The Renegade Within: NATO’s American Dilemma As NATO convened for its 2025 summit in The Hague, its most pressing challenge did not come from Russia, but from a US president openly sceptical of the Alliance’s purpose. While the summit project...

Pleased to share a couple of new publications:
1. “The Renegade Within: NATO's American Dilemma,” in #Survival #IISS doi.org/10.1080/0039...
2. "Signaling virtue: legitimacy, reputation, and NATO’s strategic communications during the war in Ukraine", in #InternationalPolitics
doi.org/10.1057/s413...

Rally Around the Winner—A Two-Wave Panel Survey on the Impact of the U.S. Election on Foreign Policy Stances Abstract. Do electoral outcomes influence public support for the winning candidate's policy agenda? While voters are often assumed to evaluate candidates b

Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...

Do electoral outcomes shape how the public perceives the winner's policy agenda? Gal Bitton and I explore this question in our open-access article in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, leveraging a preregistered two-wave panel survey around the 2024 U.S. presidential election

Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries This article explores the factors influencing NATO’s level of engagement with partner countries, arguing that the alliance prioritises ties with states that demonstrate increased potential for subs...

New article: Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries by @rubinsonir.bsky.social & Nizan Feldman: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Partnering for success: NATO’s approach to enhancing strategic relations with partner countries This article explores the factors influencing NATO’s level of engagement with partner countries, arguing that the alliance prioritises ties with states that demonstrate increased potential for subs...

Read the article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In a new @europeansecurity.bsky.social article, Nizan Feldman and I examine why #NATO deepens ties with some partners over others. Using new data and elite interviews, we show that #NATO prioritizes partners with advanced military capabilities and modernization potential, viewed as powerful signals

🏛️ Prof. Gärtner also visited the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Many thanks to the Ariel bilateral Israel-Austria fund for providing generous funding for this important visit. Recordings of the seminars are available upon request.

🇦🇹 “Seventy Years of Austrian Neutrality, 1955-2025: What Comes Next?”
Held in cooperation with @IASEI, Tel Aviv University, and Ariel University, this seminar revisited the enduring legacy of Austrian neutrality and its implications for the future.

🌍 “Europe’s Evolving Security Architecture: Challenges and Adaptation” at Ariel U, we explored Europe’s strategic landscape, with Prof. Gärtner offering insights into NATO-EU dynamics and the war in Ukraine. Thoughtful commentary was provided by Prof. Tal Sadeh (TAU) and Dr. Chen Kertcher (Ariel)

I had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Heinz Gärtner (University of Vienna and International Institute for Peace) this week for a series of fascinating discussions on neutrality and European security

Just wrapped up a fantastic time at the @isanet.bsky.social conference in Chicago, presenting new work on NATO’s partnerships. Always great to meet and reconnect with colleagues.

Also, PL prisoners are detained as part of a legal process for security offenses, held under int. law and granted basic protection under int. law, including due process and visits. Hostages are civilians (including babies, women, holocaust survivors) taken forcibly and held under duress.

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European Security Working Group 8th annual workshop: European security cooperation in times of European and global elections- European Security | BISA - European Security Working Group

I'm really looking forward to BISA's Security Working Group annual workshop on January 17th (European security cooperation in times of European and global elections). I Will be presenting new work with @NizanFeldman. Registration open remotely as well.

www.bisa.ac.uk/group/9/cont...

Happy to be added 🙏

On Wednesday, we held a webinar discussing Trump's new foreign policy crew approach toward the Middle East and beyond. Watch the recording here: ariel-ac-il.zoom.us/rec/share/Dk...

My new book, "Growing Strong, Growing Apart: The Erosion of Democracy as a Core Pillar of NATO Enlargement, 1949–2023", is now available for pre-order with @SUNYPress, at: sunypress.edu/Books/G/Grow...