Political Science Prof|Erasmus University Rotterdam|European Union Politics and Policy
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"attention itself has become a strategic battlefield of int'l politics.
Attention wars aren't won by reacting faster.
They're won by deciding what deserves focus.
Europe (..) needs to outplan" Trump.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Mark Bray, Axel Bruns , and 35 more Shannon Vallor, Mark Bray, Axel Bruns, Peter Thorne, Thomas Backhaus, Ian Miles, Steve Peers, Andreas Ortmann, David Johnson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Mark E. Schaffer, Eric Goldman, Paul Bowman, Lesley A. Hall, Joni Lovenduski, Janet Murray, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, R. M. Wilson, W. Andy Knight, Marc Gopin, Samantha Brennan, James Goodwin, Mary Margaret McCabe, Greg Linden, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Jen Nelles, Cullen S. Hendrix, Stefan Kirchner, Karen O’Leary, Christina Pagel, John H. Knox, Daxton R. Stewart, Aviel Roshwald, Markus Haverland, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Martin S. Flaherty, Ernesto Castañeda
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But after a tense 🇪🇺 vs 🇺🇸 week it is needed.
Healthier, less poor, fairer, more equitable, safer.
🇪🇺 not perfect. But pretty good!
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Reposted by Iikka Korhonen, Alan Richardson, Markus Haverland
Excellent opening in particular.
Reposted by Holger Nehring, Markus Haverland
Made the calculation for today's Mercosur vote. It is not only unusual for such a major step to be adopted just above the threshold for an absolute majority. It is also the first case I could find where the old, pre 2014 weighted votes would have produced a No.
Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Robert West, Rebecca Solnit , and 34 more Timothy Snyder, Robert West, Rebecca Solnit, Dorothy Bishop, Will Jennings, Samuel L. Perry, Tom Shakespeare, Valerie P. Hans, Henning Melber, Philip Nel, Peter Holmes, Joni Lovenduski, Trevon D. Logan, Robert C. Richards, R. M. Wilson, Gerald Friedman, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Michael H. Whitworth, Anne Norton, Eric D. Knowles, Michael Müller, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Daryl Adair, Mark Priestley, Kate Starbird, Pauline Stafford, Björn Heile, Umut Özkırımlı, Greg Linden, Tim Stephens, Christina Pagel, Colin Talbot, Markus Haverland, Jeannette Sutton, Virginia Sapiro, Jim McManus
"while the general relationship may be multicausal, I can offer a compelling causal argument and robust evidence for why X causes Y."
Talking about political events when talking to journalists:
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"while the general relationship may be multicausal, I can offer a compelling causal argument and robust evidence for why X causes Y."
Talking about political events when talking to journalists:
The book examines how nuclear sharing is contested across Europe, and why governments stick with these policies even when they’re deeply unpopular.
www.cambridge.org/nl/universit...
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I’ll be discussing the book with Sico van der Meer, Michaele de Goeij, and Linde Desmaele.
More info: www.eur.nl/en/essb/even...
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The book examines how nuclear sharing is contested across Europe, and why governments stick with these policies even when they’re deeply unpopular.
www.cambridge.org/nl/universit...
Reposted by Leo Lucassen, John Morijn, Markus Haverland
Reposted by Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders, Steven Van de Walle , and 29 more Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders, Steven Van de Walle, Steven French, Joanna Bourke, David Rothschild, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Fabián Muniesa, Smith, Jonathan Hopkin, Felicity Callard, Janet Murray, Gerald Friedman, Julie Cupples, Glenn H. Shepard, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Dean Eckles, Julia M. Wright, Leo McCann, Timothy Burke, Lisa Diedrich, Ann Bartow, Marcus Credé, James Connelly, Miko Flohr, Hisham Zerriffi, Samuel Coavoux, Charles T. Mathewes, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Markus Haverland, Carissa Byrne Hessick
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Reposted by Pedro C. Magalhães, Markus Haverland
Reposted by Maarten Vink, Markus Haverland
Will this be sufficient for Ukraine to win the war? No.
But still, the European Council of 18 Dec. warrants cautious optimism.
Why?👇
💰 Economic Governance, Competitiveness, Monetary and Fiscal Policy
🪑 Fabio Franchino & @mhaverland.bsky.social
⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/6FuqLhw
#EU #CallforProposals #Polisky
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💰 Economic Governance, Competitiveness, Monetary and Fiscal Policy
🪑 Fabio Franchino & @mhaverland.bsky.social
⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/6FuqLhw
#EU #CallforProposals #Polisky
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
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📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
Reposted by Benjamin Braun, John L. Cotter, Markus Haverland
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
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Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen, Gerard H. Kuper, Markus Haverland
Reposted by Simon Hix, Joe R. Feagin, Håvard Kauserud , and 22 more Simon Hix, Joe R. Feagin, Håvard Kauserud, Patrick A. Jansen, Pitirim A. Sorokin, Evelyne de Leeuw, Rosemary A. Joyce, Diane Ravitch, Elizabeth Stokoe, Andrew Curry, Jeremy T. Kerr, Cécile Canut, Anand Menon, John Foot, Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Hopkin, Robert Wolfe, Gerald Friedman, Ben Crum, Andrew Baillie, Pam Jarvis, Markus Haverland, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Francesco Nicoli, Stuart Shapiro
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...