🪩 The Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods is out! 34 Chapters, 46 contributors, 15 countries, co-editor Falk Ostermann, embracing methodological pluralism! Routledge Books Routledge Politics, IR & Area Studies doi.org/10.4324/978100…

Glad to share my latest article. Many thanks to the reviewers, editors, and Prof.Wolfgang Wagner for their valuable comments and support!

Not much new (at least for me) but useful non-mainstream view from Australia. A rules-based international order is achievable, but not as commonly imagined in the West…The only viable order is one that is more inclusive and representative… lowyinstitute.org/publications/u…

South Korea have just released their new National Security Strategy. Great to see the EU/Europe mentioned: “Active collaboration with Europe in economic security is critical for the Republic of Korea’s national interests”🇰🇷🇪🇺 Read the Strategy here👉🏻 president.go.kr/newsroom/press…

Habemus strategie… Here’s the German National Security Strategy. Read here in EN: nationalesicherheitsstrategie.de/National-Secur…

New OA article: 'From variation to convergence in turbulent times – foreign and security policy choices among the Nordics 2014–2023' by @d_bromme, Ann-Marie Ekengren and Anna Michalski: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Yesterday, I gave a speech in Lithuania outlining why I believe NATO leaders should extend an invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance at next month’s Vilnius summit. Read my full argument here – rasmussenglobal.com/extract-of-spe…

Today, the EU and NATO released their 8th progress report on cooperation based in the Joint Declarations and Common Proposals. Here’s the report: consilium.europa.eu/media/65080/23… And here’s my recent NUPI paper on cooperation: nupi.no/en/publication…

Here you go, good people of Twitter. It’s the Joint Communication on a European Economic Security Strategy Read it here: circabc.europa.eu/rest/download/…

Definitely one to read and more evidence of EU-NATO cooperation. The final assessment report by the EU-NATO task force on resilience and critical infrastructure. Read it here: commission.europa.eu/system/files/2…

Here they are… the #EUCO conclusions on Ukraine and EU security and defence from 29 June 2023. consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

💬 “in many sectors and sub-regions the European arms industry is more than a collection of isolated national industrial bases” Learn more🔸 csds.vub.be/beyond-fragmen…

🆕 OUT NOW - #NATO's new defence spending figures 📈 ➡️real increase of 8.3% expected in 2023 ➡️biggest increase in decades ➡️ 9th consecutive year of increases across European Allies & Canada ➡️ an extra 450 billion US dollars extra since 2014 ℹ️ bit.ly/3D3ncWZ

“Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)” Definitely some aspects to be positive about in the latest NATO report on defence expenditure. Obviously, much more needs to be done by European allies!!! nato.int/nato_static_fl…

I mean, at least it’s full of potentially interesting exam and essay questions… “Systemic rivalry with China does not mean that we cannot cooperate.” Discuss. The German Strategy in China: auswaertiges-amt.de/blob/2608580/d…

New OA article: 'Under the radar: Ireland, maritime security capacity, and the governance of subsea infrastructure' by Robert McCabe and Brendan Flynn: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The EU countries’ general government expenditure on defence amounted to €227 billion in 2023, equivalent to 1.3% of GDP. Highest in: 🇱🇻Latvia (3.1% of GDP) 🇪🇪Estonia (2.7% of GDP) Lowest in: 🇮🇪Ireland (0.2% of GDP) 🇲🇹Malta (0.4% of GDP) Learn more 👉europa.eu/!FYnxXW