🇪🇺 What's on Eur Mind?
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Geopolitics from a European perspective. New post (almost) every Wednesday.
Brilliant headline and overall journalism by Iona Cleave. It's time for her colleagues all over the world to take notes and start reporting what someone's claims really mean rather than repeating their verbatim lies.
Zelensky’s ex-aide: I’m no Russian spy, I just want Ukraine to surrender
Iuliia Mendel tells The Telegraph why she has gone from praising the Ukrainian leader to demanding he step down
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🇪🇺 Thoughts on the South Korea-Ukraine Diplomatic Fallout - With the US friendlier towards Russia and China than its allies, Middle Powers are forced to reassess how to ensure their own security.
🇪🇺 Thoughts on the South Korea-Ukraine Diplomatic Fallout
With the US friendlier towards Russia and China than its allies, Middle Powers are forced to reassess how to ensure their own security.
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🇺🇦 Putin’s New Theory of Victory - Moscow's long struggle to subjugate Ukraine went from coercion and economic blackmail to two invasion attempts and eventually to a meat grinder. None of them worked. My latest post on Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Putin’s New Theory of Victory
Moscow's long struggle to subjugate Ukraine went from coercion and economic blackmail to two invasion attempts and eventually to a meat grinder. None of them worked.
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🇭🇺 Orbán Ment, az Ukránellenesség Maradt A történelmi-külpolitikai szembenézés társadalmi érdeklődés hiányában várat magára. steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇭🇺 Orbán Ment, az Ukránellenesség Maradt
A történelmi-külpolitikai szembenézés társadalmi érdeklődés hiányában várat magára.
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🇪🇺 Is Putin Preparing to Turn Up the Heat for Winter? Russia is escalating its war, and Europe has finally stopped pretending not to see it. An assessment on what is happening, and how far it may go.
🇪🇺 Is Putin Preparing to Turn Up the Heat for Winter?
Russia is escalating its war, and Europe has finally stopped pretending not to see it. An assessment on what is happening, and how far it may go.
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🇪🇺 Is Mark Galeotti Working for Russia? Accusations from left and right, scandalous statements front and back. Is he the Serge Gainsbourg of the Global West's geopolitics community, or our Eli Cohen?
🇪🇺 Is Mark Galeotti Working for Russia?
Accusations from left and right, scandalous statements front and back. Is he the Serge Gainsbourg of the Global West's geopolitics community, or our Eli Cohen?
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🇺🇦 Russia’s War Will Not End with a Ceasefire - Those who hope for a negotiated solution fail to appreciate Putin’s larger ambitions. Ukraine knows this. Does Europe? A big picture outlook on the future. steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇺🇦 Russia’s War Will Not End with a Ceasefire
Those who hope for a negotiated solution fail to appreciate Putin’s larger ambitions. Ukraine knows this. Does Europe? A big picture outlook on the future.
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🇵🇱🇺🇦 The Emerging Polish Ressentiment Towards Ukraine - Geopolitics from a psychological perspective: how underlying status anxiety has led to a diplomatic conflict steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇵🇱🇺🇦 The Emerging Polish Ressentiment Towards Ukraine
Geopolitics from a psychological perspective: how underlying status anxiety has led to a diplomatic conflict
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🌍About Our Demographic Future - A historical overlook on how demographers reliably produced false predictions. Could they be getting it wrong again this time?
🌍About Our Demographic Future
A historical overlook on how demographers reliably produced false predictions. Could they be getting it wrong again this time?
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🇪🇺 No, Russia Could Not Take The Baltics - Even with a potential US withdrawal. But it’s unclear whether Putin knows this.
🇪🇺 No, Russia Could Not Take The Baltics
Even with a potential US withdrawal. But it’s unclear whether Putin knows this.
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🇪🇺 About Ukrainian EU Accession - Current public debate regarding when it is allowed to happen misses the mark. The process became just as existential for Brussels as it is for Kyiv.
🇪🇺 About Ukrainian EU Accession
Current public debate regarding when it is allowed to happen misses the mark. The process became just as existential for Brussels as it is for Kyiv.
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🇺🇦 Russian Terror Bombings and Horizontal Escalation - An analysis of Putin's tactics beyond the Ukrainian frontline
🇺🇦 Russian Terror Bombings and Horizontal Escalation
An analysis of Putin's tactics beyond the Ukrainian frontline
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How Kyiv’s position and leverage is growing on the world stage, and what this means for Europe
🇺🇦 Ukraine in the Gulf and Beyond
How Kyiv’s position and leverage is growing on the world stage, and what this means for Europe
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Spending six weeks in Lviv I experienced morale higher than ever. The Ukrainian people are optimistic about their country's future. A recap of my previous visits.
🇺🇦 The Ukraine You Rarely See in the News
Spending six weeks in Lviv I experienced morale higher than ever. The Ukrainian people are optimistic about their country's future. A recap of my previous visits.
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The tides are turning on the battlefield and the balance of power is shifting in Europe's favour. Putin is down but not out, and his options are increasingly narrowing.
🇺🇦 Ukraine has managed to stop Russia. Now what?
The tides are turning on the battlefield and the balance of power is shifting in Europe's favour. Putin is down but not out, and his options are increasingly narrowing.
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An analysis of Ukraine's demographic changes in the past century and a review of the currently circulating myths. The numbers provide more hope than most tend to think.
🇺🇦 What is Ukraine's population in 2026?
An analysis of Ukraine's demographic changes in the past century and a review of the currently circulating myths. The numbers provide more hope than most tend to think.
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Milyen hosszú távú következményei lesznek Orbán Viktor külpolitikájának Magyarország megítélésére? Mi történt, és hogyan tovább?
🇭🇺 Szembenézés Magyarország legújabb történelmi bűnével
Milyen hosszú távú következményei lesznek Orbán Viktor külpolitikájának Magyarország megítélésére? Mi történt, és hogyan tovább?
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Let's imagine a future where Russia took over Ukraine and is free to pursue its further geopolitical aims. How would that look like, and what would it mean to Europe?
🇪🇺 What if Russia wins?
Let's imagine a future where Russia took over Ukraine and is free to pursue its further geopolitical aims. How would that look like, and what would it mean to Europe?
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16 years of Orbánism has come to an end. The story of how it happened has much to teach us about what might come after far-right populism and where we stand in history.
🇭🇺 Péter Magyar Is Not Orbán 2.0 - He’s Hungary’s System-Breaker
16 years of Orbánism has come to an end. The story of how it happened has much to teach us about what might come after far-right populism and where we stand in history.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine in 2026: Shifting Momentum Beneath the Surface - What's on Eur Mind? steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇺🇦 Ukraine in 2026: Shifting Momentum Beneath the Surface
Recently, there is less global attention on the war in Ukraine, but the power dynamics are steadily transforming, and Russia's theory of victory is seemingly evaporating
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Nyílt levél a választások után. Győzelemről, külpolitikáról és méltóságról.
🇭🇺 Tisztelt Leendő Miniszterelnök Úr, Kedves Péter!
Nyílt levél a választások után. Győzelemről, külpolitikáról és méltóságról.
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2026-ban Magyarországon sokan rendszerváltást remélnek. A választás messzebbre mutat ennél. A posztkommunista generációk állnak szemben a régi rendszer termékeinek utolsó képviselőivel. steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇭🇺 Generációváltás Magyarországon
2026-ban sokan rendszerváltást remélnek. A választás messzebbre mutat ennél. A posztkommunista generációk állnak szemben a régi rendszer termékeinek utolsó képviselőivel.
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The post Cold War stability ended. The question is what comes next.
World War III, Cold War II, or back to Great Power Rivalry?
The post Cold War stability ended. The question is what comes next.
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Ukraine's geopolitical significance increased dramatically over the past years. Now they have real leverage and cards to play even at the highest tables.
🇺🇦 From Tragic Underdog to Military Heavyweight
Ukraine's geopolitical significance increased dramatically over the past years. Now they have real leverage and cards to play even at the highest tables.
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In the past two decades we are going from crisis to crisis. Each of them was supposed to be the end of the EU. But lately something changed about this perception.
🇪🇺 Did You Celebrate the EU’s Ultimate Triumph?
In the past two decades we are going from crisis to crisis. Each of them was supposed to be the end of the EU. But lately something changed about this perception.
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🇪🇺 A New War in the Middle East, and Europe in the Crosswinds War between Iran and US-Israel could reshape global politics again. Europe faces risks ranging from energy shocks to migration pressure and disruptions to Ukraine aid. An analysis from a European perspective. steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇪🇺 A New War in the Middle East, and Europe in the Crosswinds
War between Iran and US-Israel could reshape global politics again. Europe faces risks ranging from energy shocks to migration pressure and disruptions to Ukraine aid.
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🇪🇺 What's on EUR Mind? — How Europe can force Putin to stop Ukraine entered the fifth year of a large-scale war. Putin has no intention to quit, so Europe must pursue a strategy that will make him. We have all the pieces to do so. steady.page/en/whatsoneu...
🇪🇺 How Europe can force Putin to stop
Ukraine entered the fifth year of a large-scale war. Putin has no intention to quit, so Europe must pursue a strategy that will make him. We have all the pieces to do so.
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🇪🇺 What's on EUR Mind? — Can Europe defend itself? According to Mark Rutte, we should “keep on dreaming” if we think we have a chance without the US. Is this true? What is even Europe, and what does defending it mean?
🇪🇺 Can Europe defend itself?
According to Mark Rutte, we should “keep on dreaming” if we think we have a chance without the US. Is this true? What is even Europe, and what does defending it mean?
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In this blog post, I'm looking at the claim by @anderspucknielsen.dk regarding a potential Russian invasion against the Baltic States. I reflect on his argument, how I envision the probabilities, and the potential consequences for Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.
🇪🇺 About a Russian invasion of the Baltic States
Anders Puck Nielsen and other experts believe that a Russian invasion of the Baltics could happen sooner than we think. His assessment deserves further consideration.
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Europe has had its fair share of men like them in history. Conquerors who wanted to reshape the continent and created massive destruction and suffering in the meantime. Europe endured and dealt with them all.
🇪🇺 Trump and Putin are Europe’s greatest agents
In the 21st century, nobody has done more to create a European Federation than them. And from a cold historical perspective, they might be our greatest blessings...
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