One year after the Niinistö report, “preparedness” risks being just another checklist exercise. Unless the EU adds value to complement NATO, reflects national realities, & boosts societal resilience, it won't deliver, argue @heqs.bsky.social & @gbuldioski.bsky.social:
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Refreshing to hear students at high profile #BelgradeSecurityConference2025 speaking about student-led massive #protests in #Serbia
#BelgradeSecurityConference2025 is opened by @srdjancvijic.bsky.social to discuss how to keep freedoms in increasing authoritarian world @bezbednost.bsky.social
🎙️ Speakers:
- Prof. Nikolaos Tzifakis
- Prof. Boge Bozinovski
- Asst. Prof. Tijana Rečević
- Prof. Filip Ejdus
- Dr. Panagiotis Paschalidis
- @sonjasg.bsky.social
🔗 More info & registration: shorturl.at/U0bWZ
📢 Join the online discussion to see how Serbia compares in the regional landscape.
🗓️ 7 October 2025 | 🕒 15:00 CET | 📍 Zoom: shorturl.at/UyvpS
What do Serbians think about the EU, migration, security, and global actors in 2025?
Find out on 7 October as the @geopower-eu.bsky.social project presents Serbia’s public opinion results — part of a major regional survey across the Western Balkans and the Associated Trio.
🎙️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
On 20 May 2025, @tenaprelec.bsky.social and @sonjasg.bsky.social spoke at the European Parliament Library, presenting a new book on kleptocracy and findings from the @geopower-eu.bsky.social project on corrosive capital and democratic resilience.
🔗 bit.ly/45O7iiP
There is a #geopolitical turn to the enlargement of the #EU, but there is a pessimistic perception of accession countries - no end in sight, no merit-based approach. #WesternBalkans want improvement in governance, #EaP expect #security
@panagiotamanoli.bsky.social of @geopower-eu.bsky.social
There is a gap btw the language of force and the investment in security by #EU. @bfagersten.bsky.social from @uisweden.bsky.social presents @geopower-eu.bsky.social findings on EU #defence. All investments are building the order against Russia, but still not ready for non-liberal global order.
EU accession: new geopolitical momentum = #security first. WB #enlargement designed to reconcile former enemies, EaP accession driven by #defence against Russia. SAAs less comprehensive than AA and DCFTAs for EE that front-loaded more sectoral integration #MilicaDelevic @geopower-eu.bsky.social
@geopower-eu.bsky.social Uni of Pelop., @unirijeka.bsky.social @enc-europe.bsky.social @idscs.bsky.social IDIS, Odesa National Uni @seerc.bsky.social UI @dpcglobal.bsky.social @jrnlregsec.bsky.social VE Insight, @wiiw.ac.at Uni of Bologna met in Belgrade to discuss #EU #enlargement #EaP & #defense
24hrs with friends in Belgrade. Always inspiring! 🙏 #resilience @reunir.bsky.social @bezbednost.bsky.social @srdjancvijic.bsky.social
@sonjasg.bsky.social
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social
#interdependence - how linked are #Albania #Bosnia #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Georgia #Ukraine and #Moldova and the #EU, #Russia, #China #Turkey and the #US is shown in the database created by @geopower-eu.bsky.social consortium.
Check it out at: geo-power.eu/research-out...
The main obstacle to accession of #Serbia to the #EU is #statecapture. There has not been enough conditionality on fundamentals.
Jelena Pejic @bezbednost.bsky.social and @reunir.bsky.social
Tune in for the discussion on #EU #WesternBalkans #EaP #enlargement in a protesting Belgrade by @geopower-eu.bsky.social and @reunir.bsky.social
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/89551244365
Sonja presented research from our Horizon Europe project GEO-POWER-EU, focusing on corrosive capital and how foreign-funded deals exploit institutional weaknesses in the EU’s neighbourhood.
On 20 May 2025, our colleagues Tena Prelec and Sonja Stojanović Gajić presented their work at the European Parliament Library, in an event hosted by MEP Vladimir Prebilič, followed by a discussion with European Commission staff.
If the enlargement of #EU fails in its immediate neighbourhood, its actorness and influence in the world will be in the question. @filipejdus.bsky.social at the opening of @geopower-eu.bsky.social conference in Belgrade
Next week in the European Parliament!
We’re bringing the fight against enabling to the heart of 🇪🇺
@agillies.bsky.social on enabler networks
@sonjasg.bsky.social on corrosive capital
and your faithful trio on Indulging Kleptocracy
Register: ep-events.secure.europarl.europa.eu/greensefa/ev...
Ekipa za primer i inspiraciju - Seoski kulturni centar #Markovac
Tokom godine organizuju kvalitetan kulturni sadržaj u ovom selu kraj Velike Plane, a kad #studenti i srednjoškolski protest prolazi tuda, otvaraju vrata i organizuju podršku
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Make no mistake: this is not just about a collapsed railway canopy. It’s about a deeply corrupt system sustained by #corrosivecapital and #kleptocracy. @sonjasg.bsky.social and I break it down in our latest @biepag.bsky.social blog. www.biepag.eu/blog/serbias...
New academic network for #Mediterranean is announced by
#DubravkaŠuica, the EU Commissioner at the
@unirijeka.bsky.social conference on #connectivity and #maritimesecurity. This network shall improve people-to-people contacts and mutual understanding on different shores of the basin.
#MaritimeSecurity is the name of the game for today at the @unirijeka.bsky.social co-organised with CAS SEE.
Check out program uniri.hr/dogadaj/conn...
The Rector of @unirijeka.bsky.social Snjezana Prijic Samrdzija opens the conference on #Connectivity and #MaritimeSecurity in the #Mediterranean with annoucement that maritime issues are niche capacity of the university, as it is located in #Rijeka, the largest port in Croatia.
How have recent geopolitical shocks influenced the EU’s engagement with the #WesternBalkans, #Ukraine, #Moldova, and #Georgia?
@sonjasg.bsky.social, spent a week in #Brussels conducting interviews as part of the @geopower-eu.bsky.social
You can tell a bully from a leader by how they treat people who disagree with them. #GreatestShame
Za zdrave institucije protiv zarobljene države!
Solidarnost sa studentima i prosvetnim radnicima!
BCBP 24. januara štrajkuje sa njima! #GeneralniŠtrajk
Organizacije okupljene oko Platforme Tri slobode zahtevaju hitan prekid targetiranja studenata, srednjoškolaca i građana!
Celo saopštenje 🔗 👇🏻
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Profesija. Integritet. Hrabrost 2 žene. Zrenjanin.
#protesti #Srbija
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