Sienna Nordquist
@siennanordquist.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Bocconi 📚 CWAR Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford 📜 Posts about 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸🗳️💡🍨🌅🌄
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Here I go again! Thrilled to share I have started a period as a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University this week…which means I’m also around for the #IMF-#World Bank #AnnualMeetings. Let me know if you’re around DC and want to catch up, now or in the coming weeks
Sunday hike by the Potomac ☀️🧣
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sunday hike by the Potomac ☀️🧣
Sinead Bovell charts a way for journalism and topic experts to be embedded in AI information seeking, potentially safeguarding democracy: open.substack.com/pub/sineadbo.... I still need to think through her suggestions, but this could create new opportunities for universities & think tanks
How AI Is Rewriting the Future of Journalism
Chatbots, Trust, and Truth in the AI Age
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sinead Bovell charts a way for journalism and topic experts to be embedded in AI information seeking, potentially safeguarding democracy: open.substack.com/pub/sineadbo.... I still need to think through her suggestions, but this could create new opportunities for universities & think tanks
I had the most beautiful commute of my life, and then got to see Georgetown at its most winter-y ❄️
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I had the most beautiful commute of my life, and then got to see Georgetown at its most winter-y ❄️
A very good Friday read: Foreign Aid with Chinese Characteristics by Alicia R. Chen www.foreignaffairs.com/china/foreig...
Foreign Aid With Chinese Characteristics
Where Beijing is—and isn’t—seeking influence.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A very good Friday read: Foreign Aid with Chinese Characteristics by Alicia R. Chen www.foreignaffairs.com/china/foreig...
What a beautiful first snowfall in DC! Makes my Midwestern heart very happy 😊🌨️
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What a beautiful first snowfall in DC! Makes my Midwestern heart very happy 😊🌨️
I'm looking for a room in Paris from mid-January to mid-June. Budget is €800-€1000 charges included. Send any leads my way! 💜✨
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm looking for a room in Paris from mid-January to mid-June. Budget is €800-€1000 charges included. Send any leads my way! 💜✨
Not-so-humble brag: My cousin's congressman just called to personally congratulate him on his acceptance to West Point!!! 🎉
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Not-so-humble brag: My cousin's congressman just called to personally congratulate him on his acceptance to West Point!!! 🎉
And this now becomes even more complicated: a search and seizure warrant has been issued for billionaire investors tied to Monte dei Paschi di Siena for allegedly conspiring to control Generali through the acquisition of Mediobanca. #ItalianBanksWatch www.ft.com/content/77c7...
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And this now becomes even more complicated: a search and seizure warrant has been issued for billionaire investors tied to Monte dei Paschi di Siena for allegedly conspiring to control Generali through the acquisition of Mediobanca. #ItalianBanksWatch www.ft.com/content/77c7...
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Polling data show anti-US sentiment is growing across Latin America
• Many people may agree with US hard line on drugs, but feel uneasy about Trump's tariffs and constant U-turns
• Success of some US goals, such as curbing China's global influence, will hinge on US ability to improve ties with LatAm
• Many people may agree with US hard line on drugs, but feel uneasy about Trump's tariffs and constant U-turns
• Success of some US goals, such as curbing China's global influence, will hinge on US ability to improve ties with LatAm
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Polling data show anti-US sentiment is growing across Latin America
• Many people may agree with US hard line on drugs, but feel uneasy about Trump's tariffs and constant U-turns
• Success of some US goals, such as curbing China's global influence, will hinge on US ability to improve ties with LatAm
• Many people may agree with US hard line on drugs, but feel uneasy about Trump's tariffs and constant U-turns
• Success of some US goals, such as curbing China's global influence, will hinge on US ability to improve ties with LatAm
Footnote hunting question: Can anyone please share online access to Expansion and Coexistence: Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-73 by A. Ulam and/or Stalin’s American Policy: From Entente to Detente to Cold War by W. Taubman with me? Or scans of the sections related to 1947-1950? 🙏
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Footnote hunting question: Can anyone please share online access to Expansion and Coexistence: Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-73 by A. Ulam and/or Stalin’s American Policy: From Entente to Detente to Cold War by W. Taubman with me? Or scans of the sections related to 1947-1950? 🙏
Trying to do this on a Sunday in Georgetown with my cousin’s pickup truck made this an Olympic sport 😅😭
Georgetown has me parallel parking like a pro for the first time in 3+ years 💪🏻🚗
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trying to do this on a Sunday in Georgetown with my cousin’s pickup truck made this an Olympic sport 😅😭
There are three regional elections to watch today in 🇮🇹: Campania, Puglia (the seat of the last G7), and Veneto (the heart of Lega). Today is yet another temperature check on the Meloni government
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
There are three regional elections to watch today in 🇮🇹: Campania, Puglia (the seat of the last G7), and Veneto (the heart of Lega). Today is yet another temperature check on the Meloni government
The European Commission has started an infringement procedure against Italy today with a formal notice of violating the SSM, Capital Requirements Directive, and TFEU with the golden power rule over domestic banks #ItalianBanksWatch 🇪🇺🇮🇹 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The European Commission has started an infringement procedure against Italy today with a formal notice of violating the SSM, Capital Requirements Directive, and TFEU with the golden power rule over domestic banks #ItalianBanksWatch 🇪🇺🇮🇹 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
La victoire ! I’m going to Paris 😊💕
Nothing quite captures how messy the PhD life is like the French visa officers saying: “We have never ever seen an application this complicated”
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
La victoire ! I’m going to Paris 😊💕
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Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America
Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
Reposted by Sienna Nordquist
Join the Women in Comparative & International Politics (WICIP) Network! 🌍
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: [email protected]
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: [email protected]
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Join the Women in Comparative & International Politics (WICIP) Network! 🌍
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: [email protected]
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: [email protected]
It was great to attend Volha Charnysh’s presentation of her new work on Nazi repression in Poland and legacy effects on religiosity and support for the PiS today at the @mortaracenter.bsky.social!
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It was great to attend Volha Charnysh’s presentation of her new work on Nazi repression in Poland and legacy effects on religiosity and support for the PiS today at the @mortaracenter.bsky.social!
Daniel Gros writes for IEP that the US actually has a *trade surplus* with China on rare earth compounds. This gives the US an advantage over China in manufacturing high-tech products and weakens the bite of 🇨🇳 rare earth export controls. 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/why-china-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Daniel Gros writes for IEP that the US actually has a *trade surplus* with China on rare earth compounds. This gives the US an advantage over China in manufacturing high-tech products and weakens the bite of 🇨🇳 rare earth export controls. 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/why-china-...
The attached figure of Chinese tomato paste sales to Italy made my jaw drop 🍅🚢 www.ft.com/content/deea...
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The attached figure of Chinese tomato paste sales to Italy made my jaw drop 🍅🚢 www.ft.com/content/deea...
Georgetown has me parallel parking like a pro for the first time in 3+ years 💪🏻🚗
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Georgetown has me parallel parking like a pro for the first time in 3+ years 💪🏻🚗
After BBVA's failed takeover bid in October, a BBVA executive says there is no way for BBVA, Santander, or Caixabank to takeover others because this would harm competition due to their size #SpanishBanksWatch #EuropeanBanksWatch cincodias.elpais.com/companias/20...
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
After BBVA's failed takeover bid in October, a BBVA executive says there is no way for BBVA, Santander, or Caixabank to takeover others because this would harm competition due to their size #SpanishBanksWatch #EuropeanBanksWatch cincodias.elpais.com/companias/20...
Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros argue for IEP this week that the digital euro could do "reputational damage" to the ECB if it doesn't propose clear benefits over existing payment systems and address potential excessive public control 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/are-we-on-...
Are We on the Verge of a Historic Revolution in How Money is Used for Payments?
The history of money is, in essence, the story of a successful marriage between finance and technology. Today’s technology is digital
iepbu.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros argue for IEP this week that the digital euro could do "reputational damage" to the ECB if it doesn't propose clear benefits over existing payment systems and address potential excessive public control 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/are-we-on-...
UniCredit has submitted an appeal of the Italian government's previous stipulations (using the Golden Power) for an acquisition of Banco Bpm. It comes the day before the Eurogroup meets to discuss the European Banking Union. #ItalianBanksWatch www.corriere.it/economia/fin...
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
UniCredit has submitted an appeal of the Italian government's previous stipulations (using the Golden Power) for an acquisition of Banco Bpm. It comes the day before the Eurogroup meets to discuss the European Banking Union. #ItalianBanksWatch www.corriere.it/economia/fin...
Newport, Rhode Island, USA — November 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Newport, Rhode Island, USA — November 2025
Girls’ day shopping observation: The clothes from Canada, France, and Italy had been marked up, and then subsequently marked down 🛍️
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Girls’ day shopping observation: The clothes from Canada, France, and Italy had been marked up, and then subsequently marked down 🛍️