Erik Jones
@erik-jones.bsky.social
Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Europe, Co-editor Government & Opposition. Re-post ≠ endorsement.
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Europe: Mortal, Yet Resilient
If Europe really is mortal, Europeans need to understand why.
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Europe is mortal for the same reason it is successful – because ‘Europe’ is an attractive organisation. The challenge now is to match that attractiveness with strong enough institutions and partners to ensure Europe is resilient.
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📚 #EUIdeas: Asst. Prof. @vanghel.bsky.social & @eui-schuman.bsky.social Dir. @erik-jones.bsky.social explain why the EU tends to enlarge & reform at the same time. 🔗 https://loom.ly/RvMXrq0
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📚 #EUIdeas: Asst. Prof. @vanghel.bsky.social & @eui-schuman.bsky.social Dir. @erik-jones.bsky.social explain why the EU tends to enlarge & reform at the same time. 🔗 https://loom.ly/RvMXrq0
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Populism thrives not because voters are misled, but because they reject ‘institutionalism’: a world where rules embed the values of elites, while their own are sidelined. It’s a calculated choice for freedom over constraints.
Nice piece by @erik-jones.bsky.social
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Nice piece by @erik-jones.bsky.social
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Abandoning Institutionalism
People need to believe in society if they are going to believe in social institutions or institutionalism. Otherwise, they will embrace disintegration until they find a group they are willing to li…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Populism thrives not because voters are misled, but because they reject ‘institutionalism’: a world where rules embed the values of elites, while their own are sidelined. It’s a calculated choice for freedom over constraints.
Nice piece by @erik-jones.bsky.social
erikjones.net/2025/11/08/a...
Nice piece by @erik-jones.bsky.social
erikjones.net/2025/11/08/a...
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The dollar's emergence as a global currency came unexpectedly; its disappearance may be unexpected as well.
How Long Will the Dollar Remain the World’s Currency?
The dollar may remain pre-eminent, but it could still lose its attractiveness as an infrastructure, and so also the ability to shape global finance.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The dollar's emergence as a global currency came unexpectedly; its disappearance may be unexpected as well.
The dollar's emergence as a global currency came unexpectedly; its disappearance may be unexpected as well.
How Long Will the Dollar Remain the World’s Currency?
The dollar may remain pre-eminent, but it could still lose its attractiveness as an infrastructure, and so also the ability to shape global finance.
erikjones.net
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The dollar's emergence as a global currency came unexpectedly; its disappearance may be unexpected as well.
The EU makes it possible for innovations in politics to be progressive and not just defensive. European democracy faces threats and challenges, but the EU gives Europeans a support structure that makes it possible to have greater hope in what they can accomplish.
The European Union as an Innovation in Politicsitle
Can the EU work better? Yes, but it will do so by working alongside and through member states to make their political and economic institutions more flexible, inclusive, and responsive.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The EU makes it possible for innovations in politics to be progressive and not just defensive. European democracy faces threats and challenges, but the EU gives Europeans a support structure that makes it possible to have greater hope in what they can accomplish.
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Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
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November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
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Transatlantic Crisis? Why This Time is Different, by @erik-jones.bsky.social
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Transatlantic Crisis? Why This Time is Different
The transatlantic relationship was never easy, but it was resilient. This time feels different. Two decades of analysis show why.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Transatlantic Crisis? Why This Time is Different, by @erik-jones.bsky.social
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Many thanks for sharing this! And also to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for writing such a generous piece!!
‘From Club to Commons’ is OPEN ACCESS and so freely available from Cambridge University Press here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
‘From Club to Commons’ is OPEN ACCESS and so freely available from Cambridge University Press here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Many thanks for sharing this! And also to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for writing such a generous piece!!
‘From Club to Commons’ is OPEN ACCESS and so freely available from Cambridge University Press here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
‘From Club to Commons’ is OPEN ACCESS and so freely available from Cambridge University Press here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Europeans need a vision for the future of their continent, but they cannot create such a vision without confronting Europe's past.
Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the European Project
Europe exists at the boundaries between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. The challenge is keeping the balance from tipping too far in either direction.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Europeans need a vision for the future of their continent, but they cannot create such a vision without confronting Europe's past.
The usual politics has reformers challenge institutions while conservatives preserve them. What happens when the conservatives start challenging institutions as well? Who is left to preserve the status quo? The answer is pretty terrifying when you think through the implications.
Abandoning Institutionalism
People need to believe in society if they are going to believe in social institutions or institutionalism. Otherwise, they will embrace disintegration until they find a group they are willing to live with even if that group is not large enough to deal with the challenges they have to face.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The usual politics has reformers challenge institutions while conservatives preserve them. What happens when the conservatives start challenging institutions as well? Who is left to preserve the status quo? The answer is pretty terrifying when you think through the implications.
Plastic capitalism is a story of financial disruption so profound that we can no longer recognized how we got here or imagine the world as it was before.
You Think You Know Financial Disruption?
What is most striking while reading the book is how much we take this new world of plastic for granted. Anyone hoping to imagine the impact of digital currencies or distributed ledger technologies should read this book as an illustration of just how transformative financial innovation can be.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Plastic capitalism is a story of financial disruption so profound that we can no longer recognized how we got here or imagine the world as it was before.
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Europe is mortal for the same reason it is successful – because ‘Europe’ is an attractive organisation. The challenge now is to match that attractiveness with strong enough institutions and partners to ensure Europe is resilient.
Europe: Mortal, Yet Resilient
If Europe really is mortal, Europeans need to understand why.
erikjones.net
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Europe is mortal for the same reason it is successful – because ‘Europe’ is an attractive organisation. The challenge now is to match that attractiveness with strong enough institutions and partners to ensure Europe is resilient.
Reposted by Erik Jones
Why is the ‘crisis’ so much more real now than it was in decades past? You don’t need to do a lot of reading to learn that the relationship has never been easy. Somehow, this time feels different. The question is whether the EU can reorganize itself as an alternative to transatlantic partnership.
Transatlantic Crisis? Why This Time is Different
The transatlantic relationship was never easy, but it was resilient. This time feels different. Two decades of analysis show why.
erikjones.net
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Why is the ‘crisis’ so much more real now than it was in decades past? You don’t need to do a lot of reading to learn that the relationship has never been easy. Somehow, this time feels different. The question is whether the EU can reorganize itself as an alternative to transatlantic partnership.
Europe is mortal for the same reason it is successful – because ‘Europe’ is an attractive organisation. The challenge now is to match that attractiveness with strong enough institutions and partners to ensure Europe is resilient.
Europe: Mortal, Yet Resilient
If Europe really is mortal, Europeans need to understand why.
erikjones.net
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Europe is mortal for the same reason it is successful – because ‘Europe’ is an attractive organisation. The challenge now is to match that attractiveness with strong enough institutions and partners to ensure Europe is resilient.
Reposted by Erik Jones
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Europe: mortal, yet resilient
The European Union can fail, but it doesn’t have to. That is the message that you read across Emmanual Macron’s 2024 Sorbonne speech, in Mario Draghi’s 2024 report on…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Why is the ‘crisis’ so much more real now than it was in decades past? You don’t need to do a lot of reading to learn that the relationship has never been easy. Somehow, this time feels different. The question is whether the EU can reorganize itself as an alternative to transatlantic partnership.
Transatlantic Crisis? Why This Time is Different
The transatlantic relationship was never easy, but it was resilient. This time feels different. Two decades of analysis show why.
erikjones.net
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Why is the ‘crisis’ so much more real now than it was in decades past? You don’t need to do a lot of reading to learn that the relationship has never been easy. Somehow, this time feels different. The question is whether the EU can reorganize itself as an alternative to transatlantic partnership.
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The challenge for the incoming Cypriot Presidency is to help European policymakers to provide reassurance as well as encouragement. There is still much for the EU to accomplish in fulfilling their ambitious agenda, but Europe’s political leaders have already taken the crucial first steps.
Europe and the Choice between Drift and Mastery
The choice Europeans face is not between change and stability; it is – to borrow from Walter Lippmann’s writing about the United States in the early 20th Century – a choice between ‘drift and mastery’.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The challenge for the incoming Cypriot Presidency is to help European policymakers to provide reassurance as well as encouragement. There is still much for the EU to accomplish in fulfilling their ambitious agenda, but Europe’s political leaders have already taken the crucial first steps.
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The ECPR's blog site, The Loop (theloop.ecpr.eu) has added a new series on enlargement, edited by @vanghel.bsky.social, that explores how and why the European Union is working so hard to expand its membership to the countries of Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. 1/
ECPR's Political Science Blog
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January 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The ECPR's blog site, The Loop (theloop.ecpr.eu) has added a new series on enlargement, edited by @vanghel.bsky.social, that explores how and why the European Union is working so hard to expand its membership to the countries of Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. 1/
The challenge for the incoming Cypriot Presidency is to help European policymakers to provide reassurance as well as encouragement. There is still much for the EU to accomplish in fulfilling their ambitious agenda, but Europe’s political leaders have already taken the crucial first steps.
Europe and the Choice between Drift and Mastery
The choice Europeans face is not between change and stability; it is – to borrow from Walter Lippmann’s writing about the United States in the early 20th Century – a choice between ‘drift and mastery’.
erikjones.net
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The challenge for the incoming Cypriot Presidency is to help European policymakers to provide reassurance as well as encouragement. There is still much for the EU to accomplish in fulfilling their ambitious agenda, but Europe’s political leaders have already taken the crucial first steps.
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In our November special issue on anti-governance, @erik-jones.bsky.social explores the reasons for the revolt against institutions in advanced industrial democracies.
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Abandoning Institutionalism
The populist revolt against liberal democratic institutions in the United States and elsewhere is not necessarily an irrational backlash, but reflects many voters’ calculations of self-interest. Resis...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In our November special issue on anti-governance, @erik-jones.bsky.social explores the reasons for the revolt against institutions in advanced industrial democracies.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
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Also presenting his chapter of the #TEPSARecommendations, “Europe and the choice between drift and master”, is @eui-schuman.bsky.social's @erik-jones.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Also presenting his chapter of the #TEPSARecommendations, “Europe and the choice between drift and master”, is @eui-schuman.bsky.social's @erik-jones.bsky.social
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"The EU is already expanded; #enlargement is just about working with other countries to manage the system that we already have. The solution to the problem is Europe and the Presidency is determined to bring that path forward"
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October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"The EU is already expanded; #enlargement is just about working with other countries to manage the system that we already have. The solution to the problem is Europe and the Presidency is determined to bring that path forward"
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- @erik-jones.bsky.social, Director @eui-schuman.bsky.social
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Our November special issue on Anti-Governance is out! Featuring @erik-jones.bsky.social on the abandonment of institutions, @cettamainwaring.bsky.social, Andonea Dickson & Thom Tyerman on hardline migration control, Gideon Lasco on medical populism…
Volume 124 Issue 865 | Current History | University of California Press
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Our November special issue on Anti-Governance is out! Featuring @erik-jones.bsky.social on the abandonment of institutions, @cettamainwaring.bsky.social, Andonea Dickson & Thom Tyerman on hardline migration control, Gideon Lasco on medical populism…
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🇨🇾 Our TEPSA recommendations will be presented at the #CypriotPPC in a panel discussion with Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides, @nicolettapirozzi.bsky.social (@iaionline.bsky.social), and @erik-jones.bsky.social (@eui-schuman.bsky.social).
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October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🇨🇾 Our TEPSA recommendations will be presented at the #CypriotPPC in a panel discussion with Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides, @nicolettapirozzi.bsky.social (@iaionline.bsky.social), and @erik-jones.bsky.social (@eui-schuman.bsky.social).
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For our first panel at #TheBodrumRT Milica Delević, @economistmeg.bsky.social, @erik-jones.bsky.social & Denis Redonnet examined “Global economic fragmentation”, chaired by @cergrant.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
For our first panel at #TheBodrumRT Milica Delević, @economistmeg.bsky.social, @erik-jones.bsky.social & Denis Redonnet examined “Global economic fragmentation”, chaired by @cergrant.bsky.social