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What is a queer approach to EU foreign policy? – EU Foreign Policy and the Western Balkans

Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 1d

Hanna L. Mühlenhoff presents the #queerapproach to EU foreign policy: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/... 5/6.

What is a peace cartel? – EU Foreign Policy and the Western Balkans

Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 1d

@kurtbassuener.bsky.social illustrates the concept of the peace cartel: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/...
4/6.

What is corrosive capital? – EU Foreign Policy and the Western Balkans

Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 1d

@tenaprelec.bsky.social presents the notion of #corrosivecapital: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/... 3/6.

What is stabilitocracy? – EU Foreign Policy and the Western Balkans

Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 1d

@fbieber.bsky.social explains the concept of #stabilitocracy: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/... 2/6.

Nikolaos Tzifakis @tzifakis.bsky.social · 1d

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

Professional indulgences: the kleptocracy problem and the transformation of global politics

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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · 13d

📣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 · Sep 11

📢 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🧵⤵️

Featured Image: Reuters/European Commission

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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · Sep 5

*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/...

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,...

journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · Jun 12

📢 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 · Jun 4

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 · Jun 6

📣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 · May 28

📢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 · May 28

🚨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 · May 27

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

Analysis by Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans - Geo Power

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Center for Advanced Studies - South East Europe @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social · May 26

#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...

Database - Geo Power

geo-power.eu

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GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · May 22

📢 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

GEO-POWER-EU @geopower-eu.bsky.social · May 16

📢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 · May 21

📢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 · May 16

📢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 · May 15

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

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 · May 9

🧵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 · May 7

🔊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 · Apr 24

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...

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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