Kaija Schilde
@kaijaschilde.bsky.social
Polisci + IR professor + Associate Dean, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies @bupardeeschool.bsky.social, Jean Monnet Chair of European Security and Defense + Global Fellow @Wilson Center
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Kaija Schilde
@kaijaschilde.bsky.social
· Mar 20
My book "The Political Economy of European Security"(2017) explains + predicts how transatlantic market competition accelerates EU-level defense. In lieu of overdue oped, here's my +Hellemeier's “Markets in Defense of Eur: Providing Public Goods in Euro. Defense.” www.econstor.eu/handle/10419....
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A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
Guido Goldman Fellowship
Guido Goldman, co-founding director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is…
ces.fas.harvard.edu
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
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Mario Draghi on rising weaponisation:
"So far, Europe's response has fallen into two traps: uncoordinated national efforts or blind faith that market forces will build new sectors. The first can never deliver scale. The second is impossible when others distort markets and tilt the playing field."
"So far, Europe's response has fallen into two traps: uncoordinated national efforts or blind faith that market forces will build new sectors. The first can never deliver scale. The second is impossible when others distort markets and tilt the playing field."
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Mario Draghi on rising weaponisation:
"So far, Europe's response has fallen into two traps: uncoordinated national efforts or blind faith that market forces will build new sectors. The first can never deliver scale. The second is impossible when others distort markets and tilt the playing field."
"So far, Europe's response has fallen into two traps: uncoordinated national efforts or blind faith that market forces will build new sectors. The first can never deliver scale. The second is impossible when others distort markets and tilt the playing field."
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It is with heavy heart (and, unfortunately, deep affection) that I must reshare a snippet from the 1980s masterpiece “Yes, Prime Minister”, in relation to Russia’s drone attack on a NATO ally.
September 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It is with heavy heart (and, unfortunately, deep affection) that I must reshare a snippet from the 1980s masterpiece “Yes, Prime Minister”, in relation to Russia’s drone attack on a NATO ally.
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"Right now, 90% of people in immigration detention are in a facility operated by a private detention corporation. GEO Group and CoreCivic are the two main corporations, and we’ve heard from their earnings calls that they’re very excited about getting more money & expand detention."
How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement - Bolts
Congress is poised to pour tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.
boltsmag.org
July 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Right now, 90% of people in immigration detention are in a facility operated by a private detention corporation. GEO Group and CoreCivic are the two main corporations, and we’ve heard from their earnings calls that they’re very excited about getting more money & expand detention."
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Europe needs a crash program for a mass-producible, low- to medium-cost cruise missile with a range of 500-1,000 km and a payload capacity above 100 kg.
Europe has forgotten that things can move quickly when there is political will and when idiosyncratic industrial interests are set aside.
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Europe has forgotten that things can move quickly when there is political will and when idiosyncratic industrial interests are set aside.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Europe needs a crash program for a mass-producible, low- to medium-cost cruise missile with a range of 500-1,000 km and a payload capacity above 100 kg.
Europe has forgotten that things can move quickly when there is political will and when idiosyncratic industrial interests are set aside.
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Europe has forgotten that things can move quickly when there is political will and when idiosyncratic industrial interests are set aside.
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@abenewman.bsky.social nails it: human beings, firms, investors and pretty much everyone don’t like uncertainty. The repeal of tariffs (if it happens) won’t undo the fear that’s been created 👇
1/ Welcome to the next episode of the trade war omnishambles: Court room drama. Sweeping ruling that Trump Administration overstepped its authority on tariffs. Markets will face even more uncertainty and in the long run it could undermine US national security.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US court blocks Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
A U.S. federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the United States than they buy.
www.reuters.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@abenewman.bsky.social nails it: human beings, firms, investors and pretty much everyone don’t like uncertainty. The repeal of tariffs (if it happens) won’t undo the fear that’s been created 👇
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We will all be next eventually. No university can assume it will be safe from the whims of the autocrat. An unprecedented authoritarian assault on higher education, but also an unprecedented assault on basic sanctity of contracts & the rule of law in general.
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We will all be next eventually. No university can assume it will be safe from the whims of the autocrat. An unprecedented authoritarian assault on higher education, but also an unprecedented assault on basic sanctity of contracts & the rule of law in general.
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Incredible map of private/public ICE prisons by size and location. The cluster of enormous private immigration prisons in Louisiana is really something.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Incredible map of private/public ICE prisons by size and location. The cluster of enormous private immigration prisons in Louisiana is really something.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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"In their Trump-induced panic, European military leaders and pundits have spent the last few months talking about all the combat power that Europe does not have. But they have failed to evaluate and consolidate the combat power that Europe does have."
www.foreignaffairs.com/north-americ...
www.foreignaffairs.com/north-americ...
How Europe Can Deter Russia
Deploying troops to Ukraine is not the answer.
www.foreignaffairs.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"In their Trump-induced panic, European military leaders and pundits have spent the last few months talking about all the combat power that Europe does not have. But they have failed to evaluate and consolidate the combat power that Europe does have."
www.foreignaffairs.com/north-americ...
www.foreignaffairs.com/north-americ...
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🚨🚨 Major scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: @ec.europa.eu is now issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.🧵
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears
European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices
www.ft.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨🚨 Major scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: @ec.europa.eu is now issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.🧵
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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Happy Ayo Edebiri day to all! Such an honor to welcome this Dorchester girl home & chat about how BPS & Boston shaped her path 🙌
April 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Happy Ayo Edebiri day to all! Such an honor to welcome this Dorchester girl home & chat about how BPS & Boston shaped her path 🙌
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I've been waiting for this one to come out!
@quinnslobodian.com's previous book, "Crack Up Capitalism," sparked my own work. If you want to understand the origins of our current political crisis, read everything he writes.
Pre-order! Book club!
bookshop.org/p/books/haye...
@quinnslobodian.com's previous book, "Crack Up Capitalism," sparked my own work. If you want to understand the origins of our current political crisis, read everything he writes.
Pre-order! Book club!
bookshop.org/p/books/haye...
April 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I've been waiting for this one to come out!
@quinnslobodian.com's previous book, "Crack Up Capitalism," sparked my own work. If you want to understand the origins of our current political crisis, read everything he writes.
Pre-order! Book club!
bookshop.org/p/books/haye...
@quinnslobodian.com's previous book, "Crack Up Capitalism," sparked my own work. If you want to understand the origins of our current political crisis, read everything he writes.
Pre-order! Book club!
bookshop.org/p/books/haye...
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markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands
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3) Related to #2, pending massive fiscal expansion in Europe needed to finance continental defense will enlarge the pool of euro assets as alternatives to UST (nowhere near enough to rival UST, but the market for euro securities will continue growing, esp. if --> fiscal union)
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April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
3) Related to #2, pending massive fiscal expansion in Europe needed to finance continental defense will enlarge the pool of euro assets as alternatives to UST (nowhere near enough to rival UST, but the market for euro securities will continue growing, esp. if --> fiscal union)
3/9
3/9
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this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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Join @dschwarzer.bsky.social to discuss the future of #EU enlargement and the prospects for #Ukraine's membership.
🗓️ April 9, 3:30-5:00pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
@bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social @kaijaschilde.bsky.social @cmikulaschek.bsky.social
🗓️ April 9, 3:30-5:00pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
@bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social @kaijaschilde.bsky.social @cmikulaschek.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join @dschwarzer.bsky.social to discuss the future of #EU enlargement and the prospects for #Ukraine's membership.
🗓️ April 9, 3:30-5:00pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
@bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social @kaijaschilde.bsky.social @cmikulaschek.bsky.social
🗓️ April 9, 3:30-5:00pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
@bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social @kaijaschilde.bsky.social @cmikulaschek.bsky.social
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Yet another renowned #institution being dismantled to the ground. This time the Wilson Center where I had the privilege to work for the past 2y. I couldn’t be prouder of the work me and my team did. #AI will never replace the impactful research and scholarship the Wilson Center is respected for.
Musk’s Task Force Begins Shutting Down Foreign Policy Research Center
Mark Green, a Republican who once worked under President Trump, stepped down as head of the Wilson Center after employees of Elon Musk’s team visited the think tank.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yet another renowned #institution being dismantled to the ground. This time the Wilson Center where I had the privilege to work for the past 2y. I couldn’t be prouder of the work me and my team did. #AI will never replace the impactful research and scholarship the Wilson Center is respected for.
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For those listening to this rant, those numbers are not tariffs. The European Union, e.g., has weighted average tariff rates of ~ 3% and arguably lower on US goods. So they are clearly including VATs and who knows what else? This false reciprocity is nonsense. For more:
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Reciprocity and discrimination: When are tariffs useful remedies?
The Trump administration has marked April 2 for its next big tariff announcement, one that it says is centered on countering unfair trade practices abroad and imposing reciprocal trade protection. The...
www.piie.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For those listening to this rant, those numbers are not tariffs. The European Union, e.g., has weighted average tariff rates of ~ 3% and arguably lower on US goods. So they are clearly including VATs and who knows what else? This false reciprocity is nonsense. For more:
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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Join the Pardee School of Global Studies @bostonu.bsky.social for the discussion series "Decentering Europe: Europe and Africa" in March and April.
See link for more information and to register. Open to the public.
www.bu.edu/european/202...
See link for more information and to register. Open to the public.
www.bu.edu/european/202...
March 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join the Pardee School of Global Studies @bostonu.bsky.social for the discussion series "Decentering Europe: Europe and Africa" in March and April.
See link for more information and to register. Open to the public.
www.bu.edu/european/202...
See link for more information and to register. Open to the public.
www.bu.edu/european/202...
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🎦 @wilsoncentergep.bsky.social’s Robin Quinville speaks with @kaijaschilde.bsky.social about how the recent surge in European defense spending is part of a long-term trend and explores the EU's pivotal role in strengthening the defense industry. ⤵️
www.wilsoncenter.org/video/eus-ro...
www.wilsoncenter.org/video/eus-ro...
The EU's Role in the Future of European Defense
www.wilsoncenter.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎦 @wilsoncentergep.bsky.social’s Robin Quinville speaks with @kaijaschilde.bsky.social about how the recent surge in European defense spending is part of a long-term trend and explores the EU's pivotal role in strengthening the defense industry. ⤵️
www.wilsoncenter.org/video/eus-ro...
www.wilsoncenter.org/video/eus-ro...
My book "The Political Economy of European Security"(2017) explains + predicts how transatlantic market competition accelerates EU-level defense. In lieu of overdue oped, here's my +Hellemeier's “Markets in Defense of Eur: Providing Public Goods in Euro. Defense.” www.econstor.eu/handle/10419....
March 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My book "The Political Economy of European Security"(2017) explains + predicts how transatlantic market competition accelerates EU-level defense. In lieu of overdue oped, here's my +Hellemeier's “Markets in Defense of Eur: Providing Public Goods in Euro. Defense.” www.econstor.eu/handle/10419....
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An important moment. "Arms companies from the US, UK and Turkey will be excluded from a new €150bn EU defence funding push unless their home countries sign defence and security pacts with Brussels." www.ft.com/content/eb9e...
EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund
Victory for France-backed ‘Buy European’ approach to defence spending
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An important moment. "Arms companies from the US, UK and Turkey will be excluded from a new €150bn EU defence funding push unless their home countries sign defence and security pacts with Brussels." www.ft.com/content/eb9e...
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“Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts
Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
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🇫🇷 armament offensive incoming.
“Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale,” French president Macron says.
www.politico.eu/article/macr...
“Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale,” French president Macron says.
www.politico.eu/article/macr...
Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European
“Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale,” French president says.
www.politico.eu
March 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🇫🇷 armament offensive incoming.
“Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale,” French president Macron says.
www.politico.eu/article/macr...
“Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale,” French president Macron says.
www.politico.eu/article/macr...