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May 12 • 21 tweets • 22 min read
Recent Publications & Threads (A 🧵)
I. Articles & Commentaries Published
II. Interviews with me on (European) Politics & Security
III. Threads on #Ukraine #Germany #EU #UK #CEE and more.
Gathered in one place ...
I. Articles and Commentaries

8. Are #Czechia & #Slovakia the #EU's New Radical Centre
for @RUSI_org
rusi.org/explore-our-re…
I. Articles and Commentaries

7. Ukraine Doesn't Need Half-Measures from the #EU
for @ForeignPolicy
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/07/ukr…
I. Articles and Commentaries

6. Drop the Excuses and Embrace #Ukraine
for @ConGeostrategy
geostrategy.org.uk/britains-world…
I. Articles and Commentaries

5. The Return of Central Europe?
for @ConGeostrategy
geostrategy.org.uk/britains-world…
#CEE
I. Articles and Commentaries

4. Integrating #Ukraine Can Help the EU Find its Way Again
for @IPQuarterly
ip-quarterly.com/en/integrating…
I. Articles and Commentaries

3. Why Europe's #StrategicCompass Points to Trouble
for @IPQuarterly
ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europes…
I. Articles and Commentaries

2. Bolstering #NATO Through British-German Cooperation
for @ConGeostrategy with @james_rogers
geostrategy.org.uk/britains-world…
#UK #Germany
I. Articles and Commentaries

1. #Britain & #Germany should 'Dare More' Cooperation
for @ConGeostrategy
geostrategy.org.uk/britains-world…
I. Articles and Commentaries

0. Two pieces on #EU #StrategicAutonomy
- why it's More Dangerous for Europe than #AUKUS)
for @LowyInstitute
lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

& why it is a Dangerous Myth
for the CoE on Civilian Crisis Management in Berlin
coe-civ.eu/the-coe/civili…
II. Interviews
4. 'Central Europe Pioneers a New Idealism'
For @nepszava's @RostovanyiA
on #Estonia, #Czechia, #Slovakia & the New Idealism in #CEE's support to #Ukraine - which #Hungary is missing out on
ceethrough.wordpress.com/2022/05/12/cen…
II. Interviews
3. 'War in #Ukraine: Is #Germany the Weak (Geopolitical) Link the #EU?'
Interview for @atlantico_fr on 🇩🇪 #Ukraine, #NATO, #CEE, #HeavyWeapons and who carries the flag for a better policy in Germany?
(English version here - original in link)
ceethrough.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/war…
II. Interviews
2. '#Germany's Fear of Nuclear War is an Excuse'
Interview for @berlinerzeitung's @peteralthaus on 🇩🇪 #Ukraine #EU and #NATO - what's going wrong & why - and how to put it right
(English version here - original in link)
ceethrough.wordpress.com/2022/04/25/int…
II. Interviews
1. On #Czechia, #Slovakia & the New Idealism in #CEE
#NeoIdealism #Ukraine
for @RadioPrague's @Ian_Willoughby
english.radio.cz/czechs-and-slo…
III. Threads
- 29/04 on #Germany's problems with #Ukraine in response to the #Emma open letter #offenerbrief

- 04/05 on learning the right lessons from #EU enlargement and the historically successful model of EU geopolitics, power and security - which have now been eroded to the detriment of #Ukraine & the EU itself
- 18/04 on #Germany's disappointing response to #Russia's attack on #Ukraine and the dangers it poses for 🇺🇦 and for 🇩🇪

- 13/04 on #Steinmeier's problems with #Kyiv and #Germany's problems formulating a credible and proactive policy on #Ukraine

- 12/04 on #Germany and #heavyweapons for #Ukraine

- 24/04 on #Germany's reluctance to provide #heavyweapons to #Ukraine and use of #nuclearwar as an excuse

- 05/05 on uses and abuses of 'post-communism'

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May 13
This article by @AndrewDuffEU is sadly typical of group think in & around the Brussels bubble.

“Nobody who knows how the Brussels institutions work-without a strong government-can be confident the EU is fit to internalize #Ukraine’s national problem.” 1/

politico.eu/article/ukrain…
It’s a well informed piece (from an #EU perspective) that on the surface might sound eminently reasonable- like some other recent attempts to fob off #Ukraine with 2nd class options. BUT, the quote in the previous tweet gives the game away. It shows 🇺🇦 is seen as a problem 2/
Rather than being recognised as the #EU’s best geopolitical opportunity in a generation, #Ukraine is presented as a cost, a burden to be borne, not a huge potential benefit to be embraced, or a possibility for EU renewal to be welcomed. 3/

ip-quarterly.com/en/integrating…
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May 13
paging @SeanMolloyIR @meibauIR @Simon_the_Pratt - and anyone else who might know - are there any videos/ videos of lectures you'd recommend dealing with inter-war IR - specifically Carr's trashing of Angell, Nicholson, Woolf, Toynbee, et al? have you recorded anything on this?
and, having previously read Ashworth & others on this topic, I recently came across this piece that I hadn't read before - any thoughts, if you know it?
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
And hello Luke! Sorry, should have tagged you!
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May 11
This is exactly why EU states, with the Atlantic Allies, Ukraine, allies in the Indo-Pacific & others who want to be on board & are willing to contribute - need a new common vision of regional & global order.
What, why & what for?
Who is involved & how?
How to make it happen.
There is a lot to work with - mutual interests, shared values, common ideals. BUT our current institutions are not up to the task & without a greater contribution from others (Europeans in Europe, allies in Indo-Pacific) are not viable. To change we need to know why & for what
we do so-&, underlying it all, is the need to re-inspire our populations to contribute to bettering our highly connected destinies. we can make better futures for all of us-but only by re-imagining & re-inventing, as well as re-enchanting our common actions.
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May 11
#Xennials of the world unite!
Born between 1977-1983?
What cultural, social, tecnhological and political experiences that set our micro-generation (#GenY) apart from #GenX & #Millenials?
-most lit focuses on US but I'm interested in UK, Europe & CEE
theguardian.com/culture/2017/j…
I remember quite a bit about the politics of growing up in the UK at the time-I remember Thatcher & not having known anything before her. I remember Northern cities I grew up in & how it took ages to get them smartened up. But I also have some international political memories ...
The superpower summits for example ... Image
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May 10
So much for #Macron 2.0
- early days but this really looks like more of the same

A- prioritises ambition for #France to be a ‘great power’, at the table with eg #Russia

B- never mind if #CEE gets overlooked & #Ukraine gets a raw deal.

That’s harsh but not entirely unfair 1/
There may be more to the revival of concentric circles/variable geometry than meets the eye & it may be a creative way to end the ENP/EaP impasse BUT ONLY if countries can move through the circles rather than being kept in/ relegated to them - & are supported in doing so 2/
#Macron will need to convince CEE countries (incl. #Ukraine) & W. Balkans that they will have these possibilities. & he’ll have his work cut out to do so. Multi speed/variable geo EU is not necessarily a bad idea but only if it’s without the 1st/2nd class divide many suspect 3/
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May 5
Good God, this is a real scandal to reckon with.
- especially because the attitudes still much of #Germany's political & public discussions on #Ukraine
Security & Self-determination for me (🇩🇪)
- but not for thee (🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 or🇺🇦)
short 🧵
spiegel.de/international/…
@MiRo_SPD
See these sections for example on seeing #Estonia, #Latvia & #Lithuania's independence as 'the wrong path' while 'rapidly moving ahead with #Germany's reunification'
Or on deflecting #Czechia, #Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia), #Poland & #Hungary's #NATO
ambitions, while ensuring the DDR was included in the alliance ...
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