Sienna Nordquist
@siennanordquist.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Bocconi 📚 CWAR Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford 📜 Posts about 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸🗳️💡🍨🌅🌄
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Here I go again! Thrilled to share I have started a period as a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University this week…which means I’m also around for the #IMF-#World Bank #AnnualMeetings. Let me know if you’re around DC and want to catch up, now or in the coming weeks
La victoire ! I’m going to Paris 😊💕
Nothing quite captures how messy the PhD life is like the French visa officers saying: “We have never ever seen an application this complicated”
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
La victoire ! I’m going to Paris 😊💕
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Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America
Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
Reposted by Sienna Nordquist
Join the Women in Comparative & International Politics (WICIP) Network! 🌍
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: wicip+subscribe@googlegroups.com
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: wicip+subscribe@googlegroups.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Join the Women in Comparative & International Politics (WICIP) Network! 🌍
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: wicip+subscribe@googlegroups.com
International working group for women scholars in IR, CP, IPE & CSS. Monthly meetings to close the gender citation gap and build collaborative research.
To join, email: wicip+subscribe@googlegroups.com
It was great to attend Volha Charnysh’s presentation of her new work on Nazi repression in Poland and legacy effects on religiosity and support for the PiS today at the @mortaracenter.bsky.social!
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It was great to attend Volha Charnysh’s presentation of her new work on Nazi repression in Poland and legacy effects on religiosity and support for the PiS today at the @mortaracenter.bsky.social!
Daniel Gros writes for IEP that the US actually has a *trade surplus* with China on rare earth compounds. This gives the US an advantage over China in manufacturing high-tech products and weakens the bite of 🇨🇳 rare earth export controls. 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/why-china-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Daniel Gros writes for IEP that the US actually has a *trade surplus* with China on rare earth compounds. This gives the US an advantage over China in manufacturing high-tech products and weakens the bite of 🇨🇳 rare earth export controls. 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/why-china-...
The attached figure of Chinese tomato paste sales to Italy made my jaw drop 🍅🚢 www.ft.com/content/deea...
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The attached figure of Chinese tomato paste sales to Italy made my jaw drop 🍅🚢 www.ft.com/content/deea...
Georgetown has me parallel parking like a pro for the first time in 3+ years 💪🏻🚗
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Georgetown has me parallel parking like a pro for the first time in 3+ years 💪🏻🚗
After BBVA's failed takeover bid in October, a BBVA executive says there is no way for BBVA, Santander, or Caixabank to takeover others because this would harm competition due to their size #SpanishBanksWatch #EuropeanBanksWatch cincodias.elpais.com/companias/20...
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
After BBVA's failed takeover bid in October, a BBVA executive says there is no way for BBVA, Santander, or Caixabank to takeover others because this would harm competition due to their size #SpanishBanksWatch #EuropeanBanksWatch cincodias.elpais.com/companias/20...
Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros argue for IEP this week that the digital euro could do "reputational damage" to the ECB if it doesn't propose clear benefits over existing payment systems and address potential excessive public control 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/are-we-on-...
Are We on the Verge of a Historic Revolution in How Money is Used for Payments?
The history of money is, in essence, the story of a successful marriage between finance and technology. Today’s technology is digital
iepbu.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros argue for IEP this week that the digital euro could do "reputational damage" to the ECB if it doesn't propose clear benefits over existing payment systems and address potential excessive public control 👉 iepbu.substack.com/p/are-we-on-...
UniCredit has submitted an appeal of the Italian government's previous stipulations (using the Golden Power) for an acquisition of Banco Bpm. It comes the day before the Eurogroup meets to discuss the European Banking Union. #ItalianBanksWatch www.corriere.it/economia/fin...
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
UniCredit has submitted an appeal of the Italian government's previous stipulations (using the Golden Power) for an acquisition of Banco Bpm. It comes the day before the Eurogroup meets to discuss the European Banking Union. #ItalianBanksWatch www.corriere.it/economia/fin...
Newport, Rhode Island, USA — November 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Newport, Rhode Island, USA — November 2025
Girls’ day shopping observation: The clothes from Canada, France, and Italy had been marked up, and then subsequently marked down 🛍️
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Girls’ day shopping observation: The clothes from Canada, France, and Italy had been marked up, and then subsequently marked down 🛍️
Cambridge (Massachusetts) — October/November 2025
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cambridge (Massachusetts) — October/November 2025
Important discussions in the INTA committee this week on the 🇺🇸🇪🇺 trade deal, including whether to apply steel tariffs on the US until the US lifts theirs on the EU, a hardline against the anti-coercion instrument, & a potential safeguard for agriculture. www.euractiv.com/news/meps-ba...
MEPs back tweaks to US tariff deal – but want tougher line on Washington | Euractiv
Parliament’s trade chair vows to “safeguard citizens, consumers, and producers” as EU–US tariff deal moves ahead
www.euractiv.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Important discussions in the INTA committee this week on the 🇺🇸🇪🇺 trade deal, including whether to apply steel tariffs on the US until the US lifts theirs on the EU, a hardline against the anti-coercion instrument, & a potential safeguard for agriculture. www.euractiv.com/news/meps-ba...
A good deep dive on UniCredit in the @FT today, reviving #ItalianBanksWatch. Noted in this piece is the uncertainty about whether the bid for Commerzbank will move forward in 2027, and the bank's stake in Alpha. www.ft.com/content/4285...
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A good deep dive on UniCredit in the @FT today, reviving #ItalianBanksWatch. Noted in this piece is the uncertainty about whether the bid for Commerzbank will move forward in 2027, and the bank's stake in Alpha. www.ft.com/content/4285...
2x yesterday, in different contexts, I heard Isaiah Berlin's "The Hedgehog and the Fox" essay brought up. I am clearly meant to spend this Halloween reflecting on the differences between thinkers, writers, and, ultimately, leaders 🦊🦔 . Semi-spooky attached: assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s99...
assets.press.princeton.edu
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
2x yesterday, in different contexts, I heard Isaiah Berlin's "The Hedgehog and the Fox" essay brought up. I am clearly meant to spend this Halloween reflecting on the differences between thinkers, writers, and, ultimately, leaders 🦊🦔 . Semi-spooky attached: assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s99...
A treat to attend Edward Luce’s panel on his new book: Zbig. Excellent to hear the discussion of Brzezinski’s life, Harvard connections, and Cold War purpose from foreign policy and European studies experts who know it best!
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A treat to attend Edward Luce’s panel on his new book: Zbig. Excellent to hear the discussion of Brzezinski’s life, Harvard connections, and Cold War purpose from foreign policy and European studies experts who know it best!
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In this episode of the Dondena Decode podcast I have the honour of interviewing Nobel laureate James Robinson on the reasons why modern democracy is proving to be a fragile institution, on the importance of studying the past, on the consequences of getting a Nobel...
open.spotify.com/episode/4CqO...
open.spotify.com/episode/4CqO...
Dondena Decode - Episode 5
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October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In this episode of the Dondena Decode podcast I have the honour of interviewing Nobel laureate James Robinson on the reasons why modern democracy is proving to be a fragile institution, on the importance of studying the past, on the consequences of getting a Nobel...
open.spotify.com/episode/4CqO...
open.spotify.com/episode/4CqO...
I'll be spending my Friday reflecting on this paragraph from Brian Balogh's The Associational State (2015).
Here, he marks trends in American political development since the United States' founding through the 19th century.
Here, he marks trends in American political development since the United States' founding through the 19th century.
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'll be spending my Friday reflecting on this paragraph from Brian Balogh's The Associational State (2015).
Here, he marks trends in American political development since the United States' founding through the 19th century.
Here, he marks trends in American political development since the United States' founding through the 19th century.
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🇯🇵 🇪🇺 My favourite story yet written for @euractiv.com
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🇯🇵 🇪🇺 My favourite story yet written for @euractiv.com
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
10 years since I first visited Georgetown, I finally had a Georgetown cupcake! 🧁
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
10 years since I first visited Georgetown, I finally had a Georgetown cupcake! 🧁
Nothing quite captures how messy the PhD life is like the French visa officers saying: “We have never ever seen an application this complicated”
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nothing quite captures how messy the PhD life is like the French visa officers saying: “We have never ever seen an application this complicated”
The nice thing about walks in the DMV: I ran into a fellow LSE alum (who recognized my sweater) and we got to talking about London, Brexit, and European politics. And now I have a new friend in the neighborhood!
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The nice thing about walks in the DMV: I ran into a fellow LSE alum (who recognized my sweater) and we got to talking about London, Brexit, and European politics. And now I have a new friend in the neighborhood!
A special #SpanishBanksWatch this Friday as BBVA's hostile takeover of Sabadell has ultimately failed, ending a saga that started in May 2024 www.ft.com/content/9e25...
October 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A special #SpanishBanksWatch this Friday as BBVA's hostile takeover of Sabadell has ultimately failed, ending a saga that started in May 2024 www.ft.com/content/9e25...
A windfall tax on banks is now being considered in Italy again, and may put Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia on a collision course with Forza Italia #ItalianBanksWatch www.ft.com/content/32b6...
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A windfall tax on banks is now being considered in Italy again, and may put Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia on a collision course with Forza Italia #ItalianBanksWatch www.ft.com/content/32b6...