Alejandro Esteso Pérez
@aestesop.bsky.social
Political analyst & researcher | Western Balkans, EU enlargement & illiberalism | PhD candidate @uni-graz.at | Fellow @ GLPS Kosovo 🇽🇰 | Burek, memes, all things camp
📍 Vienna, Austria
🌐 www.alejandroestesoperez.com
📍 Vienna, Austria
🌐 www.alejandroestesoperez.com
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The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
The Serbs wanting to get revenge on Denmark's Kosovo recognition by supporting US annexation of Greenland is giving the exact same level of stupidity as the Kosovo peeps supporting a US coup in Venezuela. But they don't know that do they.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The Serbs wanting to get revenge on Denmark's Kosovo recognition by supporting US annexation of Greenland is giving the exact same level of stupidity as the Kosovo peeps supporting a US coup in Venezuela. But they don't know that do they.
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@seva.bsky.social is, of course, correct. Venezuela was a pre-arranged gift to (or from) Putin; Cuba is next. The spheres of influence and control are back. Yalta without the spectacle of Yalta.
Venezuela Is a Gift to Putin
and a harbinger of more Russian aggression in Europe
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
@seva.bsky.social is, of course, correct. Venezuela was a pre-arranged gift to (or from) Putin; Cuba is next. The spheres of influence and control are back. Yalta without the spectacle of Yalta.
Adem Kastrati, "Mikpritja" (1975)
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Adem Kastrati, "Mikpritja" (1975)
🇨🇭📸 Casually dropping four of my favourite snapshots from the past semester in Switzerland.
Thanks to @unifr.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks to @unifr.bsky.social for having me!
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🇨🇭📸 Casually dropping four of my favourite snapshots from the past semester in Switzerland.
Thanks to @unifr.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks to @unifr.bsky.social for having me!
Last week, @ruthferrero.bsky.social and I poured some thoughts into this op-ed for Balkan Insight.
"The silence is deafening. The tragedy is not only that 16 lives were lost under the collapsed canopy a year ago, but that an entire generation no longer believes that Europe can shelter them."
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"The silence is deafening. The tragedy is not only that 16 lives were lost under the collapsed canopy a year ago, but that an entire generation no longer believes that Europe can shelter them."
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As Serbia’s Students Continue Fighting, the EU Keeps Drowning in its Own Irrelevance
The students’ refusal to frame their struggle in explicitly pro-EU terms is not mere indifference – it is the expression of a generational break.
balkaninsight.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last week, @ruthferrero.bsky.social and I poured some thoughts into this op-ed for Balkan Insight.
"The silence is deafening. The tragedy is not only that 16 lives were lost under the collapsed canopy a year ago, but that an entire generation no longer believes that Europe can shelter them."
✍🏻📰
"The silence is deafening. The tragedy is not only that 16 lives were lost under the collapsed canopy a year ago, but that an entire generation no longer believes that Europe can shelter them."
✍🏻📰
"With the ultimate sense of awareness that nobody in Brussels will come to their rescue, the final reckoning is that only #Serbia can save itself."
✍🏻💥 New op-ed just out for Balkan Insight, authored alongside @ruthferrero.bsky.social
🇷🇸 🇪🇺
✍🏻💥 New op-ed just out for Balkan Insight, authored alongside @ruthferrero.bsky.social
🇷🇸 🇪🇺
As Serbia’s Students Continue Fighting, the EU Keeps Drowning in its Own Irrelevance
The students’ refusal to frame their struggle in explicitly pro-EU terms is not mere indifference – it is the expression of a generational break.
balkaninsight.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"With the ultimate sense of awareness that nobody in Brussels will come to their rescue, the final reckoning is that only #Serbia can save itself."
✍🏻💥 New op-ed just out for Balkan Insight, authored alongside @ruthferrero.bsky.social
🇷🇸 🇪🇺
✍🏻💥 New op-ed just out for Balkan Insight, authored alongside @ruthferrero.bsky.social
🇷🇸 🇪🇺
I randomly just remembered there's an EUSR for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue called Peter Sørensen.
Wondering what he's been up to.
Wondering what he's been up to.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I randomly just remembered there's an EUSR for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue called Peter Sørensen.
Wondering what he's been up to.
Wondering what he's been up to.
#Eurovision: Norwegian public broadcaster reports that the EBU is scrapping its GA's vote on Israel's participation in the 2026 contest. Israel will therefore participate normally.
Which also means that, if no surprises, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland are boycotting the contest.
Which also means that, if no surprises, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland are boycotting the contest.
EBU dropper Israel-avstemning
Den europeiske kringkastingsunionen skriver i en pressemelding at de dropper avstemingen rundt Israels deltakelse i Eurovision Song Contest neste år. De skriver at en avstemning skjer kun dersom medle...
www.nrk.no
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#Eurovision: Norwegian public broadcaster reports that the EBU is scrapping its GA's vote on Israel's participation in the 2026 contest. Israel will therefore participate normally.
Which also means that, if no surprises, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland are boycotting the contest.
Which also means that, if no surprises, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland are boycotting the contest.
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Work on #transnational #illiberalism? Consider submitting a paper for my workshop at ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions! Seeking papers on #illiberal #parties, #socialmovements, #transnationalism and trans-regionalism. Deadline 3 December! Event details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Work on #transnational #illiberalism? Consider submitting a paper for my workshop at ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions! Seeking papers on #illiberal #parties, #socialmovements, #transnationalism and trans-regionalism. Deadline 3 December! Event details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Investigative journalists at KRIK in #Serbia have just unveiled this impressive database that lists and tracks ćaci (regime's thugs) presence at pro-regime rallies or responsibility for anti-student violence.
Who they are, where they have been seen and how their criminal record looks.
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Who they are, where they have been seen and how their criminal record looks.
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Ćaci(ji): Čuvari partije
Kriminalci osuđivani za ubistva, prebijanja, trgovinu drogom, ali i osobe blisko povezane sa ljudima iz podzemlja, pružali su podršku na protestima u poslednjih godinu dana vladajućoj Srpskoj napredno...
www.krik.rs
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Investigative journalists at KRIK in #Serbia have just unveiled this impressive database that lists and tracks ćaci (regime's thugs) presence at pro-regime rallies or responsibility for anti-student violence.
Who they are, where they have been seen and how their criminal record looks.
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Who they are, where they have been seen and how their criminal record looks.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | Los migrantes del Sur Global vienen a trabajar y los del Norte, a jubilarse
✍️ Por Emilia G. Morales
✍️ Por Emilia G. Morales
Los migrantes del Sur Global vienen a trabajar y los del Norte, a jubilarse
Quienes vienen de países empobrecidos o especialmente violentos llegan a España en edad de trabajar.
www.publico.es
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | Los migrantes del Sur Global vienen a trabajar y los del Norte, a jubilarse
✍️ Por Emilia G. Morales
✍️ Por Emilia G. Morales
📍 Un año después de la catástrofe de la estación de trenes de Novi Sad, donde una marquesina de cemento sepultó a 16 personas, @ruthferrero.bsky.social y yo repasamos qué suponen los últimos doce meses para #Serbia y qué queda de la ambición europea de su sociedad civil.
En @agendapublica.es 👇🏻
En @agendapublica.es 👇🏻
Serbia y la pérdida del horizonte europeo
Un año después de la tragedia de Novi Sad, los estudiantes serbios lideran un movimiento para "desafiar un sistema corroído por el autoritarismo.
agendapublica.es
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📍 Un año después de la catástrofe de la estación de trenes de Novi Sad, donde una marquesina de cemento sepultó a 16 personas, @ruthferrero.bsky.social y yo repasamos qué suponen los últimos doce meses para #Serbia y qué queda de la ambición europea de su sociedad civil.
En @agendapublica.es 👇🏻
En @agendapublica.es 👇🏻
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🇪🇺🤑The mother of all EU fund misuses from Hungary: a treetop/canopy walkway without trees in Nyírmártonfalva, led by a Fidesz (Orbán’s ruling party) mayor who said trees weren’t required. €160K of EU taxpayers’ money wasted. Story uncovered by @atlatszo.hu in 2023: english.atlatszo.hu/2023/03/28/t...
October 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🇪🇺🤑The mother of all EU fund misuses from Hungary: a treetop/canopy walkway without trees in Nyírmártonfalva, led by a Fidesz (Orbán’s ruling party) mayor who said trees weren’t required. €160K of EU taxpayers’ money wasted. Story uncovered by @atlatszo.hu in 2023: english.atlatszo.hu/2023/03/28/t...
The left seems completely disoriented after Trump's ceasefire deal in Gaza.
But don't be fooled and, especially, don't forget: Trump has always had Israel's genocidal govt's back, purely sees Gaza as a lucrative real estate opportunity, and ultimately does not give a single fuck about Palestinians.
But don't be fooled and, especially, don't forget: Trump has always had Israel's genocidal govt's back, purely sees Gaza as a lucrative real estate opportunity, and ultimately does not give a single fuck about Palestinians.
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The left seems completely disoriented after Trump's ceasefire deal in Gaza.
But don't be fooled and, especially, don't forget: Trump has always had Israel's genocidal govt's back, purely sees Gaza as a lucrative real estate opportunity, and ultimately does not give a single fuck about Palestinians.
But don't be fooled and, especially, don't forget: Trump has always had Israel's genocidal govt's back, purely sees Gaza as a lucrative real estate opportunity, and ultimately does not give a single fuck about Palestinians.
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Diella es la primera ministra del mundo creada con IA.
Albania la ha presentado como un método infalible contra la corrupción, pero muchos creen que solo es propaganda del gobierno.
Lo cuento en @elsaltodiario.com con la colaboración de @aestesop.bsky.social y @aguiar.bsky.social ⬇️
shorturl.at/QAv6p
Albania la ha presentado como un método infalible contra la corrupción, pero muchos creen que solo es propaganda del gobierno.
Lo cuento en @elsaltodiario.com con la colaboración de @aestesop.bsky.social y @aguiar.bsky.social ⬇️
shorturl.at/QAv6p
Un algoritmo en el gobierno: Albania nombra ministra a una IA para tapar la corrupción institucional
Ni las leyes ni la Constitución del país contemplan que una inteligencia artificial pueda ocupar un cargo público. Además, el código del algoritmo no se ha hecho público, y también hay opacidad sobre ...
shorturl.at
October 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Diella es la primera ministra del mundo creada con IA.
Albania la ha presentado como un método infalible contra la corrupción, pero muchos creen que solo es propaganda del gobierno.
Lo cuento en @elsaltodiario.com con la colaboración de @aestesop.bsky.social y @aguiar.bsky.social ⬇️
shorturl.at/QAv6p
Albania la ha presentado como un método infalible contra la corrupción, pero muchos creen que solo es propaganda del gobierno.
Lo cuento en @elsaltodiario.com con la colaboración de @aestesop.bsky.social y @aguiar.bsky.social ⬇️
shorturl.at/QAv6p
🗣️ Comparto algunos de mis comentarios para @elsaltodiario.com sobre Albania: las jugadas domésticas de Edi Rama, sus relaciones con Bruselas, y el futuro de la ampliación.
✍🏻 @mrtables.bsky.social
✍🏻 @mrtables.bsky.social
Un algoritmo en el gobierno: Albania nombra ministra a una IA para tapar la corrupción institucional
Ni las leyes ni la Constitución del país contemplan que una inteligencia artificial pueda ocupar un cargo público. Además, el código del algoritmo no se ha hecho público, y también hay opacidad sobre ...
www.elsaltodiario.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🗣️ Comparto algunos de mis comentarios para @elsaltodiario.com sobre Albania: las jugadas domésticas de Edi Rama, sus relaciones con Bruselas, y el futuro de la ampliación.
✍🏻 @mrtables.bsky.social
✍🏻 @mrtables.bsky.social
One month in Switzerland and bilingualism really does feel like
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One month in Switzerland and bilingualism really does feel like
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Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
September 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
So that's Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland that will officially pull out of #Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part.
Go on, Spain, you're up next.
Go on, Spain, you're up next.
Ireland’s public broadcaster announced today that the country will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is participating.
www.politico.eu/article/irel...
www.politico.eu/article/irel...
Ireland won’t take part in Eurovision if Israel does
Public broadcaster RTÉ said Ireland’s participation alongside Israel “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.”
www.politico.eu
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So that's Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland that will officially pull out of #Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part.
Go on, Spain, you're up next.
Go on, Spain, you're up next.
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
Rewatching old Eurovision shows (from not even 5 years ago) feels almost dystopian in 2025.
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
September 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Rewatching old Eurovision shows (from not even 5 years ago) feels almost dystopian in 2025.
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
This potential move from the EPP is so long overdue that I cannot take it seriously. And even more ridiculous when you read the alleged reasons prompting Weber's plans.
Also, Euractiv's calling Vučić Serbia's PM is not even that far off. Who even knows who Serbia's actual PM is?
Also, Euractiv's calling Vučić Serbia's PM is not even that far off. Who even knows who Serbia's actual PM is?
EPP chief moves to expel Vučić's party from Europe's centre-right bloc - Euractiv
The prime minister's threats to MEPs is proving too much for their European party colleagues to stomach
www.euractiv.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This potential move from the EPP is so long overdue that I cannot take it seriously. And even more ridiculous when you read the alleged reasons prompting Weber's plans.
Also, Euractiv's calling Vučić Serbia's PM is not even that far off. Who even knows who Serbia's actual PM is?
Also, Euractiv's calling Vučić Serbia's PM is not even that far off. Who even knows who Serbia's actual PM is?
✨ Excited to announce I will be spending the upcoming semester at @unifr.bsky.social as a PhD scholarship holder.
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
✨ Excited to announce I will be spending the upcoming semester at @unifr.bsky.social as a PhD scholarship holder.
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩