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Steven Everts
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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.
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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...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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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.
December 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One more reason to cherish the EU. It’s a dog eat dog world out there.

Trite but true.

“…outside Europe, an era of the middle powers looks like being largely one of individual states scrapping for advantage in a precarious and ill-defined order.”

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Middle powers face a new age of uncertainty
Rather than unleashing a new multi-polar era, US retreat has left states scrapping for advantage in an ill-defined order
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December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Good job by Ukraine. But no way Putin will accept any of this. Russia will only negotiate for real when it is forced to do so. As ever, the problem is the Kremlin not Kyiv.
President Zelensky for the first time outlined 20 points from his Peace Proposal for Ukraine.
December 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Een erg sterke aflevering van @ajboekestijn.bsky.social, @robdewijk.bsky.social en @hugoreitsma.bsky.social. Inhoud erg goed, heerlijke sfeer, humor, goede leiding en interessante discussie met gast Steven Everts, directeur. Instituut voor veiligheidsstudies EU.
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Een overwinning voor Europa
Podcastaflevering · Boekestijn en De Wijk · 20-12-2025 · 36 min.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Meer dan 650 drones, 38 raketten, 13 regio’s getroffen.

Oekraïne stelde een wapenstilstand voor met Kerst, maar Poetin kiest opnieuw voor terreur en aanvallen op de energievoorziening van Oekraïne.

Ook in deze dagen verdient Oekraïne onze aandacht: onze steun gaat volop door! 🇺🇦
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🚨📑 Final policy brief of a geopolitically depressing, but productive 2025: "Tech war 2.0: The dangers of Trump's 'G2' bargaining with an emboldened China"

Merry Christmas / Happy 2026! More polrecs to come in new year..

@euiss.bsky.social / @sbeverts.bsky.social

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Tech war 2.0: The dangers of Trump's 'G2' bargaining with an emboldened China
Beijing has reshaped the US-China tech war by weaponising critical minerals, forcing Washington to abandon non-negotiable controls in favour of G2-bargaining. Europe now faces growing dependence and e...
www.iss.europa.eu
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Somber over positie van Europa in steeds gevaarlijkere wereld? Denk je dat we wegzakken in zwakte en irrelevantie?

Op zoek naar lichtpuntjes van hoe het wel kan?

Luister dan naar deze aflevering van @ajboekestijn.bsky.social & @robdewijk.bsky.social met @hugoreitsma.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Mijn eindejaarsinterview met Marcel de Boer van @fd.nl, afgenomen eind november. Over Pekings bouw van een industrieel fort, de gevaarlijke deindustrialisatie van Europa en hoe Japan en de VS veel sneller "de-risken"

Het interview: lnkd.in/eAez7whk

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December 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Are you listening Europe?
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Vaak somberen bij @ajboekestijn.bsky.social & @robdewijk.bsky.social .

Maar deze EU-top glas half vol:

✔️ Oekraïne krijgt geld voor twee jaar - kan ‘bad deal’ afwijzen.
✔️ Euro-bonds voor Oekraïne is stap vooruit naar samen investeren in veiligheid
✔️ Sterkere EU door normaliseren van coalities.
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On balance, a good outcome.

- Ukraine financed for next two years so not ‘forced’ to accept a bad deal.
- we avoid trap of ‘bridging solutions’ and combining purely nations contributions.
- EU foreign policy gets stronger by normalising use of QMV and enhanced cooperation
EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s funds
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December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Steun voor Oekraïne en de geloofwaardigheid van de Europese Unie zelf staan op het spel bij de EU-top nu in Brussel. @ajboekestijn.bsky.social en @robdewijk.bsky.social praten erover met EUISS-directeur @sbeverts.bsky.social. Vragen stellen kan hier! www.bnr.nl/podcast/boek...
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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"If no decision is taken now, the Russians – and not only them – will feel that Europe can be defeated. Defeat is definitely not what Europeans need. They need Europe not to back down in the face of aggressors. No rewards for the aggressor – this is the basic principle of peace."
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The resilience of Ukrainians is astounding. If you want to help this Christmas, Protect Ukraine passes everything onto Ukrainians, no staff, almost zero overhead, it's all idealism protectukraine.nl/make-a-donat...
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Will the reparations loan to Ukraine be adopted? What consequences if it isn't? And what are the other options on the table?

@sbeverts.bsky.social & @ditrych.bsky.social unpack the strategic stakes of the European Council.

▶️ Watch the full discussion: youtube.com/live/UbeFjlC...
December 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Great news, but shame it's reported with images of Oxbridge colleges rather than a more normal university - or indeed someone at work, because the "plus" in Erasmus plus is about vocational learning - the perspiring dreams more than the dreaming spires.
British students will once again be able to take part in the EU's Erasmus+ exchange scheme from January 2027 — following a six-year hiatus due to Brexit.
UK rejoins EU’s Erasmus exchange scheme after Brexit hiatus
Brussels and London also say they will finish talks on carbon and agri-food deals by middle of 2026
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
While Europeans and Americans negotiate a peace framework for Ukraine and Trump puts pressure on the victim, Putin responds with insults and re-stating his maximalist goals for his imperial war.

It was ever thus: Putin is the obstacle to peace.

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Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals
giftarticle.ft.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Honoured to have addressed the #PSC yesterday and to contribute to the EU’s strategic reflection. Director @sbeverts.bsky.social summarised the lessons learnt in 2025 along with the trends & risks shaping Europe’s priorities for the year ahead. #StrategicForesight
December 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Highly misleading headline.

Number of people wanting to increase aid is greater than those that want to cut. By a substantial margins. Yet the click bait headline says the opposite…. Sigh.
According to a POLITICO poll, respondents in France and Germany want their governments to scale back financial support to Kyiv.

That said, all five countries we surveyed backed sanctions against Russia 👇

🔗 politi.co/4pFG4SF 
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Russen en Amerikanen stellen plannen op, waar Europeanen dan paniekerig op reageren – zo gaat het nu meestal, ziet Steven Everts. De EU-top van deze week is een cruciaal moment om hier verandering in te brengen.

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Opinie | De EU moet ervoor kiezen geen lijdend voorwerp meer te zijn
Geopolitiek: Russen en Amerikanen stellen plannen op, waar Europeanen dan paniekerig op reageren – zo gaat het nu meestal, ziet Steven Everts. De EU-top van deze week is een cruciaal moment om hier…
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December 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Deze week is zo’n kantelmoment in de geschiedenis. Kan Europa doorpakken? Of zakken we door het ijs? Onderwerp of lijdend voorwerp?

Mijn stuk voor @nrc.nl

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | De EU moet ervoor kiezen geen lijdend voorwerp meer te zijn
Geopolitiek: Russen en Amerikanen stellen plannen op, waar Europeanen dan paniekerig op reageren – zo gaat het nu meestal, ziet Steven Everts. De EU-top van deze week is een cruciaal moment om hier ve...
www.nrc.nl
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM