Alejandro Esteso Pérez
@aestesop.bsky.social
Political analyst & researcher | Western Balkans, EU enlargement & illiberalism | PhD candidate @uni-graz.at & visiting @unifr.bsky.social | Fellow @ GLPS Kosovo 🇽🇰 | Burek, memes, all things camp
📍 Vienna, Austria
🌐 www.alejandroestesoperez.com
📍 Vienna, Austria
🌐 www.alejandroestesoperez.com
One month in Switzerland and bilingualism really does feel like
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One month in Switzerland and bilingualism really does feel like
Rewatching old Eurovision shows (from not even 5 years ago) feels almost dystopian in 2025.
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
September 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Rewatching old Eurovision shows (from not even 5 years ago) feels almost dystopian in 2025.
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
✨ Excited to announce I will be spending the upcoming semester at @unifr.bsky.social as a PhD scholarship holder.
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
✨ Excited to announce I will be spending the upcoming semester at @unifr.bsky.social as a PhD scholarship holder.
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
📍 If you are in Brussels next Tuesday, do not miss the launch of #IDEES Magazine's latest issue dedicated to the Western Balkans.
A discussion on geopolitics, enlargement and illiberalism with @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech (EPC) & myself.
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
A discussion on geopolitics, enlargement and illiberalism with @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech (EPC) & myself.
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
May 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📍 If you are in Brussels next Tuesday, do not miss the launch of #IDEES Magazine's latest issue dedicated to the Western Balkans.
A discussion on geopolitics, enlargement and illiberalism with @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech (EPC) & myself.
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
A discussion on geopolitics, enlargement and illiberalism with @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech (EPC) & myself.
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
El domingo por la mañana:
May 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
El domingo por la mañana:
💥 On May 20th I will be in Brussels for the launch of the latest #IDEES Magazine, an issue dedicated to the Balkans.
Join @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech & myself for a discussion on all things EU-WB. And take home a copy of the magazine!
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
Join @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech & myself for a discussion on all things EU-WB. And take home a copy of the magazine!
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
May 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
💥 On May 20th I will be in Brussels for the launch of the latest #IDEES Magazine, an issue dedicated to the Balkans.
Join @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech & myself for a discussion on all things EU-WB. And take home a copy of the magazine!
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
Join @isabelleioannides.bsky.social, Berta López Domènech & myself for a discussion on all things EU-WB. And take home a copy of the magazine!
🔗 Register here lnkd.in/emc-fe8G
Spaniards and Portuguese living abroad and following the massive power outage like:
April 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Spaniards and Portuguese living abroad and following the massive power outage like:
🔴📣 Call for non-Visegrad 4 experts
💡 Applications are open for the Think Visegrad Fellowship 2025. A research stipend for a 6-to-8-week stay at a V4 host institution & the chance to pursue your own research project 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇸🇰🇵🇱
More info 👇🏻
think.visegradfund.org/fellowship/
💡 Applications are open for the Think Visegrad Fellowship 2025. A research stipend for a 6-to-8-week stay at a V4 host institution & the chance to pursue your own research project 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇸🇰🇵🇱
More info 👇🏻
think.visegradfund.org/fellowship/
March 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🔴📣 Call for non-Visegrad 4 experts
💡 Applications are open for the Think Visegrad Fellowship 2025. A research stipend for a 6-to-8-week stay at a V4 host institution & the chance to pursue your own research project 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇸🇰🇵🇱
More info 👇🏻
think.visegradfund.org/fellowship/
💡 Applications are open for the Think Visegrad Fellowship 2025. A research stipend for a 6-to-8-week stay at a V4 host institution & the chance to pursue your own research project 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇸🇰🇵🇱
More info 👇🏻
think.visegradfund.org/fellowship/
"Vetëvendosje was part of the opposition for so long that it never learnt to act like the party in power, which came with serious repercussions."
🖋️🗳️ @lurapo.bsky.social & Donika Emini on the #Kosovo elections for the @biepag.bsky.social blog
www.biepag.eu/blog/kosovo-...
🖋️🗳️ @lurapo.bsky.social & Donika Emini on the #Kosovo elections for the @biepag.bsky.social blog
www.biepag.eu/blog/kosovo-...
February 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Vetëvendosje was part of the opposition for so long that it never learnt to act like the party in power, which came with serious repercussions."
🖋️🗳️ @lurapo.bsky.social & Donika Emini on the #Kosovo elections for the @biepag.bsky.social blog
www.biepag.eu/blog/kosovo-...
🖋️🗳️ @lurapo.bsky.social & Donika Emini on the #Kosovo elections for the @biepag.bsky.social blog
www.biepag.eu/blog/kosovo-...
Trump before re-election: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
Trump now: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
EU leaders:
Trump now: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
February 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump before re-election: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
Trump now: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
EU leaders:
Trump now: "US help to Ukraine will stop"
EU leaders:
💥✏️ My article "The strengthening of the illiberal front in the Western Balkans" is now out on IDEES Magazine #63.
This issue was edited by @ruthferrero.bsky.social & Ioannis Armakolas, and features 15+ contributions from WB/EU colleagues.
Check it out!
revistaidees.cat/en/el-reforc...
This issue was edited by @ruthferrero.bsky.social & Ioannis Armakolas, and features 15+ contributions from WB/EU colleagues.
Check it out!
revistaidees.cat/en/el-reforc...
February 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
💥✏️ My article "The strengthening of the illiberal front in the Western Balkans" is now out on IDEES Magazine #63.
This issue was edited by @ruthferrero.bsky.social & Ioannis Armakolas, and features 15+ contributions from WB/EU colleagues.
Check it out!
revistaidees.cat/en/el-reforc...
This issue was edited by @ruthferrero.bsky.social & Ioannis Armakolas, and features 15+ contributions from WB/EU colleagues.
Check it out!
revistaidees.cat/en/el-reforc...
Let's not forget that before she led Serbian students to victory through an Instagram story, Madonna had already solved the situation in the Middle East in 2019 through her guest appearance at Eurovision. Bless her.
February 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Let's not forget that before she led Serbian students to victory through an Instagram story, Madonna had already solved the situation in the Middle East in 2019 through her guest appearance at Eurovision. Bless her.
🔴📣 ¡ÚLTIMAS PLAZAS!
El 10 de febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social @ucm.es) 🌍
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
El 10 de febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social @ucm.es) 🌍
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🔴📣 ¡ÚLTIMAS PLAZAS!
El 10 de febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social @ucm.es) 🌍
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
El 10 de febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social @ucm.es) 🌍
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
Travelling back to Spain for the winter holidays and having to unlearn the social monstruosities that Anglo-Saxon Europe forces us through
January 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Travelling back to Spain for the winter holidays and having to unlearn the social monstruosities that Anglo-Saxon Europe forces us through
🔴📣 ¡ATENCIÓN!
En febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' en @ucm.es 🌍
Ucrania, Palestina, Kosovo y más conflictos en la vecindad UE de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social)
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
En febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' en @ucm.es 🌍
Ucrania, Palestina, Kosovo y más conflictos en la vecindad UE de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social)
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
January 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🔴📣 ¡ATENCIÓN!
En febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' en @ucm.es 🌍
Ucrania, Palestina, Kosovo y más conflictos en la vecindad UE de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social)
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
En febrero arrancamos el Diploma Online 'Geopolítica de los Conflictos Congelados' en @ucm.es 🌍
Ucrania, Palestina, Kosovo y más conflictos en la vecindad UE de la mano de quienes mejor conocen el terreno (cc @ruthferrero.bsky.social)
Info y matrícula 📆👇🏻
www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
Despite dropping to -3°C, wrapping up 2024 was not *that* bad 🌞❄️
Segovia, Spain.
Segovia, Spain.
January 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Despite dropping to -3°C, wrapping up 2024 was not *that* bad 🌞❄️
Segovia, Spain.
Segovia, Spain.
This week I both returned to my sunny hometown & successfully defended my PhD proposal at @universityofgraz.bsky.social ☀️📚
Thank you @fbieber.bsky.social & @damirkapidzic.bsky.social for your support. Part 1 is done!
Thank you @fbieber.bsky.social & @damirkapidzic.bsky.social for your support. Part 1 is done!
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 AM
This week I both returned to my sunny hometown & successfully defended my PhD proposal at @universityofgraz.bsky.social ☀️📚
Thank you @fbieber.bsky.social & @damirkapidzic.bsky.social for your support. Part 1 is done!
Thank you @fbieber.bsky.social & @damirkapidzic.bsky.social for your support. Part 1 is done!
🔥 What an intense week in rainy Brussels as part of the #TEPSA Enlargement Academy #InvigoratEU.
Great opportunity to connect with EU institutions, think tanks, civil society & new peers 🇪🇺 😊
Great opportunity to connect with EU institutions, think tanks, civil society & new peers 🇪🇺 😊
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 AM
🔥 What an intense week in rainy Brussels as part of the #TEPSA Enlargement Academy #InvigoratEU.
Great opportunity to connect with EU institutions, think tanks, civil society & new peers 🇪🇺 😊
Great opportunity to connect with EU institutions, think tanks, civil society & new peers 🇪🇺 😊
The municipality of N. Mitrovica announced on Saturday that water tanks would supply the town with drinking water. This was first written in Albanian & only then in Serbian.
Certainly a very poor way of providing urgent communication to a community that is overwhelmingly Serbian-speaking.
Certainly a very poor way of providing urgent communication to a community that is overwhelmingly Serbian-speaking.
December 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The municipality of N. Mitrovica announced on Saturday that water tanks would supply the town with drinking water. This was first written in Albanian & only then in Serbian.
Certainly a very poor way of providing urgent communication to a community that is overwhelmingly Serbian-speaking.
Certainly a very poor way of providing urgent communication to a community that is overwhelmingly Serbian-speaking.
Parliamentary elections are coming up in Kosovo in February 2025. Conspiracy theories point towards the attack as a move by PM Albin Kurti to i.a. strengthen his chances to claim victory.
As things seem to stand (updated polling needed), no boost is needed for his party to win at the polls.
As things seem to stand (updated polling needed), no boost is needed for his party to win at the polls.
December 2, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Parliamentary elections are coming up in Kosovo in February 2025. Conspiracy theories point towards the attack as a move by PM Albin Kurti to i.a. strengthen his chances to claim victory.
As things seem to stand (updated polling needed), no boost is needed for his party to win at the polls.
As things seem to stand (updated polling needed), no boost is needed for his party to win at the polls.
Three days after the attack on the Ibar-Lepenac canal in the north of #Kosovo, accusations keep flying across sides. Not much new information has transpired as of yet.
A few thoughts on what we do know 🧵
A few thoughts on what we do know 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Three days after the attack on the Ibar-Lepenac canal in the north of #Kosovo, accusations keep flying across sides. Not much new information has transpired as of yet.
A few thoughts on what we do know 🧵
A few thoughts on what we do know 🧵
✨🇪🇺 Excited to announce that next week I will be (back) in Brussels to attend the #TEPSA InvigoratEU Academy under the motto "Making EU enlargement a success"
I am looking forward to a week-long programme with top-notch speakers and to meeting bright new peers 😊
Hit me up for a coffee!
I am looking forward to a week-long programme with top-notch speakers and to meeting bright new peers 😊
Hit me up for a coffee!
November 28, 2024 at 10:55 AM
✨🇪🇺 Excited to announce that next week I will be (back) in Brussels to attend the #TEPSA InvigoratEU Academy under the motto "Making EU enlargement a success"
I am looking forward to a week-long programme with top-notch speakers and to meeting bright new peers 😊
Hit me up for a coffee!
I am looking forward to a week-long programme with top-notch speakers and to meeting bright new peers 😊
Hit me up for a coffee!
It's totally giving this
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
It's totally giving this