Laura Chappell
@laurachappell.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Surrey, and co-editor of European Security. Views are my own.
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34(4) Drive to survive: Lukashenka's foreign policy shifts from simulating multi-vectorism to stealthily bandwagoning with Russia's military adventurism by Ryhor Nizhnikau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Drive to survive: Lukashenka's foreign policy shifts from simulating multi-vectorism to stealthily bandwagoning with Russia's military adventurism
This article discusses the key patterns of Belarusian foreign policy, identifying causes and explaining patterns of its transformation, particularly after the outbreak of the Belarusian crisis (202...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
34(4) Drive to survive: Lukashenka's foreign policy shifts from simulating multi-vectorism to stealthily bandwagoning with Russia's military adventurism by Ryhor Nizhnikau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) In-between who? Armenian and Georgian shifting perceptions and geostrategies of inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian power projections by Kornely Kakachia & Bidzina Lebanidze: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In-between who? Armenian and Georgian shifting perceptions and geostrategies of inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian power projections
This article examines how Armenia and Georgia, two small states navigating the contested geopolitics of the South Caucasus, are devising distinct geostrategies in response to their condition of “in...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
34(4) In-between who? Armenian and Georgian shifting perceptions and geostrategies of inbetweenness amidst EU–Russian power projections by Kornely Kakachia & Bidzina Lebanidze: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) OA Furthest away from Russia and ever closer to the EU? Moldova hedging its bets on alternating alignments and (differentiated) dis/integration by Dorina Baltag & Amy Eaglestone: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Furthest away from Russia and ever closer to the EU? Moldova hedging its bets on alternating alignments and (differentiated) dis/integration
Positioned at the intersection of geopolitical tensions, Moldova has grappled with the intricacies and uncertainties of a great power rivalry between Russia and the European Union. Under the leader...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
34(4) OA Furthest away from Russia and ever closer to the EU? Moldova hedging its bets on alternating alignments and (differentiated) dis/integration by Dorina Baltag & Amy Eaglestone: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) Ukraine’s geostrategic responses to the challenges of geopolitical “Inbetweenness”: from multivectorism to (under)balancing and fighting the war of independence by Mykola Kapitonenko: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ukraine’s geostrategic responses to the challenges of geopolitical “Inbetweenness”: from multivectorism to (under)balancing and fighting the war of independence
Adopting a lens of geopolitical and geostrategic “inbetweenness”, this article examines the evolution of Ukraine's foreign and security policy in 1991–2025, thereby considering the “shadow” of evol...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
34(4) Ukraine’s geostrategic responses to the challenges of geopolitical “Inbetweenness”: from multivectorism to (under)balancing and fighting the war of independence by Mykola Kapitonenko: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) Perks and perils of “geostrategic inbetweenness”: the EU–Russia great power competition in the “(un)common neighbourhood” and foreign policy choices of states caught in-between by Andriy Tyushka: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perks and perils of “geostrategic inbetweenness”: the EU–Russia great power competition in the “(un)common neighbourhood” and foreign policy choices of states caught in-between
Conventional wisdom has it that the “in-between” countries, especially those located between the rivalling great(er) powers, find themselves “between a rock and a hard place”, which neatly reflects...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
34(4) Perks and perils of “geostrategic inbetweenness”: the EU–Russia great power competition in the “(un)common neighbourhood” and foreign policy choices of states caught in-between by Andriy Tyushka: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) OA Exercising power in the common neighbourhood: the EU and Russia between cooperation, competition, and conflict
by Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
by Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Exercising power in the common neighbourhood: the EU and Russia between cooperation, competition, and conflict
There has been a growing competition between Russia and the European Union (EU) in their common neighbourhood over the past decade, culminating in direct conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukr...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
34(4) OA Exercising power in the common neighbourhood: the EU and Russia between cooperation, competition, and conflict
by Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
by Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New article: Between ambition and constraint: Spain’s defence planning from the democratic transition to capability-based planning (1977–2005) by Guillem Colom Piella: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Between ambition and constraint: Spain’s defence planning from the democratic transition to capability-based planning (1977–2005)
This article analyses the evolution of Spain’s defence planning between the democratic transition and the institutionalisation of capability-based planning (CBP) in 2005. It argues that, even as Sp...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New article: Between ambition and constraint: Spain’s defence planning from the democratic transition to capability-based planning (1977–2005) by Guillem Colom Piella: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Very excited that our 2025 special issue is now published - Perks and Perils of Geostrategic In-Betweenness: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from within the EU-Russia (Un)Common Neighbourhood with Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German as guest editors: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...
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Perks and Perils of Geostrategic In-Betweenness: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from within the EU-Russia (Un)Common Neighbourhood. Volume 34, Issue 4 of European Security
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December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Very excited that our 2025 special issue is now published - Perks and Perils of Geostrategic In-Betweenness: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from within the EU-Russia (Un)Common Neighbourhood with Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German as guest editors: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...
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34(4) OA Eastern Europe post-February 2022 – embracing geostrategic “in-betweenness” or bracing against it? by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German:
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Eastern Europe post-February 2022 – embracing geostrategic “in-betweenness” or bracing against it?
The SI has sought to cast an “inside-out” perspective on the much-studied competition between the EU and Russia over their shared neighbourhood in the Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus (EE&SC) r...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
34(4) OA Eastern Europe post-February 2022 – embracing geostrategic “in-betweenness” or bracing against it? by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German:
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34(4) Geostrategic “inbetweenness”: navigating Azerbaijan–EU relations amidst geopolitical flux with Russia by Agha Bayramov and Mustafa Ali Sezal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Geostrategic “inbetweenness”: navigating Azerbaijan–EU relations amidst geopolitical flux with Russia
This paper investigates how key geopolitical junctures the Second Karabakh War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine have (re)shaped Azerbaijan's relations with the European Union, particularly ...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
34(4) Geostrategic “inbetweenness”: navigating Azerbaijan–EU relations amidst geopolitical flux with Russia by Agha Bayramov and Mustafa Ali Sezal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(4) Free access Introduction: Geostrategic “inbetweenness” as a (mis)fortune of Eastern European neighbours of Russia and the European Union by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Geostrategic “inbetweenness” as a (mis)fortune of Eastern European neighbours of Russia and the European Union
Research on the nature, ways and effects of EU-Russia competition in their “common neighbourhood” has proliferated over the past two decades, although little attention has been paid so far to analy...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
34(4) Free access Introduction: Geostrategic “inbetweenness” as a (mis)fortune of Eastern European neighbours of Russia and the European Union by Andriy Tyushka & Tracey German: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read our blog on the European Defence Ecosystem with @exadaktylos.bsky.social @susmonika.bsky.social and Ben Martill. We set out what the European Defence Ecosystem is and some initial thoughts on its applicability to UK-EU defence relations. Looking forward to exploring this further.
New SECEUR blog: The birth of a European Defence Ecosystem? European defence in the era of geopolitical upheaval by @laurachappell.bsky.social @exadaktylos.bsky.social Ben Martill & Monika Sus.
The birth of a European Defence Ecosystem? European defence in the era of geopolitical upheaval.
Introduction In her State of the Union address in 2021, EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that ‘we have started to develop a European d
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December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Read our blog on the European Defence Ecosystem with @exadaktylos.bsky.social @susmonika.bsky.social and Ben Martill. We set out what the European Defence Ecosystem is and some initial thoughts on its applicability to UK-EU defence relations. Looking forward to exploring this further.
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We are looking for an associate editor to join @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social @laurachappell.bsky.social & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social in editing European Security. Interested in getting editorial experience? More info here:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.
Associate Editor needed for European Security
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September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We are looking for an associate editor to join @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social @laurachappell.bsky.social & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social in editing European Security. Interested in getting editorial experience? More info here:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.
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New OA article: The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression by Elena Baracani and Michele Danesi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression
This article sheds light on the foreign policy behaviour of the European Parliament, which is traditionally considered to have a “quite limited” role in this policy domain. It aims to fill a theore...
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June 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New OA article: The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression by Elena Baracani and Michele Danesi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to report for the journal metrics fans out there that our CiteScore has gone up to 6.1. We are now ranked by Scopus as 45/738 of Politics and IR journals.
June 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy to report for the journal metrics fans out there that our CiteScore has gone up to 6.1. We are now ranked by Scopus as 45/738 of Politics and IR journals.
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New article: Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy by Sinem Ünaldilar, Betül Aydoğan Ünal & Senem Kumova Metin www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy
This article investigates how the Russia–Ukraine war has reshaped the European Union's defence priorities and its pursuit of strategic autonomy. Using advanced text analytics and machine learning m...
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June 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New article: Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy by Sinem Ünaldilar, Betül Aydoğan Ünal & Senem Kumova Metin www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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New OA article: Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe? by @jankofron.bsky.social & @stauberj.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe?
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has significantly worsened the European security outlook. Simultaneously, concerns are growing over the United States’ willingness to commit substantial forces ...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New OA article: Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe? by @jankofron.bsky.social & @stauberj.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/ 🧵 Can Europe defend itself if the U.S. steps back?
Our new study asks: Can European NATO members alone stop a Russian breakthrough in Poland? We model two scenarios and here’s what we found 👇
Our new study asks: Can European NATO members alone stop a Russian breakthrough in Poland? We model two scenarios and here’s what we found 👇
July 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
1/ 🧵 Can Europe defend itself if the U.S. steps back?
Our new study asks: Can European NATO members alone stop a Russian breakthrough in Poland? We model two scenarios and here’s what we found 👇
Our new study asks: Can European NATO members alone stop a Russian breakthrough in Poland? We model two scenarios and here’s what we found 👇
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New article: From words to action: climate security mainstreaming in EU foreign policy by Marie Sophie Mayer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New article: From words to action: climate security mainstreaming in EU foreign policy by Marie Sophie Mayer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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New article: The effects of the international political field on EU foreign policy: The case of the EU training mission in Mali by Florent Pouponneau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The effects of the international political field on EU foreign policy: The case of the EU training mission in Mali
Analysing the making of the EU's foreign and defence policy generally involves identifying European constraints that reconfigure the calculations, aims and practices of the member states and their ...
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August 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New article: The effects of the international political field on EU foreign policy: The case of the EU training mission in Mali by Florent Pouponneau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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New article: Narratives of military involvement: Spain and Portugal's foreign policy discourses in the Kosovo intervention by Maria do Ceu Pinta Arena www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Narratives of military involvement: Spain and Portugal's foreign policy discourses in the Kosovo intervention
Theoretical frameworks on strategic narratives and framing illuminate how political actors construct and disseminate narratives to shape public perceptions and legitimize their actions. In the case...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New article: Narratives of military involvement: Spain and Portugal's foreign policy discourses in the Kosovo intervention by Maria do Ceu Pinta Arena www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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In a new @europeansecurity.bsky.social article, Nizan Feldman and I examine why #NATO deepens ties with some partners over others. Using new data and elite interviews, we show that #NATO prioritizes partners with advanced military capabilities and modernization potential, viewed as powerful signals
August 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In a new @europeansecurity.bsky.social article, Nizan Feldman and I examine why #NATO deepens ties with some partners over others. Using new data and elite interviews, we show that #NATO prioritizes partners with advanced military capabilities and modernization potential, viewed as powerful signals
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New article: Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries by @rubinsonir.bsky.social & Nizan Feldman: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries
This article explores the factors influencing NATO’s level of engagement with partner countries, arguing that the alliance prioritises ties with states that demonstrate increased potential for subs...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New article: Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries by @rubinsonir.bsky.social & Nizan Feldman: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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New OA article: The transnationalisation of military leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and EURO-Atlantic integration by @tomaskucera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The transnationalisation of military leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and EURO-Atlantic integration
The professional transnationalisation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) militaries has been a pivotal factor in their integration into the Euro-Atlantic security community. This article examine...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New OA article: The transnationalisation of military leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and EURO-Atlantic integration by @tomaskucera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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34(3) OA Black knight NGOs and international disinformation by @karinashyrokykh.bsky.social & @martinkragh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Black knight NGOs and international disinformation
Movements based on conspiracy theories and a fundamental rejection of liberal values are on the rise in traditionally democratic societies and those with authoritarian legacies. This article develo...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
34(3) OA Black knight NGOs and international disinformation by @karinashyrokykh.bsky.social & @martinkragh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....