CEPS Foreign Policy
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Founded in Brussels in 1983, @CEPS.eu is a leading think tank and forum for debate on EU affairs, with an exceptionally strong in-house research capacity and an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world.
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Turkey has become one of the most active middle powers navigating a fragmenting global order. 🇹🇷
In their new policy brief, guest authors Jeffery Mankoff and @muhdansaglam.bsky.social outline how the US and Europe can strengthen cooperation with Turkey.
Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...
In their new policy brief, guest authors Jeffery Mankoff and @muhdansaglam.bsky.social outline how the US and Europe can strengthen cooperation with Turkey.
Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Turkey has become one of the most active middle powers navigating a fragmenting global order. 🇹🇷
In their new policy brief, guest authors Jeffery Mankoff and @muhdansaglam.bsky.social outline how the US and Europe can strengthen cooperation with Turkey.
Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...
In their new policy brief, guest authors Jeffery Mankoff and @muhdansaglam.bsky.social outline how the US and Europe can strengthen cooperation with Turkey.
Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...
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At yesterday's event on Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Moldova's 🇲🇩 EU integration, our speakers discussed the 2025 Enlargement Package and both countries' EU accession targets 🇪🇺
Thank you to our speakers Cristina Gherasimov, Taras Kachka, & Gert Jan Koopman as well as to moderator @tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social! 🎙️
Thank you to our speakers Cristina Gherasimov, Taras Kachka, & Gert Jan Koopman as well as to moderator @tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social! 🎙️
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
At yesterday's event on Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Moldova's 🇲🇩 EU integration, our speakers discussed the 2025 Enlargement Package and both countries' EU accession targets 🇪🇺
Thank you to our speakers Cristina Gherasimov, Taras Kachka, & Gert Jan Koopman as well as to moderator @tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social! 🎙️
Thank you to our speakers Cristina Gherasimov, Taras Kachka, & Gert Jan Koopman as well as to moderator @tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social! 🎙️
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We are live (streaming): www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
with DG Koopman 🇪🇺 and Ambassadors of Albania 🇦🇱, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Moldova 🇲🇩, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦
with DG Koopman 🇪🇺 and Ambassadors of Albania 🇦🇱, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Moldova 🇲🇩, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We are live (streaming): www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
with DG Koopman 🇪🇺 and Ambassadors of Albania 🇦🇱, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Moldova 🇲🇩, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦
with DG Koopman 🇪🇺 and Ambassadors of Albania 🇦🇱, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Moldova 🇲🇩, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦
One more of our trusted partners falls victim to the Georgian Dream’s increasing repression. As an independent policy research institution sharing GIP’s democratic values, @ceps.eu stands with its Georgian colleagues
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GIP, Georgia’s Key Think Tank, Halts Work Citing Repression, Loss of Mission - Civil Georgia
The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a leading Tbilisi-based think tank established in 2011, an
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October 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
One more of our trusted partners falls victim to the Georgian Dream’s increasing repression. As an independent policy research institution sharing GIP’s democratic values, @ceps.eu stands with its Georgian colleagues
civil.ge/archives/703...
civil.ge/archives/703...
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🔎 With 4 EU states recognising the State of Palestine and new Commission measures against Israel, Europe’s stance is shifting.
It may not change realities on the ground, but it signals hope to the Palestinian people and and warns Netanyahu that impunity has limits.
👉 bit.ly/4mJNv9m
It may not change realities on the ground, but it signals hope to the Palestinian people and and warns Netanyahu that impunity has limits.
👉 bit.ly/4mJNv9m
September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🔎 With 4 EU states recognising the State of Palestine and new Commission measures against Israel, Europe’s stance is shifting.
It may not change realities on the ground, but it signals hope to the Palestinian people and and warns Netanyahu that impunity has limits.
👉 bit.ly/4mJNv9m
It may not change realities on the ground, but it signals hope to the Palestinian people and and warns Netanyahu that impunity has limits.
👉 bit.ly/4mJNv9m
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VDL has promised to widen the ‘simplification’ agenda to other policy areas. With various forms of ‘gradual integration’, her Commission has gone the opposite way, adding administrative burden to an already long and cumbersome process.
Here’s a proposal to radically simplify EU enlargement 👇
Here’s a proposal to radically simplify EU enlargement 👇
While the 🇪🇺 enlargement process has seen the implementation of a new ‘gradual integration’ concept, these developments have left the core formal accession procedure unchanged.
Here's what Michael Emerson & @stevenblockmans.bsky.social propose to simplify and streamline accession 👉 bit.ly/46lz5r0
Here's what Michael Emerson & @stevenblockmans.bsky.social propose to simplify and streamline accession 👉 bit.ly/46lz5r0
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
VDL has promised to widen the ‘simplification’ agenda to other policy areas. With various forms of ‘gradual integration’, her Commission has gone the opposite way, adding administrative burden to an already long and cumbersome process.
Here’s a proposal to radically simplify EU enlargement 👇
Here’s a proposal to radically simplify EU enlargement 👇
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#REUNIRBlog
🇲🇩 In a new op-ed, Iulian Groza (IPRE - Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene) highlights how civil society, independent media, and state institutions are working together to safeguard democratic integrity.
👉 Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/op-ed-moldov...
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🇲🇩 In a new op-ed, Iulian Groza (IPRE - Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene) highlights how civil society, independent media, and state institutions are working together to safeguard democratic integrity.
👉 Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/op-ed-moldov...
@horizoneu.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#REUNIRBlog
🇲🇩 In a new op-ed, Iulian Groza (IPRE - Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene) highlights how civil society, independent media, and state institutions are working together to safeguard democratic integrity.
👉 Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/op-ed-moldov...
@horizoneu.bsky.social
🇲🇩 In a new op-ed, Iulian Groza (IPRE - Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene) highlights how civil society, independent media, and state institutions are working together to safeguard democratic integrity.
👉 Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/op-ed-moldov...
@horizoneu.bsky.social
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Can international organisations be both effective and robust — or must one always come at the expense of the other?
Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Can international organisations be both effective and robust — or must one always come at the expense of the other?
Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
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📢 We are launching a new Task Force on a European Pillar within NATO with @rusi.bsky.social, Clingendael and the Institute for European Policymaking of Bocconi University.
It will bring together experts to define practical steps for strengthening Europe’s defence readiness.
👉 bit.ly/4mGWJnr
It will bring together experts to define practical steps for strengthening Europe’s defence readiness.
👉 bit.ly/4mGWJnr
September 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📢 We are launching a new Task Force on a European Pillar within NATO with @rusi.bsky.social, Clingendael and the Institute for European Policymaking of Bocconi University.
It will bring together experts to define practical steps for strengthening Europe’s defence readiness.
👉 bit.ly/4mGWJnr
It will bring together experts to define practical steps for strengthening Europe’s defence readiness.
👉 bit.ly/4mGWJnr
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Save the date! Join us on Sept 9 at 18:00 in Berlin for an event on “Crafting Global Narratives – Strategic Communications for Multilateralism.”
REGISTER NOW: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com
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August 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Save the date! Join us on Sept 9 at 18:00 in Berlin for an event on “Crafting Global Narratives – Strategic Communications for Multilateralism.”
REGISTER NOW: ensuredinberlin.eventbrite.com
@maastrichtu.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social @ensured.bsky.social
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Thanks to a generous Centre for Applied Turkish Studies (CATS) grant on the impact of Turkey's Asia pivot on the EU, we had the opportunity to explore how the EU's Neighborhood policy and China strategy are inherently linked together.
📩 In the run-up to the upcoming EU-China summit, our new Policy Brief by @cerenjilan.bsky.social and Derya Gocer offers a critical look at Turkey-China relations and proposes two key policy actions moving forward.
READ IT HERE 👉 bit.ly/3UrnLm8
READ IT HERE 👉 bit.ly/3UrnLm8
July 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thanks to a generous Centre for Applied Turkish Studies (CATS) grant on the impact of Turkey's Asia pivot on the EU, we had the opportunity to explore how the EU's Neighborhood policy and China strategy are inherently linked together.
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More powerful than the previous open letter, these fmr EUDs are not mincing their words:
Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitute complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its member states claim to uphold.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitute complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its member states claim to uphold.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Open letter from 34 ex-EU ambassadors: 'Act now against Israel'
An open letter by 34 former European Union ambassadors calling for immediate and effective measures against Israel’s unlawful actions in Gaza and the West Bank.
euobserver.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
More powerful than the previous open letter, these fmr EUDs are not mincing their words:
Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitute complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its member states claim to uphold.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitute complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its member states claim to uphold.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
@CEPS.eu Associate Senior Fellows and ex-EU envoys sign an open letter to top Commission and Council leaders demanding effective EU action against the Israeli government crimes in Gaza. They float measures that can be adopted without unanimity: www.politico.eu/wp-content/u...
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July 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
@CEPS.eu Associate Senior Fellows and ex-EU envoys sign an open letter to top Commission and Council leaders demanding effective EU action against the Israeli government crimes in Gaza. They float measures that can be adopted without unanimity: www.politico.eu/wp-content/u...
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🌍🇪🇺 To strengthen its global competitiveness, the EU plans to shift from a development-focused role to ‘open strategic autonomy’.
📌 Our new commentary by @cerenjilan.bsky.social provides a comprehensive assessment of the Global Gateway and its highly debated future trajectory.
READ 👉 bit.ly/3TracTl
📌 Our new commentary by @cerenjilan.bsky.social provides a comprehensive assessment of the Global Gateway and its highly debated future trajectory.
READ 👉 bit.ly/3TracTl
July 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌍🇪🇺 To strengthen its global competitiveness, the EU plans to shift from a development-focused role to ‘open strategic autonomy’.
📌 Our new commentary by @cerenjilan.bsky.social provides a comprehensive assessment of the Global Gateway and its highly debated future trajectory.
READ 👉 bit.ly/3TracTl
📌 Our new commentary by @cerenjilan.bsky.social provides a comprehensive assessment of the Global Gateway and its highly debated future trajectory.
READ 👉 bit.ly/3TracTl
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🇪🇺🤝 EU member states aim to harmonise standards in the dual-use sphere, stimulate joint production, and facilitate joint procurement.
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social's new report examines the conditions necessary for raising European strategic autonomy.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/3IeelHW
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social's new report examines the conditions necessary for raising European strategic autonomy.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/3IeelHW
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🇪🇺🤝 EU member states aim to harmonise standards in the dual-use sphere, stimulate joint production, and facilitate joint procurement.
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social's new report examines the conditions necessary for raising European strategic autonomy.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/3IeelHW
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social's new report examines the conditions necessary for raising European strategic autonomy.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/3IeelHW
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🔴 LIVE NOW / Our discussion with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking has commenced!
Our speakers will discuss the evolving landscape of EU defence spending from a dynamic and holistic perspective.
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/44xhhH2
Our speakers will discuss the evolving landscape of EU defence spending from a dynamic and holistic perspective.
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/44xhhH2
July 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🔴 LIVE NOW / Our discussion with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking has commenced!
Our speakers will discuss the evolving landscape of EU defence spending from a dynamic and holistic perspective.
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/44xhhH2
Our speakers will discuss the evolving landscape of EU defence spending from a dynamic and holistic perspective.
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/44xhhH2
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🔴 LIVE NOW / Our @reunir.bsky.social's event is kicking off!
We are looking forward to constructive insights from @ric-alcaro.bsky.social on the overlapping constraints defining EU policy.
Learn more 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
We are looking forward to constructive insights from @ric-alcaro.bsky.social on the overlapping constraints defining EU policy.
Learn more 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
July 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔴 LIVE NOW / Our @reunir.bsky.social's event is kicking off!
We are looking forward to constructive insights from @ric-alcaro.bsky.social on the overlapping constraints defining EU policy.
Learn more 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
We are looking forward to constructive insights from @ric-alcaro.bsky.social on the overlapping constraints defining EU policy.
Learn more 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
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⏳ TOMORROW / Our event with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking will examine the evolution of the EU’s defence strategy.
📊 From economic value to battlefield experience, it will promote a holistic angle that captures the topic’s fast-growing nuances.
REGISTER 👉 bit.ly/3TSZFk1
📊 From economic value to battlefield experience, it will promote a holistic angle that captures the topic’s fast-growing nuances.
REGISTER 👉 bit.ly/3TSZFk1
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
⏳ TOMORROW / Our event with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking will examine the evolution of the EU’s defence strategy.
📊 From economic value to battlefield experience, it will promote a holistic angle that captures the topic’s fast-growing nuances.
REGISTER 👉 bit.ly/3TSZFk1
📊 From economic value to battlefield experience, it will promote a holistic angle that captures the topic’s fast-growing nuances.
REGISTER 👉 bit.ly/3TSZFk1
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🗳️⚖️ What makes an IO “democratic”? Our research shows that it is all about participation & accountability.
In recent reports, ENSURED researchers looked at which factors undermine democracy in IOs. They include:
🛑 Restrictions on civil society participation
🛑 Regime complexity
🛑 Great speed
In recent reports, ENSURED researchers looked at which factors undermine democracy in IOs. They include:
🛑 Restrictions on civil society participation
🛑 Regime complexity
🛑 Great speed
July 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🗳️⚖️ What makes an IO “democratic”? Our research shows that it is all about participation & accountability.
In recent reports, ENSURED researchers looked at which factors undermine democracy in IOs. They include:
🛑 Restrictions on civil society participation
🛑 Regime complexity
🛑 Great speed
In recent reports, ENSURED researchers looked at which factors undermine democracy in IOs. They include:
🛑 Restrictions on civil society participation
🛑 Regime complexity
🛑 Great speed
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TOMORROW / We're hosting a webinar to brief our members on the recent #EUCO & #NATO summits. Through the expertise of @nathalietocci.bsky.social & James Moran, we'll evaluate the topical complexities of defence and security in line with recent geopolitical developments
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/3I3A7xV
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/3I3A7xV
June 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
TOMORROW / We're hosting a webinar to brief our members on the recent #EUCO & #NATO summits. Through the expertise of @nathalietocci.bsky.social & James Moran, we'll evaluate the topical complexities of defence and security in line with recent geopolitical developments
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/3I3A7xV
LEARN MORE 👉 bit.ly/3I3A7xV
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📆🗣️ On 4 July, we are organising an event with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking to discuss the evolving landscape of overall EU military expenditure amidst key geopolitical developments.
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/3Iln4Ie
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/3Iln4Ie
June 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
📆🗣️ On 4 July, we are organising an event with Bocconi University's Institute for European Policymaking to discuss the evolving landscape of overall EU military expenditure amidst key geopolitical developments.
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/3Iln4Ie
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/3Iln4Ie
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🇪🇺🇮🇪 Did you miss last week’s event with Irish minister Thomas Byrne from @irelandineu.bsky.social?
From the “principles-based pragmatism” to a “neutrality in terms of non-membership of military alliances”, he discussed EU security & defence from an Irish perspective.
Watch it again 👉 bit.ly/4lh2ozR
From the “principles-based pragmatism” to a “neutrality in terms of non-membership of military alliances”, he discussed EU security & defence from an Irish perspective.
Watch it again 👉 bit.ly/4lh2ozR
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🇪🇺🇮🇪 Did you miss last week’s event with Irish minister Thomas Byrne from @irelandineu.bsky.social?
From the “principles-based pragmatism” to a “neutrality in terms of non-membership of military alliances”, he discussed EU security & defence from an Irish perspective.
Watch it again 👉 bit.ly/4lh2ozR
From the “principles-based pragmatism” to a “neutrality in terms of non-membership of military alliances”, he discussed EU security & defence from an Irish perspective.
Watch it again 👉 bit.ly/4lh2ozR
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⏰ Our event on 2 July expands on the @reunir.bsky.social lecture series, to assess how the EU responds to major crises considering pivotal developments like the second Trump administration.
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/4475P6d
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/4475P6d
June 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
⏰ Our event on 2 July expands on the @reunir.bsky.social lecture series, to assess how the EU responds to major crises considering pivotal developments like the second Trump administration.
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/4475P6d
REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/4475P6d
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For MS to use the 5% pledge & build a “common defence” (Art 24.1 TEU) as a European pillar within NATO, the key capabilities listed in the White Paper need to be framed in a roadmap which adds the rest of DOTMLPF-P to strengthen the EU’s military arm.
I took some time to unpack these elements 👇
I took some time to unpack these elements 👇
🇪🇺🤝 How can Europe move from fragmented national spending to a truly common defence capability?
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social analyses eight governance models to conclude how Europe can strengthen its strategic autonomy and effectively deter malevolent great powers.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/46djJoy
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social analyses eight governance models to conclude how Europe can strengthen its strategic autonomy and effectively deter malevolent great powers.
READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/46djJoy
June 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
For MS to use the 5% pledge & build a “common defence” (Art 24.1 TEU) as a European pillar within NATO, the key capabilities listed in the White Paper need to be framed in a roadmap which adds the rest of DOTMLPF-P to strengthen the EU’s military arm.
I took some time to unpack these elements 👇
I took some time to unpack these elements 👇