Miriam Kosmehl
@miriamkosmehl.bsky.social
Senior Expert Eastern Europe Bertelsmann Stiftung
Now more than ever, the EU should increase economic pressure on Russia - to deprive it of the resources it uses to wage war. Moscow still earns €450 m a day from fossil fuels, €200 m from sales to China alone (Source: @CREACleanAir „Russia Fossil Tracker“)
Ahead of the European Council meeting this week, the EU hopes to move ahead with the 19th Russia sanctions package, which now is only held up by Slovakia.
@miriamkosmehl.bsky.social explained here how the package was prepared and what it should focus on: bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
@miriamkosmehl.bsky.social explained here how the package was prepared and what it should focus on: bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
EU Prepares 19th Sanctions Package Against Russia’s War Economy
When EU foreign ministers meet at the end of August in Denmark, the current Council Presidency holder, the agenda is expected to include increasing pressure on Russia. President Vladimir Putin will on...
bst-europe.eu
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Now more than ever, the EU should increase economic pressure on Russia - to deprive it of the resources it uses to wage war. Moscow still earns €450 m a day from fossil fuels, €200 m from sales to China alone (Source: @CREACleanAir „Russia Fossil Tracker“)
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6/ Curious to learn more? You can read our report geoii.eu/publikatione..., explore the data at our interactive website geoii.eu, and join us for our online launch event on 1 October, 14:00 CEST at this link: bertelsmann-stiftung-de.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index
Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index analyzes evolving trade/investment ties between EU, US, China, Russia 2010-2023 #geoeconomics
geoii.eu
September 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
6/ Curious to learn more? You can read our report geoii.eu/publikatione..., explore the data at our interactive website geoii.eu, and join us for our online launch event on 1 October, 14:00 CEST at this link: bertelsmann-stiftung-de.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
In her first State of the Union Address of the 2024-2029 Commission, President von der Leyen gives pride of place to the danger Russia poses. Check out our @bst-europe.bsky.social team's first thoughts 👉 bst-europe.eu/europe-in-th...
State of the European Union Address 2025: Our Experts React
After Ursula von der Leyen withstood considerable headwinds over the summer, the Commission President was under pressure to regain momentum. She sought to do so by evoking the gravity of the moment, d...
bst-europe.eu
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In her first State of the Union Address of the 2024-2029 Commission, President von der Leyen gives pride of place to the danger Russia poses. Check out our @bst-europe.bsky.social team's first thoughts 👉 bst-europe.eu/europe-in-th...
🧵With Russia stepping up attacks on Ukraine's civilians & critical infrastructure, and US Pres Trump now pointing to a "second phase" of sanctions against Russia, my thoughts on the upcoming 19th EU sanctions package remain relevant.
September 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧵With Russia stepping up attacks on Ukraine's civilians & critical infrastructure, and US Pres Trump now pointing to a "second phase" of sanctions against Russia, my thoughts on the upcoming 19th EU sanctions package remain relevant.
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If the EU wants to matter in SCCA, it will want to ensure it presents itself as a partner.
Find out more about EU and SCCA ties in our graphic here, created by @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social
globaleurope.eu/tag/ged-info...
Find out more about EU and SCCA ties in our graphic here, created by @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social
globaleurope.eu/tag/ged-info...
GED Infographic Apps Archives - Global & European Dynamics
Uncover the Global Economic Landscape: Our interactive infographics invite you to explore the complex economic interactions between the EU and key world regions. Compare how the EU’s connections stack...
globaleurope.eu
April 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the EU wants to matter in SCCA, it will want to ensure it presents itself as a partner.
Find out more about EU and SCCA ties in our graphic here, created by @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social
globaleurope.eu/tag/ged-info...
Find out more about EU and SCCA ties in our graphic here, created by @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social
globaleurope.eu/tag/ged-info...
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Earlier this month, the EU and the countries of Central Asia held their first collective summit in Samarkand.
Result: €12B pledged under Global Gateway.
But “connectivity” here means more than wires + roads. It’s vital for overlapping regional spheres of influence. A 🧵
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Result: €12B pledged under Global Gateway.
But “connectivity” here means more than wires + roads. It’s vital for overlapping regional spheres of influence. A 🧵
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April 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Earlier this month, the EU and the countries of Central Asia held their first collective summit in Samarkand.
Result: €12B pledged under Global Gateway.
But “connectivity” here means more than wires + roads. It’s vital for overlapping regional spheres of influence. A 🧵
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Result: €12B pledged under Global Gateway.
But “connectivity” here means more than wires + roads. It’s vital for overlapping regional spheres of influence. A 🧵
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We‘re getting there! EU policy people seem to be a bit slower to move, but this shows (again) that replacing X is possible.
Bluesky consolidating as key platform for science.
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky’s ahead, but is X a dead parrot?
Altmetric has been capturing and integrating Bluesky posts since October 2024. What does the data look like now?
www.altmetric.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We‘re getting there! EU policy people seem to be a bit slower to move, but this shows (again) that replacing X is possible.
Einordnung von @etiennehoera.d-64.social für alle, die sich fragen, ob EU-China-Beziehungen es hergeben, nicht nur aktuelle US-Politik auszugleichen, sondern Russlands Beliefern mit Gütern mit Kriegsverwendungszweck zu unterbinden. Welche "Interessenschnittmengen" EU/China könnten Grundlage sein?
EU-Handelskommissar Šefčovič reist morgen für Gespräche nach China. Keine schlechte Idee, aber zu viel sollten wir nicht erwarten:
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Einordnung von @etiennehoera.d-64.social für alle, die sich fragen, ob EU-China-Beziehungen es hergeben, nicht nur aktuelle US-Politik auszugleichen, sondern Russlands Beliefern mit Gütern mit Kriegsverwendungszweck zu unterbinden. Welche "Interessenschnittmengen" EU/China könnten Grundlage sein?
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Sehr gute Einordnung von @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social - Russlands Maximalforderungen stehen Frieden im Weg, selbst wenn die Ukraine zu Zugeständnissen bereit wäre (und ohne Sicherheitsgarantien keine dauerhafte Sicherheit).
🧵 Thread: „Territoriale Konzessionen“
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
March 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sehr gute Einordnung von @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social - Russlands Maximalforderungen stehen Frieden im Weg, selbst wenn die Ukraine zu Zugeständnissen bereit wäre (und ohne Sicherheitsgarantien keine dauerhafte Sicherheit).
🧵 Thread: „Territoriale Konzessionen“
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🧵 Thread: „Territoriale Konzessionen“
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
Wie realistisch ist Frieden für die Ukraine, wenn Russland noch mehr fordert als es schon hält?
Ein Blick auf Maximalforderungen, Risiken & Optionen:
How could the EU Commission make room for more defence spending? This issue remains critical, Russia must be taken seriously as a threat to Europe, no matter how current negotiations develop. Here a colleague's thoughts and suggestions 👇
Because it fears a change of the EU fiscal rules, the Commission is resorting to a very far-reaching interpretation of the rules to make room for much more defense spending. This is a shortsighted mistake because it risks accidentally killing the rules altogether at the worst moment.
Here is why:
Here is why:
March 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How could the EU Commission make room for more defence spending? This issue remains critical, Russia must be taken seriously as a threat to Europe, no matter how current negotiations develop. Here a colleague's thoughts and suggestions 👇
Empfehle diese gut verständliche Übersicht meiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen, um handelspolitische Herausforderungen einzuordnen und mitzudiskutieren, wie Deutschland angesichts von Sicherheitsrisiken und sinkenden Exporten handeln kann👇
Zölle, sinkende Exporte, Sicherheitsrisiken - was kommt handelspolitisch auf die neue Bundesregierung zu? Mit @corajungbluth.bsky.social und Thieß Petersen habe ich Ideen zu den wichtigsten Problemfeldern aufgeschrieben - 🧵
March 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Empfehle diese gut verständliche Übersicht meiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen, um handelspolitische Herausforderungen einzuordnen und mitzudiskutieren, wie Deutschland angesichts von Sicherheitsrisiken und sinkenden Exporten handeln kann👇
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... Thank you for inviting me to write this op-ed! With 3 years of full war & unpredictable transatlantic relations, I wish for a unified Europe that recognises #Ukraine’s strategic importance and takes action to enable further accessions, economic integration & security.
Is Ukraine's EU accession dependent on Zelensky being there?
The US is now discrediting the very people who have maintained a functioning state under full-scale war for three long years — adding to the long list of challenges Ukrainian society must navigate.
euobserver.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... Thank you for inviting me to write this op-ed! With 3 years of full war & unpredictable transatlantic relations, I wish for a unified Europe that recognises #Ukraine’s strategic importance and takes action to enable further accessions, economic integration & security.
Recommend my colleague @brandonbohrn.bsky.social‘s thread on latest U.S. statements. Central: Europe is on its own. Conclusion: If smart, Ukraine‘s role and significance is recognized as integral part of European defence and secured by us Europeans.
Taken together, these developments should come as no surprise: an increasing U.S. shift away from Europe with mounting pressure on Europeans to step up on their own security and defense. More to follow this week at the MSC with VP Vance, Sp. Envoy R/UKR Kellogg in attendance.
February 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Recommend my colleague @brandonbohrn.bsky.social‘s thread on latest U.S. statements. Central: Europe is on its own. Conclusion: If smart, Ukraine‘s role and significance is recognized as integral part of European defence and secured by us Europeans.
This compiled analysis, prepared by valued colleagues in Kyiv, provides insights into what should be taken into account for meaningful negotiations with an imperialist head of state who has neither changed his aims nor run out of time neweurope.org.ua/en/analytics...
What should the US President take into consideration before the beginning of (and during) negotiations with Putin about Ukraine?
Key recommendations based on answers given by diplomats, participants of negotiations, researchers
neweurope.org.ua
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This compiled analysis, prepared by valued colleagues in Kyiv, provides insights into what should be taken into account for meaningful negotiations with an imperialist head of state who has neither changed his aims nor run out of time neweurope.org.ua/en/analytics...
Informative on the new Multiannual Financial Framework that will shape Europe into the 2030s. @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social focuses his thread on the challenge of trade-offs - in defence, prosperity, climate. Their significance for our shared future is a key reason to work united for a common goal.
So: The Commission is on the right track. It has outlined the choices that have to be made and a number of ways how things could work better. Member states should be supportive now. And then hopefully the Commission will follow through with an ambitious proposal that keeps in mind these risks.
February 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Informative on the new Multiannual Financial Framework that will shape Europe into the 2030s. @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social focuses his thread on the challenge of trade-offs - in defence, prosperity, climate. Their significance for our shared future is a key reason to work united for a common goal.
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Wir laden Euch ein zur Diskussion mit Maksym Butkevych, einem der bekanntesten ukrainischen Menschenrechtsaktivisten, und Maria Kovalchuk, Historikerin und Zeitzeugin der „Revolution der Würde“.
Moderiert von @efdavies.bsky.social
Mehr Infos:
deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/publications...
Moderiert von @efdavies.bsky.social
Mehr Infos:
deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/publications...
February 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wir laden Euch ein zur Diskussion mit Maksym Butkevych, einem der bekanntesten ukrainischen Menschenrechtsaktivisten, und Maria Kovalchuk, Historikerin und Zeitzeugin der „Revolution der Würde“.
Moderiert von @efdavies.bsky.social
Mehr Infos:
deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/publications...
Moderiert von @efdavies.bsky.social
Mehr Infos:
deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/publications...
Of course, Ukraine, with its wealth of resources, can contribute to future industries. Its deposits of rare minerals are immense, which is why the EU has been regarding it as a strategic partner, including in environmentally friendly economic policies www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...
Ukraine’s future competitiveness – Directions for structural shifts in investment and trade
Amid the full-scale war, Ukrainian and European policymakers face the challenge of supporting the Ukrainian economy to ensure that recovery and EU integration are not jeopardized from the outset. Econ...
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Of course, Ukraine, with its wealth of resources, can contribute to future industries. Its deposits of rare minerals are immense, which is why the EU has been regarding it as a strategic partner, including in environmentally friendly economic policies www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...
Tatsächlich kann die Ukraine mit ihrem Ressourcenreichtum zu Zukunftsindustrien wie Elektromobilität beitragen. Ihre Vorkommen seltener Mineralien sind enorm. Längst sieht die EU sie als strategischen Partner auch für umweltfreundliche Wirtschaftspolitik www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...
Ukraine’s future competitiveness – Directions for structural shifts in investment and trade
Amid the full-scale war, Ukrainian and European policymakers face the challenge of supporting the Ukrainian economy to ensure that recovery and EU integration are not jeopardized from the outset. Econ...
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tatsächlich kann die Ukraine mit ihrem Ressourcenreichtum zu Zukunftsindustrien wie Elektromobilität beitragen. Ihre Vorkommen seltener Mineralien sind enorm. Längst sieht die EU sie als strategischen Partner auch für umweltfreundliche Wirtschaftspolitik www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-proje...
#Ukraine: Calibrating #EU #enlargement & #security Read our new #PolicyPaper ➡️https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/sovereign-europe/project-news/translate-to-english-navigating-ukraines-eu-accession-aligning-security-and-integration-strategies @bertelsmannst.bsky.social @libmod.de
December 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
#Ukraine: Calibrating #EU #enlargement & #security Read our new #PolicyPaper ➡️https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/sovereign-europe/project-news/translate-to-english-navigating-ukraines-eu-accession-aligning-security-and-integration-strategies @bertelsmannst.bsky.social @libmod.de