New ENSURED research by Henning Schmidtke and @stephofmann.bsky.social shows: global governance is here to stay. But increasingly, itโs shifting toward alternative modes of cooperation.
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications/global-governance-transformation
@ensured.bsky.social
๐ How has citizenship governance changed in Eastern Europe since 2000?
A new GLOBALCIT report by Maarten Vink, Dorota Pudzianowska, and Szabolcs Pogonyi analyses reforms across 12 EU member states and candidates.
Convergence or divergence?
Read more: lnkd.in/dWPYSy48
๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ?
This Friday, 11 July, join this provocative discussion with Steve Legomsky, who will present his new book 'Reimagining the American Union'.
Register now to join in person or online ๐ buff.ly/tjKYbl5
๐บ๐ฆ As the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome is approaching, this working paper sheds light on the complexity for Ukraine in the present context of fulfilling the EU accession criteria on the protection of persons belonging to minorities.
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๐ Set against the backdrop of the Cold Warโs end and EU enlargement, the event investigates how media discourse reflected national interests or a shared European perspectiveโand what this tells us about Europeโs historical self-image.
๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ๐ชโ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1980๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 1990๐ด?
This workshop examines articles, opinion pieces, satire & cartoons across Europe to explore how national and European narratives were formed during a transformative period.
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๐ฃ The Global State of Citizenship 2025 report is now live.
โ๏ธ Authored by the GLOBALCIT team at the Global Governance Programme, the report draws on data from 191 countries and highlights key global trends in citizenship law.
Read the PR to learn more & download the report๐ loom.ly/JeESa3g
๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ Join Andrew Oros as he examines how population trends are influencing defence strategies and alliance structures in the Indo-Pacific region.
Register now ๐ buff.ly/nKiPHGP
Join the GLOBALCIT team for thr launch the Global State of Citizenship report & the third edition of the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset.
Based on data from 191 countries, key findings on current citizenship legislation around the world will be presented.
Register now๐ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
โช@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, @eui-schuman.bsky.social, @eui-eu.bsky.social
The speakers will address:
๐นThe limits of EU law and policy on abortion
๐นHow civil society and EU institutions address these gaps post-Dobbs
๐นGlobal threats to reproductive rights & transnational agendas targeting them
๐นWhat a robust legal framework for reproductive justice in the EU might look like
๐ As transnational political agendas increasingly threaten access to abortion globally, this conversation, co-organised with the Berkeley Centre for Comparative Equality and Antidiscrimination, brings insights from around the world to assess where EU law & policy stand today.
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ?
Join John Delury, as he analyses current dynamics on the Korean Peninsula, and offers insights on how constructive diplomacy could still emerge, despite the considerable obstacles.
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On 8โ9 June, Italian citizens vote in referendum to reduce the residency requirement for non-EU nationals to apply for ๐ฎ๐น citizenship from 10 years to 5
With @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & @yajnagovind.bsky.social in @larepubblica.bsky.social on why this matters
firenze.repubblica.it/dossier/fire...
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ?
In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Assistant Professor Danielle Flonk unpacks how authoritarian states are shaping the digital order through international institutions.
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The ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ (๐๐๐), launched by Fabio Santeramo at the @eui-schuman.bsky.social, offering researchers and policymakers a structured tool to analyse trade policy and environmental protection.
Learn more and explore the database ๐ buff.ly/iJf0aLI
In this @globalcit.bsky.social e-book, co-edited by Rainer Baubรถck, Kalypso Nicolaidis put forward a concrete plan for a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐โ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ (ECA)โpermanent, rotating, itinerant, and with real agenda-setting powers for the European Parliament.
Read the full publication here ๐ loom.ly/-yELRnM
What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the worldโs most connected regions?
In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.
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Each country report maps key geopolitical actors, their current involvement, and respective strategiesโexamining how they exert influence through channels like economic investment and media disinformation, and what outcomes this influence has produced.
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๐ New reports from academics affiliated with the ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ research area explore the geopolitics of democracy in Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
๐ Read the full series โก๏ธ buff.ly/sMf2XP8
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A full week ahead for the Global Governance Programme, with a range of events taking place at Villa Schifanoia and online ๐ป
Explore all them all and register here โก๏ธ buff.ly/0R4Bch7
How can digital transformation drive inclusionโwithout reinforcing inequalities?
In this interview with Patryk Pawlak, Director of the GIFI project, Masutane Modjadji, Policy Fellow at @eui-stg.bsky.social, reflects on the risks & opportunities of digital transformation in Africa.
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๐ How are shifting US alliances and global uncertainty reshaping AsiaโEurope relations?
In this interview, @pugliesasia.bsky.social reflects on the second Trump administration, rearmament in East Asia, and Europeโs role in a changing geopolitical landscape.
๐ Full interview here๐ loom.ly/klJNIh8
๐ Next week at the Global Governance Programme:
๐น Clara Brandi explores how trade provisions can improve environmental agreements. ๐ buff.ly/Kcwo4HU
๐น Imke Harbers presents new data on how ethnicity affects civil registration and political exclusion of undocumented populations. ๐ buff.ly/4vItr00
In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges.
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๐ญ๐บ What does Hungaryโs proposed citizenship suspension mean for dissent and due process?
In this GlobalCit article, Alรญz Nagy analyses the Hungarian governmentโs proposal to suspend citizenship for dual nationals deemed a โthreat to national securityโ.
Read the full piece ๐
In this interview, Riana Pfefferkorn, @stanford.edu, reflects on the long-standing and difficult debate about encryption and how it protects privacy and data security, legitimate access, and government overreach.
๐ฅ Watch the full interview with Patryk Pawlak, #GIFI project director๐ loom.ly/lp_vwuY
๐ Next week at the Global Governance Programme: explore food security amid global shocks, trade opening and sustainability, Japanโs evolving security strategy, and Taiwanโs role in regional security.
Register now โก๏ธ buff.ly/Kw0BOvY
๐ Next week at the Global Governance Programme: explore food security amid global shocks, trade opening and sustainability, Japanโs evolving security strategy, and Taiwanโs role in regional security.
Register now โก๏ธ buff.ly/Kw0BOvY
In this interview, Lokman Tsui, Fellow at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, reflects on his 20+ year journey studying Internet freedomโfrom early optimism to witnessing repression firsthand in Hong Kong.
๐ฅ Full interview by Patryk Pawlak, lead of the #GIFI project: youtu.be/VnKALgi5LRE