Steven Everts
@sbeverts.bsky.social
Thoughts on Europe and the world. Director of @EUISS.bsky.social - the EU think tank on foreign and security policy. Views here are strictly personal - but we can share them.
"Europe’s biggest underpriced risk is financial dependence on the United States" I argue for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social.
Great set of 'blind spots' with @cerianbond.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social @dimitarh.bsky.social @jakubjanda.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social and more
Great set of 'blind spots' with @cerianbond.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social @dimitarh.bsky.social @jakubjanda.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social and more
Taking the Pulse: What Issue Is Europe Ignoring at Its Peril in 2026?
2026 has started in crisis, as the actions of unpredictable leaders shape an increasingly volatile global environment. To shift from crisis response to strategic foresight, what under-the-radar issues...
carnegieendowment.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"Europe’s biggest underpriced risk is financial dependence on the United States" I argue for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social.
Great set of 'blind spots' with @cerianbond.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social @dimitarh.bsky.social @jakubjanda.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social and more
Great set of 'blind spots' with @cerianbond.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social @dimitarh.bsky.social @jakubjanda.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social and more
“A citizen is not a customer and sovereignty is not a service”.
Spot on👌by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Spot on👌by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Tech sovereignty should not be a subscription model
Concern about the loss of jurisdiction and agency to US companies is becoming more pressing for Europeans
giftarticle.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
“A citizen is not a customer and sovereignty is not a service”.
Spot on👌by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Spot on👌by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
And … we are back to blaming the victim.
"I think he's ready to make a deal," Trump said of the Russian president. "I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal." Asked why U.S.-led negotiations had not yet resolved Europe's largest land conflict since World War Two, Trump responded: "Zelensky."
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Trump says Zelenskiy, not Putin, is holding up a Ukraine peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters that Ukraine - not Russia - is holding up a potential peace deal, rhetoric that stands in marked contrast to that of European allies, who have consistently arg...
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 AM
And … we are back to blaming the victim.
European troops being rapidly replied to defend European territory. Good.
Not against Russian aggression but US threats. Less good.
Every hour we spend on this manufactured crisis is one we don’t spend on defending ourselves from non-manufactured threats.
Not against Russian aggression but US threats. Less good.
Every hour we spend on this manufactured crisis is one we don’t spend on defending ourselves from non-manufactured threats.
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
European troops being rapidly replied to defend European territory. Good.
Not against Russian aggression but US threats. Less good.
Every hour we spend on this manufactured crisis is one we don’t spend on defending ourselves from non-manufactured threats.
Not against Russian aggression but US threats. Less good.
Every hour we spend on this manufactured crisis is one we don’t spend on defending ourselves from non-manufactured threats.
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One way to get a home advantage in the World Cup.
Sec. Marco Rubio freezes all visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries:
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
One way to get a home advantage in the World Cup.
Reposted by Steven Everts
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
European governments and companies should pay closer attention and up their game. ↘️
‼️ Ukraine's PM confirms Kyiv is awarding one of its largest lithium deposits to Trump-linked investors
Ukraine's PM confirms Kyiv is awarding one of its largest lithium deposits to Trump-linked investors
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has confirmed that a consortium led by TechMet and The Rock Holdings has won the tender to develop mineral resources in Kirovohrad Oblast.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
European governments and companies should pay closer attention and up their game. ↘️
As Trump pressures Fed Chair Powell…
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
As Trump pressures Fed Chair Powell…
“From relatively small increases in common spending to a full-fledged digital currency, the EU has game-changing tools at the ready…it could use a “buy European” policy and its ample savings to build domestic supply on everything from AI to most weapons in a matter of years.”
Why don’t we?
Why don’t we?
Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone ft.trib.al/zVWWKZs | opinion
Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone
The more the EU has to pay for ingratiation with Trump, the less convincing its strategic rationale for doing so
ft.trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“From relatively small increases in common spending to a full-fledged digital currency, the EU has game-changing tools at the ready…it could use a “buy European” policy and its ample savings to build domestic supply on everything from AI to most weapons in a matter of years.”
Why don’t we?
Why don’t we?
To unleash ICE on Native Americans is beyond parody…
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
To unleash ICE on Native Americans is beyond parody…
“It's better to do something significant at 24 than being perennially paralysed by the need to act at 27."
Me on why Europe struggles to defend its interests & how it can overcome a "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast with @almutm.bsky.social
Me on why Europe struggles to defend its interests & how it can overcome a "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast with @almutm.bsky.social
"There's an unwillingness from Europeans to think & act in terms of power & to hold their own in a hypercompetitive world. It doesn't have to be this way."
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
“It's better to do something significant at 24 than being perennially paralysed by the need to act at 27."
Me on why Europe struggles to defend its interests & how it can overcome a "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast with @almutm.bsky.social
Me on why Europe struggles to defend its interests & how it can overcome a "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast with @almutm.bsky.social
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"There's an unwillingness from Europeans to think & act in terms of power & to hold their own in a hypercompetitive world. It doesn't have to be this way."
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
"There's an unwillingness from Europeans to think & act in terms of power & to hold their own in a hypercompetitive world. It doesn't have to be this way."
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
@sbeverts.bsky.social on Europe's "psychology of weakness" on @epc-official.bsky.social podcast.
🎙️ Listen: on.soundcloud.com/m8EV3cn2w9b4...
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Maduro’s ousting has pushed the Caribbean into uncharted waters. Europe must prepare for the fallout of Venezuela’s crisis & take concrete steps to protect EU territories and regional partners, writes @gspataf95.bsky.social.
➡️ Read the analysis🔗 ow.ly/f4ws50XSWXI
➡️ Read the analysis🔗 ow.ly/f4ws50XSWXI
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Maduro’s ousting has pushed the Caribbean into uncharted waters. Europe must prepare for the fallout of Venezuela’s crisis & take concrete steps to protect EU territories and regional partners, writes @gspataf95.bsky.social.
➡️ Read the analysis🔗 ow.ly/f4ws50XSWXI
➡️ Read the analysis🔗 ow.ly/f4ws50XSWXI
After tough negotiations, 24 EU countries decide to borrow 90bn to keep Ukraine in the fight.
Meanwhile, same period and without many noticing, European farmers hold the EU to ransom and get 100 bn extra on top of already lavish funds.
Priorities??
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
Meanwhile, same period and without many noticing, European farmers hold the EU to ransom and get 100 bn extra on top of already lavish funds.
Priorities??
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The Brief – Tractors steal a modern EU budget | Euractiv
No matter the crop yields this year, farmers can rest assured that von der Leyen will yield to their demands
www.euractiv.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
After tough negotiations, 24 EU countries decide to borrow 90bn to keep Ukraine in the fight.
Meanwhile, same period and without many noticing, European farmers hold the EU to ransom and get 100 bn extra on top of already lavish funds.
Priorities??
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
Meanwhile, same period and without many noticing, European farmers hold the EU to ransom and get 100 bn extra on top of already lavish funds.
Priorities??
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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China & Russia are watching US moves in #Venezuela. "This could be deadly dangerous," warns @sbeverts.bsky.social. Like Trump, they think in terms of "spheres of influence" and consider the use of power justified to create "dominance in their backyards." fd.nl/politiek/158...
‘Trumps ingreep in Venezuela is verdere ondermijning internationale rechtsorde’
Donald Trump gooit met zijn militaire actie in Caracas de op regels gebaseerde wereldorde overhoop, vrezen experts. Rusland en China veroordelen de ingreep, maar denken in feite precies hetzelfde: dat...
fd.nl
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
China & Russia are watching US moves in #Venezuela. "This could be deadly dangerous," warns @sbeverts.bsky.social. Like Trump, they think in terms of "spheres of influence" and consider the use of power justified to create "dominance in their backyards." fd.nl/politiek/158...
Volgens Everts denken China en Rusland namelijk net als Trump in ‘invloedssferen’ en in het vooropstellen van het eigen belang ten koste van de op regels gebaseerde wereldorde. Ook achten ze het gebruik van macht gerechtvaardigd om ‘dominantie in hun achtertuinen’ te creëren.
fd.nl/politiek/158...
fd.nl/politiek/158...
‘Trumps ingreep in Venezuela is verdere ondermijning internationale rechtsorde’
Donald Trump gooit met zijn militaire actie in Caracas de op regels gebaseerde wereldorde overhoop, vrezen experts. Rusland en China veroordelen de ingreep, maar denken in feite precies hetzelfde: dat...
fd.nl
January 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Volgens Everts denken China en Rusland namelijk net als Trump in ‘invloedssferen’ en in het vooropstellen van het eigen belang ten koste van de op regels gebaseerde wereldorde. Ook achten ze het gebruik van macht gerechtvaardigd om ‘dominantie in hun achtertuinen’ te creëren.
fd.nl/politiek/158...
fd.nl/politiek/158...
Many of us have been written about what *concretely* Europe should do to go from knowing it’s under threat and the old solutions don’t work anymore.
@maxbergmann.bsky.social right that we won’t get out of this without more *integration*. Money per se not the obstacle (anymore).
@maxbergmann.bsky.social right that we won’t get out of this without more *integration*. Money per se not the obstacle (anymore).
Those calling for Europe to "wake up" need to outline a plan. What does it mean for Europe to "wake up." I think Europe is very much awake. But it doesn't know where it should go. There's just a brain death default to more defense spending.
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
Big reforms are needed on defense and foreign policy 1/
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Many of us have been written about what *concretely* Europe should do to go from knowing it’s under threat and the old solutions don’t work anymore.
@maxbergmann.bsky.social right that we won’t get out of this without more *integration*. Money per se not the obstacle (anymore).
@maxbergmann.bsky.social right that we won’t get out of this without more *integration*. Money per se not the obstacle (anymore).
Sixty years ago the genius Tom Lehrer wrote the song Send the Marines. Every word still relevant.
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open.spotify.com/track/6DSpLj...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Sixty years ago the genius Tom Lehrer wrote the song Send the Marines. Every word still relevant.
open.spotify.com/track/6DSpLj...
open.spotify.com/track/6DSpLj...
💥More of this please.
It’s about time also other European leaders speak with this kind of clarity. Preferably not just on insane threats to Greenland…
It’s about time also other European leaders speak with this kind of clarity. Preferably not just on insane threats to Greenland…
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
💥More of this please.
It’s about time also other European leaders speak with this kind of clarity. Preferably not just on insane threats to Greenland…
It’s about time also other European leaders speak with this kind of clarity. Preferably not just on insane threats to Greenland…
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
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Comment quatre ans de guerre en Ukraine ont redéfini l'Europe. Avec @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus et d'autres.
Comment quatre années de guerre en Ukraine ont redéfini l’Union européenne
ANALYSE. Avec l’agression de l’Ukraine par la Russie, le monde dans lequel s’était construite l’UE a disparu. Les Vingt-Sept ont compris tardivement que la paix n’était « plus acquise en Europe » et p...
www.lemonde.fr
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Comment quatre ans de guerre en Ukraine ont redéfini l'Europe. Avec @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus et d'autres.
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How the war in Ukraine redefined Europe.
With @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus and more🙏
With @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus and more🙏
How four years of war in Ukraine redefined the European Union
With Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the world that saw the construction of EU has all but disappeared. The 27 member states belatedly recognized that peace was 'no longer a given in Europe,' and...
www.lemonde.fr
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
How the war in Ukraine redefined Europe.
With @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus and more🙏
With @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus and more🙏
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“ @sbeverts.bsky.social regrette que l’Europe, tétanisée par la peur de l’escalade face à Trump, ne parvienne pas à se débarrasser de la “psychologie de la faiblesse” qui l’afflige” www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Comment quatre années de guerre en Ukraine ont redéfini l’Union européenne
ANALYSE. Avec l’agression de l’Ukraine par la Russie, le monde dans lequel s’était construite l’UE a disparu. Les Vingt-Sept ont compris tardivement que la paix n’était « plus acquise en Europe » et p...
www.lemonde.fr
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
“ @sbeverts.bsky.social regrette que l’Europe, tétanisée par la peur de l’escalade face à Trump, ne parvienne pas à se débarrasser de la “psychologie de la faiblesse” qui l’afflige” www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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🇺🇦🇬🇧 The Ukrainian choir Songs for Ukraine performed during King Charles III’s annual Christmas address in the United Kingdom.
At Westminster Abbey, the choir presented a new arrangement of Carol of the Bells, a piece originally based on Shchedryk by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.
At Westminster Abbey, the choir presented a new arrangement of Carol of the Bells, a piece originally based on Shchedryk by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.
December 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🇺🇦🇬🇧 The Ukrainian choir Songs for Ukraine performed during King Charles III’s annual Christmas address in the United Kingdom.
At Westminster Abbey, the choir presented a new arrangement of Carol of the Bells, a piece originally based on Shchedryk by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.
At Westminster Abbey, the choir presented a new arrangement of Carol of the Bells, a piece originally based on Shchedryk by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.