Dimitris Bouris
dimitrisbouris.bsky.social
Dimitris Bouris
@dimitrisbouris.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Chair. Associate Professor University of Amsterdam. Visiting Professor at College of Europe (Natolin). Associate Editor @europeansecurity.bsky.social Opinions personal. he/him 🍉
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34(3) OA European strategic autonomy in the transatlantic security context: American perceptions of European security and defence integration 1998–2022 by @heljaossa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
European strategic autonomy in the transatlantic security context: American perceptions of European security and defence integration 1998–2022
European strategic autonomy has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, but the discussion has largely been Euro-centric and overlooked the American perspective. This paper addresses t...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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34(3) Mystery in civil–military relations! The unknown “European practice” by Isabella Neumann www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mystery in civil–military relations! The unknown “European practice”
This article assesses the limitations of European Union (EU) documents regarding the sociological aspects of civil–military relations. Although these documents aim to improve the relationship betwe...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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34(3) Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism? by @aitorbonsoms.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism?
Multi-agency collaboration has been identified in previous studies as a key strategy for early intervention in violent extremism. However, little focus has captured the institutional framework that...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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34(3) From across the globe: understanding the motivations of pro-Ukraine foreign fighters by Naira Arutyunova and Marco Bocchese: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From across the globe: understanding the motivations of pro-Ukraine foreign fighters
To date, the most glaring gap in our understanding of the phenomenon of foreign fighters concerns the motivations that prompted – and continue to prompt – them to enlist in the Ukrainian Internatio...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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34(3) OA NATO's reassurance and the willingness to defend one’s country: survey evidence from Latvia by Toms Rostoks and Inta Mierina: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
NATO's reassurance and the willingness to defend one’s country: survey evidence from Latvia
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brings into question the significance of people’s willingness to defend their respective countries. While there have been many studies of various dom...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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34(3) Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union by @inesbsomoano.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union
The violent attacks of 9/11 marked a pivotal moment in global counter-terrorism, catalyzing a new consensus on terrorism that led to a global “preventive turn” in counter-terrorism policy, particul...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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34(3) OA You’re projecting! Global Britain, European strategic autonomy and the discursive rescue of the internationalised state by Ben Martill and Angelos Chryssogelos: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You’re projecting! Global Britain, European strategic autonomy and the discursive rescue of the internationalised state
How do leaders respond to costly demands to re-nationalise political control? The re-shaping of state–society relations engendered by globalisation has produced a backlash in the form of populist d...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Issue 34(3) is now published. Interested in Global Britain, counter-terrorism, willingness to fight, transatlantic relations, motivations of foreign fighters, civ-mil or disinformation? Look here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/feus20/3...
European Security
Volume 34, Issue 3 of European Security
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September 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This paper sheds light on dynamics of #indirect transnational governance and #localactor enlistment that underpin EU #security and #counter-terrorism . By championing preventive measures, more easily accepted by Member States because they align with social rather than security policy objectives.
September 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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New OA article: NATO/EU synergies against information warfare: a “circulatory institutionalist” model of expert voluntarism by Michal Senk & Nik Hynek: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
NATO/EU synergies against information warfare: a “circulatory institutionalist” model of expert voluntarism
Amid interlocking crises, Europe's security and political resilience increasingly hinges on effective responses to sophisticated information threats. This article provides a pioneering institutiona...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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New article: Whose “drone revolution”? Expert-media gaps in perceptions of drone warfare by Zakir Rzazade: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Whose “drone revolution”? Expert-media gaps in perceptions of drone warfare
In recent years, the use of drones in warfare has ignited intense discussions regarding their potentially revolutionary effects on warfare and international security. Media headlines tend to narrat...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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New article: Influence of the Russia–Ukraine war on security discourse of Baltic presidents by Vytautas Valentinavičius: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Influence of the Russia–Ukraine war on security discourse of Baltic presidents
This article examines how Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine influenced the national security discourse of the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia between 2020 and 2024. We integrate securi...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Huge congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade
for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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New OA article: Wartime solidarity and sense of belonging to Europe: public support for military aid to NATO allies under attack by Albert Weckman: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Wartime solidarity and sense of belonging to Europe: public support for military aid to NATO allies under attack
Despite extensive research on public opinion, the factors influencing attitudes towards wartime solidarity between allied nations remain underexplored, especially at the citizen level. Existing lit...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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New OA article: A boundary-based framework for analysing cross-sector cooperation in societal security – Svalbard case studies by Sasan Zarghooni-Hoffmann & Marja Yolnen: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A boundary-based framework for analysing cross-sector cooperation in societal security – Svalbard case studies
In societal security, cross-sector cooperation is commonly described as a temporary response to extraordinary circumstances, where each organisation acts within its sector to address a shared, sect...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Together with Mahmoud Javadi and Sophie Vanhoonacker, we just published a piece in @europeansecurity.bsky.social on why EU is not more active in military AI regulation. Drawing on regime complexity scholarship, our answer is simple: EU doesn't offer what MSs want.
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The European Union’s missing voice: member states’ forum shopping in military AI governance
This paper investigates why EU member states have largely opted for external forums, rather than the EU itself, to shape the emerging governance of military AI. While the EU’s limited competence in...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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New OA article: The European Union’s missing voice: member states’ forum shopping in military AI governance by Mahmoud Javadi, @profonderco.bsky.social & Sophie Vanhoonacker: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The European Union’s missing voice: member states’ forum shopping in military AI governance
This paper investigates why EU member states have largely opted for external forums, rather than the EU itself, to shape the emerging governance of military AI. While the EU’s limited competence in...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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New article: Retrospective securitisation and hybrid threats: reframing the 2007 Estonian cyberattacks in NATO’s strategic discourse by Ali Nihat Attila: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Retrospective securitisation and hybrid threats: reframing the 2007 Estonian cyberattacks in NATO’s strategic discourse
This article advances the concept of retrospective securitisation as a refinement of securitisation theory, with a particular focus on the role of narrative and its temporal dynamics. Using the 200...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Just published! My article on Retrospective securitisation and hybrid threats: reframing the 2007 Estonian cyberattacks in NATO’s strategic discourse in @europeansecurity.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thank you @ibei.org for hosting me. It was great joining you and a big thanks to the audience for their active engagement and questions!

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HIGHLIGHTS from yesterday✨

Aula Mediterrània Series of lectures @iemed.bsky.social | The European Union and Palestine: Complicity, Silence and Double Standard

🎙️With @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam & Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués, IBEI

Check IBEI AGENDA👉t.ly/nL-CV
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"Girlhood At War" is going on tour.
Details will follow soon along with new dates for other European cities.

The book is available across all European and American online platforms.

All proceeds from book sales go to the children’s section of the public library in my hometown, Gjilan (Kosovo).
October 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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We are looking for an associate editor to join @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social @laurachappell.bsky.social & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social in editing European Security. Interested in getting editorial experience? More info here:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... Deadline 31/10/25.
Associate Editor needed for European Security
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September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Performing and (re)producing the contested state:
George Sebastian Fartan &
@dimitrisbouris.bsky.social on the case of Transnistria
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July 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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⚠️New #openaccesarticle online!

🗣️ Performing the (Contested) State: A Critical Discourse Analysis of #Transnistria’s Political Elites

🔍 Find out more here: https://shorturl.at/Uky81

✒️ George Sebastian Fartan & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam)
July 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Delighted to find my article on #RuleofLaw conditionality in the #EU, co-authored with @adamholesch.bsky.social from @ibei.org, in the latest issue of @jcms-eu.bsky.social (incidentally, in the good company of @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social) and many others...
🚨 New Issue Alert! 🚨

Volume 63, Issue 4 of JCMS is out now! 🌍

Explore key debates on EU funding, Euroscepticism, foreign policy and more.

Edited by @cardwellpj.bsky.social, @rguerrina.bsky.social, and @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social 📚

Read the new issue here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...
July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM