❗CSDS Research❗ "European Strategic Autonomy as a Double-Edged Sword? US Perspectives in an Era of Sino-American Competition", by Linde Desmaele, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project. Read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lindedesma.bsky.social

Same here! Highly recommend applying for the PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative! 👇

Is intensified nuclear coordination the best strategy to secure the continent’s future? 🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries 🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi 📅 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable ☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi 📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST

❗New Research❗ 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺 As US-China rivalry deepens, Washington is rethinking European unity - not just, as this new article by Linde Desmaele argues, as a NATO asset, but through the lens of cost tolerance and alignment on China. Read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lindedesma.bsky.social

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable ☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi 📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST

"European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition" Linde Desmaele www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lindedesma.bsky.social

❗New Research❗ We are delighted to share the news that our Special Issue with the Journal of European Integration on European autonomy in US-China rivalry has just been published. Guest edited by @luissimonn.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social A thread👇 Read www.tandfonline.com/toc/geui20/c...

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable ☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi 📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST 👇 Register FREE

🚨New Publication! We are thrilled to share the new book by #EISS Treasurer @marierbn.bsky.social ! “La vengeance et la paix” (CNRS EDITIONS). For more: www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/re...

☢ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.19 💭 Cold War-era nuclear thinking can help explain how today’s challenges emerged. 📝 But @lindedesma.bsky.social warns that uncritical reliance on outdated frameworks leads to misguided policies on #NuclearWeapons. 👉 bit.ly/47xYHSt

🚨 We’re hiring! Due to the continuous growth, the Intelligence and Security research group at Leiden University is looking for a new Assistant Professor in Intelligence & Security. careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/The-Hagu...

Last month, I wrote a short piece on what Trump 2.0 means for NATO and Europe. Bottom line: The key question is not so much whether Donald Trump stays in NATO or reaffirms the U.S. commitment to Europe, but under what terms and with what expectations. www.atlcom.nl/magazine/con...

Een gebrouilleerde relatie met Amerika, de oorlog in Oekraïne: er vallen harde noten te kraken tijdens de NAVO-top in juni in Den Haag. Wat staat er op het spel, wat kunnen we van de uitkomst verwachten? Drie Leidse wetenschappers blikken vooruit. #NAVO #defensie #navotop #denhaag

‼️ Looking for a new learning and networking experience? Join us in Brussels from 4-6 June for our #Brussels360 executive course. Apply today and join our experts for immersive learning and debate on European security, geopolitics, trade and tech. Apply 🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co...

‼️Brussels 360 Speakers‼️ Join us and Linde Desmaele (Leiden University) on the #Brussels360 course to discuss and learn about the shifts in the transatlantic relationship. 🐦 Apply by 23 April 2025 for early-bird fees! Apply today🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co...

📢 Call for Submissions: REALISM 📢 Alex Reichwein and I are keen to receive your paper/panel/RT submissions for our #EISAPEC25 section on "Realist thought, theory and analysis" 📅 Deadline 20 March. All info here: eisa-net.org/pec-2025/

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 I am very happy to share my newly published article in the Nonproliferation Review (open access!) on the role of US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe. You can access it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Short thread below 👇(1/8)

☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet" learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the... Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab. Be sure to check it out!

Happy to share this new publication! 📖 I received the new Oxford Handbook of NATO in the mail yesterday morning 📚 @luissimonn.bsky.social and I have a chapter on NATO's adaptation between 2014-2022, titled 'forward deployment and reassurance.' (1/2)

❗New Book❗ Congratulations to Max Ernst for publishing his research with Routledge. A timely book! "China's Coercion of States in the Asia-Pacific Region". Well done Max! Buy today🔸 www.routledge.com/Chinas-Coerc... @maximilianernst.bsky.social

1/4: New publication from me on how artificial intelligence will reshape the work of intelligence agencies, and transform our understanding in the process. A big shout out to the editors of this fantastic new collection that rethinks privacy in the 21st Century.

Come watch me, @lindedesma.bsky.social, Vhaire Gudgeon and Zoey Young talk alliances and strategy—I’ll be talking about 🇫🇷🇬🇧 cooperation vis a vis 🇨🇳

🔍 Mis dit niet! Vanavond spreekt Eliot Higgins, de oprichter van #Bellingcat. In zijn lezing deelt hij inzichten uit Bellingcat's open source onderzoek en bespreekt hoe we betrouwbare informatie kunnen onderscheiden. Gratis entree, maar registratie verplicht.

Thrilled to present my research on US nuclear security assurances at the @poni.csis.org 2025 Winter Conference next week! Looking forward to sharing the stage with Dave Allison, @paulcormarie.bsky.social, Vhaire Gudgeon, and Zoey Young!👇

🚨 Reminder: Call for Abstracts 🚨 Please consider submitting to our workshop on deceptive strategies in IR - it's going to be a great, interdisciplinary group working together toward a potential special issue. Join us in Krakow for #EWIS2025 !

📆 🎤 For those based in the Hague, join us on 11 Feb to discuss the 2nd Trump Admin, the US Intel Community and Transatlantic Security Relations. I will have the privilege to discuss this with David Gioe, Linde Desmaele, Pepijn Tuinier and Thomas Maguire. 👇 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Après des années à écouter Le Collimateur, me voilà à parler dedans ! Si vous voulez m'entendre parler de mes recherches sur le secret nucléaire français... Merci à @alexjubelin.bsky.social pour cette invitation !

De recente aanpassing van de Doemdagklok naar 89 seconden voor middernacht heeft al veel discussie opgewekt. In onderstaand stuk op nu.nl, dat wat extra context biedt, word ik kort geciteerd over dit onderwerp. @unileiden.bsky.social

Delighted to be part of the @h-diplo.bsky.social roundtable review of Michael Cox's 'Agonies of Empire: American Power from Clinton to Biden' (Bristol University Press, 2022) alongside @susiecolbourn.bsky.social @paulcavey.bsky.social and John A. Thompson 📖👇 issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

CfP is out. Join us for EISS 2025 in Thessaloniki! Happy to see @eissnetwork.bsky.social working with University of Macedonia

#NEW: PONI's 2024 Nuclear Scholars explore shifts in states’ nuclear arsenals and strategies, the effects of the Ukraine war on nuclear dynamics, and the transformative power of emerging tech on nuclear decisionmaking. Read from 19 of our next-gen scholars here: www.csis.org/analysis/hor...

The Geopolitical Europe Holiday Reading List is here! Includes ten favourites on all things European strategic autonomy, world order and alliances, Europe's relations with key actors, and my all-time favourite Substack. Check it out: geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/geopolitic...

Very much enjoyed the research for this @twqgw.bsky.social special issue on the nuclear impact of emerging technologies. I explore how they are impacting the Israel-Iran nuclear relationship and the implications for regional security. @csis.org @poni.csis.org @ucf.bsky.social twq.elliott.gwu.edu

🚨I am delighted to share my latest piece in @twqgw.bsky.social where I examine three competing US visions for NATO burden-sharing. While many in the US want better burden-sharing, their motivations vary quite a bit. And this matters! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... Thread (1/6)

Interested in nuclear weapons and their effects on democratic states? Check out my latest article in EJIR !

The article on cyberspace and IR that I co-authored with Michiel Foulon (in @cspjournal.bsky.social) is apparently the journal's most read article of 2024 😮🎉 You can add to the tally by having a look here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Good Morning England❤️

#Nukesky if you’re a PhD student, postdoc, or junior faculty, apply to be a Stanton Fellow with the @carnegieendow.bsky.social’s Nuclear Policy Program. Applications are due on Dec 20. Happy to talk about it for those who are interested. carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3572279

🇺🇦🌎…Ukraine & Transatlantic relations. In this @csds.bsky.social Strategy Speaks Episode you can hear views from @lindedesma.bsky.social and @luissimonn.bsky.social Check it out! 👉 bsky.app/profile/csds...

In this @csds.bsky.social podcast, @lindedesma.bsky.social and I talk to @danielfiott.bsky.social about the implications of the U.S. election for Europe and the transatlantic relationship csds.vub.be/podcast/the-...

Starter Pack for Nuclear Weapons History and Politics. Most of these folks are within the broader #NukeSky world. If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this! 👉 go.bsky.app/KDiibQK

Polisky: please help us spread the word about the Saltzman Institute’s postdoc, and tell your best students to apply! www.siwps.org/programs/cal...

I am made starter pack of 90 political scientists in the Netherlands / Dutch political scientists go.bsky.app/LJXVEGC

Check out our Starter Pack with CSDS staff that have joined BlueSky. We will be updating the list when more colleagues join this site. go.bsky.app/2gfjwJs

The return of nuclear great power politics (or why we stopped worrying about terrorists and the bomb) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

If you are in The Hague on Tuesday, join us for a roundtable discussion on The Dynamics of Contemporary Coercive Statecraft in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war @lucir.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @hcss.bsky.social www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...