Stefan Auer
@stefanauer.bsky.social
Professor of European Studies, twice named Jean Monnet Chair (La Trobe & HKU), occasional bylines in FT, Politico, unherd. Proud father of 4
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Wir kommen dem Kern des Problems näher. Stefan Auer kritisiert den Merkel-Ansatz mit Verweis auf “das Politische”. Er bezieht sich dabei auf Konzepte von Carl Schmitt, Max Weber und Hannah Arendt. Sehr lesenswert www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Wir kommen dem Kern des Problems näher. Stefan Auer kritisiert den Merkel-Ansatz mit Verweis auf “das Politische”. Er bezieht sich dabei auf Konzepte von Carl Schmitt, Max Weber und Hannah Arendt. Sehr lesenswert www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🔎 Nicole Scicluna examines the framing of "enlargement" in von der Leyen's speeches and in manifestos of European parties
💡She finds that enlargement is still mostly framed in terms of technical procedures
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡She finds that enlargement is still mostly framed in terms of technical procedures
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🔎 Nicole Scicluna examines the framing of "enlargement" in von der Leyen's speeches and in manifestos of European parties
💡She finds that enlargement is still mostly framed in terms of technical procedures
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡She finds that enlargement is still mostly framed in terms of technical procedures
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🇪🇺 Is the EU sufficiently democratic?
In a recent interview with Nicole Scicluna, assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University for the programme ‘Europe without borders?’, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social, was asked about the democratic qualities of the European Union.
📺: bit.ly/42ffoyq
In a recent interview with Nicole Scicluna, assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University for the programme ‘Europe without borders?’, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social, was asked about the democratic qualities of the European Union.
📺: bit.ly/42ffoyq
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🇪🇺 Is the EU sufficiently democratic?
In a recent interview with Nicole Scicluna, assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University for the programme ‘Europe without borders?’, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social, was asked about the democratic qualities of the European Union.
📺: bit.ly/42ffoyq
In a recent interview with Nicole Scicluna, assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University for the programme ‘Europe without borders?’, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social, was asked about the democratic qualities of the European Union.
📺: bit.ly/42ffoyq
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📖 New Etched in Marble: Mark Blyth on Why AI Won’t Save Your Writing
The Brown University political economist talks irritation, PowerPoint & why the page is still the only place where real thinking happens.
Read → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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The Brown University political economist talks irritation, PowerPoint & why the page is still the only place where real thinking happens.
Read → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Etched in Marble: Mark Blyth on Writing, Thinking, and Why AI Can’t Save You
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📖 New Etched in Marble: Mark Blyth on Why AI Won’t Save Your Writing
The Brown University political economist talks irritation, PowerPoint & why the page is still the only place where real thinking happens.
Read → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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The Brown University political economist talks irritation, PowerPoint & why the page is still the only place where real thinking happens.
Read → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Do you assign them Immanuel Kant? Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own understanding, that’s the motto of the enlightenment (and a compelling reason to keep the AI away from teaching imo)
I assigned a week of readings that explain why AI is useless—worse than useless: harmful. Now we’re moving on to other topics. Many of my students are studying engineering; those readings might’ve been their first encounter with a critique of technology.
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Do you assign them Immanuel Kant? Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own understanding, that’s the motto of the enlightenment (and a compelling reason to keep the AI away from teaching imo)
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‘The project that was meant to unite Europe and bring the nations of Europe closer together, seems to be pushing them further apart from each other’, or so I argue in a conversation with Ralph Schoellhammer on
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
European Disunion with Stefan Auer
YouTube video by Brussels Signal
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
‘The project that was meant to unite Europe and bring the nations of Europe closer together, seems to be pushing them further apart from each other’, or so I argue in a conversation with Ralph Schoellhammer on
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
‘The project that was meant to unite Europe and bring the nations of Europe closer together, seems to be pushing them further apart from each other’, or so I argue in a conversation with Ralph Schoellhammer on
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
European Disunion with Stefan Auer
YouTube video by Brussels Signal
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
‘The project that was meant to unite Europe and bring the nations of Europe closer together, seems to be pushing them further apart from each other’, or so I argue in a conversation with Ralph Schoellhammer on
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
@brusselssignal.bsky.social
Thanks for the invite, Ralph youtu.be/pz56R-CWRnY?...
Happy to see my letter on Thomas Mann & Russia in
@financialtimes.com. Sad to see his take on Russia vindicated. “Great space, much time” explains “the recklessness of these people”, argued Settembrini. “They are the nation that has time and can wait. We Europeans, we cannot.”
@financialtimes.com. Sad to see his take on Russia vindicated. “Great space, much time” explains “the recklessness of these people”, argued Settembrini. “They are the nation that has time and can wait. We Europeans, we cannot.”
June 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Happy to see my letter on Thomas Mann & Russia in
@financialtimes.com. Sad to see his take on Russia vindicated. “Great space, much time” explains “the recklessness of these people”, argued Settembrini. “They are the nation that has time and can wait. We Europeans, we cannot.”
@financialtimes.com. Sad to see his take on Russia vindicated. “Great space, much time” explains “the recklessness of these people”, argued Settembrini. “They are the nation that has time and can wait. We Europeans, we cannot.”
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“Auer’s European Disunion is an erudite personal essay about the state of the European Union by a teacher & thinker who has followed the European integration process for a long time…” shs.cairn.info/journal-poli...
Stefan Auer, European Disunion. Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency, London, Hurst Publishing, 2022, 256 p.
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May 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“Auer’s European Disunion is an erudite personal essay about the state of the European Union by a teacher & thinker who has followed the European integration process for a long time…” shs.cairn.info/journal-poli...
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“Reading Auer is sometimes pleasant, sometimes a little strenuous.” Grateful for this balanced review by Anja Thomas of my book in the latest issue of Politique Européenne
May 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“Reading Auer is sometimes pleasant, sometimes a little strenuous.” Grateful for this balanced review by Anja Thomas of my book in the latest issue of Politique Européenne
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Many thanks to Knud-Erik Jørgensen, Tonny Brems Knudsen & Laura Landorff for inviting me to contribute to their edited book 'Europe's World' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-world. My chapter assesses the EU's response to Russia's aggression and violence in Ukraine @brisunipress.bsky.social
Europe’s World
Europe’s World - Policy Paradigms, Strategic Thinking and the Anti-Liberal Challenge; The EU’s international environment is increasingly characterized by power-politics, growing great-power rivalry an...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Many thanks to Knud-Erik Jørgensen, Tonny Brems Knudsen & Laura Landorff for inviting me to contribute to their edited book 'Europe's World' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-world. My chapter assesses the EU's response to Russia's aggression and violence in Ukraine @brisunipress.bsky.social
“Reading Auer is sometimes pleasant, sometimes a little strenuous.” Grateful for this balanced review by Anja Thomas of my book in the latest issue of Politique Européenne
May 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“Reading Auer is sometimes pleasant, sometimes a little strenuous.” Grateful for this balanced review by Anja Thomas of my book in the latest issue of Politique Européenne
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Are secessionist entities in the post-Soviet space mere puppets in the hands of the Kremlin or do they have bargaining power of their own? Our latest PhD, Maximilian Ohle, argues the latter, even if this power is highly constrained. #Abkhazia #Transnistria @unituebingen.bsky.social
Congratulations to Maximilian Ohle on successfully defending his PhD Thesis! 🎉
April 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Are secessionist entities in the post-Soviet space mere puppets in the hands of the Kremlin or do they have bargaining power of their own? Our latest PhD, Maximilian Ohle, argues the latter, even if this power is highly constrained. #Abkhazia #Transnistria @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Thrilled to see Nicole Scicluna’s
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thrilled to see Nicole Scicluna’s
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
Thrilled to see Nicole Scicluna’s
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thrilled to see Nicole Scicluna’s
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
and my own article about the necessity and impossibility of Ukraine’s membership in the EU being one of the most read outputs on @jcms-eu.bsky.social
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It’s been 3 years since its publication by
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
so I am all the more grateful to the editors of the Czech Journal of International Relations for publishing a critical review article of my book, European Disunion. 🙏 @stredoevropan.bsky.social cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
so I am all the more grateful to the editors of the Czech Journal of International Relations for publishing a critical review article of my book, European Disunion. 🙏 @stredoevropan.bsky.social cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
View of Stefan Auer: European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency.
| Czech Journal of International Relations
cjir.iir.cz
April 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It’s been 3 years since its publication by
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
so I am all the more grateful to the editors of the Czech Journal of International Relations for publishing a critical review article of my book, European Disunion. 🙏 @stredoevropan.bsky.social cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
so I am all the more grateful to the editors of the Czech Journal of International Relations for publishing a critical review article of my book, European Disunion. 🙏 @stredoevropan.bsky.social cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
‘European Disunion is distinct from the more academic works on the conflicts of sovereignty in the EU … [as it] skilfully integrates political theory, especially Carl Schmitt’s critique of liberal supranational projects, with a political analysis of recent events’🙏to Jana Vargovcikova for the review
April 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘European Disunion is distinct from the more academic works on the conflicts of sovereignty in the EU … [as it] skilfully integrates political theory, especially Carl Schmitt’s critique of liberal supranational projects, with a political analysis of recent events’🙏to Jana Vargovcikova for the review
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Our dilemma: what if Russia doesn’t collapse for another decade or longer? Is Europe strong enough to help Ukraine to repel the invasion and deter Putin?
Russia dilemma : Russia can collapse if it continues the war, but it can also collapse if it stops the war.
March 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our dilemma: what if Russia doesn’t collapse for another decade or longer? Is Europe strong enough to help Ukraine to repel the invasion and deter Putin?
Our dilemma: what if Russia doesn’t collapse for another decade or longer? Is Europe strong enough to help Ukraine to repel the invasion and deter Putin?
Russia dilemma : Russia can collapse if it continues the war, but it can also collapse if it stops the war.
March 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our dilemma: what if Russia doesn’t collapse for another decade or longer? Is Europe strong enough to help Ukraine to repel the invasion and deter Putin?
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Now with a blog by N. Scicluna: “Would-be Russian tourists are not an obvious target for sympathy. But putting aside the substance of the dispute, the larger issue is that of creeping member state unilateralism and the Commission’s permissiveness towards it.” jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/03/26/e...
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Now with a blog by N. Scicluna: “Would-be Russian tourists are not an obvious target for sympathy. But putting aside the substance of the dispute, the larger issue is that of creeping member state unilateralism and the Commission’s permissiveness towards it.” jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/03/26/e...
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Been making this point too to academic colleagues traveling to the US - if you are anxious fly via Dublin or Shannon both with US immigration preclearance. Your US fight then lands as domestic.
Serious point I'd make to European citizens/residents who are considering visiting the US: fly on Aer Lingus via Dublin and your US immigration takes place in Dublin Airport, so if the Yanks turn you away then you'll still have the right to stay in Ireland (1/2)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now | Arwa Mahdawi
Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Been making this point too to academic colleagues traveling to the US - if you are anxious fly via Dublin or Shannon both with US immigration preclearance. Your US fight then lands as domestic.
Now with a blog by N. Scicluna: “Would-be Russian tourists are not an obvious target for sympathy. But putting aside the substance of the dispute, the larger issue is that of creeping member state unilateralism and the Commission’s permissiveness towards it.” jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/03/26/e...
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Now with a blog by N. Scicluna: “Would-be Russian tourists are not an obvious target for sympathy. But putting aside the substance of the dispute, the larger issue is that of creeping member state unilateralism and the Commission’s permissiveness towards it.” jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/03/26/e...
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🌟 Scholar Spotlight: Peter J. Verovšek 🌟
@pjv.bsky.social examines how generational shifts shape European integration, explaining why progress has stalled and what the future may hold.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@pjv.bsky.social examines how generational shifts shape European integration, explaining why progress has stalled and what the future may hold.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🌟 Scholar Spotlight: Peter J. Verovšek 🌟
@pjv.bsky.social examines how generational shifts shape European integration, explaining why progress has stalled and what the future may hold.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@pjv.bsky.social examines how generational shifts shape European integration, explaining why progress has stalled and what the future may hold.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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“Sardaryan, Dean of the School of Governance and Politics at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, stressed that the long-term outlook is very positive for Russia, since the United States under Trump has pleasingly abandoned the principles of international law”
Plotting a Russian-US War on ‘Satanic’ Europe | "Putin’s mouthpieces are near-delirious as they map out a future of punishing Europe, with US help." @juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Plotting a Russian-US War on ‘Satanic’ Europe
Russia's mouthpieces are near-delirious as they map out a future of punishing Europe, with help from the US.
cepa.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Sardaryan, Dean of the School of Governance and Politics at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, stressed that the long-term outlook is very positive for Russia, since the United States under Trump has pleasingly abandoned the principles of international law”
“Sardaryan, Dean of the School of Governance and Politics at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, stressed that the long-term outlook is very positive for Russia, since the United States under Trump has pleasingly abandoned the principles of international law”
Plotting a Russian-US War on ‘Satanic’ Europe | "Putin’s mouthpieces are near-delirious as they map out a future of punishing Europe, with US help." @juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Plotting a Russian-US War on ‘Satanic’ Europe
Russia's mouthpieces are near-delirious as they map out a future of punishing Europe, with help from the US.
cepa.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Sardaryan, Dean of the School of Governance and Politics at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, stressed that the long-term outlook is very positive for Russia, since the United States under Trump has pleasingly abandoned the principles of international law”