I am glad to share my latest article, entitled ‘Making Sense of European Disunity on Nuclear Weapon Questions’ in European Foreign Affairs Review Link to the article: kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle… POLI Egmont Institute

Russia and China have shown unprecedented interest in Georgia’s future, with Moscow expressing support for GD and Beijing expressing interest in the electoral process, marking a shift in geopolitical influences in 🇬🇪 through China’s rising influence 👉mailchi.mp/jamestown/eura…

In today’s Financial Times OpEd, Misha Glenny refers to Florian Bieber’s criticism about the EU going soft on Vucic’s poor record on democracy & rule of law in return for access to lithium. Read Bieber’s BiEPAG commentary + Korostikov’s REUNIR post on the dirty deal here 👉reunir-horizon.eu/blogs/

⁦Hans Gutbrod⁩’s takedown of Lieven’s latest: “There can be big gaps between what seems moral and what is wise; a chasm between what we want to achieve and what we can do... That kind of statecraft can only be honored if it actually is responsible.” civil.ge/archives/619857

مستند «ماتروشکای جنگ» که عمدتا بر مثلث تهران-مسکو-کیف از دریچه جنگ اخیر پوتین تمرکز می‌کند، در سه قسمت به روابط امنیتی و سیاسی فی‌مابین می‌پردازد و حاصل تلاش من، بامداد اسماعیلی و با کمک و سردبیری نیوشا بقراطی است. امید بپسندین. VOA Farsi صدای آمریکا Bamdad Esmaili

Sieps har samlat de mest prominenta forskarna och tänkarna för att diskutera dessa frågor. Bland andra: Funda Tekin Kristi Raik Steven Blockmans Christophe Hillion Cecilia Malmström Piotr Buras antoaneta dimitrova Erik Jones Christian Danielsson @

The EU’s security commitments are insufficient to integrate Ukraine. To be credible, the accession negotiation framework will have to be made more conflict-sensitive and backed up by ironclad guarantees. #GLOBSEC2024 👉 ceps.eu/ceps-publicati… Steven Blockmans via ICDS Tallinn

How to get rid of vetoes in EU foreign and security policy? See the guest editorial by members of the sounding board of the EU ‘Group of Friends of QMV’ in Vol. 29, Issue 3: kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle…

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America’s growing disengagement from Europe reflects a long-term bipartisan shift. The election results in November will influence the speed of this shift but not its direction. ‘A vulnerable Europe Awaits Next U.S. Commander in Chief’ via Council of Councils tinyurl.com/ydwd3ym9

From Issue 3: Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou and adjunt Prof. Phoebus Athanassiou reflect on 20 yrs of Cyprus’s EU membership and provide an account of the rationale for its accession to the EU and the euro area, and an assessment of their benefits. tinyurl.com/2arhrfy6

Looking forward to the closing conference of the Jean Monnet Academy on EU enlargement at Georgia’s European University

New in Issue 3: Magnus Lund Nielsen analyses 12 State of the Union Addresses (2011-2023) and reveals a major shift in the EU’s self-narratives from ambition to consolidation 👉 tinyurl.com/3y3pk4a5

Issue 3: Prof Fulvio Attinà & Associate Prof Marcello Carammia Unict assess the views of EU foreign policymakers on rules-based order, multipolarity & multilateralism to understand the EU’s position in the current transition phase of global order 👉 tinyurl.com/yvxtdrts

Issue 3: Towards a ‘Eurodeterrent’? Wannes Verstraete argues that as the world is entering an era of nuclear disorder, Europeans should start a strategic dialogue on the necessity of nuclear weapons without undermining transatlantic relations 👉 tinyurl.com/325scuwf

Issue 3: Do third states have access to the ECJ in order to seek annulment of an EU legal act that potentially violates their international agreement with the EU? Matthias Bracke analyses the Venezuela v. Council judgment 👉 tinyurl.com/mrexbmrx

🚨 New video series launch by #REUNIR! Eka Tkeshelashvili discusses the key challenge for the EU’s support policies: 1️⃣ Keeping the political momentum & strategic foresight. 2️⃣ Helping candidate countries lead transformative changes Watch the full video below! 👇 eka tkeshelashvili

Over the past 3 days, Association Jean Monnet, CEPS ThinkTank & REUNIR engaged an eclectic group of experts in a foresight exercise to come up with ideas to future-proof the EU’s toolboxes to stick to the geostrategic imperative of enlargement. We convened at Quai d’Orsay & Maison Monnet

A good thread with a troubling message. The next enlargement Commissioner (hopefully not Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺 who assisted Scholz in his dirty deal with Vucic) should be serious about applying negative conditionality, madame Ursula von der Leyen

Looking forward to moderating this timely debate