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📢Our Head of Projects&Research @asumankubra.bsky.social, Academic Council Member Dr Thomas Jacobs & Director @samueljsdv.bsky.social co-authored a chapter—based on research from the MEDIATIZED EU project—in a new volume from Thomson Reuters Aranzadi on mediatized discourses about Europeanization in🇧🇪

Very pleased to have contributed to this book out from Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, with a chapter on mediatized discourses on Europeanization in Belgium, with my colleagues Dr Thomas Jacobs & Samuel Doveri Vesterbye.
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During the consortium meetings, partners provided updates on the progress& upcoming work for each work package—including myself, representing ENC.
A number of exciting deliverables & publications are coming soon, covering topics such as EU #StrategicAutonomy, disinfo, corrosive capital & more.

We officially launched the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database — an open-access tool that tracks the evolving political, economic, security, and societal ties between nine countries in the WB and EaP regions and five major actors: 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇹🇷
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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.

📢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
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💻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
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Analysis by Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans - Geo Power Analysis by Marcus How on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans Marcus How, Head of Analysis at VE Insight and GEO-POWER-EU consortium member, and Benedetta Locatelli, also of VE Insight, have co...

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

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📣 Don’t miss our 🆕 ENC analysis on the Belgian elite's perceptions of the EU 🇪🇺 & #Europeanization, written by our Project Manager & Researcher @asumankubra.bsky.social and Academic Council Member Dr. Thomas Jacobs.
Read here 🔗https://bit.ly/3X5mnHN

@jay.bsky.team we need live audio convos on here

The first Central Asia – EU Think Tank Forum took place in Tashkent! Organized by ENC & IICAinTashkent, the event strengthens ties ahead of the EU-Central Asia Summit in Samarkand. 🧵👇

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has presented a five-part plan to mobilise some 800 billion euros for Europe's defence -- and help provide "immediate" military support for Ukraine after Washington suspended aid.
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If you’re unsure why 🇹🇷🇪🇺 EU-Türkiye relations are important?

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1️⃣ Germany’s 🇩🇪🇪🇺 economy (& by extension Europe) depends on 🇹🇷 Türkiye, and vice versa.

German 🇩🇪🇪🇺 supply-chains (not only trade) largely depend on China 🇨🇳, Poland 🇵🇱🇪🇺 and Türkiye

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🎙️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
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What’s at stake for Georgia? Check out @terjehelland.bsky.social’s (ENC External Advisor) insights in these interviews, where he unpacks 🇬🇪's political crisis from the autocracy vs democracy debate to the urgent need for Western support🔗1️⃣ bit.ly/4gsnd8x 2️⃣ bit.ly/4fbXQHc

🎙️ 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
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📣Don’t miss our 🆕 ENC analysis on the resilience of women in Türkiye amidst femicides by our Project Manager & Researcher @asumankubra.bsky.social, where she delves into the realities behind the data& explains recently surfaced problems driving femicides in🇹🇷🔗http://bit.ly/3CJ8tDE

Like many other issues, addressing femicides requires a shift in mindset & an understanding of what lies beyond "how many." In this piece, I explore the importance of numbers from a different perspective & aim to highlight some of the recently surfaced factors driving or perpetuating this violence