We are looking for an associate editor to join @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social @laurachappell.bsky.social & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social in editing European Security. Interested in getting editorial experience? More info here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.

This paper sheds light on dynamics of #indirect transnational governance and #localactor enlistment that underpin EU #security and #counter-terrorism . By championing preventive measures, more easily accepted by Member States because they align with social rather than security policy objectives.

Issue 34(3) is now published. Interested in Global Britain, counter-terrorism, willingness to fight, transatlantic relations, motivations of foreign fighters, civ-mil or disinformation? Look here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

New OA article: The transnationalisation of military leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and EURO-Atlantic integration by @tomaskucera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries by @rubinsonir.bsky.social & Nizan Feldman: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In a new @europeansecurity.bsky.social article, Nizan Feldman and I examine why #NATO deepens ties with some partners over others. Using new data and elite interviews, we show that #NATO prioritizes partners with advanced military capabilities and modernization potential, viewed as powerful signals

New article: Narratives of military involvement: Spain and Portugal's foreign policy discourses in the Kosovo intervention by Maria do Ceu Pinta Arena www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article: The effects of the international political field on EU foreign policy: The case of the EU training mission in Mali by Florent Pouponneau: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article: From words to action: climate security mainstreaming in EU foreign policy by Marie Sophie Mayer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

1/ 🧵 Can Europe defend itself if the U.S. steps back? Our new study asks: Can European NATO members alone stop a Russian breakthrough in Poland? We model two scenarios and here’s what we found 👇

New OA article: Don’t count on the U.S.: can Russia achieve a rapid breakthrough in central Europe? by @jankofron.bsky.social & @stauberj.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on EU’s quest for strategic autonomy by Sinem Ünaldilar, Betül Aydoğan Ünal & Senem Kumova Metin www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

We're very happy to announce that our latest JCR impact factor is 3.6, making us a Q1 journal in Area Studies (1/182), IR (12/169) and Political Science (29/322). Thanks to our editorial board, authors, reviewers and readers for all that you do to help us!

Happy to report for the journal metrics fans out there that our CiteScore has gone up to 6.1. We are now ranked by Scopus as 45/738 of Politics and IR journals.

New OA article: The European Parliament's foreign policy behaviour: the case of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine following the Russian war of aggression by Elena Baracani and Michele Danesi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Two of our editors @laurachappell.bsky.social & @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social will be in Belfast next week for #BISA2025 - they're happy to chat to anyone about the journal.

I've just published a paper in @europeansecurity.bsky.social, If you want a copy, let me know!

New article: Has World War III started? Geopolitical preferences, conspiratorial thinking and individual threat perceptions of a global conflict in Slovakia by @angeltorresadan.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New OA article: Preference convergence, functional pressure and supranational entrepreneurship: explaining the launch and design of the EU’s military assistance mission to Ukraine by Iulian Romanyshyn and @julianbergmann.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Still at #EUIA2025 on Friday afternoon? Jocelyn & Dimitris will be taking part in the 'meet the editors' session and are happy to answer any questions about the journal.

Vol 34 (2) is now available. Interested in military contractors, France, the EU and Tunisia, customs security, EU delegations and crisis management, Sino-Belgian research cooperation , Poland in Iraq, military social media use or OSINT? Click here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

New article: Europe's defence industrial strategy and the EDTIB: a connectedness-based analysis of major European defence industries by Christos Kollias and Panayiotis Tzeremes: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article: EU´S GAR-SI Sahel project: a piece of the regional security puzzle? By Andres de Castro, Laura Gogny and Rodrigo Gaona-Prieto: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article: Guardian of culture: the European Union’s quest for actorness in the protection of cultural heritage in conflicts and crises by Paolo Foradori and Paolo Rosa: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Just to remind our followers that the deadline for special issue proposals for our annual competition is 28/3/25.

New OA article: The Hungarian government’s rhetoric on Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine and its articulation of a Hungarian security identity by @mbgoransson.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just to remind our followers that the deadline for special issue proposals for our annual competition is 28/3/25.

Have you got an idea for a special issue on any aspect of European Security? Our annual competition this time for a 2026 special issue is open. Deadline = 28/3/25 and all the details on what we're looking for are here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/feu... Our emails are in the link for any queries!

Apologies to reviewers who are getting reminder emails after submitting their review. We have checked and this is a system error. Efforts are underway to solve this.

My paper, based on my PhD research, has been published in @europeansecurity.bsky.social. In the paper, I explore how US political decision-makers and foreign policy influencers have debated European strategic autonomy from the Clinton years to the Biden presidency.

New OA article: European strategic autonomy in the transatlantic security context: American perceptions of European security and defence integration 1998–2022 by @heljaossa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: Mystery in civil–military relations! The unknown “European practice” by Isabella Neumann: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Have you got an idea for a special issue on any aspect of European Security? Our annual competition this time for a 2026 special issue is open. Deadline = 28/3/25 and all the details on what we're looking for are here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/feu... Our emails are in the link for any queries!

In this academic paper I explore the potential challenge that China's rise could pose to the transatlantic alliance between the United States and Western Europe. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Happy to see that our article found a nice home ⏬

Issue 34(1) is now available! Interested in the Arctic, views on the future of European security, the EU Trust Fund for Africa, the Security Union's everyday operations, mapping resolve in crisis bargaining or strategies to deal with dis/misinformation? www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...

I show how the shift from the Warsaw Pact to NATO shaped opportunities to develop a national defence industry. The paper is based on an academic article co-authored with Lucie Béraud-Sudreau and published in the journal @europeansecurity.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm really happy to see my first single-author paper titled "Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism?". Many thanks to those that helped me to make this possible! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism? by @aitorbonsoms.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Delighted to find out that not everyone is tired of reading about European strategic autonomy in security & defence: Monika Sus and I wrote about this (open access) in @europeansecurity.bsky.social and it's become the most-read article over the past year www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Extremely excited and grateful to everyone at @europeansecurity.bsky.social for their support in the publication of my last PhD thesis chapter, as a gorgeous and smooth journal article on #EU #Prevention. It's been a long journey where my academic community has helped me at every step. Thank you 🫶🏼

New article: Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union by @inesbsomoano.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New OA article: NATO's reassurance and the willingness to defend one’s country: survey evidence from Latvia by Toms Rostoks and Inta Mierina: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Karina Shyrokykh & @martinkragh.bsky.social in @europeansecurity.bsky.social: This article develops a theoretical approach that treats NGOs that generate and spread disinformation on international critical events as black knight NGOs and draws attention to their role online. @sceeus-ui.bsky.social

New OA article: Black knight NGOs and international disinformation by Karina Shyrokykh and @martinkragh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New OA article: Black knight NGOs and international disinformation by Karina Shyrokykh and @martinkragh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: 'From across the globe: understanding the motivations of pro-Ukraine foreign fighters' by Naira Arutyunova and Marco Bocchese: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In latest podcast (bit.ly/NSecPod) we look at the work by Prof. @andrewwneal.bsky.social and colleagues on National Security globally. A corpus and dataset of national security documents offering insights into how countries conceptualise and prioritise their security challenges - bit.ly/NatSecData

Excellent news for our authors - and so nice to see so many of you following us here now too by the way!

I'm excited to see this new collaboration published! We show how online networks share knowledge and information to collect, process and interpret open-source intelligence data based on radio intercepts available at the University of Twente's Web-based Software-Defined Radio. #OSINT #intelligence