Imagine being a professor at a major US university, imagine spending decades commenting on US-Russia relations, and imagine not knowing in 2026 that Russia has been cut off from US financial institutions because of sanctions. He took his colleague's claims about sanctions not working too seriously.

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Twenty-five years ago I was nearly killed when AA Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. On the anniversary, I've written about what that day taught me — about the illusion of safety, the value of allies, and a fabric of national unity I worry has frayed badly since. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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New OA article: The EU’s evolving role in international peace and security: insights from the European peace facility by Malte Brosig, John Karlsrud & @yfreykers.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🔎New article out We analyse the allocation of European Peace Facility assistance measures to third parties (2021-2025). Main finding: we see increased pragmatism, selectivity and geopolitical reasoning, but overall also (too?) much strategic ambiguity. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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📣Welcome to @yfreykers.bsky.social who recently joined @egmontinstitute.bsky.social as Senior Associate Fellow in the Europe in the World programme. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👇 egmontinstitute.be/staff/yf-rey...

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