๐ฉ Join Democracy in the EU: Neighbouring countries in times of turbulence. Register here: tinyurl.com/26fsbh6j
On 13 February, experts and civic actors gather online to discuss how democratic societies confront growing authoritarian pressures across Europe's neighbourhood.
#Ukraine #Kyiv
11.02.2026 14:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why did disinformation campaigns have so little effect in Moldova's parliamentary election?
๐ Read the latest commentary: tinyurl.com/mrza3a3j
#EU #Russia #MaiaSandu #Transnistria #chisinau #Moldova #AlegeriMoldova #MoldovanElections #Moldova2025 #VoteMoldova
11.12.2025 14:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Do Serbians even want to join the EU? The faceless movement says, โletโs decide after weโre free.โ
The faceless movementโs stance on #enlargement is clear: restore rule of law and working institutions first, then debate #Europeโhow much, how fast, or if at all.
10.12.2025 18:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
RE-ENGAGE experts highlight:
๐นThe veto deadlock and what it means for enlargement
๐นHow majority voting could speed up decision making
๐นWhy the EU needs stronger rule-of-law tools
04.12.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Unlock the veto deadlock to secure Europeโs enlargement
What began as a cautious enlargement process is now a test of whether the EU can reform, overcome vetoes, and lead in a rapidly shifting world order
The European Commission recently unveiled its annual enlargement reports: re-engaging.eu/news/unlock-...
#EUEnlargement #Enlargement #democracy #FutureOfEurope #WesternBalkans #EasternPartnership #Serbia #NoviSad #Tbilisi #Georgia #Kyiv
04.12.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
In 2025, Georgians defended their democracy and EU path with nightly blockades despite arrests, fines, and intimidation. The movement grew with legal-aid teams, independent media, community support networks, and digital coordination.
#Tbilisi #Georgia #GeorgianDream #Rustaveli
03.12.2025 18:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
As pressure rises on both sides, smarter decision-making could make #enlargement more credible and transparent.
Listen to episode 2 of The Neighbourhood featuring Leo Litra: tinyurl.com/3nauwjs7
#Kyiv #Ukraine #EU #FutureofEurope #podcast #listennow
02.12.2025 16:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The EUโs enlargement reality check
Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EUโs 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brusselsโs expectations and life inside the candidate countriesโฆ
๐ง New week, new @re-engage.bsky.social podcast
This week, The Neighbourhood shifts from the โwhyโ of enlargement to the โhowโโspecifically, how reforms are unfolding on the ground and what drives progress or stagnation @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3JD4lcu
14.11.2025 09:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The EUโs enlargement reality check | ECFR
Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EUโs 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brusselsโs expectations and life inside the ca
๐ง Nuovo episodio di @re-engage.bsky.social
Questa settimana, The Neighbourhood passa dal โperchรฉโ dellโallargamento Europeo al โcomeโ: quali riforme stanno davvero cambiando le cose sul campo e cosa blocca il progresso?
Ascolta ora ๐ @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
14.11.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The EUโs enlargement reality check
Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EUโs 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brusselsโs expectations and life inside the candidate countriesโฆ
๐ง New @re-engage.bsky.social podcast
The 2025 Enlargement Package presents a mixed picture: Ukraine and Moldova are racing ahead, while Serbia and Georgia are lagging. The EU itself is struggling with internal divisions and reform fatigue @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3JD4lcu
17.11.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ง NEW #PODCAST: The EUโs enlargement reality check. Listen to Episode 2 of The Neighbourhood: tinyurl.com/3nauwjs7
๐ Inside the episode:
๐น How the enlargement process really functions
๐น What this yearโs package signals for #Ukraine, #Moldova, and the #WesternBalkans
18.11.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
European leaders will gather in Brussels tomorrow for the first EU Enlargement Forum๐ Read the latest commentary: bit.ly/3JYyXFo
#EUEnlargement #Enlargement #democracy #FutureOfEurope #WesternBalkans #EasternPartnership #Serbia #NoviSad #Tbilisi #Georgia #Kyiv
17.11.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฉ Join Democracy on the brink by emailing Sophie at Sophie.gueudet@scuolasuperioresantanna.it
The event explores:
๐น Georgiaโs authoritarian drift and civic resistance
๐น Ukraineโs democracy under the test of war
๐น Academic activism in times of democratic crisis
12.11.2025 12:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Solidarity is back in Serbia.
๐ #RE-ENGAGE studies solidarity networks in hybrid regimes. Read the latest on After Novi Sad: https://tinyurl.com/5n7bshv5
#Serbia #SerbiaProtests #Belgrade #NoviSad #EU #Russia #vucic #aleksandarvuฤiฤ #europenews #Democracy #Geopolitics #Enlargement #politics #news
10.11.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ธ Georgia and Serbia's EU candidacy looks very different on the ground.
๐ RE-ENGAGE studies solidarity networks in hybrid regimes. New papers on #Serbia and #Georgia this fall: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Novisad #Belgrade #tbilisi #vucic #aleksandarvuฤiฤ #georgiandream
07.11.2025 12:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
How long can #Georgia hold on to its #democracy?
Hybrid regimes invite external influence but leave space for civic resistance. New fieldwork and papers on Georgia this fall: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Tbilisi #GeorgiaProtests #GeorgianDream #Russia #EU #Geopolitics
04.11.2025 13:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
On November 1st 2024, 16 people died after the canopy of a railway station collapsed in Novi Sad, Serbia. Read now: tinyurl.com/5n7bshv5
#Serbia #SerbiaProtests #Belgrade #NoviSad #EU #Russia #Democracy #Geopolitics #HorizonEurope
03.11.2025 17:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Serbia wants a new political system.
๐ New fieldwork and papers on Serbia this fall. Follow for updates: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Serbia #SerbiaProtests #Belgrade #NoviSad #EU #Russia #Democracy #Geopolitics #HorizonEurope
30.10.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yesterday marked one year of demonstrations in Georgia following the contested October 2024 #elections.
๐ RE-ENGAGE examines how civic networks born in hybrid regimes can sustain long movements. New #Georgia papers this fall: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#GeorgiaProtests #Democracy
29.10.2025 17:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
What does 1 year of #protest mean to #Georgia?
๐ #RE-ENGAGE looks at how civic operating systems born in hybrid regimes can sustain long movements. New fieldwork and papers this fall: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#GeorgiaProtests #GeorgianDream #Tbilisi #Democracy #Geopolitics
28.10.2025 14:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Serbiaโs โfacelessโ movement has one clear demand: rule of law.
๐ New fieldwork and papers on Serbia to land this fall. Follow for updates: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Serbia #SerbiaProtests #Belgrade #NoviSad #EU #Russia #CivicActivism #Democracy #Geopolitics #students
24.10.2025 16:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#REENGAGERead from #Brussels:
#REENGAGE studies how #EU solidarity & fiscal coordination shape credibility in crises ๐https://tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#EU to exclude #Ukraine #loan guarantees from #deficit targets โ using frozen #Russian assets for โฌ140 bn loan: www.reuters.com/business/eu-...
24.10.2025 14:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Georgiaโs โfacelessโ movement is still driving change.
RE-ENGAGE maps how these new civic networks are reshaping political life, and what it would take to convert street energy into institutional change: tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Georgia #GeorgiaProtests #GeorgianDream #Democracy #EuropeanUnion #EU
22.10.2025 16:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#REENGAGERead from #Belgrade:
#REENGAGE examines #trust and alignment with the #EU ๐http://tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#EU invites #Serbia to join its joint #gas buying platform, aiming to cut #Russia #energy dependence & boost economic integration: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
22.10.2025 14:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Russia bombards Ukraineโs gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting
Strikes cause outages in eight regions before Washington talks to discuss US providing Kyiv with cruise missiles
#REENGAGERead from #Kyiv:
#REENGAGE studies how #energy insecurity & ongoing war shape perceptions of the #EU in #Ukraine ๐http://tinyurl.com/2bxf3u3f
#Russia bombarded gas sites as #Zelenskyy went to #Washington for talks with #Trump on long-range missiles: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
20.10.2025 15:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why Ukraine will not fall
Ukraine remains standing thanks to its unwavering civilian resistance. At the same time, there is a growing need for more soldiers. This is the difficult equation that Ukraineโs leadership must solve.
After more than three years of war, civilian resistance in Ukraine remains high.
Researcher Morten Bรธรฅs of NUPI details what it means to conduct RE-ENGAGE fieldwork in a city at #war.
Read the full commentary: re-engaging.eu/news/why-ukr...
#EuropeanUnion #EU #Ukraine #democracy #Russia #Kyiv
20.10.2025 14:29 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Europe canโt afford another grey zone.
@lykkefriis.bsky.social on how #Ukraine and #Moldova are between two worlds โ too European to turn back, but still waiting at the EUโs door.
๐ง tinyurl.com/4bvd7t97
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17.10.2025 13:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
From all-or-nothing to step-by-step: gradual integration could change the game.
@lykkefriis.bsky.social from Think Tank Europa tells The Neighbourhood that itโs time for a new approach.
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๐บ tinyurl.com/4696jx4v
16.10.2025 18:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#Denmark helped open Europeโs doors in 2002. Can it do it again in 2025?
@lykkefriis from @thinkeuropa on why the #EU must prove thereโs still a credible path to #EUmembership
๐ง tinyurl.com/4bvd7t97
๐บ tinyurl.com/4696jx4v
15.10.2025 17:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Director, Think Tank EUROPA and co-chair, ECFR
Africa programme @ecfr.bsky.social analysing foreign policy aspects of the Africa-Europe relationship such as global order reform, middle powers, energy/climate action
Website: https://ecfr.eu/africa/
Autocracies and identity politics| Ethnography| Qualitative methods | Nationalism studies | East European Politics | Own views
Policy Fellow on Geoeconomics at ECFR (Rome Office) - Energy, infrastructure, trade, and EU-Developing countries economic relations.
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Born in Bergamo and proud Atalanta BC fan.
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Researching and teaching International Relations, social theory, German politics and politics of Central Europe. Associate Professor at Charles University | @ims.fsv.cuni.cz | @prcp.bsky.social | Last book: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32703-2
Knowledge & lessons officer at the European External Action Service (EEAS).
Crisis management, political geography, EU in the world. Occasional musings on dad stuff and serious/fun games.
Director, International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Adjunct Professor, University of Turku. Feeling home in Estonia, Finland and at sea.
ECFRโs research in geoeconomics and technology explores the impact of global economic fragmentation, Western strategies to de-risk industries from China, and the future of economic statecraft tools.
Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR
Head of Sofia office, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR
๐ PhD, Department of Political Science, Sofia University | ๐ EU foreign policy and the Black Sea Region | Eastern Europe
A leading Czech public research institution in the field of International relations and foreign policy. #ExpertiseToImpact
Secretary General @asdeurope.bsky.social Previously Distinguished Policy Fellow @ecfr.eu Former senior official @NATO, Ministรจre des Armรฉes, Ministรจre de lโEurope et des Affaires รtrangรจres and think tanker at FRSโฆ
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