📢New 🌟open access🌟 article: To many the future future looks gloomy, but Kai He, Markus Kornprobst, T.V. Paul and I explain how and why ☮️peaceful change may be possible in a world of great power rivalry. doi.org/10.1093/cjip...

In good company analyzing the recent transatlantic crisis in the Wyoming Star. Thanks to @joeyans.bsky.social for a great article.

Cover of Handbook of Nordic Cooperation

📢New publication: I show how ➡️pragmatic functionalism⬅️ protecting the national welfare state is key to why, when and how Nordic states cooperate in the EU. Published open access in the new Handbook on Nordic Cooperation doi.org/10.4337/9781... from @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

🤔Ever wondered how small states exercise their agency in time of economic and security dependency?

💡Well, Niklas Klein Nielsen and @anderswivel.bsky.social have some answers for you in their new blog post for our website.

Check it out 👇

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Foreign Policy Instrument, Actor, or Infrastructure? Conceptualizing the Wagner Group in Sudan By drawing on literature on non-state foreign policy actors, we establish a first-cut understanding of the Wagner Group’s role in Russian foreign policy. We show how instrument, actor, and infrastr...

Foreign Policy Analysis struggles to understand the nature and impact of non-state actors. Analyzing the Wagner Group in Sudan, @karenphilippal.bsky.social and I argue that it may be understood as an instrument, an actor and an infrastructure. 🌟Open access🌟 at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Screenshot of article on how small states and middle powers take leadership in the UN. Authored by Jonas Fritzler, Caroline Howard Grøn and Anders Wivel. Published in Foreign Policy Analysis.

📢Small states and middle-powers have little coercive power, but their #leadership styles can make them influential international agenda-setters in the #UN. 🎉New article doi.org/10.1093/fpa/... in @fpajrnl.bsky.social Maybe of interest to the @fpa-isa.bsky.social and @securityhub.ee communities.

📢New article: Studying small states help answer big and important questions in international relations, such as ‘what is power?’ and ‘what is agency?’. Part of new work from the @securityhub.ee led by @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and @benjaminklasche.bsky.social

What the UK can learn from small stares. Great new blog from @meibauir.bsky.social and @gesineweber.bsky.social Wonderful to see small state scholarship applied beyond the usual case universe - and with important policy implications!

Thanks for engaging with my work. Most big organizations are probably producing new institutional entities unnecessarily, but in this case some of them may be politically necessary as part of bigger bargains and balances.

The EU provides security mainly through processes of soft ⚖️balancing and remains both resilient and influential in times of crises. Thank you @irthinker.com for great questions on my article on #EU #governance doi.org/10.1093/ia/i... in @iajournal.bsky.social

Interview – Anders Wivel Anders Wivel explores how small states navigate global politics by linking theory and practice, challenging disciplinary silos, and shaping international order.

2. Professor @anderswivel.bsky.social was recently interviewed by @e-international.bsky.social. Please check this great interview here: shorturl.at/uKIO9

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War and transatlantic crises challenge the European order, but the EU's soft balancing governance model is resilient and continue to produce results. Interview with the IR thinker talk show irthinker.com/eu-soft-bala... based on my recent article doi.org/10.1093/ia/i... in @iajournal.bsky.social

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🚀 Calling all EU trade researchers and policy enthusiasts!

I’ve just released an updated version of my open access dataset compiling every press release from the European Commission (DG Trade) — now covering 1989 to 2025 (until February 10). Check it out!

➡️ dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Doing work on small states in 🗺️world politics? Looking for interesting discussions, input on your work, and a community of fellow travelers? Come join Revecca Pedi and me in the Standing Section on Small States in World Politics at #EISAPEC2025 See call at eisa-net.org/pec-2025/

Trump may challenge Europe, but the EU's soft ⚖️balancing governance model offers important institutional and diplomatic 🛠️tools for responding to threats and influencing international affairs beyond European borders. 📢Read my -optimist🌈🙂- research article in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social

📢New Book: ❓What does IR theory tell us about IOs and 🕊️peaceful change? ❓How does the UN, WTO, WHO and G20 impact ☮️peaceful change? ❓How can we move towards a reflective and pluralist research agenda? Great answers from 🌟stellar group of authors published by @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social

🎉A big congratulations to @carolinebertram.bsky.social on well deserved recognition for her amazing dissertation - relevant for anyone wanting to understand the EU and its role in world politics today! Very proud to have co-supervised (and grateful to have learned so much from Caroline's work!).

What are the causes, characteristics and consequences of soft balancing? Our special section explores soft balancing in central Asia, Europe and the Indo-Pacific to provide the answers!

Read here: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/1

📢 Starting the year with a brand NEW issue! We bring to you:

🌏A special section on soft balancing in the regions
📑Articles on civilization, heritage destruction and more
🏔️Policy papers on conservation in Antarctica and UK aid
📚26 book reviews

Read NOW > academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/1

The EU's soft balancing governance model: origins, characteristics and prospects for the future Instead of becoming a geopolitical actor, the European Union has provided security to its member states through processes of soft balancing. Reconceptualiz

📢New article:❓How and why has the EU remained resilient despite multiple and enduring crises? ✅The short answer: a unique soft ⚖️balancing governance model, which is now challenged by the war in Ukraine. Read my new @iajournal.bsky.social article here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...