📝 The article focuses on how Japan, ROK, Taiwan and the EU have been balancing the US’ security-related pressures in semiconductor governance. We identify four strategic responses: full alignment, hybrid alignment, selective autonomy, and horizontal misalignment. Check it out, it’s OA 👇

👇 Do not miss this opportunity👇 Three days in Brussels to learn, exchange, and debate the most pressing issues of our time.

📝 new co-authored policy brief! 🇮🇳🇪🇺 Can the EU and India deepen cooperation despite four persistent constraints: regulation, threat perceptions, political inertia, and institutional complexity? We explore how Brussels and New Delhi can navigate these challenges in a fragmenting global order. 👇

New piece we co-authored for @warontherocks.bsky.social on how Beijing leverages uncertainty around U.S. alliances under Trump: less through pressure or inducements and more through narrative weaponisation. Check it out. 👇

Back in November we held a TTX to test European responses to conflict over Taiwan. Here are the results 👇🏻

Yesterday, CSDS Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich delivered a lecture on the "International Security Context and the EU's Role" as part of the ESDC's CSDP Orientation Course. Glad to be a part of the EU security and defence learning process. More info www.esdc.europa.eu/index_en @giuter.bsky.social

Tomorrow, our Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich will be in Lisbon to deliver a lecture on "The EU as a Diplomatic Actor" for the ESDC and Instituto da Defesa Nacional. A timely discussion given questions about the effectiveness of EU foreign policy. Info www.idn.gov.pt/pt @giuter.bsky.social

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📣 Global Gateway Forum 2025: From undersea cables and cyber threats to resilient finance, we explored how to secure flows of goods, energy & data. Grateful to @elisabethbraw.bsky.social , Tuesday Reitano & Min. Américo Muchanga for sharp insights. 🙏

Looking forward to playing a part at the 2025 Global Gateway Forum, with Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich moderating a panel on "Connectivity Interrupted: The Security Dimension" with Américo Muchanga, Elisabeth Braw and Tuesday Reitano. More info global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu/index_en

"The EU’s strategic autonomy in foreign policy: European responses to American and Chinese influence over the arms embargo on China and Taiwan" Giulia Tercovich & Hugo Meijer www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @giuter.bsky.social

Our Deputy Director, Giulia Tercovich, and researcher, Ivan Zaccagnini, are at IPSA 2025 in Seoul to present papers from our ERC-funded SINATRA project focusing on EU-China-USA relations. #IPSA2025 I @ipsa.org More info🔸 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/home @giuter.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Mark your calendars! 📆🌏

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Today, our Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich is moderating a panel at a high-level conference on the Indo-Pacific, organised by the NATO Defence College Foundation. Giulia is joined by senior officials and analysts. More info🔸 www.natofoundation.org/indo-pacific... @giuter.bsky.social

A great way to start #EUIA25! CSDS Deputy Director & Conference Co-Chair, Giulia Tercovich, got the conference underway with opening remarks before introducing European Commissioner Marta Kos to provide her excellent keynote speech! EUIA 2025 is a go! Follow EUIA here🔸https://www.euia.eu @bsog.be

‼️Brussels 360 Speakers‼️ Join us and Giulia Tercovich (CSDS) on the #Brussels360 course to discuss and learn about global governance and peace and security. 🐦 Apply by 23 April 2025 for early-bird fees! Apply today🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co... @giuter.bsky.social

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A very timely event! Join us! 👇

✈️ About last week and out trip to the US 🇺🇸🇪🇺👇 csds.vub.be/csds-in-the-...

🙏 A huge thanks to PIIE for hosting us today, and to the 12,000+ people who tuned in! A great way to kick off our visit to DC! 🇪🇺🇺🇸

Grazie a @euronews.com per avermi ospitato! 🙏 Questi sono temi complessi da trattare in pochi minuti, ma sono felice di condividere la ricerca disponibile sul ruolo del #HR/VP nell’UE 🇪🇺 se siete interessati. 😉📚

Thank you to @euronews.com for hosting me! 🙏 These are complex issues to unpack in just a few minutes, but happy to share the research that is available on the #HR/VP role in 🇪🇺 if you are interested. 😉📚

Great to see our @csds.bsky.social policy brief on why the new HR/VP Kalls must maintain a strong focus on the #Indo-Pacific included in the Forward Look 2025! 🙏

🇮🇹🌏🇪🇺 Looking forward to joining the discussion on Italy, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific later today. It is great to engage with friends and colleagues on these very timely issues. 👉 Full programme: globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/events/?id=5... 👉 @csds.bsky.social PB: csds.vub.be/publication/...

For everyone drowning in meetings as 2024 wraps up… you are not alone! 😅

🌏 Last week, we hosted the third edition of our @csds.bsky.social Brussels #Indo-Pacific Dialogue! 📺 The videos of the public segments are now available and can be rewatched. 🧵Check them out👇

A great discussion during our High-Level Panel to kick off our Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue today! 👇

Our Head of the Geopolitics and Technology Programme @acalcara.bsky.social has just joined BlueSky and is hiring a postdoc for his @ERC_Research CODE project. Follow him and help spread the word about the opportunity!👇

🇪🇺🌏 We are getting ready for the third Edition of our Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue! Follow @csds.bsky.social for all updates! 👇

On Georgia, read the joint statement by HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social and Enlargement Commissioner Kos. 🇪🇺🇬🇪 👉 shorturl.at/nhkfO

🗓 In one week, the third edition of our Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue will tackle key questions on Europe, US, and Indo-Pacific cooperation, Sino-Russian coordination, and the challenges posed by shifting geopolitical alignments. Stay tuned! 🇪🇺🌏 👉 shorturl.at/eokhA

🎧 🇺🇸 What will Trump Presidency mean for…? Even if analyses have still a high degree of speculation, I have listened to some thought-provoking podcasts recently on the topic. Which ones? Check the thread below and share any others you know! 👇🧵

📝 How should the incoming HR/VP Kallas prioritise the Indo-Pacific region? 🇪🇺🌏 This Policy Brief combines CSDS expertise to provide some food for thought to the incoming #EUFP leadership. Read more here 👇

🎧 What are the implications of the 2024 elections in Taiwan and EU for the EU’s position on/ relations with Taiwan? 🇪🇺🇹🇼 In this @csds.bsky.social Strategy Speaks podcast we suggest that the EU should develop a Taiwan Strait Playbook. 📝 The policy brief w/ Laia Comerma is here 👉 tinyurl.com/2mp5aemb

🗺️ Check out this interactive map from @csis.org. It shows two metrics by which Trump may measure his support for NATO and Indo-Pacific allies: 👉 trade balance 👉 defence spending Is your country in the safe or dangerous zone?

📝 How has the EU’s approach to Taiwan evolved? 🇪🇺🇹🇼 This @csds.bsky.social Policy Brief from June 2023 looks at the EU’ evolving stance on Taiwan and explores the EU’s role in a potential Taiwan crisis and the need for an EU’s strategic signaling to China. 👉 t.ly/BQLHz

📚 Has the war in Ukraine accelerated or decelerated the EU’s urgency to engage in/with the Indo-Pacific? 🇪🇺🌏 In this article, co-authored with Gorana Grgic and published in June 2024 by JEI, we respond to this question by looking at ASEAN and Taiwan as case studies. 👇

🦋 Excited to start sharing on BlueSky! Looking forward to connecting, sharing ideas and discussing 🇪🇺 EU foreign policy, 🌏 Indo-Pacific and more…Let’s see where this new space takes us! 😉