Rosa Balfour

It was great to sit down with @sophiabesch.bsky.social and @dannbaer to discuss the state of things. Watch this space as more will come!

🗓️ | Rethinking Integration to Accelerate EU Enlargement

On November 6, join Stefan Lehne, @rosabalfour.bsky.social, @ilirianagjoni.bsky.social, & Gert Jan Koopman to discuss #EUEnlargement and the challenges & opportunities of gradual integration.

Register 👉 carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Picasso: War and peace. His defence of peace has its symbol on the shield and justice on his spear

Picasso: War and peace. His defence of peace has its symbol on the shield and justice on his spear

The European Radical Right in the Age of Trump 2.0 Europe’s radical-right parties felt empowered by Trump’s return to the White House, but their ability to reshape politics is constrained by divisions and a lack of vision. Pro-EU political forces can ...

While Trump's return to power emboldened Europe's radical-right parties, they remain constrained by divisions.

Pro-EU forces can still forge the bloc's future if they stop chasing the radical right, say @rosabalfour.bsky.social, Stefan Lehne, & Elena Ventura.

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

🎧 | Global events are unfolding at a speed that has outpaced Europe's capacity to act.

On #EuropeInsideOut, @rmomtaz.bsky.social, @rosabalfour.bsky.social, & @erik-jones.bsky.social explore what it will take for the EU to regain strategic agency.

👉 europe-inside-out.simplecast.com/episodes/eur...

Brain food at the #FTWeekendFestival

Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Excellent article - on both what is happening in the US and in why we are failing truly grasp it

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

Just read this and look at the photos

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment Does the West Still Exist? Reflections on the NATO and G7 Summit

Sophia also reflected on the NATO summit in conversation with Stewart Patrick, @rosabalfour.bsky.social, and @kschake.bsky.social at today’s Carnegie event. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1l4...

Rosa Balfour of Carnegie Europe (@rosabalfour.bsky.social‬): Zelenskyy's push for European support after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sharpened and unified Europe's defense efforts—proof that coalitions of the willing can deliver real, practical results. #Ukraine #Europe

Funny to catch Edi Rama’s campaign trail while on holiday visiting Gjirokaster, Ismail Kadare’s intriguing co city of stone

Europe Tried to Trump-Proof Itself. Now It’s Crafting a Plan B. The continent’s response to security and economic challenges could be transformative both at home and for post-American international relations.

The cracks in European leaders’ “Trump-proofing” strategy began to appear almost as soon as President Trump took office. Now, 100 days in, how is Europe’s response shifting?

I explained for @carnegieendowment.org: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Europe’s response to Trump’s forst 100 days and how it might reshape the post-American world

carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Carnegie India on X: "🔔 Don’t miss this marquee panel at the 9th #GlobalTechSummit! From shifting global alliances to unpredictable trade moves, the world is being reshaped in real time. What’s next in this evolving landscape? Join @AmbAckermann, @AusHCIndia, @EvanFeigenbaum, @MalikAshok, https://t.co/naTnm61E8O" / X 🔔 Don’t miss this marquee panel at the 9th #GlobalTechSummit! From shifting global alliances to unpredictable trade moves, the world is being reshaped in real time. What’s next in this evolving landscape? Join @AmbAckermann, @AusHCIndia, @EvanFeigenbaum, @MalikAshok, https://t.co/naTnm61E8O

Reposting from the other platform this event at the 9th #GlobalTechSummit organized by @carnegieindia.bsky.social

Looking forward to this and all the exciting panels and closed door conversations! @carnegieendowment.org

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En Turquie, onde de choc après l’arrestation d’Ekrem Imamoglu, principal rival de Recep Tayyip Erdogan Des rassemblements se sont tenus à Istanbul et dans d’autres grandes villes pour dénoncer des accusations montées de toutes pièces contre le maire d’Istanbul, qui arrêté mercredi matin, comme une centaine de ses proches.

En Turquie, onde de choc après l’arrestation d’Ekrem Imamoglu, principal rival de Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Taking the Pulse: Will Strong U.S. Backing Materialize for European Security Guarantees in Ukraine? UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that “strong U.S. backing” is essential for any European security guarantees in postwar Ukraine. But how likely is the Trump administration to provide the sup...

The message from the Trump Administration could not be clearer. Europeans: please listen

carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine - War on the Rocks Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and

To understand what military commitments Europeans need to make to support Ukraine and deter Russia from further aggression, read this.

warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...

Donate to Ukraine’s defenders The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/

Slava Ukraini.

@linaskojala.bsky.social @jpuglierin.bsky.social @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social @kristiraik.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social @rosabalfour.bsky.social @elietenenbaum.bsky.social @nathalietocci.bsky.social

Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting ICM - Multimedia Centre The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

I was pretty blunt today @Europarl_EN about the US turning its back on Europe.

The Trump-Putin call on 12/2, JDVance @MunSecConf in support of #AfD, US normalization of Russia yesterday in Riyad are telling of a U-Turn away from European allies.

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AFET Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on Foreign Policy Issues | Highlights | Home | AFET | Committees | European Parliament Main page of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). Latest news, links to documents and videos of meetings.

At atime of unprecedented crisis, engaging with European and national elected representatives is fundamental.

I am glad to speak with parliamentarians tomorrow on the state of Transatlantic relations

Highlights | Home | AFET www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... via @Europarl_EN

Nice to see quite so many @carnegieeurope.bsky.social and @carnegieendowment.org at #MSC!

6/6

On think tanks:

There is huge space and need for:

- solid and realistic evidence-based analysis

- alternative framings of challenges that defy algorhythmically defined narratives and propaganda

- action-full proposals for different ways of doing policy

So let's get to work💪

5/6

4 years of "Trump-proofing the Transatlantic relationship" failed.

Bigger failure was not to develop Plan B: define the European interest: security guarantees for Ukraine and deterrence of Russia

Good ideas circulated at #MSC. Leaders meeting in #Paris today should work on them

4/6

On Transatlanticism: the crowd at #MSC was in shock and discombobulated, esp. the most loyal Transatlanticists.

Denial and wishful thinking still abound

3/6

Democrats of all stripes should not let the illiberal anti-democratic radical right capture the meaning of freedom of speech and take control of the democratic narrative

JDVance's deliberate & insulting mockery of Europeans was a leaf out of Steve Bannon's playbook. He was talking to the European radical right minions. Their ability to cooperate despite their nationalisms has been underestimanted.

Eg Dugin's X post with "Vote AfD" threat going viral in Germany

2/6

Three takeaways from #MunichSecurityConference on JDVance, Transatlanticism, and the role of think tanks

A little thread

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