Now assigned to the latest issue of International Politics! With the new US National Security Strategy, it's the 'perfect' timing to reflect on the implications of the far-right on European security - a topic I discuss in this article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What kind of vision(s)? The far-right and European security - International Politics

Far-right parties are now widespread in different countries across Europe, raising questions about states’ commitment to European security. These parties varied their positions on the Russian invasion...

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Looking forward to giving a talk on The Struggle for European Sovereignty and meeting the good people of @eui-sps.bsky.social. Merci à @stephofmann.bsky.social et au @eui-schuman.bsky.social pour l’accueil!

⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.

Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025

Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...

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🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

Jan Lepeu@janlpe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I had the privilege this week of being awarded the title of Doctor of Political and Social Sciences from the @eui-eu.bsky.social after successfully defending my thesis on the EU sanctions policy.

My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉 I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas... A quick preview 👇 🧵

A New Season for Respect the Marble

Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"

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The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs - Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi - @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social‬ #FirstView

🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live. 🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe. 🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.

Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · last yr.

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation By @radnitz.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏

Nina Reiners@ninareiners.bsky.social · last yr.

✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨ 👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/... @ninahall.bsky.social

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚? 🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A

ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.

Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations

European Consortium for Political Research

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What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions? In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states. 🎥👉 buff.ly/5CbiQqW

Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭

NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications. Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.   Please spread the word! Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW

With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda. Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl

JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚 We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues. For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.

Solving the problems of transatlantic relations over Boulevardiers with @stephofmann.bsky.social & Matthias Mathijs #EUSA2025

In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges. 🎥 buff.ly/vCZhwZP

Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️ My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.

Struggles over epistemic capital: Complex governance objects and the making of lethal autonomous weapons systems

The regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) has emerged as a salient and perplexing issue in global governance, especially in the UN GGE on LAWS. This article argues that contentions...

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Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have <a lot> to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy. Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...

How to organize European security? In this International Politics forum, we discuss European actors' choices between orchestrating existing and new institutional layers (compartmentalized multilateralism) or escaping consensus-making with new&old layers @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social

"security and defence is top priority for Europe, and rightly so. But as Europe rearms, it is also reasserting a new wartime geopolitical identity. In this context, policy decisions regarding humanitarian disarmament treaties acquire a broader dimension." ecfr-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ecfr.eu/...

Why Europe’s withdrawal from humanitarian disarmament treaties could be a win for Russia

Several EU countries are withdrawing from, or considering withdrawing from, humanitarian disarmament treaties. While Europe must urgently strengthen its defence capabilities, it should not lose its fo...

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If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis .. academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making

Abstract. Scholars and pundits focusing on the changing international order and its possible fragmentation often pay little attention to the manifold relat

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"One of my goals is to contribute to portraying #migration in a positive way." In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎 📹 buff.ly/ji4G65s

🎓 Applications are open for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social 📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept 📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots! 💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs 💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants 🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the... #SummerSchool

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The strongDepartment of Political and Social Sciencesstrong SPS at the strongEuropean University Institutestrong EUI is launching the sixth edition of the SPS

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🔎 How have women shaped the history of #globalisation? In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏 📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw

Coalitions of the willing are back in vogue, with Macron hosting another summit tomorrow in Paris. Here’s a chart I made on forms of differentiated integration and political cooperation in Europe:

AND we in Europe/outside the US need more conversations of what we can do to defend academic freedom. @stephofmann.bsky.social NOT convinced that US universities can simply set-up 2nd campuses in Europe (see Guardian) as US rules/cuts can still impact them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

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There is not much difference across the country on the communal level

Daniel Ziblatt@dziblatt.bsky.social · last yr.

Grateful for this write up of our newest WZB working paper in SPIEGEL magazine on the state of the local "firewall" in Germany against the Radical right. Short message: it endured pretty well until 2024. What's next? There the picture is likely less positive. bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/v25...