1/3 📢 GEO-POWER-EU presented its studies at the EU Commission, hosted by DG ENEST in Brussels on 29 September! 72 participants joined for a briefing organised by the European Neighbourhood Council on behalf of the consortium 🔗 bit.ly/4i813v5 🧵👇

🚨 Hot off the press! Our new @geopower-eu.bsky.social study on #EU enlargement reform is live. It highlights key reform pathways—including an unconventional "three-track model" to bypass unanimity bottlenecks in interim accession stages. Read it here: geo-power.eu/wp-content/u...

GEO-POWER-EU@geopower-eu.bsky.social · 2w ago

How can the EU reform #EUenlargement policy? #GEOPOWEREU report (D2.5) proposes: 🔹 A three-track decision-making model for accession talks 🔹 Gradual integration tying priority reforms to tangible rewards 🔹 Full legal equality for new members 📥 bit.ly/4y8KDcB

Out now! 📢My new work: "The EU and authoritarian norm diffusion in the Western Balkans" Proud to be featured alongside a group of distinguished experts in this new volume edited by Igor Vidačak. 🔓Read it here (it's Open Access): doi.org/10.4324/9781... @biepag.bsky.social @geopower-eu.bsky.social

The Western Balkans and the Challenges of EU Accession | The Resilient

This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the transformation of Western Balkan candidate countries as they move toward European Union

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🔔 New BiEPAG policy brief 🔹 Mining in the Western Balkans: How to counter authoritarian extractivism? As the EU secures critical raw materials, mining in the Western Balkans raises concerns over governance, environmental risks, and weak public participation. 📄 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mrxz77xh

How are the 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇹🇷 perceived across the WB & the EaP? Our latest study reveals clear regional contrasts. While the 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸, and 🇷🇺 dominate online debates, 🇨🇳 and especially 🇹🇷 show distinct, & in some cases more favourable — sentiment patterns, particularly in EaP countries. 🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx

📣New #GEOPOWEREU Case Study! Research finds that disinformation in 🇧🇦 is largely homegrown and politically weaponised. In Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik uses pro-🇷🇺 rhetoric to deflect corruption allegations and entrench illiberal rule. 🔗https://bit.ly/4aF8mGD

🔔 Seriously Balkans – The BiEPAG Talks ep.22 🔹 The Student Protest Movement in Serbia: What does the Future hold? 🎙️ Our BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social is hosting his guests: 🔸Marina Vulović 🔸Jelena Vasiljević 🔸 Nikola Burazer 👇 Tune in now 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1Y48...

🔔New policy brief ✍️J. Marović & O. Barbullushi 🔹How Accession Treaties Can Strengthen Europe The brief argues for enforceable safeguards, rule-of-law conditionality, and performance-based integration. EU accession treaties must become tools for democratic resilience. 📄https://tinyurl.com/ycbuu8wy

📣 Is the Eastern Partnership still relevant in today’s geopolitical landscape? Join our online webinar, organised by @eapcsf in partnership with #GEOPOWEREU, on rethinking EU🇪🇺–EaP relations amid war in🇺🇦 & strategic competition. 🗓️ 19 Feb | ⏰ 12:00–13:00 CET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZvgSTv

📣New publication alert! Our PI Prof. @tzifakis.bsky.social has published a new co-authored article on EU enlargement and “reversed conditionality” in the Western Balkans. Read it open access here: bit.ly/4r0WhTl

Read our (open-access) article offering an agency-structure perspective to EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and let us know what you think. Link: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 1/2 @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social

Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...

ASN European Conference: Reconfiguring National Identities amid Multiple Crises, 18–20 September 2026

As an interdisciplinary event, the conference welcomes contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, law, literature, political science, gender studies, psychology,...

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🔔Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep.19 🔹The predicament of media and press freedom in the Balkans 🎙️Our BiEPAG member Giorgio Fruscione is hosting his guests: Lejla Mazlic and @slobageorgiev.bsky.social #MediaFreedom 👇Tune in for more on this topic👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5thu...

Join us for a discussion on a very interesting topic.

Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft@sudosteuropa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

30 years after Dayton, BiH remains marked by stable unresolvedness. Join our experts as they explore the multi-layered and contested nature of BiH’s post-war peace, highlighting competing interpretations rather than simplified narratives. Register here: www.sogde.org/de/events/wh...

📣 New GEO-POWER-EU Report! Our new study shows how corrosive capital and #disinformation take hold through co-production between domestic political patrons and foreign actors—using opaque deals and tailored narratives to shield vested interests. Read here🔗 bit.ly/48rghX0

The @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social launches a series of short tutorial videos. Brilliant colleagues explain analytical approaches, concepts, & ideas in clear terms. #IR #EUStudies 1/6

📣How do Serbians view the 🇪🇺, #migration, #security & global actors? Join us on 7 Oct for the online presentation of 🇷🇸 findings from the 2025 #GEOPOWEREU Public Opinion Survey📊 🗓️Tuesday, 7 Oct | 15:00 CET 📍Online (Zoom) 🔗Info & Participation: shorturl.at/U0bWZ

📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪 A short🧵⤵️

*New & open access* We draw on our book Indulging Kleptocracy, reflecting on the importance of networks - even more than states, we argue - in today’s global order. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

📢 New blog alert! @branim.bsky.social (@wiiw.ac.at) dives into 🇨🇳 investment trends in 🇷🇸 and the wider Western Balkans using the #GEOPOWEREU database. 🔗 Article: shorturl.at/erwh1 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

wiiw@wiiw.ac.at · last yr.

Chinese FDI in the Western Balkans has increased a lot, but won’t catch up with EU FDI any time soon. Governments must ensure that China's investments comply with environmental and labour standards. Attracting high-quality FDI should be the goal, argues @branim.bsky.social. wiiw.ac.at/n-685.html

New blog alert! Our @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleagues @valeryperry.bsky.social and @kurtbassuener.bsky.social explore 🇪🇺's underused leverage in 🇷🇸 & the Western Balkans in “Rethinking EU Strategy: Squandered Influence”, using #GEOPOWEREU database 🔗Article: bit.ly/453fR9e 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

📣New BiEPAG blog📝 Rama’s Foreign Policy Paradox by Dr. Des. Rigels Lenja 🔹Everyone’s Friend (except Russia) Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/5hcck9m8

📢On May 26–27, the GEO-POWER-EU consortium held two productive days in Belgrade. Here’s what happened 🧵 1/ A public conference was co-organized with @reunir.bsky.social on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. Full summary here: 🔗 shorturl.at/uBaHO

🚨New blog alert! Prof N. Džuverović @BelgradeUni analyzes Serbia's 🇷🇸foreign policy balancing act in a new piece published by European Western Balkans, drawing on data from the GEOPOWER EU database. 🔗Read the article: shorturl.at/538A4 📊Explore the database: shorturl.at/jaN2H

Our panel on “The 🇪🇺in the Era of Geopolitics: Power, Strategy & Influence” started, moderated by Dr @filipejdus.bsky.social& featured Prof @tzifakis.bsky.social #UoP, Alexandra Bykova @wiiw.ac.at, Dr Panagiota Manoli #UoP, Björn Fägersten @uisweden.bsky.social &Strahinja Subotić #EPC &InvigoratEU

#interdependence - how linked are #Albania #Bosnia #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Georgia #Ukraine and #Moldova and the #EU, #Russia, #China #Turkey and the #US is shown in the database created by @geopower-eu.bsky.social consortium. Check it out at: geo-power.eu/research-out...

📢 For those who would like to join us online, you can participate in the event at the following link: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/89551244365 Visit our website for more ℹ️ and in-person registration: 🔗 bit.ly/42Z3GZF #EU #WesternBalkans #EaP #enlargement

GEO-POWER-EU@geopower-eu.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership” 📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF

📢Secure your place! Join us May 26 in Belgrade 🇷🇸 for a high-level #GeoPowerEU & #REUNIR conference on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership. 🕒15:30–19:00 |📍Europe House 🔗Registration bit.ly/42Z3GZF 💻Online participation—link coming soon!

GEO-POWER-EU@geopower-eu.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership” 📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF

📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership” 📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF