Internationale Politik Quarterly
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Fall 2025 Issue: Defending Europe’s Economic Security
The 21st issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY focuses on the European Union in the new age of economic statecraft.
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Out today: Our fall issue, Defending Europe’s Economic Security, which also marks five years of IPQ.
We'll be sharing individual articles in the coming days & weeks and you can read the full issue here: ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2025...
We'll be sharing individual articles in the coming days & weeks and you can read the full issue here: ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2025...
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New from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Putin’s war against Ukraine has weakened Russia, turning it into a junior partner of China & triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will rebound against the United States in a similar way.
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Trump, Like Putin, Is Miscalculating on Europe
Vladimir Putin’s ill-judged war against Ukraine has weakened Russia—turning it into a junior partner of China and triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will reb...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Putin’s war against Ukraine has weakened Russia, turning it into a junior partner of China & triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will rebound against the United States in a similar way.
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
New from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Putin’s war against Ukraine has weakened Russia, turning it into a junior partner of China & triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will rebound against the United States in a similar way.
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
Trump, Like Putin, Is Miscalculating on Europe
Vladimir Putin’s ill-judged war against Ukraine has weakened Russia—turning it into a junior partner of China and triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will reb...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Putin’s war against Ukraine has weakened Russia, turning it into a junior partner of China & triggering Europe’s rearmament. Trump’s frontal assault on European democracy will rebound against the United States in a similar way.
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...
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Ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next year, Mavjuda Akramova Ochs examines how the country has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe.
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Gateway or Obstacle?
Hungary has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe. It could play an important role in the EU’s pivot to Central Asia.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next year, Mavjuda Akramova Ochs examines how the country has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe.
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
Ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next year, Mavjuda Akramova Ochs examines how the country has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe.
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
Gateway or Obstacle?
Hungary has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe. It could play an important role in the EU’s pivot to Central Asia.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next year, Mavjuda Akramova Ochs examines how the country has significantly expanded its links with the Organization of Turkic States, offering itself as a gateway to Europe.
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
ip-quarterly.com/en/gateway-o...
From @lucyaash.bsky.social: Ukrainian artists are playing their part in the country’s war effort and sending bold messages of defiance.
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Ukraine’s Artists Respond to War
Seeking new visual languages and forms of expression, Ukrainian artists are playing their part in the country’s war effort and sending bold messages of defiance.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From @lucyaash.bsky.social: Ukrainian artists are playing their part in the country’s war effort and sending bold messages of defiance.
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Europe needs to actively promote an alternative to US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition, which do not serve the EU.
New from @gesineweber.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...
New from @gesineweber.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...
Why Europe Should Work Toward Managed Multipolarity
US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition do not serve Europe. It must actively promote an alternative.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Europe needs to actively promote an alternative to US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition, which do not serve the EU.
New from @gesineweber.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...
New from @gesineweber.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...
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Don't want to read the US National Security Strategy? I have a nicer weekend read for you, hot off the press in @ipq.bsky.social:
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Why Europe Should Work Toward Managed Multipolarity
US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition do not serve Europe. It must actively promote an alternative.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Don't want to read the US National Security Strategy? I have a nicer weekend read for you, hot off the press in @ipq.bsky.social:
ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...
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"It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones."
On MAGA & regime change in Europe: ip-quarterly.com/en/maga-and-...
On MAGA & regime change in Europe: ip-quarterly.com/en/maga-and-...
MAGA and Regime Change in Europe
The new US foreign and security policy is often described as isolationist. But its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones."
On MAGA & regime change in Europe: ip-quarterly.com/en/maga-and-...
On MAGA & regime change in Europe: ip-quarterly.com/en/maga-and-...
New from @dgap.org's Stefan Meister: As Donald Trump seems prepared to end Russia’s war against Ukraine at almost any cost, Europeans need to become more active players in the peace plan.
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A European Peace Plan for Ukraine
US President Donald Trump seems prepared to bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end at almost any cost. The Europeans need to become more active players.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New from @dgap.org's Stefan Meister: As Donald Trump seems prepared to end Russia’s war against Ukraine at almost any cost, Europeans need to become more active players in the peace plan.
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
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As US envoy Steve Witkoff heads for Moscow again, read Stefan Meister @meistefan1.bsky.social on why the Europeans need their own plan & become more active players ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
A European Peace Plan for Ukraine
US President Donald Trump seems prepared to bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end at almost any cost. The Europeans need to become more active players.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As US envoy Steve Witkoff heads for Moscow again, read Stefan Meister @meistefan1.bsky.social on why the Europeans need their own plan & become more active players ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
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Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
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New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
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Building Europe’s Drone Wall
The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
Building Europe’s Drone Wall
The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
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New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
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Power Houses
Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
Power Houses
Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.
ip-quarterly.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
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The EU Summit set important impulses on the path to EU Sovereignty. Many concepts of our article made it into the mainstream debates…
It is definitely worth a read :)
It is definitely worth a read :)
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
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The “European Way”: The EU’s Digital Turning Point
The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to American techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The EU Summit set important impulses on the path to EU Sovereignty. Many concepts of our article made it into the mainstream debates…
It is definitely worth a read :)
It is definitely worth a read :)
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
The “European Way”: The EU’s Digital Turning Point
The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to American techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
ip-quarterly.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
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To improve “the state of the union,” Ursula von der Leyen has no choice but to try to step up.
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Von der Leyen Steps Into the Breach
Brussels’ latest bid to fill the European Union’s leadership void is taking place out of necessity. Paris, Berlin, and other capitals are currently too absorbed to take on the role.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To improve “the state of the union,” Ursula von der Leyen has no choice but to try to step up.
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
NEW from Simon Anholt: Even as Donald Trump promotes his brash credo that might is right, research shows that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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Hard Times for Soft Power
US President Donald Trump promotes a brash new global credo which holds that might is right. Research shows, though, that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW from Simon Anholt: Even as Donald Trump promotes his brash credo that might is right, research shows that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
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European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
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Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch
Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
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The EU needs an economic security council, @bigeurope.bsky.social’s Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe argue in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The EU needs an economic security council, @bigeurope.bsky.social’s Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe argue in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-...
NEW from @barnabyjdye.bsky.social: Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further.
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The US-India Breakdown Creates an Opening for Europe
Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
NEW from @barnabyjdye.bsky.social: Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further.
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Read Piotr Buras in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Read Piotr Buras in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...