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Europe is ready to deliver on a powerful new agenda with India.
Today, the EU agreed to move forward with the signature of a new Security and Defence Partnership.
I look forward to signing it next week during the EU-India Summit in New Delhi.
My intervention in #EPlenary ↓
Missed this under all the news today - while there are still question marks on the EU-India trade agreement, the security and defence partnership seems ready:
Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
“Brussels has reached an agreement with New Delhi on reducing 150% tariffs on European wine and spirits, the official added.”
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
It’s pretty impressive that the NB8 - a group of small European countries - is now coordinating with G7
Monday reading: interesting comparative digital diplomacy research on the EU Delegation and the US Embassy in New Delhi by Stefano Greco 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 EMERGENCY WEBINAR 🚨
With Nirupama Rao, Tom Wright, Lindsey Ford, Manisha Reuter, and me!
📅 India: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM IST
Europe: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CEST
UK: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM BST
USA: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register
eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@ecfr.eu
Next 🇪🇺🇮🇳summit “as early as possible in 2026”
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Wie der nationale Sicherheitsrat aussehen soll? @tagesschau.bsky.social fragt, ich antworte.
Wichtig vor allem: Wird ihm „das nötige Gewicht verliehen, um auch kritischen Input zu leisten…Oder nur das, was politisch opportun ist?"
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
We're hiring a postdoc w a strong foundation in international relations, political science, or similar to study how emotionally charged narratives influence international security & great power politics.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
(1/5) Out now: As 6G standardisation starts, read my new paper with Liesbet van der Perre with @uisweden.bsky.social „Technological evolution, looming geopolitics: Embarking on 6G standards definition” shorturl.at/dUr9M
🌏 India’s role #geopolitics: Join us during #IndiaWeek2025 for a panel discussion with @mjph.bsky.social, Ambassador Philipp Ackermann, Sharinee Jagtiani, @sangeetamahapatra.bsky.social, and Johannes Plagemann.
➡️ 24 June, 4 p.m. at the #GIGA in #Hamburg: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...
on.ft.com/4dQj6Du India and Europe agree on nearly half of trade deal ‘chapters’
Swedish Defence University is advertising a postdoc in quantitative narrative geopolitics. The role involves applying data science methods to examine how narratives shape international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry.
Deadline: August 31.
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Between Trump halting international enrolments at Harvard and Britain threatening a levy on foreign students, where else in the world do you go for English-speaking higher education? Big opportunity for someone.
Some context on recent India-Pakistan tensions in this 50 minute long conversation we hosted at ORF America: orfamerica.org/recent-event...
Sad news. Joe Nye, giant of political science and former Dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard, has passed away.
One of many examples of growing India-Europe climate collaboration. 🇮🇳 🇩🇰
Focuses include: power system modeling, EV charging, renewables integration, cross-border electricity trading
(Also, shows how isolated the US is from its partners.)
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energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewab...
India retaliates against Pakistan: “A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.”
