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Future-Proofing EU Enlargement Against Foreign Malign Influence in the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia&Moldova

This panel examines different approaches to hybrid threats & malign influences among candidate countries @gppi.bsky.social @bressansar.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Yesterday, we held a great discussion on future-proofing EU enlargement against foreign malign influence in the Western Balkans, 🇺🇦 & 🇲🇩. Many thanks to our partner @gppi.bsky.social and to the panel with @milanninberlin.bsky.social, former PM Gavrilita, the Foreign Office, Lura Pollozhani & ... /1

Save the date: Ahead of #MSC2026 we want to discuss the future of German security policy and its peace, development + humanitarian interlinkages w Sarah Bressan GPPi & Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock Verteidigungsministerium [10 Feb; German+autosubtitles]. Register here: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY

🚨REUNIR event: Future-Proofing EU Enlargement Against Foreign Malign Influence

🙌Join us for a panel discussion (co-organized with DGAP) to learn more about EU enlargement, foreign threats, and future-proofing EU policies.

📅 29 January
⏲️ 18.30-20.00
📍DGAP, Rauchstr. 17, 10787 Berlin
Registration👇

A marina and waterfront scene with yachts in the foreground and high-rise buildings in the background, suggesting a global financial hub. Oxford Martin School and University of Oxford logos appear at the top. Overlaid text states that Africa’s offshore ties to Asia are growing but remain largely unexamined, and summarises new Oxford research finding that African offshore finance is increasingly routed through Asian financial centres such as Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong, creating blind spots for regulators, researchers and policymakers.

Africa’s offshore finance is shifting east — but what does that mean?
New Oxford research links Africa’s offshore ties with Dubai, Singapore & Hong Kong as part of a single structural shift, with implications that remain largely unexamined. Published with @gppi.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zfwtv3x

Jobs & Internships

🚨Exciting opportunity!🚨

Our Critical and Emerging Technologies team is looking for an intern!

Tasks: Support with conducting research & prep for events
Preferred starting date: 1 February, for a period of 2–3 months
Compensation: €800 for full-time internships

More info & how to apply here 👇

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Global AI Regulation at a Time of Transformation: The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Research Report | ENSURED The Framework Convention on AI is the first binding international AI treaty. What do the negotiations and early design of the convention tell us about its likely trajectory, strengths, and weaknesses ...

🚨 New Research on the world’s first legally binding treaty on AI:

Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) explores the negotiation process behind the Council of Europe’s new “Framework Convention.” How robust, effective, & democratic will this treaty prove to be?👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

Reforming the World Health Organization After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Diagnosis and Prognosis - Research Report | ENSURED How well has the World Health Organization’s reform agenda since 2020 addressed the longstanding and emergent challenges the organization faces? The post-COVID-19 reform agenda shows significant momen...

📝 REPORT: WHO Reform

During COVID-19, all eyes were on the World Health Organization (WHO) 👀. It exposed structural weaknesses and underlined the (already-existing) need for reform.

In a new ENSURED report, Óscar Fernández and Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University) take stock of these reforms 👇

Can international organisations be both effective and robust — or must one always come at the expense of the other?

Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

🚨🚨🚨 Letzte Chance für Restplätze: Berlin, morgen/𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗰𝗵 18 𝗨𝗵𝗿 -- "𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲", Studienvorstellung und Diskussion bei der Robert… | Philipp Rotmann 🚨🚨🚨 Letzte Chance für Restplätze: Berlin, morgen/𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗰𝗵 18 𝗨𝗵𝗿 -- "𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲", Studienvorstellung und Diskussion bei der Robert Bosch Stiftung (Französische Straße 32, 1011...

🚨🚨🚨 Letzte Chance für Restplätze: Berlin, morgen/𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗰𝗵 18 𝗨𝗵𝗿 -- "𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲", Studienvorstellung und Diskussion bei der Robert Bosch Stiftung Berlin.

Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...

Anmeldung erforderlich, bitte ASAP an Olga.Komorowski@bosch-stiftung.de

Action Potentials (Launch Event) Against the backdrop of intense global competition over technology leadership, a new GPPi report examines how advances in neurotechnology matter for Germany’s and Europe’s foreign and security policy....

📣 Online launch event: Action Potentials - Neurotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces and Implications for Germany’s and Europe’s Foreign & Security Policy

📆 13 October 2025
⌚ 16:00-17:00 CET
💻 Online via Zoom

Thank you to the French Embassy for hosting the event and to our distinguished colleagues who joined Chris for the panel discussion. French Ambassador Delphine O, @balnik.bsky.social from (@gppi.bsky.social ), Egzi Akarsu (The ONE Campaign), and moderator Leonie Stamm (@dgap.org).

⚡️ The next episode of Ideas of…Energy is here! ⚡️

Doris Segets joins us to talk about #Energy and #Science.

Don’t miss it!

1 Oct, 7pm, Chausseestraße 111, 10115 Berlin

Sign up: 👉 tinyurl.com/ycbhzvaa

In cooperation with @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social & @gppi.bsky.social

📢 Out now: 5 new ENSURED reports on the state of multilateralism!

Topics include:

💼 Trade-related agendas & the WTO:
🌱 The Paris Agreement at 10:
🌐 The WTO Pandemic Agreement:
🧳 UN Compacts on Migration & Refugees:
🪙 Regulating Digital Currencies:

🔗: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

Expanding the WTO’s Scope in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape: An Appraisal of Development, Environment, and Inclusiveness Agendas - Research Report | ENSURED The WTO is under pressure to address agendas on development, the environment, and inclusiveness. But with members divided, progress may rely on informal cooperation rather than new rules.

The WTO is under pressure to address trade-related agendas on development, the environment & inclusiveness. But with members divided, what's the best way forward?

In a new ENSURED report, @claraweinhardt.bsky.social, Michal Parizek & Jayati Srivastava explore these agendas.

Full report 👇

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Read the full report, with expert assessments from 12 countries
"Holding Ground in Preventing Violent Extremism - Avoiding Stagnation in P/CVE and Evaluation" @gppi.bsky.social @sofielillistoffel.bsky.social
gppi.net/2025/08/12/h...

How can strategic political communications bolster more effective, robust, and democratic global governance?👉Find out on Sept 9 @ 18:00, at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin.

Register by Sept 8: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com

@claraweinhardt.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social

What makes defection programs truly effective? Experts on #DDR in the Lake Chad Basin explain how reintegration into the community does not end with disarmament and highlight the need for holistic approaches for lasting peace.
Read on ➡ shorturl.at/ka1LV
#bicc_bonn #ISS @gppi.bsky.social

📣Launch of ALNAP’s new guide for adapting the OECD criteria for evaluating humanitarian action!

📅 16 September 2025
🕗 08:00 UK (AR subs): alnap.org/about/events...
🕐 15:00 UK (FR subs): alnap.org/about/events...
More info: alnap.org/humanitarian...

#withlearningcomeschange

@alnaplearn.bsky.social

Don't forget to apply! The deadline is August 10th.

From ‘Nazi mercenaries’ to organ theft, Moscow’s lies about foreign volunteers in Ukraine aim to spread fear. But authentic voices like Steffen’s cut through all the #disinformation.
Read @gppi.bsky.social Polina Lebedeva's guest piece – and #DontBeDeceived
👉 euvsd.info/H3ePZO9Z

📅 Save the dates! We're pleased to announce upcoming events in our 🔥"Ideas of... Energy" series, which explores the ideas we hold about energy and its role in current domestic and foreign policy.

@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social

Quite a feat for Volkswagen‘s COO to tell the story of German big auto‘s failure by focusing on structural inefficiencies alone.
And leave out the many own goals the company has scored during its last golden decade — based on the arrogance and short-sightedness of VW management.

No putting lipstick on a pig: a coerced deal between no longer benign hegemon & a vasall that failed to invest in its own security & is now paying the price for it.
All other tariffs staying equal (a big if), it looks survivable for EU industry. China shock remains the key threat.

Biotechnology: Advancing Germany’s and Europe’s Security This policy brief examines the profound implications of technological advancements in biotechnologies for Germany’s and Europe’s foreign and security policy.

🧬NEW POLICY BRIEF: GPPi's Florian Klumpp, Aaranya Alexander & @jhensing.bsky.social examine the implications of rapid advancements in biotechnology — especially synthetic biology — for Germany’s & Europe’s foreign & security policy & offer recommendations for policymakers: gppi.net/2025/07/18/b...

🎥 #MeetTheResearchers: ENSURED’s Amanda Pridmore!

Amanda leads our work on strategic communication.

What excites her most about ENSURED? The chance to rethink how Europe communicates its values — and ways that good storytelling can help build trust in multilateral cooperation.

@gppi.bsky.social

Jobs & Internships

🔔 Internship Alert! GPPi is seeking an intern for our project on the strategic and security implications of critical and emerging technologies. ‼️ Apply now: gppi.net/about/jobs-i...
@jhensing.bsky.social @tbenner.bsky.social

ECOWAS at 50: Democratic Normsetter or Pragmatic Turn? Two experts weigh in on the future of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the key challenges it is facing.

On its 50th anniversary, ECOWAS faces one of its most pivotal crossroads yet. Will the organization rise to its challenges and redefine itself for the future? In our latest written roundtable, two experts offer their perspectives on where ECOWAS goes from here: gppi.net/2025/07/11/a...