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The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at the VUB’s Brussels School of Governance. Proud home to the Japan Chair and KF-VUB Korea Chair.
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From all of us at CSDS, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for engaging with our events and analysis in 2025. We will be back with more in 2026. In the meantime, rest and enjoy.
From all of us at CSDS, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for engaging with our events and analysis in 2025. We will be back with more in 2026. In the meantime, rest and enjoy.
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From all of us at CSDS, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for engaging with our events and analysis in 2025. We will be back with more in 2026. In the meantime, rest and enjoy.
❗ CSDS Top 10 ❗
As we draw near the end of 2025, we take a look at our most popular analytical and research products of the year! We hope you’ve enjoyed following our work this year.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
As we draw near the end of 2025, we take a look at our most popular analytical and research products of the year! We hope you’ve enjoyed following our work this year.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
❗ CSDS Top 10 ❗
As we draw near the end of 2025, we take a look at our most popular analytical and research products of the year! We hope you’ve enjoyed following our work this year.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
As we draw near the end of 2025, we take a look at our most popular analytical and research products of the year! We hope you’ve enjoyed following our work this year.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
❗ Week in Review ❗
This is our last week in review for 2025, so let's go out with a bang! Enjoy Christmas and 2026!
Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (15-19 December 2025).
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This is our last week in review for 2025, so let's go out with a bang! Enjoy Christmas and 2026!
Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (15-19 December 2025).
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December 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
❗ Week in Review ❗
This is our last week in review for 2025, so let's go out with a bang! Enjoy Christmas and 2026!
Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (15-19 December 2025).
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This is our last week in review for 2025, so let's go out with a bang! Enjoy Christmas and 2026!
Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (15-19 December 2025).
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This CSDS In-Depth Paper presents findings from a CSDS tabletop exercise conducted in November 2025, examining European decision-making during a simulated Taiwan Strait crisis compounded by Russian coercion in Europe. Give it a read!
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December 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This CSDS In-Depth Paper presents findings from a CSDS tabletop exercise conducted in November 2025, examining European decision-making during a simulated Taiwan Strait crisis compounded by Russian coercion in Europe. Give it a read!
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Read this new EU-sponsored #CHIPDIPLO report by Joris Teer, Riccardo Bosticco and Antonio Calcara on identifying the EU's semiconductor lodestar. A must-read paper from us and our dear partners Institute Montaigne, CEIAS and EUISS.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Read this new EU-sponsored #CHIPDIPLO report by Joris Teer, Riccardo Bosticco and Antonio Calcara on identifying the EU's semiconductor lodestar. A must-read paper from us and our dear partners Institute Montaigne, CEIAS and EUISS.
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"Russian strategic culture treats war as a permanent condition, challenging the West’s notion of armed force being limited by international law", writes Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"Russian strategic culture treats war as a permanent condition, challenging the West’s notion of armed force being limited by international law", writes Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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"One notable, threat-agnostic way that Japan and South Korea are trying to keep the US engaged in the region is through cooperation in shipbuilding", writes Mina Pollmann in this joint CSDS/HCSS policy brief.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"One notable, threat-agnostic way that Japan and South Korea are trying to keep the US engaged in the region is through cooperation in shipbuilding", writes Mina Pollmann in this joint CSDS/HCSS policy brief.
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In what ways can South Korea and the EU deepen their defence industrial cooperation? In this CSDS Policy Brief, Myong-Hyun Go provides some insights and argues for a much closer defence industrial partnership.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In what ways can South Korea and the EU deepen their defence industrial cooperation? In this CSDS Policy Brief, Myong-Hyun Go provides some insights and argues for a much closer defence industrial partnership.
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How are European nations dealing with the push to become more resilient and more prepared for conflict and crises? This new report by HCSS and CSDS provides some case study-rich analysis on member state and EU/NATO-level initiatives. A must read!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
How are European nations dealing with the push to become more resilient and more prepared for conflict and crises? This new report by HCSS and CSDS provides some case study-rich analysis on member state and EU/NATO-level initiatives. A must read!
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How are the Baltic States engaging in defence innovation efforts? How are they cooperating on defence through the EU and together? These are just some of the questions discussed by Roberts Kits and Daniel Fiott in this episode of #StrategySpeaks.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
How are the Baltic States engaging in defence innovation efforts? How are they cooperating on defence through the EU and together? These are just some of the questions discussed by Roberts Kits and Daniel Fiott in this episode of #StrategySpeaks.
Listen
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Listen
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❗New CSDS In-Depth Paper❗
No better way to end the year than with lessons learned from a recent TTX we organised at CSDS on Taiwan. Tomasz Szatkowski, Octavian Manea, Luis Simón and Giulia Tercovich walk you through Europe's reactions to conflict! A must-read!
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No better way to end the year than with lessons learned from a recent TTX we organised at CSDS on Taiwan. Tomasz Szatkowski, Octavian Manea, Luis Simón and Giulia Tercovich walk you through Europe's reactions to conflict! A must-read!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
❗New CSDS In-Depth Paper❗
No better way to end the year than with lessons learned from a recent TTX we organised at CSDS on Taiwan. Tomasz Szatkowski, Octavian Manea, Luis Simón and Giulia Tercovich walk you through Europe's reactions to conflict! A must-read!
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No better way to end the year than with lessons learned from a recent TTX we organised at CSDS on Taiwan. Tomasz Szatkowski, Octavian Manea, Luis Simón and Giulia Tercovich walk you through Europe's reactions to conflict! A must-read!
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❗New Analysis❗
Our Director, Luis Simón, has just published a new piece of analysis with @iaionline.bsky.social on "Europe's Strategic Transformation: Implications for the Mediterranean Region".
Read here
www.iai.it/en/pubblicaz... @luissimonn.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social
Our Director, Luis Simón, has just published a new piece of analysis with @iaionline.bsky.social on "Europe's Strategic Transformation: Implications for the Mediterranean Region".
Read here
www.iai.it/en/pubblicaz... @luissimonn.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
❗New Analysis❗
Our Director, Luis Simón, has just published a new piece of analysis with @iaionline.bsky.social on "Europe's Strategic Transformation: Implications for the Mediterranean Region".
Read here
www.iai.it/en/pubblicaz... @luissimonn.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social
Our Director, Luis Simón, has just published a new piece of analysis with @iaionline.bsky.social on "Europe's Strategic Transformation: Implications for the Mediterranean Region".
Read here
www.iai.it/en/pubblicaz... @luissimonn.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social
❗CSDS Research❗
"Player and Playground: Europe in US-China Competition", by Luis Simón and Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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@erc.europa.eu @luissimonn.bsky.social
"Player and Playground: Europe in US-China Competition", by Luis Simón and Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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@erc.europa.eu @luissimonn.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Player and Playground: Europe in US-China Competition", by Luis Simón and Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@erc.europa.eu @luissimonn.bsky.social
"Player and Playground: Europe in US-China Competition", by Luis Simón and Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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@erc.europa.eu @luissimonn.bsky.social
❗CSDS Research❗
"Divided we Stand? Examining the European Union’s Ability to Withstand External Wedging", by Marianna Lovato and Luis Simón, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"Divided we Stand? Examining the European Union’s Ability to Withstand External Wedging", by Marianna Lovato and Luis Simón, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Divided we Stand? Examining the European Union’s Ability to Withstand External Wedging", by Marianna Lovato and Luis Simón, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"Divided we Stand? Examining the European Union’s Ability to Withstand External Wedging", by Marianna Lovato and Luis Simón, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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❗CSDS Research❗
"The Three Images of EU Strategic Autonomy: Perspectives on Wedging, Binding and Hedging", by Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"The Three Images of EU Strategic Autonomy: Perspectives on Wedging, Binding and Hedging", by Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"The Three Images of EU Strategic Autonomy: Perspectives on Wedging, Binding and Hedging", by Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @danielfiott.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
"The Three Images of EU Strategic Autonomy: Perspectives on Wedging, Binding and Hedging", by Daniel Fiott, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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❗CSDS Research❗
"European Strategic Autonomy as a Double-Edged Sword? US Perspectives in an Era of Sino-American Competition", by Linde Desmaele, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"European Strategic Autonomy as a Double-Edged Sword? US Perspectives in an Era of Sino-American Competition", by Linde Desmaele, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"European Strategic Autonomy as a Double-Edged Sword? US Perspectives in an Era of Sino-American Competition", by Linde Desmaele, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"European Strategic Autonomy as a Double-Edged Sword? US Perspectives in an Era of Sino-American Competition", by Linde Desmaele, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗
"How Russia Sees War: An Examination", by Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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"How Russia Sees War: An Examination", by Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗
"How Russia Sees War: An Examination", by Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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"How Russia Sees War: An Examination", by Beatrice Heuser for CSDS.
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❗️New Analysis❗️
Here is the 2nd #CHIPDIPLO paper by @joristeer.bsky.social @riccardobosticco.bsky.social and @acalcara.bsky.social entitled "Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU’s Semiconductor Lodestar".
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Here is the 2nd #CHIPDIPLO paper by @joristeer.bsky.social @riccardobosticco.bsky.social and @acalcara.bsky.social entitled "Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU’s Semiconductor Lodestar".
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December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
❗️New Analysis❗️
Here is the 2nd #CHIPDIPLO paper by @joristeer.bsky.social @riccardobosticco.bsky.social and @acalcara.bsky.social entitled "Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU’s Semiconductor Lodestar".
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institutmontaigne.org/ressources/p...
Here is the 2nd #CHIPDIPLO paper by @joristeer.bsky.social @riccardobosticco.bsky.social and @acalcara.bsky.social entitled "Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU’s Semiconductor Lodestar".
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Today, Ambassador and Professor Michael Reiterer will deliver a lecture on achieving economic security and the prospects of the EU joining the CPTPP. He will be delivering the lecture at Temple University Japan.
More info
www.tuj.ac.jp
More info
www.tuj.ac.jp
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Today, Ambassador and Professor Michael Reiterer will deliver a lecture on achieving economic security and the prospects of the EU joining the CPTPP. He will be delivering the lecture at Temple University Japan.
More info
www.tuj.ac.jp
More info
www.tuj.ac.jp
❗New Podcast"
Three Japan Chairs in one place? No problem! Eva Pejsova joins Robert Ward and Kristi Govella for a "Japan Memo" podcast discussion on Japan's security and diplomacy in 2025.
Listen
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Three Japan Chairs in one place? No problem! Eva Pejsova joins Robert Ward and Kristi Govella for a "Japan Memo" podcast discussion on Japan's security and diplomacy in 2025.
Listen
www.iiss.org/podcasts/jap... @epejsova.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
❗New Podcast"
Three Japan Chairs in one place? No problem! Eva Pejsova joins Robert Ward and Kristi Govella for a "Japan Memo" podcast discussion on Japan's security and diplomacy in 2025.
Listen
www.iiss.org/podcasts/jap... @epejsova.bsky.social
Three Japan Chairs in one place? No problem! Eva Pejsova joins Robert Ward and Kristi Govella for a "Japan Memo" podcast discussion on Japan's security and diplomacy in 2025.
Listen
www.iiss.org/podcasts/jap... @epejsova.bsky.social
❗CSDS Research❗
"Cautious Optimism: Unravelling Chinese Views on European Strategic Autonomy", by Ruolin Su and Hongsong Liu, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"Cautious Optimism: Unravelling Chinese Views on European Strategic Autonomy", by Ruolin Su and Hongsong Liu, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Cautious Optimism: Unravelling Chinese Views on European Strategic Autonomy", by Ruolin Su and Hongsong Liu, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"Cautious Optimism: Unravelling Chinese Views on European Strategic Autonomy", by Ruolin Su and Hongsong Liu, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
❗CSDS Research❗
"The Unbalanced Transatlantic Relationship: Understanding US Influence in Europe", by Federico Steinberg and Jeffrey Anderson, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"The Unbalanced Transatlantic Relationship: Understanding US Influence in Europe", by Federico Steinberg and Jeffrey Anderson, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"The Unbalanced Transatlantic Relationship: Understanding US Influence in Europe", by Federico Steinberg and Jeffrey Anderson, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"The Unbalanced Transatlantic Relationship: Understanding US Influence in Europe", by Federico Steinberg and Jeffrey Anderson, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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❗CSDS Research❗
"Understanding Chinese Influence in Europe: An Institutional Asymmetry Approach", by Andreea Budeanu and Shaun Breslin, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"Understanding Chinese Influence in Europe: An Institutional Asymmetry Approach", by Andreea Budeanu and Shaun Breslin, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Understanding Chinese Influence in Europe: An Institutional Asymmetry Approach", by Andreea Budeanu and Shaun Breslin, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"Understanding Chinese Influence in Europe: An Institutional Asymmetry Approach", by Andreea Budeanu and Shaun Breslin, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
❗CSDS Research❗
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating EU Strategic Autonomy Amid US-China Trade Competition", by Kristen Hopewell, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating EU Strategic Autonomy Amid US-China Trade Competition", by Kristen Hopewell, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating EU Strategic Autonomy Amid US-China Trade Competition", by Kristen Hopewell, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating EU Strategic Autonomy Amid US-China Trade Competition", by Kristen Hopewell, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
❗CSDS Research❗
"Technological Underpinnings of European Autonomy and US-China Competition", by A. Calcara, J. Teer & I. Zaccagnini, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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"Technological Underpinnings of European Autonomy and US-China Competition", by A. Calcara, J. Teer & I. Zaccagnini, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
❗CSDS Research❗
"Technological Underpinnings of European Autonomy and US-China Competition", by A. Calcara, J. Teer & I. Zaccagnini, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu
"Technological Underpinnings of European Autonomy and US-China Competition", by A. Calcara, J. Teer & I. Zaccagnini, in the Journal of European Integration, for our ERC-funded project.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erc.europa.eu