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📣How do Serbians view the 🇪🇺, #migration, #security & global actors? Join us on 7 Oct for the online presentation of 🇷🇸 findings from the 2025 #GEOPOWEREU Public Opinion Survey📊 🗓️Tuesday, 7 Oct | 15:00 CET 📍Online (Zoom) 🔗Info & Participation: shorturl.at/U0bWZ
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪 A short🧵⤵️
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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
*New & open access* We draw on our book Indulging Kleptocracy, reflecting on the importance of networks - even more than states, we argue - in today’s global order. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...
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Professional indulgences: the kleptocracy problem and the transformation of global politics
This article discusses the phenomenon of transnational kleptocracy and explains how kleptocrats and oligarchs have been welcomed in rule-of-law settings The paper summarises a large body of research,...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📢 New blog alert! @branim.bsky.social (@wiiw.ac.at) dives into 🇨🇳 investment trends in 🇷🇸 and the wider Western Balkans using the #GEOPOWEREU database. 🔗 Article: shorturl.at/erwh1 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New blog alert! Our @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleagues @valeryperry.bsky.social and @kurtbassuener.bsky.social explore 🇪🇺's underused leverage in 🇷🇸 & the Western Balkans in “Rethinking EU Strategy: Squandered Influence”, using #GEOPOWEREU database 🔗Article: bit.ly/453fR9e 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN
*Featured image: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📣New BiEPAG blog📝 Rama’s Foreign Policy Paradox by Dr. Des. Rigels Lenja 🔹Everyone’s Friend (except Russia) Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/5hcck9m8
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📢On May 26–27, the GEO-POWER-EU consortium held two productive days in Belgrade. Here’s what happened 🧵 1/ A public conference was co-organized with @reunir.bsky.social on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. Full summary here: 🔗 shorturl.at/uBaHO
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🚨New blog alert! Prof N. Džuverović @BelgradeUni analyzes Serbia's 🇷🇸foreign policy balancing act in a new piece published by European Western Balkans, drawing on data from the GEOPOWER EU database. 🔗Read the article: shorturl.at/538A4 📊Explore the database: shorturl.at/jaN2H
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Our panel on “The 🇪🇺in the Era of Geopolitics: Power, Strategy & Influence” started, moderated by Dr @filipejdus.bsky.social& featured Prof @tzifakis.bsky.social #UoP, Alexandra Bykova @wiiw.ac.at, Dr Panagiota Manoli #UoP, Björn Fägersten @uisweden.bsky.social &Strahinja Subotić #EPC &InvigoratEU
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Center for Advanced Studies - South East Europe @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#interdependence - how linked are #Albania #Bosnia #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Georgia #Ukraine and #Moldova and the #EU, #Russia, #China #Turkey and the #US is shown in the database created by @geopower-eu.bsky.social consortium. Check it out at: geo-power.eu/research-out...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
📢 For those who would like to join us online, you can participate in the event at the following link: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/89551244365 Visit our website for more ℹ️ and in-person registration: 🔗 bit.ly/42Z3GZF #EU #WesternBalkans #EaP #enlargement
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📢Secure your place! Join us May 26 in Belgrade 🇷🇸 for a high-level #GeoPowerEU & #REUNIR conference on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership. 🕒15:30–19:00 |📍Europe House 🔗Registration bit.ly/42Z3GZF 💻Online participation—link coming soon!
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership” 📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
What could a second #Trump presidency mean for the #WesternBalkans? Read the new analysis co-authored by GEO-POWER-EU consortium member Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli (VE Insight) to understand the shifting geopolitical landscape. 🔗 bit.ly/3GPuQcW #WB6 #EU #geopolitics
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Analysis by Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans - Geo Power
Analysis by Marcus How on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans Marcus How, Head of Analysis at VE Insight and GEO-POWER-EU consortium member, and Benedetta Locatelli, also of VE Insight, have co...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🧵1/ New publication alert! Our Coordinator Prof. @NTzifakis, with Eleni Vasdoka, explores #Serbia's strategic hedging between global powers in the #WesternBalkans. A very timely contribution to understanding great-power influence in the region. 🔗bit.ly/43dKJkT
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🔊Listen to the ep.15 of 🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹What the new German Government means for the Balkans Host: @fbieber.bsky.social Guests: Frauke Seebass, Fellow at @swp-berlin.org & Researcher @dgap.org Adnan Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI 🎧 tinyurl.com/5n9y55u8
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Dragoș Ioniță @dragosionita.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A new article argues that #Serbia has adopted the strategy of hedging not only towards the #EuropeanUnion and the #UnitedStates, but also towards #Russia and #China, sending ambiguous and contradictory signals on its alignment preference. journalse.com/great-powers...
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Great Powers and Gatekeepers in the Western Balkans: Serbia’s Strategic Hedging - Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs
Great-power interest in the Western Balkans has risen over the last few years, and while the West, China, and Russia have been competing for influence, Western
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Our article with Eleni Vasdoka on Serbia’s strategic hedging towards the EU, US, Russia and China has just been released. It may be downloaded for free here: journalse.com/great-powers... @geopower-eu.bsky.social @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social @biepag.bsky.social
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Great Powers and Gatekeepers in the Western Balkans: Serbia’s Strategic Hedging - Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs
Great-power interest in the Western Balkans has risen over the last few years, and while the West, China, and Russia have been competing for influence, Western
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Interested in how the EU navigates complex dynamics in the Eastern Neighbourhood &#WesternBalkans? Sign up to our newsletter & get: 🔹Data-driven📊 publications 🔹Policy-focused podcast episodes🎧 🔹Invitations to events, briefings &more 🔗 bit.ly/3R6fXVu or scan the QR👇
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
📣Check the event report from our panel discussion in Zagreb, organized in cooperation with Institute for Development and International Relations IRMO. 🔸Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next? For more, go to👇 www.biepag.eu/news/geopoli...
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
📣BiEPAG blog with focus on #TrumpsTariffs 🖊 Branimir Jovanović @wiiw.ac.at "The current situation looks like a black swan – an unpredictable shock for which standard models offer limited guidance – meaning that the impact might be much bigger." More data-driven insights👇 tinyurl.com/mt2kfwhr
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Damir Kapidzic @damirkapidzic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📕 Is Bosnia still a post-conflict country, or has it been able to move on? A special issue of Southeastern Europe I co-edited “𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵: 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢'𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺” tackles that question from an interdisciplinary perspective. brill.com/view/journal...
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Our latest piece on the protests in Serbia (w. @markokmezic.bsky.social @lurapo.bsky.social & Claudia Laštro) euobserver.com/eu-political...
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What next for the protests in Serbia?
The regime of Serbian Progressive Party and president Aleksanda Vučić is fundamentally undemocratic and cannot restore the rule of law without threatening itself. Unless Vučić makes a mistake, the sys...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Exciting news! Dr @tenaprelec.bsky.social’s co-authored book Indulging Kleptocracy has been named one of Foreign Affairs’ Best Books of 2024! A must-read on corruption, British service providers & post-communist elites Get it here: bit.ly/4hq318l Learn more: bit.ly/3QcR0av
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Jean Monnet Chair EU-FP-WB @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Antonis Klapsis, Research Fellow at @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social, published an article in European Politics and Society. He examines Greece’s response to the Briand Plan, which sought to establish a federal union of European states. The article may be downloaded here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Greece and the Briand Plan for the establishment of a federal European Union
This paper examines Greece’s response to the Briand Plan, a proposal introduced by French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand in 1930, which sought to establish a federal union of European states. Foc...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📢 Don't miss Prof. Ejdus's interview with TVPWorld, where he explains the ongoing protests in #Serbia 🇷🇸 following the tragic Novi Sad railway collapse and calls on the #EU🇪🇺 to get involved and mediate. 🎙️ Watch here: 🔗 bit.ly/4aMuxKK
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📣 @jomarovic.bsky.social with a new BiEPAG blog📝 🔹EC’s Agenda for the Western Balkans: who can make it to the club in next five years – one or none? Read the text with a list of potential scenarios for the #EUEnlargement to the #WesternBalkans👇 #EUCommission #EU 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yzj4bvdv
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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Please sign the petition in solidarity with the students in Serbia (the content is the same as the other link, but this one includes affiliation) docs.google.com/forms/d/1A56...
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Solidarity with Students in Serbia
Herewith, we express our solidarity with the students and universities of Serbia. On 1 November 2024, the canopy at the recently renovated Novi Sad train station collapsed, killing 15 people. For ...
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
📢BiEPAG stands with the students in #Serbia fighting for justice, equality, and democracy. Student voices matter, and their courage inspires us all. A bold call to #EU institutions: take action now! #StudentProtests #Serbia 📝Read our open letter of support here👇 www.biepag.eu/news/letter-...
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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🎙️Missed our second X/Twitter Spaces? Catch up on the discussion about the 2024 U.S. elections & their impact on Euro-Atlantic relations. From Ukraine🇺🇦 to the #WesternBalkans, explore what it means for the #EU's strategic autonomy& more 🎧 bit.ly/40w6sDm #GEOPOWERTalks
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Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
WMCES released a collective volume with dozens of papers articulating ideas and policy prescriptions on different EU policies. My chapter discusses the EU enlargement policy. A short 🧵with my main points.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Let’s expand #SEEBluesky. Here are a bunch of newcomers, as well as other accounts that you need to follow: @lurapo.bsky.social @markokmezic.bsky.social @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social @besnikpula.bsky.social @balcanicaucaso.org @fbieber.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social @dimitarbechev.bsky.social
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📢A new BiEPAG blog by @markokmezic.bsky.social 🔷Student protests in Serbia: The eleventh hour for EU fundamentals #StudentProtests #SerbiaProtests #WesternBalkans #EU #Serbia ✍️ www.biepag.eu/blog/student...
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