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Deregulatory avant-garde? How the small EU member states orchestrated the Union’s Digital Omnibus Often invisible amid the noisy proclamations of leaders from large states and big tech firms, representatives of small states have nonetheless powerfully shaped EU digital politics.

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NEW OPINION PIECE OUT NOW

Daniel Šitera and myself take a different look at the "deregulatory turn" in EU digital policy. Building on our academic research, we argue that the key enabling role of smaller EU states have been largely overlooked.

#digitalsovereignty

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Digital sovereignty and Central and Eastern Europe: agency, structural disadvantage and digital politics at EU’s (semi-)periphery This introductory article starts from the observation that the scholarship on EU digital sovereignty (DS) has so far overlooked the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This is both an acade...

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NEW ARTICLE - DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Very excited to share my most recent article, written together with Linda Monsees. It is an introduction to a special issue on the position of CEE states in EU's digital sovereignty agenda.

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Dostat tzv. Standardní grant od GAČR - tedy nejobvyklejší způsob národní podpory vědy - je dnes historicky nejtěžší. "S ohledem na rozpočtová omezení"...

Nord-Stream-Verdächtiger an Deutschland ausgeliefert Er soll die Operation zur Sprengung an Pipelines in der Ostsee geleitet haben. Serhij K. wurde in Italien verhaftet, nach juristischem Hin und Her ist er nun ausgeliefert und nach Karlsruhe geflogen w...

Ukrainian citizen suspected to be the orchestrator of the blowing-up of the NordStream pipelines was extradicted to Germany. This will surely be a very interesting and extremely sensitive process.

www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...

Is lack of a common definition of #digitalsovereignty the core of EU's issues with projects like Gaia-X, per @politico.eu? Not really. Let's not obsess about definitions and pay attention to power relations behind them (as argued in an article we published recently). www.politico.eu/article/anat...

Reliable Not Reckless Why Washington’s measured support for Ukraine reassured the world.

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In @foreignpolicy.com, @laurensukin.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, and I provide analysis on how publics around the world viewed the Biden administration's extensive but restricted military aid to Ukraine in 2022-2023.
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🇨🇿🇺🇦 Jak bude nová česká vláda přistupovat k Ukrajině? Podle našeho výzkumníka @jeberle.bsky.social bude méně vstřícná oproti té předchozí, ale je nepravděpodobné, že by blokovala vojenskou podporu Kyjevu. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz www.ceskenoviny.cz/ukrinform/ce...

New Czech government unlikely to oppose Ukraine in international bodies — expert The most likely future government of the Czech Republic may be less supportive of Ukraine, but is unlikely to block military aid to Kyiv if it is in the Czech interests, including in international for...

My short commentary on the implication of the Czech election for Ukraine.

In short: not a good result for Kyiv, but expect pragmatic, self-interested policies, rather than a pro-Russian turn. Babiš is a transactional politician, will do what serves him best.

www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...

In Berlin today, discussing the Czech election. Starts 18:30, livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/UXX-W-0...

Ja, na zacatku kvetna. #toldya

Gesprächsreihe „Up to East“: Nach den Parlamentswahlen in Tschechien: Analyse und Ausblick Am 15. Oktober 2025 analysieren Expert:innen aus Tschechien den Ausgang ihrer Parlamentswahlen und seine Bedeutung für die Sicherheit und Demokratie(n) in Europa.

Berlin friends, in two weeks time, I will be talking about the results of the Czech election in taz-Kantine. Tickets are free, but registration is required. Non-Berlin friends, there will be a livestream, too.

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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

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Making sure my memes are on trend for the new academic year

Diluting digital sovereignty: Czechia’s quiet selective adaptation to EU digital politics This article analyses how the notion of ‘digital sovereignty’ (DS) was constructed in public, semi-public and hidden discourses in Czechia. We show that the Czech government initially viewed DS wit...

Based on interviews with Czech officials (as well as public sources), we show that adaptation often happens through "quiet" bureaucratic ways out of the sight of the public eye - if politicians don't step in. 2/2

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NEW ARTICLE OUT IN OPEN ACCESS

How do small and peripheral states respond to big EU initiatives? In a new article by Daniel Šitera and myself, we look at Czechia's reluctant and gradual warming to the idea of "EU digital sovereignty". 1/2

Civilians cannot be targets. Never.

The images from Gaza are unbearable.

The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid.

And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law.

A detailed NYT investigation into Netanyahu's behaviour.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...

Understanding German Foreign Policy in the (Post-)Merkel Era—Review Essay Abstract. This essay reviews four recent books on Germany's foreign policy with emphasis on the era of Angela Merkel. The evaluation is based on their (a)

I've been saying that for a while and well beyond here, though! :-) academic.oup.com/isr/article-...

Frank's work is a must-read for anyone interested in German foreign policy.

Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White

There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.

But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
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What Keir Starmer can’t say The Prime Minister believes he will healBritain – but can he find the words?

A really good (and long!) profile of Keir Starmer: a gradualist technocrat struggling to define his political purpose.

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📝 Nový policy paper @jeberle.bsky.social se věnuje analýze zahraniční, bezpečnostní a evropské politiky nové německé vlády vedené kancléřem Friedrichem Merzem z pohledu České republiky. 🇩🇪

www.iir.cz/nemecko-pod-...

CJIR: Special forum on Czech Foreign Policy towards Israel, Gaza and Palestine | Ústav mezinárodních vztahů - Expertise to impact The new issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations presents a special forum on Czech foreign policy towards Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Check out this important CJIR forum on Czech foreign policy towards Israel, Gaza and Palestine. Edited by @horalistani.bsky.social and Jakub Zahora, with contributions by Marek Cejka, Tereza Plistilova, Zora Hesova, and others. Published by @iirprague.bsky.social

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Muj policy paper pro @iirprague.bsky.social Rikam, ze Merzova vlada je pro Cesko priznivejsim partnerem, nez byla ta Scholzova. Zasadni zmeny ale necekeje a budme realisticti v hodnoceni naseho vyznamu pro Nemecko. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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TGA: "One can go down the list of conditions for a just war (...) and see how many are now being violated. Proportionality? No. Reasonable chance of success? No. Distinguishing between combatants and innocent civilians? No."

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Great times talking about #digitalsovereignty at the GIG-ARTS conference in Salerno last week.

gig-arts.eu/salerno-2025/

If Germany is serious about two-state solution mantra now is time to align /w major EU partners incl. France to consider official recognition of Palestinian state.Yes, mostly symbolic. Yes, with drawbacks. But brazen expansion of settlements plus Gaza ethnic cleansing plans does require firm answer.