Mocht dit prachtige boek al lezen, het is geweldige combinatie van het persoonlijke en het wetenschappelijke. Absolute aanrader!

Precies over een maand, op 12 maart verschijnt mijn boek De symfonie van onvrede: De opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa bij Querido: www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek... Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven. 🧵

Whilst embarking on a big writing project, many of us think about routines to achieve our goal. Wake up earlier. Block our phone. Write 1 hour everyday, etc. But what if long projects stall not because of a lack of routine, but a lack of clarity about why we write? New post: shorturl.at/hbh1g 🧵

Im flämischen Wasserschloss Alden Biesen befassen sich die 27 EU-Chefs mit der Frage, wie der Binnenmarkt dynamisieren ließe. Die Schlüssel dazu haben sie selbst in den Händen - doch ihre ideologischen Differenzen sind groß. Mehr hier via @diepressecom.bsky.social. www.diepresse.com/20570659/eur...

🇪🇺🇪🇺 New starterpack featuring researchers and analysts working in or thinking about Europe.. and active on Bluesky @rikefranke.bsky.social @fromtga.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social @jkaarsbo.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social Follow here ⬇️ go.bsky.app/C2JMPGR

After a short hiatus, Respect the Marble is back: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin... Introducing a new series The Long Carve: about how to decide which ideas deserves our long-term writing attention, & how we learn to keep writing when the outcome is unknown and uncertain. 🧵

I hear the new Dutch coalition agreement includes this (translation): “We are also investigating the introduction of an electoral threshold and a new electoral system for the House of Representatives, in which preferential votes are given more weight.” Fascinating to see how this plays out.

Lees dit interview met Steven Levitsky, een van de meest vooraanstaande democratie-onderzoekers., over de staat van de democratie in de VS. „Ik vond mezelf altijd een doemdenker. Maar het is veel, veel erger dan ik had verwacht.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take: osf.io/9sxnc/files/... We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.

Very thoughtful reflection on Europe's Trump dilemma by @catherinedevries.bsky.social

Amid the doom & crazy coming from the other side of the Atlantic, last year I suggested that #Trump's excesses would help catalyse a #GreatGlobalRebalancing away from the #US One year on, LISTEN to how this has accelerated & why this is wonderful news 4 RoW podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/t...

Great @theguardian.com piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social: "attention itself has become a strategic battlefield of int'l politics. Attention wars aren't won by reacting faster. They're won by deciding what deserves focus. Europe (..) needs to outplan" Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“A Europe that is always reacting is never planning” Insightful op-ed by @catherinedevries.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the fight for attention, and how Europe should respond to Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe will never be competitive in geopolitical clickbait. Better focus on the longer game.

🚨🚨 Excellent read by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on Donald #trump's #geopolitical clickbait playbook and its implicatioms for #European security.

Great op-ed by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on how attention has become a geopolitical weapon. And why Europe should stop falling for Trump’s “geopolitical clickbait” (love the term): www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What will be the fall-out for Europe's far-right leaders who turned on Trump over his threats to seize Greenland? Listen to my report @theworld.org with 🙏 @catherinedevries.bsky.social @ieuniversity.bsky.social @scottlucas.bsky.social @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social tiny.cc/8f8y001

"Whether he’s targeting Greenland, tariffs or Iran, Trump’s agenda is to distract – because a Europe that is always reacting is never planning" A sharp and timely op-ed by @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vries in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Precies dit @catherinedevries.bsky.social 🙌🏼 “In an era of information overload, there is no scarcity of data or analysis; what is lacking is attention. And whoever controls that controls the debate [..] That is the vulnerability Trump exploits. A Europe that is always reacting is never planning.”

"In an era of information overload, there is no scarcity of data or analysis; what is lacking is attention. And whoever controls that controls the debate." So true also way beyond IR, e.g. in government vs opposition dynamics of both authoritarian and democratic regimes.

I remember reading a paper ages ago on why Erving Goffman should be considered a major theorist of power - this piece is a nice illustration of why his work on performance is so useful to understanding politics

Checkout the latest article in @theguardian.com by our Head of Department @catherinedevries.bsky.social:

Great thread & piece. Europe needs to (1) cooperate more to achieve policy goals in common interest, and (2) play the long game in seeking strategic autonomy. Responding to Trump's chaos is obviously necessary, but in a collective, measured manner, and always with a view to the long-term strategy.

Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Wie Trumps chaospolitiek continu beantwoordt met verontwaardiging, wordt onderdeel van zijn script. Wat Europa nu nodig heeft is de discipline om aan een eigen veiligheidsstrategie te werken.’ Catherine de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social @groene.nl www.groene.nl/artikel/chao...

De kop is eraf: mijn maidenspeech in de Tweede Kamer is een feit. Met mijn familie op de tribune vertelde ik over mijn Zeeuwse roots, mijn Europese blik en waarom ik de politiek in ben gegaan. Met oproep om naast de Nederlandse vlag ook de Europese te zetten in de @tweede-kamer.bsky.social 🇳🇱🇪🇺

NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out! 1/

I’m thrilled to be there and look forward to great things to come for the department & school.

Politicoloog @catherinedevries.bsky.social schreef ‘De symfonie van onvrede’ over de opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa. Ze beschrijft hoe haar vader, een Overijsselse boer, opschoof richting radicaal-rechts. Hoe moet het vertrouwen in de overheid worden hersteld? 5/9

De pen is machtiger dan het zwaard; hopelijk geldt dat in 2026 nog altijd. Aan schrijvers zal het in elk geval niet liggen, want de komende tijd verschijnen verschillende boeken waarin de democratie wordt verdedigd. 1/9

On 24 June 2024, I wrote this as my prediction about Mark Rutte’s tenure as NATO Secretary General: wheeling and dealing, even when it comes at the expense of values, norms & institutions. That was his modus operandi in Dutch politics, now on the world stage. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Great way to kick off this year‘s #SPSA conference in Zurich: a keynote by the great @catherinedevries.bsky.social. Thanks also to @jbslapin.bsky.social for running the conference and the fantastic @ipz.bsky.social admin team for an excellent organization.

From November 2025 - Public Support for Pro-environment and Environment-Critical Movements - cup.org/3XzCAEJ - @dirckdekleer.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonvanteutem.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Delighted to have had the opportunity to discuss challenger parties, political entrepreneurs and populism with Marc Bokobza in the latest episode of the 📻 podcast Politically In/sane 📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1pf4...

Alle maskers vallen af. De EU moet kapot, vindt Trump-trouwe Denktank. Waarom? Omdat de EU als enige nog een vuist maakt in de westerse wereld tegen de techgiganten en Amerikaanse monopoliehouders. Als dat geen schallend compliment voor de kracht van de EU is! nos.nl/l/2595747

Gardiner was ook al een groot pleitbezorger van #Brexit... en om de Brexit te laten slagen moet de EU verdwijnen. Zo simpel is het. Dat is de agenda. En die is niet in het Nederlandse belang nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...

Rosie Collington is one of the most compelling new voices in political economy, not just for what she studies, but for how she writes. New Etched in Marble conversation just out. 👇 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/rosie-coll... 🧵

Víctor Lapuente writes like a good guide: steady hand, clear map, and his eye always on the reader. New Etched in Marble conversation is up: on writing as service, not performance. 👇 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

Possibly the most self-destructive reaction towards the US antagonism against the EU is by national leaders offering national partnerships. This is exactly the kind of avenue for the US/Trump to split Europe and reign over smaller European countries.

Few economists write like Dani Rodrik. He combines clarity, precision with the courage to say what others only think. Read my full conversation with him here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

@catherinedevries.bsky.social joined @armida.bsky.social and @zecsaky.bsky.social to discuss the far right and democracy in Europe in the latest #CERpodcast. Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/O0nYJk6

Europe’s housing crisis is worsening while progressives stay silent. DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social argues in @theguardian.com that we need bold policies that make homes affordable, fair and a social right again:

A continent without courage. On Europe’s psychology of weakness and why it doesn’t have to be this way. My oped in @politico.eu:

OPINION: The intense diplomatic maneuvering to end the war in Ukraine has revealed a troubling reality: Even when it comes to its own security, the EU struggles to be a central player.

'De EU moet eindelijk machtspolitiek leren spreken' fd.nl/opinie/15784... Goed verhaal Catherine de Vries over rode lijnen die Europa moet trekken. En over de noodzaak minder afwachtend te reageren. Het is “ons” Europa en niet dat van Rusland of de VS.

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

Check out my new Etched in Marble conversation with Lea Ypi. Philosopher, novelist, author of Free & Indignity, Ypi uses writing to push ideas into daylight. Not as way to prove she’s right, but to see what survives when doubt is allowed in. catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

Europeans worry that accommodating Putin repeats past errors. My latest on @goodauth.bsky.social with findings from a new article "Voting with Putin" with Jana Lipps in @cpsjournal.bsky.social where we document mainstream and cultural conservative support for Putin goodauthority.org/news/why-eur...

Can pol institutions safeguard democracy (as Madison et al believed)? After the honor of presenting at the @wzb.bsky.social conference,brilliantly organized by Fuchs-Schündeln/Zürn/ @dziblatt.bsky.social with @catherinedevries.bsky.social‘s terrific keynote,I’m excited to present @unil.bsky.social

People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...