Join us tomorrow at 5pm at the oiip for this panel discussion:
Hybrid Threats, the role of AI and EU responses
Daniela Pisoiu, oiip
Miron Lakomy, Institute of Political Sciences, the University of Silesia, Poland
Ali Fisher, Extreme Realms at Human Cognition Ltd
www.oiip.ac.at/events/hybri...
We are proud to co-organize the 2026 Geneva Peace Week ‘Geneva meets Vienna” in Vienna on 3 June 2026, together with its principal initiator the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) @gpplatform.ch
Please save the date! More information on the program and the registration modalities to come soon!
At yesterday’s panel at wiiw on the Geopolitical and Economic Consequences of the US–Israeli War on Iran, oiip Director @cengizgunay.bsky.social highlighted the lack of strategy in the Trump administration and its global economic implications.
🌍 Public Panel Discussion: Is the EU Ready? Security, Enlargement, and Europe’s Geopolitical Responsibility
📅 Register now and join the discussion! www.oiip.ac.at/events/is-th...
oiip Academy Module 8:
The Wider Horn of Africa – Geopolitics, Political Risk and Business Environments
11 June 2026
Facilitator: Jan Pospisil
Vienna | online
Registration open now 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/academy/geop...
oiip Academy Module 7:
Transatlantic Geopolitics: the Future of NATO, Big Tech, and Global Competition
28 May 2026
Facilitators:
Johannes Späth & Emiliano Alessandri
Information & Registration: www.oiip.ac.at/academy/tran...
Register for upcoming oiip Academy Module 6:
Geopolitics of Rare Earths and Critical Materials
30 April 2026 from 9am-5pm
Vienna or online
Facilitator: Hanna Murat
Information & registration: www.oiip.ac.at/academy/geop...
2026 – Die Welt in Unordnung: Kriege, Machpolitik und Autoritarismus, eine Zeitenwende? Trends, Risiken und Handlungsoptionen für Europa und Österreich
16. März 2026 um 17:00 am oiip
@cengizgunay.bsky.social @vedrandzihic.bsky.social
👉 www.oiip.ac.at/events/2026-...
South Sudan has never had an election to hand over presidential power: so what are the rules of succession?
Our colleague Jan Pospisil, who has studied the country’s politics and power-sharing agreements, explains what’s in place 👇 theconversation.com/south-sudan-...
Im März gehen wir wieder auf Buchtour. Leipziger Buchmesse, Kreisky Forum etc. Hier die Termine - und sagt es weiter ✌️
@krstorevic.bsky.social @danijelmajic.bsky.social @ballaballa-balkan.bsky.social @vedrandzihic.bsky.social @infooiip.bsky.social @bpb.de
We are launching a new project 📣 #ChangingTIDE: Together to Inform, Debunk & Empower 👉 Over the next 1️⃣8️⃣ months, we will host events to equip citizens with media literacy skills
🔗 tepsa.eu/projects/cha...
@oegfe.bsky.social @infooiip.bsky.social @icds-tallinn.bsky.social @edmoireland.bsky.social
Module 5 | oiip Academy
Geopolitics and Political Risks in East Asia
Facilitator: Thomas Eder
🗓 12 March 2026
A few places are still available!
Sign up now 👉www.oiip.ac.at/academy/module-geopoliti...
Find here our latest Trend Report 12 by Loïc Simonet:
The War in Ukraine: The Moment of Truth in 2026?
#Russia–#Ukraine war, #ceasefire, #escalation, #EU, #US
Link 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
💥Just published!
Trend Report 11 (January 2026) by Johannes Späth:
Declining US Support for Israel: From Bipartisan Consensus to Generational Fracture
Read the whole report here 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
Find here Trend Report 10 / January 2026 by Özgecan Eskiduman:
Algorithmic Truth-Making: From Border Checkpoints to Always-On Filters
Read the whole report here: www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
Trend Report 9 / January 2026 out now!
Succession—The Make-or-Break Moment of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Erdoğan’s Turkey
By @cengizgunay.bsky.social
👉 www.oiip.ac.at/en/publicati...
The NATO chief needs to be promoting a more balanced alliance with a strong European pillar — not undermining it.
Read more in this article by Domenec Ruiz Devesa, & Emiliano Alessandri, affiliated researcher at the oiip 👇
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
Chinese Foreign Policy in 2026: Exploiting the ‘America crisis’
Trend Report 8 / January 2026
By @thomaseder.bsky.social
Full report 👉www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/chinese-fore...
Why does South Sudan blame Riek Machar for a “ghost army”? Because framing local, bottom-up militias as centrally controlled enemies is politically useful — even if it ignores how violence actually mobilizes.
Read here the article by Jan Pospisil 👇
nation.africa/kenya/news/a...
Find here Trend Report #6 by Camillo Stubenberg:
Crisis-Induced Decarbonization:
How Infrastructure Breakdown and Cheap Solar Are Driving Energy Transitions in the Absence of Policy
👉 www.oiip.ac.at/en/publicati...
📊 Trend Report 5 | Jan 2026
From Fatigue to Fragile Momentum: EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans under Geopolitical Pressure
By @vedrandzihic.bsky.social & Theresa Rauch
EU enlargement, accession, Western Balkans, stabilitocracy
👉 Read the report: www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
Wired for power: digital technology as the MENA’s new geopolitical axis
Trend Report 4 / January 2026 by Emiliano Alessandri
#MENA #AI #Geopolitics #tech
Read the whole report here 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
Please find here Trend Report 2 / 2026
By @Osnat Lubrani:
Governing Without Consequence: Israel as a High-Visibility Indicator in 2026
Read full report here 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/...
Find here Trend Report 1 / 2026
By Annika Scharnagl: The Personal Is Still Political:
Why the Rise of Misogyny Threatens Democracy
Read full Report here 👉www.oiip.ac.at/en/publications/the-pers...
Find here Trend Report 1 / 2026
By Annika Scharnagl: The Personal Is Still Political:
Why the Rise of Misogyny Threatens Democracy
Read full Report here 👉www.oiip.ac.at/en/publications/the-pers...
Join our panel on 21/1/26 at 17h the oiip:
Rebuilding Gaza in a Changing International and Regional Order
Panelists: Nada Majdalani, Yitzhak Gal, Ibrahim Awad
Moderation:
@cengizgunay.bsky.social
In cooperation with @wiiw.ac.at
Register 👉 www.oiip.ac.at/events/rebui...
Module 4 | oiip Academy
Europe’s Security Order: The War in Ukraine & Beyond
22 Jan 2026
How has the war reshaped Europe’s security — and what comes next?
Few places left.
Register now 👉 oiip.ac.at/academy/euro...
#EuropeanSecurity #UkraineWar #Geopolitics
The team of the oiip would like to express its sincere appreciation for your continued trust and interest in our work.
We wish you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyful holiday season, restful days of celebration, and a wonderful beginning to a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year 2026 🥂
Save the Date: 22 January
2026
Module 4: Europe's Security Order
- The War in Ukraine and Beyond
👉 oiip Academy
If you would like to join the oiip Academy, please sign up on our website:
oiip.ac.at
New Policy Analysis out!
Building Connectivity, Managing Risk: The EU’s Geopolitical Role in the Black Sea
@cengizgunay.bsky.social
👉www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/building-con...
