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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 6d

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 13d

❗New Research❗

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺 As US-China rivalry deepens, Washington is rethinking European unity - not just, as this new article by Linde Desmaele argues, as a NATO asset, but through the lens of cost tolerance and alignment on China.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 13d

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 24d

"European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition"

Linde Desmaele

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European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition

As the United States seeks to prioritise ‘competition with China’, debates have emerged about how this affects US engagements elsewhere. Europe occupies a contested role in this discussion. Traditi...

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 24d

❗New Research❗

We are delighted to share the news that our Special Issue with the Journal of European Integration on European autonomy in US-China rivalry has just been published. Guest edited by @luissimonn.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 26d

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST
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European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) @eissnetwork.bsky.social · 28d

🚨New Publication! We are thrilled to share the new book by #EISS Treasurer @marierbn.bsky.social !

“La vengeance et la paix” (CNRS EDITIONS). For more: www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/re...

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 28d

☢ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.19
💭 Cold War-era nuclear thinking can help explain how today’s challenges emerged.
📝 But @lindedesma.bsky.social warns that uncritical reliance on outdated frameworks leads to misguided policies on #NuclearWeapons.
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☢️ Enduring lessons or outdated logic? Updating Europe’s nuclear thinking

Cold War-era nuclear thinking can help explain how today’s challenges emerged. But Linde Desmaele warns that uncritical reliance on such thinking leads to misguided policies. Outdated frameworks can d...

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Damien Van Puyvelde @dvanp.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We’re hiring! Due to the continuous growth, the Intelligence and Security research group at Leiden University is looking for a new Assistant Professor in Intelligence & Security.

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Assistant Professor in Intelligence and Security

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bedankt voor dit draadje! :)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Jul 29

Last month, I wrote a short piece on what Trump 2.0 means for NATO and Europe. Bottom line: The key question is not so much whether Donald Trump stays in NATO or reaffirms the U.S. commitment to Europe, but under what terms and with what expectations.

www.atlcom.nl/magazine/con...

Contours of a new bargain? - Atlantische Commissie

America’s grand strategy and the future of the transatlantic alliance

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Universiteit Leiden @unileiden.bsky.social · May 22

Een gebrouilleerde relatie met Amerika, de oorlog in Oekraïne: er vallen harde noten te kraken tijdens de NAVO-top in juni in Den Haag. Wat staat er op het spel, wat kunnen we van de uitkomst verwachten? Drie Leidse wetenschappers blikken vooruit.

#NAVO #defensie #navotop #denhaag

Wat kunnen we verwachten van de NAVO-top?

Wat staat er op het spel tijdens de NAVO-top in Den Haag? Drie experts van Universiteit Leiden blikken vooruit.

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · Apr 28

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · Apr 14

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Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social · Mar 7

📢 Call for Submissions: REALISM 📢

Alex Reichwein and I are keen to receive your paper/panel/RT submissions for our #EISAPEC25 section on

"Realist thought, theory and analysis"

📅 Deadline 20 March.

All info here: eisa-net.org/pec-2025/

PEC 2025 | EISA

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

A huge thank you to the editorial team at NPR for their invaluable support in bringing this piece to fruition! (8/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

By focusing on these functions, I draw attention to the main barriers that produce continuity and complicate changes in NATO’s nuclear posture - either to upgrade or downgrade the TNW mission. (7/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

3. Nuclear consultation: the practice of ensuring ongoing transatlantic political linkage due to the continued US presence in Europe. (6/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

2. Nuclear legitimation: the practice of reinforcing the alliance’s commitment to nuclear deterrence as the basis for NATO’s overall defense strategy. (5/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

1. Nuclear deflection: the practice of shifting the focus away from questions relating to the responsibilities, costs, and obligations of the conventional-weapons aspect of collective defense. (4/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

In this piece, I suggest that the importance of such functions seems to have overstated. I take a different perspective and argue that US TNW in Europe are primarily tools of alliance management. I examine three key mechanisms through which they fulfill this role. (3/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

Advocates and opponents of NATO’s TNW mission often focus primarily on the value of these weapons in terms of deterrence or reassurance (arguments that primarily adhere to a military logic). (2/8)

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨

I am very happy to share my newly published article in the Nonproliferation Review (open access!) on the role of US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe.

You can access it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Still a useful myth? NATO’s theater nuclear weapons as tools of alliance management

What is the role of the US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe? Open-source intelligence experts estimate that five European NATO member states host approximately 100 US nuc...

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Feb 24

☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet"

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Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.

Be sure to check it out!

The Spreadsheet | learnwmd

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Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thank you James Sperling and Mark Webber for putting together such a great team! 👏

You can check out all the chapters and more information about the volume here: global.oup.com/academic/pro... (2/2)

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