GEO-POWER-EU

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Why does data matter for 🇧🇦’s EU path?
In his new #GEOPOWEREU blog, Omar Memišević explores 🇧🇦’s data collection challenges and how our Interdependence Database offers a foundation for better analysis and decision-making.
Read: shorturl.at/Thuc2
Database: shorturl.at/jaN2H

If you want to learn more about 🇧🇦and other countries in Eastern Partnership 🇺🇦, 🇲🇩, 🇬🇪; and Western Balkans 🇦🇱, 🇲🇪, 🇷🇸, 🇽🇰, 🇲🇰and their ties with 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇹🇷, explore our database: 🔗 shorturl.at/jaN2H

In this week’s #GEOPOWEREU Database Insights, 🇧🇦 takes centre stage:
🔹🇧🇦 has maintained relatively passive diplomatic outreach since 2012
🔹🇪🇺 dominates trade & military presence
🔹🇨🇳’s investment: sporadic but growing
🔹Tensions driving increased 🇪🇺 troop levels
Moreℹ️👇🏼

Whether you're:
📰 A journalist backing up a story
🏛️ A policymaker tracking influence
📚 A researcher running your own analysis
…this tool gives you the evidence base to dig deeper. Explore it here: 👉 bit.ly/3TjuD4D

With the dashboard, you can:
🔹 Filter by country, actor, year, or indicator
🔹 Track trends and shifts in influence
🔹 Compare countries and actors
🔹 Download data & access full sources + metadata

📊 The database covers 4 key dimensions:
1.Political
2.Economic
3.Security
4.Societal
It lets you examine how countries engage with the EU, US, China, Russia & Turkey across these areas.

🔍 Have you explored the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database yet?
It’s a powerful tool that maps how 9 countries in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership regions interact with 5 global actors—🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇹🇷—from 2007 to 2024.
🧵Here’s what you can do with it: 👇

🚨 New from our sister project @reunir.bsky.social!
How vulnerable are EU Candidate Countries across Western Balkans & Eastern Neighbourhood to military threats, and how can the EU help boost their resilience? Read their report here: shorturl.at/24ufz

In this week’s #GEOPOWEREU Database Insights, North Macedonia is under the spotlight 🇲🇰
🔹100% aligned w/ 🇪🇺 foreign policy since 2023
🔹EU = top development donor
🔹More active in US- than EU-led defence ops
🔹🇪🇺,🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 lead in scholarships
Find more🔗 shorturl.at/jaN2H

Featured image credit: Al Jazeera

📣New blog by Yuliia Tarasiuk (ONU) explores how 🇹🇷 has become a culturally visible and socially engaged actor in 🇺🇦 between 2008–2024, using insights from the #GEOPOWEREU Interdependence Database.
🔗More : bit.ly/4eQM8TI
Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

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As peaceful protests grow in 🇷🇸, will Brussels stay on autopilot — or stand up for its values?
Our DPC colleagues Dr. @kurtbassuener.bsky.social and @tobyvogel.bsky.social have published a new op-ed in EUobserver on the EU’s response to Serbia’s deepening political crisis.
🔗https://shorturl.at/T0do7

Image source: Forbes Georgia

🚨New blog by Kakha Gogolashvili & Arsen Arakelov shows how Georgia’s transit strategy is increasingly shaped by geopolitical competition among major powers, drawing insights from the #GEOPOWEREU Interdependence Database
🔗Article: shorturl.at/7BTNs
📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN

Did you know #Albania🇦🇱 is 100% aligned with the EU's foreign policy?
Our first infographic reveals key insights from the #GEOPOWEREU Interdependence Database:
🇪🇺EU-led initiatives
📈Service imports
📚Cultural influence from 🇹🇷
Explore more: 🔗 shorturl.at/jaN2H

📣Happening tomorrow!
Join our sister project @reunir.bsky.social for an event titled: "Is European Integration Still on the Table for the Eastern Partnership?"
🗓️July 9 | 🕥 10:30–12:30 CEST
📍College of Europe, Natolin Campus or Online
Moreℹ️& registration: bit.ly/4lkQEfQ

The EU’s Waning Attractiveness The Georgian and Serbian leaders’ pivots away from the path to EU accession show the bloc’s waning appeal. To keep EU enlargement on track, Brussels should focus on candidate countries that are making...

The Georgian & Serbian leaders' pivots away from the EU accession path show the bloc's waning appeal.

To keep #enlargement on track, the EU should focus on candidate countries that are making genuine progress toward membership, says @dimitarbechev.bsky.social.

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Happy to be in 🇲🇰 Skopje for the Western Balkans leaders’ meeting.

Good exchange with Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, whom I thanked for hosting tomorrow’s Summit.

Our Growth Plan is already improving lives across the region, but we can do more! Tomorrow will be about delivering more & faster. 🤝

GEO-POWER-EU Newsletter #2 - Geo Power FEATURED: GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database and Weekly Insight Blog Series Launched We are excited to announce the launch of the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database — an innovative, interactive ...

🌍 New @geopower-eu.bsky.social newsletter is out!
🔸 Interdependence Database (2007–2024)
🔸 Weekly blog & podcast on EU, Balkans, global actors
🔸 Highlights from Belgrade conference

👉 Read more: bit.ly/3TOxBhD
#GeoPowerEU #HorizonEurope

This was a good discussion on EU security & enlargement perspectives that considers both the Western Balkans as well as the countries in the Eastern Partnership. Comprehensive security underpinned the spread of human rights, good governance & economic opportunity – the EU should remember this.

The discussion draws insights from the newly released #GEOPOWEREU Interdependence Database, mapping political, economic, societal & security ties between WB6/EaP3 countries and 5 external actors: the EU, US, China, Russia & Turkey.
📊 Explore it here: bit.ly/3TjuD4D

🎙️New #GEOPOWERTalks episode! How should 🇪🇺 respond to shifting power dynamics in the WB & EaP after Trump? @samueljsdv.bsky.social is joined by Dr @sonjasg.bsky.social, Dr @valeryperry.bsky.social, @branim.bsky.social & Kakha Gogolashvili to unpack key risks & opportunities.
🎧Listen: bit.ly/4la6dqy

📣Dr. @tenaprelec.bsky.social (@cas-see-uniri.bsky.social & GEO-POWER-EU) presented Indulging Kleptocracy on a U.S. tour and engaged with GEO-POWER-EU sister projects during ISA 2025.
Find more about the tour and book here: 🔗https://shorturl.at/jDSvG

*Featured image: The Parliament: Imago / Alamy Stock Photo

📣 Dr. @filipejdus.bsky.social
(University of Belgrade & GEO-POWER-EU) shared his insights in a commentary for The Parliament Magazine, highlighting how Vučić’s short-term focus, 🇨🇳’s growing regional clout, and 🇷🇺’s leverage over Kosovo pose key obstacles to 🇷🇸’s EU path. 🔗 shorturl.at/QmkT3

Featured image: GreekReporter

📢Your weekly reading is here!
#GEOPOWEREU researcher A. Sofeska explores 🇲🇰&🇦🇱 on their path to the EU & NATO—tracking 🇷🇺's waning influence, 🇹🇷's growing outreach & 🇨🇳's investments using the Interdependence Database.
👉Read: shorturl.at/MAKn0
📊Explore: shorturl.at/jaN2H

📣REUNIR (@reunir.bsky.social) colleagues interviewed our coordinator Prof. @tzifakis.bsky.social on the sidelines of our joint 🇷🇸 conference!
He spoke on the vital role of EU🇪🇺 support in the Western Balkans—and how its impact grows with reform, coordination & compliance.
Watch 🔗 bit.ly/3HHXT2t

📢Last week, our project coordinator Prof. @tzifakis.bsky.social
presented GEO-POWER on Greek Public TV #ERT3Social, outlining the goals of the #GEOPOWEREU project to strengthen the EU’s security policies in the Eastern Neighbourhood and Western Balkans.
🔗 shorturl.at/qxsg9

📢 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

📢 On 20 May, Dr. @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Dr. @sonjasg.bsky.social presented at the 🇪🇺 Parliament Library, sharing insights from Indulging Kleptocracy and research from #GEOPOWEREU on corrosive capital.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45O7iiP

*Featured image: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic

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

*Featured image source: Kosovo Online (screenshot/illustration).

📉Trump’s trade war may hit the Western Balkans hard—not through direct tariffs, but via EU🇪🇺 slowdown.
Branimir Jovanović (#GEOPOWEREU researcher & economist
at WIIW) explains why this could be a black swan moment—and what governments must do now🔗 bit.ly/43HFREY

1/ Two days of timely discussions on EU #enlargement in the Western Balkans 🇷🇸🇲🇪🇲🇰🇦🇱🇽🇰🇧🇦 and Associated Trio countries 🇲🇩🇺🇦🇬🇪 — both at the high-level public conference and during consortium meetings of the GEO-POWER-EU Horizon Project, in which the @enc-europe.bsky.social is a proud partner.