📣#GEOPOWEREU PI Prof @tzifakis.bsky.social (UoP) participated in the Annual ETI Department Conference at College of Europe in Tirana! He presented research on 🇪🇺ontological security & drew on #GEOPOWEREU findings on economic interdependence between the #WB& #EaP
🔗bit.ly/4cfPv7c

See the full Ukraine 🇺🇦 factsheet below 👇

1/ Our sentiment analysis report (🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx) reveals that, despite being the least-discussed actor (14% of mentions), the 🇪🇺 is the most positively perceived international actor on 🇺🇦 social media, with sentiment growing stronger across all major political events studied among 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇹🇷

Missed our latest GEO-POWER-EU Talks episode? 🎙️

Catch up this weekend with a deep dive into foreign influence and disinformation in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership. Listen here 👉bit.ly/4cj22Ho

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1/ Our latest sentiment analysis report (🔗https://bit.ly/4aF06rx reveals that in Moldova 🇲🇩, the EU 🇪🇺 is both the most talked-about & the most positively perceived international actor on X, standing out among the five actors studied 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇹🇷?
Discover more in the Moldova 🇲🇩 factsheet below 👇

📣Between 27–29 January, GEO-POWER-EU partner Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University hosted the 2nd International Winter School on #Disinformation, where Yuliia Tarasiuk presented findings from our new case study on anti-European disinformation in #Ukraine 🔗bit.ly/3ZzGHlp
More ℹ️: bit.ly/4dEaXUi

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1/ According to our sentiment analysis report (🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx), #Facebook is the main platform for discussions on international affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 🇧🇦, far surpassing X in volume during key geopolitical moments?
More insights from the BiH🇧🇦 factsheet below 👇

*Featured image: The New Union Post

📣 New op-ed by Assoc Prof Panagiota Manoli: “The 🇪🇺 must solve the credibility deficit in its enlargement policy.”
Based on #GEOPOWEREU research, it shows how delays in accession talks and shifting conditionality weaken the credibility of 🇪🇺 enlargement.

Read more here🔗 bit.ly/3MZcgCF

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1/ Did you know that the 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺, & 🇷🇺 together account for nearly 90% of all mentions in social media discussions in 🇲🇰?
This is one of the findings from
sentiment analysis report on how citizens of the WB and EaP perceive major actors. 🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx
More interesting insights from our 🇲🇰 factsheet 👇

📢 Happening Today at 2 PM CET!
Don’t miss the RE-ENGAGE webinar on wartime governance in #Ukraine 🇺🇦
The event will dive into new survey results from Kyiv to discuss state-making and local governance during the conflict.

✉️ To join, email: sophie.gueudet@santannapisa.it

Have you read our analysis examining public sentiments toward the EU 🇪🇺, US 🇺🇸, Russia 🇷🇺, China 🇨🇳, and Turkey 🇹🇷 across six WB & Eastern Partnership countries? 🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx
Let's have a deep dive into the Serbian 🇷🇸case and see how public attitudes shapes toward these actors. Key insights below 👇

Drawing on the two GEO-POWER-EU reports (🔗 bit.ly/48rghX0 &bit.ly/3ZzGHlp) on foreign influence and disinformation in the region and in #Ukraine.

In this episode, Samuel Doveri Vesterbye (ENC) is joined by Anamarija Velinovska (IDSCS) and Yuliia Tarasiuk (ONU) to explore how foreign actors use disinformation to exploit enlargement fatigue, political polarisation, and public grievances in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership.

🎙️New GEO-POWER-EU Talks 👉 Foreign Influence Challenges: #Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Associated Trio 🔗https://bit.ly/4cj22Ho

How are the 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇹🇷 perceived across the WB & the EaP?
Our latest study reveals clear regional contrasts. While the 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸, and 🇷🇺 dominate online debates, 🇨🇳 and especially 🇹🇷 show distinct, & in some cases more favourable — sentiment patterns, particularly in EaP countries.
🔗 bit.ly/4aF06rx

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🔎 Read more: bit.ly/4aRrmBM
🎥 Watch the recording: bit.ly/4qZtqxz

5/ Assoc. Prof. Iryna Maksymenko (Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University) noted that the 2020 policy revision failed to address core weaknesses. The discussion concluded that without a stronger security dimension and greater differentiation, the EaP risks losing strategic coherence.

4/ Prof. Olga Brusylovska (Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University) outlined key achievements since 2009, Association Agreements, DCFTAs, and visa liberalisations 🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪, but stressed persistent governance gaps and structural limits.

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Asuman Kübra Baș (European Neighborhood Council) outlined the core assumptions and strategic objectives of the GEO-POWER-EU project, situating the EaP report within its broader geopolitical framework.

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Opening the discussion, Kakha Gogolashvili (GFSIS) framed the central question of the EaP’s continued relevance. Alexandra Sabou (EaP Civil Society Forum) argued that while the EaP remains important, it has become increasingly fragmented due to diverging trajectories among partner countries.

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Is the EaP still strategically relevant in a region reshaped by 🇷🇺 war against 🇺🇦? On 19 Feb, EaP Civil Society Forum & #GEOPOWEREU co-hosted a webinar discussing the findings of GEO-POWER-EU report on relevance of the EaP (🔗 bit.ly/4b7W22Y)

*Featured Image: Wikimedia commons

📣New #GEOPOWEREU Case Study!
Research finds that disinformation in 🇧🇦 is largely homegrown and politically weaponised. In Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik uses pro-🇷🇺 rhetoric to deflect corruption allegations and entrench illiberal rule.
🔗https://bit.ly/4aF8mGD

📣Don’t miss our report on foreign influence in the #WesternBalkans &the Associated Trio🔗 bit.ly/48rghX0
It explores how opaque, politically mediated deals turn foreign capital corrosive &how domestically produced disinformation shields vested interests
Watch Ass. Prof. Prelec explain: bit.ly/3Oxzb8d

Corrosive capital flows through an ecosystem of:
• foreign sponsors (states & firms)
• transnational enablers (law firms, consultants, offshore actors)
• domestic elites (official decision-takers and informal decison-makers)
At the centre: patrons.

Featured image: EGIL

📣 New GEO-POWER-EU Case Study 👉🏽🇷🇸 Regime’s Fight Against the “Color Revolution”
Our research shows how domestic elites use #disinformation to suppress opposition&shape foreign influence narratives, embedding this in state #media structures — esp. during the 2024–25 protests.
🔗 bit.ly/4rTETja

Featured image: CREST

📣 New #GEOPOWEREU Report
Our case study explores how narratives about the EU in Ukraine evolved from the Euromaidan to the 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦, and how the country strengthened resilience through reforms, fact-checking & media literacy.

🔗 bit.ly/3ZzGHlp

📄 Read the report: shorturl.at/mk5F9