@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
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Really looking forward to Monday, 6pm! With @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social of @bigeurope.bsky.social Oliver Rentschler @diplo.de Katharina Neckel @dihk.bsky.social & Filip Medunic @dgap.org
We've added another panelist to next week's IPQ Debate celebrating our fifth anniversary: Oliver Rentschler, director general for geoeconomics in the German Foreign Office.
RSVP here: dgapev.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tkjikl...
RSVP here: dgapev.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tkjikl...
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Really looking forward to Monday, 6pm! With @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social of @bigeurope.bsky.social Oliver Rentschler @diplo.de Katharina Neckel @dihk.bsky.social & Filip Medunic @dgap.org
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The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
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📺 On Nieuwsuur, BIG director Luuk van Middelaar discusses the current turning point in US-European relations with Francis Fukuyama.
From the Normandy landings and the fall of the Berlin Wall to today’s world of Trump 2.0
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social @frankfukuyama.bsky.social
youtu.be/iXgvZ9pYNIA
From the Normandy landings and the fall of the Berlin Wall to today’s world of Trump 2.0
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social @frankfukuyama.bsky.social
youtu.be/iXgvZ9pYNIA
Luuk van Middelaar - Nieuwsuur March 2025
YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Geopolitics
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April 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📺 On Nieuwsuur, BIG director Luuk van Middelaar discusses the current turning point in US-European relations with Francis Fukuyama.
From the Normandy landings and the fall of the Berlin Wall to today’s world of Trump 2.0
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social @frankfukuyama.bsky.social
youtu.be/iXgvZ9pYNIA
From the Normandy landings and the fall of the Berlin Wall to today’s world of Trump 2.0
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social @frankfukuyama.bsky.social
youtu.be/iXgvZ9pYNIA
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Face à Poutine et Trump, Friedrich Merz change de cap — une décision clé pour l’Europe, explique @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social, directeur du BIG sur @france24.com avec Caroline de Camaret.
www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...
www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...
Ici l'Europe - Luuk van Middelaar : "l’arrivée de Friedrich Merz en Allemagne change radicalement la donne"
Cette semaine, nous accueillons Luuk van Middelaar, philosophe et historien néerlandais, ancien conseiller du Conseil européen et également à la tête du think tank Brussels Institute for Geopolitics.…
www.france24.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Face à Poutine et Trump, Friedrich Merz change de cap — une décision clé pour l’Europe, explique @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social, directeur du BIG sur @france24.com avec Caroline de Camaret.
www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...
www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...
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“Europe has to get ready for a rougher world order where we have to be able to defend ourselves”
Director @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talks to @france24.com about Europe’s place in a world of increasing geopolitical rivalries.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
Director @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talks to @france24.com about Europe’s place in a world of increasing geopolitical rivalries.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
Talking Europe - 'Fundamental change is afoot in European defence': Political theorist Luuk van Middelaar
Our guest is someone who spends a lot of time thinking about Europe's place in the world, and how it should adapt to the new global order of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. We speak to Du...
www.france24.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“Europe has to get ready for a rougher world order where we have to be able to defend ourselves”
Director @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talks to @france24.com about Europe’s place in a world of increasing geopolitical rivalries.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
Director @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talks to @france24.com about Europe’s place in a world of increasing geopolitical rivalries.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
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The EU is issuing burner phones to US-bound staff over spying fears.
BIG's @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talking to @financialtimes.com, says “Washington is not Beijing or Moscow but an adversary prone to using extra-legal methods to further its interests & power.”
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BIG's @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talking to @financialtimes.com, says “Washington is not Beijing or Moscow but an adversary prone to using extra-legal methods to further its interests & power.”
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 5:21 PM
The EU is issuing burner phones to US-bound staff over spying fears.
BIG's @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talking to @financialtimes.com, says “Washington is not Beijing or Moscow but an adversary prone to using extra-legal methods to further its interests & power.”
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
BIG's @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social talking to @financialtimes.com, says “Washington is not Beijing or Moscow but an adversary prone to using extra-legal methods to further its interests & power.”
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
The Trump supernova that Europe didn’t see coming. My editorial for @bigeurope.bsky.social on how Europe was blindsided to structural shifts in US domestic and foreign policy – in the making since long before this MAGA-inspired conflagration.
big-europe.eu/publications...
big-europe.eu/publications...
Dark Side of the Sun
big-europe.eu
April 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Trump supernova that Europe didn’t see coming. My editorial for @bigeurope.bsky.social on how Europe was blindsided to structural shifts in US domestic and foreign policy – in the making since long before this MAGA-inspired conflagration.
big-europe.eu/publications...
big-europe.eu/publications...
Last week, I had the pleasure of moderating this excellent high-level exchange on energy and climate diplomacy.
Grateful to participants for having brought deep insights and a strategic mindset to the table.
I hope it will provide impetus ahead of COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Grateful to participants for having brought deep insights and a strategic mindset to the table.
I hope it will provide impetus ahead of COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
The Institute hosted a 'safe space' session this week on Europe’s energy and climate diplomacy with six Commission DGs and the EEAS — a chance to break down silos and reflect on strategic priorities.
big-europe.eu/2025-04-03-b...
big-europe.eu/2025-04-03-b...
Brussels Institute for Geopolitics – BIG hosts ‘safe space’ strategy
big-europe.eu
April 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Last week, I had the pleasure of moderating this excellent high-level exchange on energy and climate diplomacy.
Grateful to participants for having brought deep insights and a strategic mindset to the table.
I hope it will provide impetus ahead of COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Grateful to participants for having brought deep insights and a strategic mindset to the table.
I hope it will provide impetus ahead of COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
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💬 'There is a consciousness that it's a new time for Europe'
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ explaining that the time has come for Europe to pick a new path of independence.
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ explaining that the time has come for Europe to pick a new path of independence.
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💬 'There is a consciousness that it's a new time for Europe'
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ explaining that the time has come for Europe to pick a new path of independence.
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ explaining that the time has come for Europe to pick a new path of independence.
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💬 'Who thought that our stock markets would be doing better than the American stock market?’
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ reminding us that bold decisions made on Europe’s new path of independence can lead to rewards
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ reminding us that bold decisions made on Europe’s new path of independence can lead to rewards
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
💬 'Who thought that our stock markets would be doing better than the American stock market?’
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ reminding us that bold decisions made on Europe’s new path of independence can lead to rewards
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ reminding us that bold decisions made on Europe’s new path of independence can lead to rewards
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
Delighted to host a stellar panel on AI and geopolitics at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics last week. Brimming with ideas, a real intellectual feast! Tks Bruno Maçães, Ophélie Coelho and Daniel Mügge
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
@dmugge.bsky.social
@bigeurope.bsky.social
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
@dmugge.bsky.social
@bigeurope.bsky.social
📅 We held an event ‘Tech Sovereignty –What does it Mean?’ on 12 March to discuss AI and geopolitics, including a book launch with Bruno Maçães, plus expert panel with Ophelie Coelho and Daniel Mügge.
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
Find out more here: big-europe.eu/2025-03-12-t...
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
Find out more here: big-europe.eu/2025-03-12-t...
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Delighted to host a stellar panel on AI and geopolitics at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics last week. Brimming with ideas, a real intellectual feast! Tks Bruno Maçães, Ophélie Coelho and Daniel Mügge
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
@dmugge.bsky.social
@bigeurope.bsky.social
@opheliecoelho.bsky.social
@dmugge.bsky.social
@bigeurope.bsky.social
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Luuk van Middelaar’s editorial on finding Europe’s historical footing
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
Finding Europe’s Historical Footing
big-europe.eu
March 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Luuk van Middelaar’s editorial on finding Europe’s historical footing
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
"In crisisdagen zoals deze werken verbijstering en angst verlammend.
Daarom dunkt me de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen."
Mijn afscheidsessay @nrcnl.bsky.social
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Daarom dunkt me de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen."
Mijn afscheidsessay @nrcnl.bsky.social
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Europa moet terugkijken om de greep op de tijd niet te verliezen
Europa loopt achter de feiten aan. Het initiatief ligt elders, in Washington, Moskou, Beijing. Handelingsvermogen vraagt om houvast buiten het onmiddellijke heden. Wie strategisch vooruit wil kijken m...
www.nrc.nl
February 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"In crisisdagen zoals deze werken verbijstering en angst verlammend.
Daarom dunkt me de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen."
Mijn afscheidsessay @nrcnl.bsky.social
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Daarom dunkt me de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen."
Mijn afscheidsessay @nrcnl.bsky.social
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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„In crisisdagen zoals deze werken verbijstering en angst verlammend.
Daarom lijkt mij de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen“, stelt @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
Daarom lijkt mij de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen“, stelt @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
Opinie | Europa moet terugkijken om de greep op de tijd niet te verliezen
Europa loopt achter de feiten aan. Het initiatief ligt elders, in Washington, Moskou, Beijing. Handelingsvermogen vraagt om houvast buiten het onmiddellijke heden. Wie strategisch vooruit wil kijken m...
www.nrc.nl
February 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
„In crisisdagen zoals deze werken verbijstering en angst verlammend.
Daarom lijkt mij de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen“, stelt @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
Daarom lijkt mij de kracht ons mentaal een pad naar de toekomst te banen zeker zo onmisbaar als het vermogen ons militair tegen nieuwe dreigingen te verdedigen“, stelt @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
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France calls a second emergency Paris Summit on Ukraine today with EU leaders, Norway and Canada.
Can these spontaneous summits help Europe find its voice in a time of crisis? 🤔
📖 Read our op-ed by @vestertborger.bsky.social & @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social ⤵️
big-europe.eu/publications...
Can these spontaneous summits help Europe find its voice in a time of crisis? 🤔
📖 Read our op-ed by @vestertborger.bsky.social & @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social ⤵️
big-europe.eu/publications...
Europe’s voice at times of crisis – decrypting the Paris Summit
big-europe.eu
February 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
France calls a second emergency Paris Summit on Ukraine today with EU leaders, Norway and Canada.
Can these spontaneous summits help Europe find its voice in a time of crisis? 🤔
📖 Read our op-ed by @vestertborger.bsky.social & @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social ⤵️
big-europe.eu/publications...
Can these spontaneous summits help Europe find its voice in a time of crisis? 🤔
📖 Read our op-ed by @vestertborger.bsky.social & @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social ⤵️
big-europe.eu/publications...
Leaving Munich after an intense weekend at #MSC25, I was struck by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy being the only European leader without any illusions about Trump's America.
The others still have the luxury of hope.
The others still have the luxury of hope.
February 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Leaving Munich after an intense weekend at #MSC25, I was struck by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy being the only European leader without any illusions about Trump's America.
The others still have the luxury of hope.
The others still have the luxury of hope.
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"The Transatlantic era was a golden period for (Western) Europe. It was always going to end one day. [...] Europe needs to consider the transition to a new relationship not as an unwelcome change but as an opportunity to control its own destiny."
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
#MSC2025
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
#MSC2025
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"The Transatlantic era was a golden period for (Western) Europe. It was always going to end one day. [...] Europe needs to consider the transition to a new relationship not as an unwelcome change but as an opportunity to control its own destiny."
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
#MSC2025
@luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social
#MSC2025
Three key points from my insightful conversation with Claude-France Arnould, former head of @EUDefenceAgency, on Europe–US defence relations and the armaments industry.
February 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Three key points from my insightful conversation with Claude-France Arnould, former head of @EUDefenceAgency, on Europe–US defence relations and the armaments industry.
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Thanks Prague House for the invitation to bid farewell to Czech Amb. Edita Hrdá, an early supporter of @bigeurope.bsky.social
Great too to meet her successor Vladimír Bärtl, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, and others for this occasion.
Looking forward to ongoing collaboration! 🇨🇿 🤝
Great too to meet her successor Vladimír Bärtl, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, and others for this occasion.
Looking forward to ongoing collaboration! 🇨🇿 🤝
January 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thanks Prague House for the invitation to bid farewell to Czech Amb. Edita Hrdá, an early supporter of @bigeurope.bsky.social
Great too to meet her successor Vladimír Bärtl, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, and others for this occasion.
Looking forward to ongoing collaboration! 🇨🇿 🤝
Great too to meet her successor Vladimír Bärtl, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, and others for this occasion.
Looking forward to ongoing collaboration! 🇨🇿 🤝
Delighted about the news below and very much looking forward to working with the Spanish authorities on a strategy for Europe in the age of Trump, Putin and Xi.
Great news! 🇪🇸 Spain joins the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics as the 7th EU member state, alongside 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱
A big step for strategic thinking in Europe.
Welcome to new Board member Diego Martínez Belío!
¡Gracias, España! 🇪🇸💪
big-europe.eu/2025-01-20-s...
A big step for strategic thinking in Europe.
Welcome to new Board member Diego Martínez Belío!
¡Gracias, España! 🇪🇸💪
big-europe.eu/2025-01-20-s...
Brussels Institute for Geopolitics – Spain joins the Brussels
big-europe.eu
January 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Delighted about the news below and very much looking forward to working with the Spanish authorities on a strategy for Europe in the age of Trump, Putin and Xi.
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Are European leaders ready to follow tech CEOs and join the queue as supplicants at Mar-a-Lago? Should they have to?
In this op-ed, BIG’s Hans Kribbe explores Europe’s strategic options in Ukraine and beyond in an era of tough geopolitical choices.
big-europe.eu/publications...
In this op-ed, BIG’s Hans Kribbe explores Europe’s strategic options in Ukraine and beyond in an era of tough geopolitical choices.
big-europe.eu/publications...
In the Putin-Trump era only the strong can be free
big-europe.eu
January 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Are European leaders ready to follow tech CEOs and join the queue as supplicants at Mar-a-Lago? Should they have to?
In this op-ed, BIG’s Hans Kribbe explores Europe’s strategic options in Ukraine and beyond in an era of tough geopolitical choices.
big-europe.eu/publications...
In this op-ed, BIG’s Hans Kribbe explores Europe’s strategic options in Ukraine and beyond in an era of tough geopolitical choices.
big-europe.eu/publications...
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"Nothing about Europe’s security should be decided without Europeans," writes @elieperot.bsky.social in this BIG op-ed on securing Ukraine after the war.
As Trump’s enters the White House, Europe must act or risk exclusion from critical peace talks. 💡
big-europe.eu/publications...
As Trump’s enters the White House, Europe must act or risk exclusion from critical peace talks. 💡
big-europe.eu/publications...
Securing Ukraine after the war: what role for Europeans?
big-europe.eu
January 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Nothing about Europe’s security should be decided without Europeans," writes @elieperot.bsky.social in this BIG op-ed on securing Ukraine after the war.
As Trump’s enters the White House, Europe must act or risk exclusion from critical peace talks. 💡
big-europe.eu/publications...
As Trump’s enters the White House, Europe must act or risk exclusion from critical peace talks. 💡
big-europe.eu/publications...
20 January: as the Wheel of Fortune starts spinning faster, it's time to re-engage with history as a scholarly discipline.
My essay for @bigeurope.bsky.social
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My essay for @bigeurope.bsky.social
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The Return of History to the Present
big-europe.eu
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
20 January: as the Wheel of Fortune starts spinning faster, it's time to re-engage with history as a scholarly discipline.
My essay for @bigeurope.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
My essay for @bigeurope.bsky.social
big-europe.eu/publications...
Bruegel's 20th anniversary an excellent opportunity to reexamine "new rules for a new world". Thanks for initiating this timely conversation.
@bruegel.bsky.social @pisaniferry.bsky.social @gpapak.bsky.social
@bruegel.bsky.social @pisaniferry.bsky.social @gpapak.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Bruegel's 20th anniversary an excellent opportunity to reexamine "new rules for a new world". Thanks for initiating this timely conversation.
@bruegel.bsky.social @pisaniferry.bsky.social @gpapak.bsky.social
@bruegel.bsky.social @pisaniferry.bsky.social @gpapak.bsky.social
Defence a priority for Europe and @eucopresident. Delighted to offer strategic recommendations with esteemed colleagues ahead of 3 Feb retreat of European leaders, plus the UK and NATO sec gen.
Got valuable insights from defence experts as I prepare our leaders’ meeting on 3 February.
Many thanks for your contributions!
Many thanks for your contributions!
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Defence a priority for Europe and @eucopresident. Delighted to offer strategic recommendations with esteemed colleagues ahead of 3 Feb retreat of European leaders, plus the UK and NATO sec gen.