Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...

🔔Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep.19 🔹The predicament of media and press freedom in the Balkans 🎙️Our BiEPAG member Giorgio Fruscione is hosting his guests: Lejla Mazlic and @slobageorgiev.bsky.social #MediaFreedom 👇Tune in for more on this topic👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5thu...

Join us for a discussion on a very interesting topic.

📣 New GEO-POWER-EU Report! Our new study shows how corrosive capital and #disinformation take hold through co-production between domestic political patrons and foreign actors—using opaque deals and tailored narratives to shield vested interests. Read here🔗 bit.ly/48rghX0

The @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social launches a series of short tutorial videos. Brilliant colleagues explain analytical approaches, concepts, & ideas in clear terms. #IR #EUStudies 1/6

📣How do Serbians view the 🇪🇺, #migration, #security & global actors? Join us on 7 Oct for the online presentation of 🇷🇸 findings from the 2025 #GEOPOWEREU Public Opinion Survey📊 🗓️Tuesday, 7 Oct | 15:00 CET 📍Online (Zoom) 🔗Info & Participation: shorturl.at/U0bWZ

📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪 A short🧵⤵️

*New & open access* We draw on our book Indulging Kleptocracy, reflecting on the importance of networks - even more than states, we argue - in today’s global order. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

📢 New blog alert! @branim.bsky.social (@wiiw.ac.at) dives into 🇨🇳 investment trends in 🇷🇸 and the wider Western Balkans using the #GEOPOWEREU database. 🔗 Article: shorturl.at/erwh1 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

New blog alert! Our @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleagues @valeryperry.bsky.social and @kurtbassuener.bsky.social explore 🇪🇺's underused leverage in 🇷🇸 & the Western Balkans in “Rethinking EU Strategy: Squandered Influence”, using #GEOPOWEREU database 🔗Article: bit.ly/453fR9e 📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

📣New BiEPAG blog📝 Rama’s Foreign Policy Paradox by Dr. Des. Rigels Lenja 🔹Everyone’s Friend (except Russia) Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/5hcck9m8

📢On May 26–27, the GEO-POWER-EU consortium held two productive days in Belgrade. Here’s what happened 🧵 1/ A public conference was co-organized with @reunir.bsky.social on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. Full summary here: 🔗 shorturl.at/uBaHO

🚨New blog alert! Prof N. Džuverović @BelgradeUni analyzes Serbia's 🇷🇸foreign policy balancing act in a new piece published by European Western Balkans, drawing on data from the GEOPOWER EU database. 🔗Read the article: shorturl.at/538A4 📊Explore the database: shorturl.at/jaN2H

Our panel on “The 🇪🇺in the Era of Geopolitics: Power, Strategy & Influence” started, moderated by Dr @filipejdus.bsky.social& featured Prof @tzifakis.bsky.social #UoP, Alexandra Bykova @wiiw.ac.at, Dr Panagiota Manoli #UoP, Björn Fägersten @uisweden.bsky.social &Strahinja Subotić #EPC &InvigoratEU

#interdependence - how linked are #Albania #Bosnia #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Georgia #Ukraine and #Moldova and the #EU, #Russia, #China #Turkey and the #US is shown in the database created by @geopower-eu.bsky.social consortium. Check it out at: geo-power.eu/research-out...

📢 For those who would like to join us online, you can participate in the event at the following link: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/89551244365 Visit our website for more ℹ️ and in-person registration: 🔗 bit.ly/42Z3GZF #EU #WesternBalkans #EaP #enlargement

📢Secure your place! Join us May 26 in Belgrade 🇷🇸 for a high-level #GeoPowerEU & #REUNIR conference on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership. 🕒15:30–19:00 |📍Europe House 🔗Registration bit.ly/42Z3GZF 💻Online participation—link coming soon!

📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership” 📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF

What could a second #Trump presidency mean for the #WesternBalkans? Read the new analysis co-authored by GEO-POWER-EU consortium member Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli (VE Insight) to understand the shifting geopolitical landscape. 🔗 bit.ly/3GPuQcW #WB6 #EU #geopolitics

🧵1/ New publication alert! Our Coordinator Prof. @NTzifakis, with Eleni Vasdoka, explores #Serbia's strategic hedging between global powers in the #WesternBalkans. A very timely contribution to understanding great-power influence in the region. 🔗bit.ly/43dKJkT

🔊Listen to the ep.15 of 🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹What the new German Government means for the Balkans Host: @fbieber.bsky.social Guests: Frauke Seebass, Fellow at @swp-berlin.org & Researcher @dgap.org Adnan Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI 🎧 tinyurl.com/5n9y55u8

A new article argues that #Serbia has adopted the strategy of hedging not only towards the #EuropeanUnion and the #UnitedStates, but also towards #Russia and #China, sending ambiguous and contradictory signals on its alignment preference. journalse.com/great-powers...

Our article with Eleni Vasdoka on Serbia’s strategic hedging towards the EU, US, Russia and China has just been released. It may be downloaded for free here: journalse.com/great-powers... @geopower-eu.bsky.social @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social @biepag.bsky.social

Interested in how the EU navigates complex dynamics in the Eastern Neighbourhood &#WesternBalkans? Sign up to our newsletter & get: 🔹Data-driven📊 publications 🔹Policy-focused podcast episodes🎧 🔹Invitations to events, briefings &more 🔗 bit.ly/3R6fXVu or scan the QR👇

📣Check the event report from our panel discussion in Zagreb, organized in cooperation with Institute for Development and International Relations IRMO. 🔸Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next? For more, go to👇 www.biepag.eu/news/geopoli...

📣BiEPAG blog with focus on #TrumpsTariffs 🖊 Branimir Jovanović @wiiw.ac.at "The current situation looks like a black swan – an unpredictable shock for which standard models offer limited guidance – meaning that the impact might be much bigger." More data-driven insights👇 tinyurl.com/mt2kfwhr

📕 Is Bosnia still a post-conflict country, or has it been able to move on? A special issue of Southeastern Europe I co-edited “𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵: 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢'𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺” tackles that question from an interdisciplinary perspective. brill.com/view/journal...

Our latest piece on the protests in Serbia (w. @markokmezic.bsky.social @lurapo.bsky.social & Claudia Laštro) euobserver.com/eu-political...

Exciting news! Dr @tenaprelec.bsky.social’s co-authored book Indulging Kleptocracy has been named one of Foreign Affairs’ Best Books of 2024! A must-read on corruption, British service providers & post-communist elites Get it here: bit.ly/4hq318l Learn more: bit.ly/3QcR0av

Antonis Klapsis, Research Fellow at @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social, published an article in European Politics and Society. He examines Greece’s response to the Briand Plan, which sought to establish a federal union of European states. The article may be downloaded here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Don't miss Prof. Ejdus's interview with TVPWorld, where he explains the ongoing protests in #Serbia 🇷🇸 following the tragic Novi Sad railway collapse and calls on the #EU🇪🇺 to get involved and mediate. 🎙️ Watch here: 🔗 bit.ly/4aMuxKK

📣 @jomarovic.bsky.social with a new BiEPAG blog📝 🔹EC’s Agenda for the Western Balkans: who can make it to the club in next five years – one or none? Read the text with a list of potential scenarios for the #EUEnlargement to the #WesternBalkans👇 #EUCommission #EU 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yzj4bvdv

Please sign the petition in solidarity with the students in Serbia (the content is the same as the other link, but this one includes affiliation) docs.google.com/forms/d/1A56...

📢BiEPAG stands with the students in #Serbia fighting for justice, equality, and democracy. Student voices matter, and their courage inspires us all. A bold call to #EU institutions: take action now! #StudentProtests #Serbia 📝Read our open letter of support here👇 www.biepag.eu/news/letter-...

🎙️Missed our second X/Twitter Spaces? Catch up on the discussion about the 2024 U.S. elections & their impact on Euro-Atlantic relations. From Ukraine🇺🇦 to the #WesternBalkans, explore what it means for the #EU's strategic autonomy& more 🎧 bit.ly/40w6sDm #GEOPOWERTalks

WMCES released a collective volume with dozens of papers articulating ideas and policy prescriptions on different EU policies. My chapter discusses the EU enlargement policy. A short 🧵with my main points.

Let’s expand #SEEBluesky. Here are a bunch of newcomers, as well as other accounts that you need to follow: @lurapo.bsky.social @markokmezic.bsky.social @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social @besnikpula.bsky.social @balcanicaucaso.org @fbieber.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social @dimitarbechev.bsky.social

📢A new BiEPAG blog by @markokmezic.bsky.social 🔷Student protests in Serbia: The eleventh hour for EU fundamentals #StudentProtests #SerbiaProtests #WesternBalkans #EU #Serbia ✍️ www.biepag.eu/blog/student...

📢Listen to the 10th episode of #BiEPAGtalks 🔹Implications of the #Trump Presidency: Ignoring or Breaking the #Balkans? with Majda Ruge (Senior Policy Fellow, @ecfrberlin.bsky.social) & Milan Krstić (Ass. Professor, FPN Belgrade) open.spotify.com/episode/6JTC... #USElections2024 #WesternBalkans

I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp

🎙️ Don't miss the 1st episode of the GEOPOWER Talks Podcast series, exploring the EU 🇪🇺 enlargement reports and their implications for the #WesternBalkans and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4eyAo6J #GEOPOWERTalks

Do we need a starter pack for all things European security and defence? I think we do.You’re welcome! (And please share missing names!) go.bsky.app/3TrYhAP

A Starter Pack for History/IR folks - just to make this space more useful more quickly. It’s super improvised & I’m sure I forgot to include many, so please lmk! 👇 go.bsky.app/CUyrrn3

so here's the bsky starter pack that you didn't know you needed. wondering what grift kushner & ivanka tr*mp are pulling buying up property in the balkans? sarajevo on your mind? or just want some wholesome stories about an ottoman-era donkey? we have you covered! go.bsky.app/AcUhygT

I had a go at creating a Balkans BlueSky starter pack. Doubtless missing a lot of interesting people. So send me suggestions, please! go.bsky.app/SYesLE9

Read our study, co-authored with Tena Prelec & Dimitar Bechev, about the geopolitical dimension of the Western Balkans’ green energy transition. 👇 biepag.eu/wp-content/u... #WesternBalkans #EnergyTransition #geopolitics #BiEPAG