Michelle Haas

@michellehaas.bsky.social

PhD Researcher Ghent University - Egmont Associate Fellow - Former Parliamentary Advisor Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee Research on the impact of Russia's invasion 2022 of Ukraine on European Defence Policies https://www.linkedin.com/in/haasmichelle

New publication! Follow @giesugent.bsky.social for more papers on a One Year Trump. The series draws on the expertise of our research group, and over the coming weeks we will publish 20 papers. So stay tuned!

GIES (Ghent Institute for International and European Studies)@giesugent.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Should Europe respond to every hostile signal from Washington? Prof. Haesebrouck and @michellehaas.bsky.social argue that in the coming period, it will be vital for Europe to preserve the good, push back the bad, and ignore the ugly. www.ugent.be/ps/politieke...

Straks te gast bij @deafspraak.bsky.social naar aanleiding van de NAVO-top die morgen van start gaat. Over verdeeldheid of eensgezindheid onder lidstaten, de strategie achter de 5%/3,5% discussie en de Belgische positie daarin.

De Afspraak@deafspraak.bsky.social · last yr.

Vanavond in #deafspraak: Darya Safai, @tomsimoens.bsky.social, @michellehaas.bsky.social en Hendrik Vos over de oorlog tussen Israël en Iran, de rol van de VS en de NAVO-top in Den Haag. Om 20u35 op VRT Canvas.

Honoured to join this week's EU Confidential by POLITICO. We talk about the upcoming NATO Summit, Europe’s diverging views, and whether governments must choose between preserving social security or investing in defence. And of course, we touch on Belgium and the Netherlands.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.

As NATO leaders prepare to endorse a dramatic defense spending hike, Europe faces a reckoning: Where will the money come from — and will new tanks mean cuts to pensions? Listen to EU Confidential with Sarah Wheaton to find out:

Uit De Stemming blijkt dus dat Belgen wakker liggen van internationale veiligheid, maar de minister die mee het antwoord moet bieden, spreekt over het gevaar van een ‘sociaal bloedbad’ bij hogere defensie-uitgaven. Hoe wil je dan steun en vertrouwen opbouwen bij de bevolking?