The battle for ideas will shape the future of Europe-US relations.
With Trump arriving in the Hague today, European leaders are bracing for major decisions on defence spending, with the threat of US tariff hikes on the back of their minds. But...
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As part of our SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School 2025, we are honoured to welcome Dr Lev Nachman for two special events exploring the intersections of political science, social movements, and Taiwan’s contested sovereignty.
A privilege to be asked by Professor @DonnachaDCU to launch his insightful new book, “Unfinished Empire” at @RIAdawson.
Valuable insights into Russian imperialism are to be gained from this important work.
We must ensure that Putin’s imperial ambitions are never realised.
The roots of the Ukraine Conflict lie in Russia’s ‘Unfinished Empire’
In his new book ‘Unfinished Empire’, Prof Donnacha Ó Beacháin @DonnachaDCU argues that the world will continue to have “a Russia problem” until Vladimir Putin’s regime is defeated.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/45AyEsH
'We need not just the unpowerment of our rivals, but the empowerment of ourselves.'
BIG’s @HansKribbe spoke at today’s @EU_ISS @POLAND25EU seminar on how the EU can limit Russia’s influence — urging a clearer, stronger European offer in a geopolitical world.
“A gripping and incisive portrait of Russia and its brutal attack on Ukraine... roots Moscow's imperial ambitions in history and gives a compelling account of its neighbours, seen then and now as colonies.”
@lukeharding1968 on 'Unfinished Empire' by @DonnachaDCU - out today!
ALT copies of a book - UNFINISHED EMPIRE - the cover features a photo of a golden russian imperial eagle
In this brilliant essay, ‘The EU’s Mackinder Moment’ BIG guest writer Professor Mark Gilbert at Bologna’s @SAISHopkins, re-visits the work of the ‘father of geopolitics’ to understand its significance to contemporary Europe. 📕
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The EU is issuing burner phones to US-bound staff over spying fears.
BIG's @LuukvMiddelaar talking to @ftbrussels, 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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