@luissimonn.bsky.social
Prof & Director CSDS - VUB // Director & Senior Analyst Brussels Office Elcano
📢 Join jus today in 🇪🇸 Madrid or on-line! Happy to speak at the conference ‘Preventing War, Defending More: The Strengthening of #NATO @luissimonn.bsky.social
🗓️ 18/11.12.00h CET
📲 #TransformaciónOTAN
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Looking forward to this event in Brussels next week!
16.11.2025 18:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this new piece for @ejir.bsky.social Stephan Klose and I discuss how US allies balance security and autonomy, focusing on 🇯🇵 and 🇵🇱 . 🙏 to @erc.europa.eu for the support 👇👇
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New special issue by @luissimonn.bsky.social and @danielfiott.bsky.social very much gets at the complexities over time of how great powers do wedging or binding, to themselves and others. Here: China, EU, US. A great analytical framework I hope others use: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
20.10.2025 14:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞: '𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬-𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐲' 🇪🇺 🇺🇲 🇨🇳
co-edited by @luissimonn.bsky.social & @danielfiott.bsky.social
Issue 47(6) is now available in open access! It features the following articles:
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Check out our @jei-publication.bsky.social special issue on Europe in US-China rivalry. Huge thx to @danielfiott.bsky.social for co-leading this, to all the great authors, and to @erc.europa.eu
13.09.2025 12:24 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I am extremely proud and pleased to see this major academic work on European autonomy and U.S.-China rivalry published as a special issue by the Journal of European Integration. All articles are open access! More below👇🏻
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Luis Simón (@luissimonn.bsky.social), Lotje Boswinkel (@lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social) se penchent sur la question de la négociation et de la signature d’un accord qui ont été des sujets importants depuis l’arrivée de Donald Trump et les différentes tentatives.
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#ICYMI Our Director @luissimonn.bsky.social recently published a commentary piece with @warontherocks.bsky.social outlining three alternative approaches to deterrence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
Read now🔸 warontherocks.com/2025/06/thre...
❗New Analysis❗
"Three Alternative Approaches to Deterrence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific", by Luis Simón for War on the Rocks.
Read🔸 warontherocks.com/2025/06/thre... #Deterrence @luissimonn.bsky.social @warontherocks.bsky.social
New @csds.bsky.social policy brief with @luissimonn.bsky.social in which we explore four scenarios for US force posture in Europe, and the various dilemma’s and trade-offs that Europeans face moving forward 👉 csds.vub.be/publication/...
11.06.2025 10:04 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
❗Top Ten Time❗
What are the most popular CSDS analytical products of 2025, so far? Congratulations to all our authors and speakers on our list!
Engage with our work:
Policy Briefs🔸 csds.vub.be/policy-briefs/
In-Depth Papers🔸 csds.vub.be/in-depth-pap...
Strategy Speaks🔸 csds.vub.be/podcasts/
🔴LIVE NOW | The Impossible State Podcast
What Are U.S. and NATO Views on China?
Speakers:
@victordcha.bsky.social
@henriettalevin.bsky.social
@luissimonn.bsky.social
We’ll be live-posting key takeaways right here on Bluesky.
🔗 www.csis.org/events/impos...
In this thread @tongfi-kim.bsky.social summarises superbly our latest article for @cspjournal.bsky.social
27.04.2025 07:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Open Access Article in @cspjournal.bsky.social by @luissimonn.bsky.social and me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... THREAD. Many people who see this post (well, not so many) are probably familiar with wedge strategies, “a state’s attempt to prevent, break up, or weaken a threatening or blocking
24.04.2025 11:53 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
‼️Brussels 360 Speakers‼️
Join us and Luis Simón (CSDS) on the #Brussels360 course to discuss and learn about US grand strategy and its effects on European security.
🐦 Apply by 23 April 2025 for early-bird fees!
Apply today🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co... @luissimonn.bsky.social
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08.04.2025 15:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What can Europeans do to strengthen deterrence should the U.S draw down its engagement in Europe? To find out listen to this terrific @csds.bsky.social podcast with @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social @elieperot.bsky.social & @danielfiott.bsky.social
05.04.2025 12:32 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0First and most importantly: I am immensely, immensely grateful to @kienzle.bsky.social and @rgwhitman.bsky.social for their incredible support - from the research proposal to the viva. They were true supervisor superheroes and I learned so much from them!
01.04.2025 11:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Wondering what this debate about France’s nuclear umbrella is all about: check out this excellent piece by @elieperot.bsky.social on the opportunities and limitations
20.03.2025 08:36 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Must-read piece by @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social for @warontherocks.bsky.social on why the European allies must step up their long range strike game
cc: @csds.bsky.social
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❗Executive Course❗
3 days. 16 hours. Geopolitics. Policy. Technology.
Join us in June 2025 for our new "Brussels 360" executive course! Your unique learning and networking opportunity in Brussels! #Brussels360
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La guerra en Ucrania y un EEUU cada vez más distante de la seguridad europea obliga a renovar esfuerzos en la industria de defensa europea y España tendrá que contribuir a su desarrollo.
✍️ Félix Arteaga @danielfiott.bsky.social @luissimonn.bsky.social
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El 27/02, 12 h., Charles Powell modera la mesa redonda de @rielcano.bsky.social "¿Hacia dónde va la guerra en Ucrania?" con Félix Arteaga, Carlota G. Encina, Mira Milosevich, Miguel Otero y @luissimonn.bsky.social.
#GuerraUcrania2025
Todos los detalles ⤵️
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Happy to share this new publication! 📖 I received the new Oxford Handbook of NATO in the mail yesterday morning 📚
@luissimonn.bsky.social and I have a chapter on NATO's adaptation between 2014-2022, titled 'forward deployment and reassurance.' (1/2)
❗Podcast❗
Our Director Luis Simón recently appeared on "The Insider" podcast by War on the Rocks. He discussed his recent piece for WoTR on the "axis of upheaval".
Listen🔸 warontherocks.com/episode/the-... @luissimonn.bsky.social @warontherocks.bsky.social
❗New Analysis❗
Writing in War on the Rocks, our Director Luis Simón reflects on how the Trump administration may deal with the "Axis of Upheaval". An extremely timely read for our followers.
Read🔸 warontherocks.com/2025/01/the-... @luissimonn.bsky.social @warontherocks.bsky.social
❗New Analysis❗
In this new @warontherocks.bsky.social piece, Luis Simón and Toshi Yoshihara argue that any war with China over Taiwan would likely compel European military involvement in one form or another.
Read🔸 warontherocks.com/2025/01/can-... @luissimonn.bsky.social
Indeed! Many thanks to everyone that has spoken at a CSDS event this year - we cannot thank you enough for sharing your thoughts at our conferences! More in 2025!
20.12.2024 16:09 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
¿En qué políticas y áreas los eurodiputados españoles tendrán más peso esta legislatura? Así queda el mapa de la influencia española en Bruselas de aquí a 2029.
✍️ Raquel García, @ignacio-molina.bsky.social @luissimonn.bsky.social Paula Oliver
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