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Nikolaos Tzifakis
@tzifakis.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Chair @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social, Prof. at University of the Peloponnese. Project Coordinator @geopower-eu.bsky.social Visiting Prof. @collegeofeurope. Research Assoc. @MartensCentre. Member @biepag.bsky.social. Interests: #IR #Balkans #EU.
The @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social launches a series of short tutorial videos. Brilliant colleagues explain analytical approaches, concepts, & ideas in clear terms. #IR #EUStudies 1/6
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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📣How do Serbians view the 🇪🇺, #migration, #security & global actors?
Join us on 7 Oct for the online presentation of 🇷🇸 findings from the 2025 #GEOPOWEREU Public Opinion Survey📊
🗓️Tuesday, 7 Oct | 15:00 CET
📍Online (Zoom)
🔗Info & Participation: shorturl.at/U0bWZ
October 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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📢 How do citizens in the Western Balkans & Associated Trio see global actors, their partners, and their own future?The #GEOPOWEREU project shares fresh results from a Public Opinion Survey across 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪
A short🧵⤵️
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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*New & open access*
We draw on our book Indulging Kleptocracy, reflecting on the importance of networks - even more than states, we argue - in today’s global order.

@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
@jheathershaw.bsky.social
@britishacademy.bsky.social

journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...
Professional indulgences: the kleptocracy problem and the transformation of global politics
This article discusses the phenomenon of transnational kleptocracy and explains how kleptocrats and oligarchs have been welcomed in rule-of-law settings The paper summarises a large body of research,...
journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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📢 New blog alert! @branim.bsky.social (@wiiw.ac.at) dives into 🇨🇳 investment trends in 🇷🇸 and the wider Western Balkans using the #GEOPOWEREU database.
🔗 Article: shorturl.at/erwh1
📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN
June 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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New blog alert! Our @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleagues @valeryperry.bsky.social and @kurtbassuener.bsky.social explore 🇪🇺's underused leverage in 🇷🇸 & the Western Balkans in “Rethinking EU Strategy: Squandered Influence”, using #GEOPOWEREU database
🔗Article: bit.ly/453fR9e
📊Database: bit.ly/452UyEN
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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📣New BiEPAG blog📝

Rama’s Foreign Policy Paradox by Dr. Des. Rigels Lenja

🔹Everyone’s Friend (except Russia)

Read it at👇
tinyurl.com/5hcck9m8
June 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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📢On May 26–27, the GEO-POWER-EU consortium held two productive days in Belgrade. Here’s what happened 🧵
1/ A public conference was co-organized with @reunir.bsky.social on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. Full summary here:
🔗 shorturl.at/uBaHO
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🚨New blog alert!
Prof N. Džuverović @BelgradeUni analyzes Serbia's 🇷🇸foreign policy balancing act in a new piece published by European Western Balkans, drawing on data from the GEOPOWER EU database.
🔗Read the article: shorturl.at/538A4
📊Explore the database: shorturl.at/jaN2H
May 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Our panel on “The 🇪🇺in the Era of Geopolitics: Power, Strategy & Influence” started, moderated by Dr @filipejdus.bsky.social& featured Prof @tzifakis.bsky.social #UoP, Alexandra Bykova @wiiw.ac.at, Dr Panagiota Manoli #UoP, Björn Fägersten @uisweden.bsky.social &Strahinja Subotić #EPC &InvigoratEU
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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#interdependence - how linked are #Albania #Bosnia #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Georgia #Ukraine and #Moldova and the #EU, #Russia, #China #Turkey and the #US is shown in the database created by @geopower-eu.bsky.social consortium.

Check it out at: geo-power.eu/research-out...
Database - Geo Power
geo-power.eu
May 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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📢 For those who would like to join us online, you can participate in the event at the following link:
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/89551244365
Visit our website for more ℹ️ and in-person registration:
🔗 bit.ly/42Z3GZF
#EU #WesternBalkans #EaP #enlargement
📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership”
📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House
Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF
May 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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📢Secure your place!
Join us May 26 in Belgrade 🇷🇸 for a high-level #GeoPowerEU & #REUNIR conference on the EU’s role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership.
🕒15:30–19:00 |📍Europe House
🔗Registration bit.ly/42Z3GZF
💻Online participation—link coming soon!
May 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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📢Join us on May 26 in Belgrade🇷🇸 for a high-level public conference co-hosted with our sister project @reunir.bsky.social: “Frontlines of Influence: The EU’s🇪🇺 Role in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership”
📅 15:30–19:00 | 📍 Europe House
Moreℹ️ & registration🔗http://bit.ly/42Z3GZF
May 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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What could a second #Trump presidency mean for the #WesternBalkans?
Read the new analysis co-authored by GEO-POWER-EU consortium member Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli (VE Insight) to understand the shifting geopolitical landscape.
🔗 bit.ly/3GPuQcW
#WB6 #EU #geopolitics
Analysis by Marcus How and Benedetta Locatelli on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans - Geo Power
Analysis by Marcus How on Geopolitical Shifts in the Western Balkans Marcus How, Head of Analysis at VE Insight and GEO-POWER-EU consortium member, and Benedetta Locatelli, also of VE Insight, have co...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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🧵1/ New publication alert!
Our Coordinator Prof. @NTzifakis, with Eleni Vasdoka, explores #Serbia's strategic hedging between global powers in the #WesternBalkans.
A very timely contribution to understanding great-power influence in the region.
🔗bit.ly/43dKJkT
May 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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🔊Listen to the ep.15 of
🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks

🔹What the new German Government means for the Balkans

Host:
@fbieber.bsky.social
Guests:
Frauke Seebass, Fellow at @swp-berlin.org & Researcher @dgap.org
Adnan Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI

🎧 tinyurl.com/5n9y55u8
May 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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A new article argues that #Serbia has adopted the strategy of hedging not only towards the #EuropeanUnion and the #UnitedStates, but also towards #Russia and #China, sending ambiguous and contradictory signals on its alignment preference.
journalse.com/great-powers...
Great Powers and Gatekeepers in the Western Balkans: Serbia’s Strategic Hedging - Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs
Great-power interest in the Western Balkans has risen over the last few years, and while the West, China, and Russia have been competing for influence, Western
journalse.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Our article with Eleni Vasdoka on Serbia’s strategic hedging towards the EU, US, Russia and China has just been released.
It may be downloaded for free here: journalse.com/great-powers...
@geopower-eu.bsky.social @jmc-eufp-wb.bsky.social @biepag.bsky.social
Great Powers and Gatekeepers in the Western Balkans: Serbia’s Strategic Hedging - Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs
Great-power interest in the Western Balkans has risen over the last few years, and while the West, China, and Russia have been competing for influence, Western
journalse.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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April 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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📣Check the event report from our panel discussion in Zagreb, organized in cooperation with Institute for Development and International Relations IRMO.

🔸Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next?

For more, go to👇

www.biepag.eu/news/geopoli...
April 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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📣BiEPAG blog with focus on #TrumpsTariffs
🖊 Branimir Jovanović @wiiw.ac.at

"The current situation looks like a black swan – an unpredictable shock for which standard models offer limited guidance – meaning that the impact might be much bigger."

More data-driven insights👇
tinyurl.com/mt2kfwhr
April 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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📕 Is Bosnia still a post-conflict country, or has it been able to move on? A special issue of Southeastern Europe I co-edited “𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵: 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢'𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺” tackles that question from an interdisciplinary perspective.
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM