Veronica Anghel
@vanghel.bsky.social
Research @EUI_Schuman | Comparative Politics & IR | focus on EU & Central Eastern Europe & U.S. | Edit @jepp_journal | Doubting everything except democracy.
Swim! Definitely swim!
Looking forward to being back in Oxford this Tuesday. Please join us in conversation w/ @dimitarbechev.bsky.social & @Richard Youngs @St Antony's College or just come say hi.
Looking forward to being back in Oxford this Tuesday. Please join us in conversation w/ @dimitarbechev.bsky.social & @Richard Youngs @St Antony's College or just come say hi.
February 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Swim! Definitely swim!
Looking forward to being back in Oxford this Tuesday. Please join us in conversation w/ @dimitarbechev.bsky.social & @Richard Youngs @St Antony's College or just come say hi.
Looking forward to being back in Oxford this Tuesday. Please join us in conversation w/ @dimitarbechev.bsky.social & @Richard Youngs @St Antony's College or just come say hi.
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💥 What are Europe’s top security threats in 2026?
@vanghel.bsky.social & @gspataf95.bsky.social analyse the findings of the Global Risks to the EU survey & what they reveal about Europe’s security environment.
Read 🔗 ow.ly/Xqvt50Y002s
@vanghel.bsky.social & @gspataf95.bsky.social analyse the findings of the Global Risks to the EU survey & what they reveal about Europe’s security environment.
Read 🔗 ow.ly/Xqvt50Y002s
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
💥 What are Europe’s top security threats in 2026?
@vanghel.bsky.social & @gspataf95.bsky.social analyse the findings of the Global Risks to the EU survey & what they reveal about Europe’s security environment.
Read 🔗 ow.ly/Xqvt50Y002s
@vanghel.bsky.social & @gspataf95.bsky.social analyse the findings of the Global Risks to the EU survey & what they reveal about Europe’s security environment.
Read 🔗 ow.ly/Xqvt50Y002s
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📚 @vanghel.bsky.social expands on the survey results: "We see a spike across the EU in citizens' commitment to higher defence spending, a unified EU army, support for enlargement and for Ukraine - particularly since Trump took office."
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
📚 @vanghel.bsky.social expands on the survey results: "We see a spike across the EU in citizens' commitment to higher defence spending, a unified EU army, support for enlargement and for Ukraine - particularly since Trump took office."
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Top threat to the EU in 2026: hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure.
Other high-impact risks include a US withdrawal from security guarantees - seen by experts as having an impact comparable to a Russian nuclear strike.
@vanghel.bsky.social presents the survey’s findings.
Other high-impact risks include a US withdrawal from security guarantees - seen by experts as having an impact comparable to a Russian nuclear strike.
@vanghel.bsky.social presents the survey’s findings.
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Top threat to the EU in 2026: hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure.
Other high-impact risks include a US withdrawal from security guarantees - seen by experts as having an impact comparable to a Russian nuclear strike.
@vanghel.bsky.social presents the survey’s findings.
Other high-impact risks include a US withdrawal from security guarantees - seen by experts as having an impact comparable to a Russian nuclear strike.
@vanghel.bsky.social presents the survey’s findings.
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📊 @vanghel.bsky.social presents the results of the survey: "2026 introduces a very dangerous security environment for the EU. Nothing short of a strategy of total defence is necessary to respond to the converging threats we are facing."
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 PM
📊 @vanghel.bsky.social presents the results of the survey: "2026 introduces a very dangerous security environment for the EU. Nothing short of a strategy of total defence is necessary to respond to the converging threats we are facing."
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📅 2025 was an exciting year: year 1 A.J., the first year of a new era. The newly formed editorial team had no choice but to jump in at the deep end. Another record year of submissions left no time to linger. When I think about this past year with JEPP, two things come to mind: humility and gratitude
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📅 2025 was an exciting year: year 1 A.J., the first year of a new era. The newly formed editorial team had no choice but to jump in at the deep end. Another record year of submissions left no time to linger. When I think about this past year with JEPP, two things come to mind: humility and gratitude
✨ Happy holidays from our JEPP team!
Continuing our pre-holidays series, @vanghel.bsky.social is hibernating with her partner in Oxford, firmly insisting that doomscrolling the news and rewiewing debut books for the 2026 Council for European Studies Award is absolutely not work and that she is, in fact, on a proper Christmas break 🎄
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨ Happy holidays from our JEPP team!
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The Trump administration has designed “a security strategy for the age of social media, pegged to a never-ending, fluid, ever-adjustable present tense,” writes Michael Kimmage.
Trump’s Power Paradox
What kind of world order does his national security strategy seek?
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Trump administration has designed “a security strategy for the age of social media, pegged to a never-ending, fluid, ever-adjustable present tense,” writes Michael Kimmage.
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.35
🗣️ The #RussiaUkraineWar forced the EU to speak the language of power, but didn’t turn the #EU into a state.
↔️ @vanghel.bsky.social argues that enlargement is the EU’s prime relational technology, binding security to markets, institutions + publics.
👉 bit.ly/49T8ovT
🗣️ The #RussiaUkraineWar forced the EU to speak the language of power, but didn’t turn the #EU into a state.
↔️ @vanghel.bsky.social argues that enlargement is the EU’s prime relational technology, binding security to markets, institutions + publics.
👉 bit.ly/49T8ovT
🧭 Why enlargement is EU geopolitics
The Russia-Ukraine war forced the EU to speak the language of power, but it didn’t turn the EU into a state. Veronica Anghel argues that EU geopolitics looks different: dense ties, not just hard power...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.35
🗣️ The #RussiaUkraineWar forced the EU to speak the language of power, but didn’t turn the #EU into a state.
↔️ @vanghel.bsky.social argues that enlargement is the EU’s prime relational technology, binding security to markets, institutions + publics.
👉 bit.ly/49T8ovT
🗣️ The #RussiaUkraineWar forced the EU to speak the language of power, but didn’t turn the #EU into a state.
↔️ @vanghel.bsky.social argues that enlargement is the EU’s prime relational technology, binding security to markets, institutions + publics.
👉 bit.ly/49T8ovT
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❔| #TTP: Should Europe Negotiate with Russia?
By negotiating with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomacy with Russia.
With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time to talk to Moscow?
7️⃣ experts give their takes ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
By negotiating with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomacy with Russia.
With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time to talk to Moscow?
7️⃣ experts give their takes ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Taking the Pulse: Should Europe Negotiate with Russia?
By negotiating directly with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomatic contacts with Russia. With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time for Brussels to op...
carnegieendowment.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
❔| #TTP: Should Europe Negotiate with Russia?
By negotiating with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomacy with Russia.
With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time to talk to Moscow?
7️⃣ experts give their takes ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
By negotiating with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomacy with Russia.
With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time to talk to Moscow?
7️⃣ experts give their takes ⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
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⚔️ Special Issue on "Wartime Europe: EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement" edited by @vanghel.bsky.social
🌍 @vanghel.bsky.social: Why the EU is a geopolitical power: wartime enlargement, integration, and reform 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🌍 @vanghel.bsky.social: Why the EU is a geopolitical power: wartime enlargement, integration, and reform 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
⚔️ Special Issue on "Wartime Europe: EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement" edited by @vanghel.bsky.social
🌍 @vanghel.bsky.social: Why the EU is a geopolitical power: wartime enlargement, integration, and reform 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🌍 @vanghel.bsky.social: Why the EU is a geopolitical power: wartime enlargement, integration, and reform 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Love it! EU Enlargement by any other name.
Welcome to SAFE, Canada!
When like-minded partners join forces on security and defence in a turbulent world, our countries grow stronger, our industries benefit and our citizens are safer.
Our Joint Statement ↓
link.europa.eu/QCDtpr
When like-minded partners join forces on security and defence in a turbulent world, our countries grow stronger, our industries benefit and our citizens are safer.
Our Joint Statement ↓
link.europa.eu/QCDtpr
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Love it! EU Enlargement by any other name.
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📢 New issue, including the Special Issue on "Wartime Europe: EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement" edited by @vanghel.bsky.social, a debate on EU & NATO enlargement after 2022 and JEPP news 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📢 New issue, including the Special Issue on "Wartime Europe: EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement" edited by @vanghel.bsky.social, a debate on EU & NATO enlargement after 2022 and JEPP news 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
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📚 #EUIdeas: Asst. Prof. @vanghel.bsky.social & @eui-schuman.bsky.social Dir. @erik-jones.bsky.social explain why the EU tends to enlarge & reform at the same time. 🔗 https://loom.ly/RvMXrq0
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📚 #EUIdeas: Asst. Prof. @vanghel.bsky.social & @eui-schuman.bsky.social Dir. @erik-jones.bsky.social explain why the EU tends to enlarge & reform at the same time. 🔗 https://loom.ly/RvMXrq0
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“If Europe wants to help shape Russia, it must start now,” argue @vanghel.bsky.social and @radchenko.bsky.social. “Otherwise, Russian drones over Poland and Romania may be a harbinger of a far more troubling future to come.”
Europe’s Delayed Reckoning With Russia
A plan to beat the Kremlin on its own terms.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“If Europe wants to help shape Russia, it must start now,” argue @vanghel.bsky.social and @radchenko.bsky.social. “Otherwise, Russian drones over Poland and Romania may be a harbinger of a far more troubling future to come.”
Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
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encompass-europe.com/comment/euro... @erik-jones.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social @vanghel.bsky.social
Europe: mortal, yet resilient
The European Union can fail, but it doesn’t have to. That is the message that you read across Emmanual Macron’s 2024 Sorbonne speech, in Mario Draghi’s 2024 report on…
encompass-europe.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Already in Oxford & looking forward to this talk at Nuffield College on Nov 4.
I’m a bit skeptical that Oxford is eager to dissect the sources of the EU’s geopolitical power. Prove me wrong? Prove me wrong, please? If you’re around and we haven’t connected, DM me and let’s meet up.
I’m a bit skeptical that Oxford is eager to dissect the sources of the EU’s geopolitical power. Prove me wrong? Prove me wrong, please? If you’re around and we haven’t connected, DM me and let’s meet up.
November 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Already in Oxford & looking forward to this talk at Nuffield College on Nov 4.
I’m a bit skeptical that Oxford is eager to dissect the sources of the EU’s geopolitical power. Prove me wrong? Prove me wrong, please? If you’re around and we haven’t connected, DM me and let’s meet up.
I’m a bit skeptical that Oxford is eager to dissect the sources of the EU’s geopolitical power. Prove me wrong? Prove me wrong, please? If you’re around and we haven’t connected, DM me and let’s meet up.
💫 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲. We need to stop calling the EU a club. Everything else will follow.
⤵️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
⤵️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
💫 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲. We need to stop calling the EU a club. Everything else will follow.
⤵️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
⤵️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
The EU is a geopolitical actor.
In a new article, just published in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social, I introduce the SI 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.
I argue for a framework of 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: the EU’s way of wielding power.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4mvKnh6
In a new article, just published in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social, I introduce the SI 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.
I argue for a framework of 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: the EU’s way of wielding power.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4mvKnh6
Why the EU is a geopolitical power: wartime enlargement, integration, and reform
The European Union is undergoing strategic redefinition through wartime conditions and shifting global orders, seeking to position itself as a geopolitical power. Enlargement and deeper integration...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The EU is a geopolitical actor.
In a new article, just published in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social, I introduce the SI 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.
I argue for a framework of 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: the EU’s way of wielding power.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4mvKnh6
In a new article, just published in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social, I introduce the SI 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.
I argue for a framework of 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: the EU’s way of wielding power.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4mvKnh6
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An often-overlooked aspect in discussions on EU enlargement? The role of welfare security💡.
I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺
I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.29
@annreinl.bsky.social of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social argues that #Welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and #Migration and support for a larger #EU holds.
👉 bit.ly/3KfwFlb
@annreinl.bsky.social of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social argues that #Welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and #Migration and support for a larger #EU holds.
👉 bit.ly/3KfwFlb
🧭 Why securing welfare benefits is key to EU enlargement
Ann-Kathrin Reinl argues that welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for EU enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and migration. If we reassure c...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An often-overlooked aspect in discussions on EU enlargement? The role of welfare security💡.
I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺
I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺
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#Moldova votes this weekend, amid accusations of Russian interference. A snapshot of how elections were targeted in 2024 ⤵️ From @gspataf95.bsky.social & Nad’a Kovalčíková's Brief: ow.ly/wHyH50X239c.
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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🛶 The EU feels compelled to venture into unfamiliar waters of geopolitics - but how?
🗺️ @vanghel.bsky.social synthesises the contributions to JEPP's Special Issue on EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement
🔑 She argues that “relational geopolitics” is key
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🗺️ @vanghel.bsky.social synthesises the contributions to JEPP's Special Issue on EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement
🔑 She argues that “relational geopolitics” is key
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🛶 The EU feels compelled to venture into unfamiliar waters of geopolitics - but how?
🗺️ @vanghel.bsky.social synthesises the contributions to JEPP's Special Issue on EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement
🔑 She argues that “relational geopolitics” is key
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🗺️ @vanghel.bsky.social synthesises the contributions to JEPP's Special Issue on EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement
🔑 She argues that “relational geopolitics” is key
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Moldova is heading into parliamentary elections on 28 September. To cut through the slogans, Wyoming Star asked @vanghel.bsky.social to assess the government’s performance and the “Russia talk” in domestic politics.
wyomingstarnews.org/2025/09/18/e...
wyomingstarnews.org/2025/09/18/e...
EXCLUSIVE: Moldova’s EU Story Meets Hard Election Reality | Wyoming Star
Moldova is heading into parliamentary elections on 28 September, and the story the government is selling abroad (a shining European future, billions in EU ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with ...
wyomingstarnews.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Moldova is heading into parliamentary elections on 28 September. To cut through the slogans, Wyoming Star asked @vanghel.bsky.social to assess the government’s performance and the “Russia talk” in domestic politics.
wyomingstarnews.org/2025/09/18/e...
wyomingstarnews.org/2025/09/18/e...
Russia is escalating exactly as predicted; we are still reacting. The EU needs a Russia strategy. Much more to do, but here’s a start.
⬇️ w/ @radchenko.bsky.social
⬇️ w/ @radchenko.bsky.social
“If Europe wants to help shape Russia, it must start now,” argue Veronica Anghel and Sergey Radchenko. “Otherwise, Russian drones over Poland and Romania may be a harbinger of a far more troubling future to come.”
Europe’s Delayed Reckoning With Russia
A plan to beat the Kremlin on its own terms.
fam.ag
September 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Russia is escalating exactly as predicted; we are still reacting. The EU needs a Russia strategy. Much more to do, but here’s a start.
⬇️ w/ @radchenko.bsky.social
⬇️ w/ @radchenko.bsky.social