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Historian (terrorism, intern. cooperation, diplomacy & German foreign policy). Senior Lecturer at CSTPV/ School of IR, University of St Andrews. Young Academy of Scotland Member.Views my own https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/bb57/
Out now and available with open access at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@cstpv.bsky.social
Trump has made it clear: Europe can no longer outsource its security.
'If Europeans...aspire to remain players rather than pawns... they have...to achieve strategic emancipation'
My new short paper on Europeโs future in a Trumpian world (open access): www.fondation-pierredubois.ch/wp-content/u...
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From Venezuela to Greenland: the message is clear.
Trump's US is no longer a reliable partner, but a potential adversary. Europe and the UK must unite, end appeasement, and build real strategic autonomyโin tech, trade, and defenceโwhile holding the line on Ukraine.
My opโed in @scotsman.com
Is Germany back? In this short paper, I take a look at the first months ofย Merzโs foreign policy and reflect on what has changed โ and what has not.
Spoiler: some differences, esp. in tone and the conduct of foreign policy compared to his predecessor.
www.fondation-pierredubois.ch/wp-content/u...
โEighty years ago, Europe feared a strong Germany. Today, it can ill afford a weak one.โ
My piece in todayโs @scotsman.com
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www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
This is probably as much a slap in the face of Merz as it is in the face of SPD leader Klingbeil. Or maybe even more so.
@bblumenau.bsky.social and a great day it was too
Happening today! Looking forward to insightful discussions at the workshop on the current situation in, and future of, Europe @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @archisturrock.bsky.social
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scga.scot/2025/03/11/e...
Looking forward to having you join us in Edinburgh!
Excellent newsโanother #Zeitenwende in the making. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures (and investment). No time to lose now to swiftly form the new government.
Welcome to Bluesky @cstpv.bsky.social !
Happy to see my recent short paper on 'When the Traffic Light Fails: Olaf Scholz, Germanyโs Political Crisis, and the Road Ahead' published by the Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History: www.fondation-pierredubois.ch/wp-content/u...
Happy to be back at the University of Padua already (albeit remotely) to talk about the history of state terror for their DSPGIโs Permanent Seminar on International Politics.
Happy to be back and representing CSTPV at the fourth edition of the University of Paduaโs Fall School on โMemory & Oblivion: Political Violence and Organised Crimeโ to continue our cooperation on studying terrorism, international politics and security