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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Sep 1

Best wishes from our team for the new school year! Happy Knowledge Day!

We have some updates for you 👇

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🥳🎉The CEEShub team congratulates the 1st of September to all the academics, students, teachers, administrative and support staff. Happy Knowledge Day! We have some updates for you! 1. Department of ...

“Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · Jun 26

Can including far right parties in government reduce their electoral appeal? The fabulous @anninahermes.bsky.social will show today #epsa2025 that this strategy does not work @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

Annina Hermes @anninahermes.bsky.social · Jun 26

Very excited to present my paper with @heikekluever.bsky.social on the consequences of far-right parties in government at #EPSA2025 on Friday!
🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30
📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 26

📢Five more days to go until our CfP deadline!

It will be a 💥conference.

- No registration fee
- Lunch and coffee breaks covered
- A free cultural program (i.e., sauna!)
- Scholar/activist workshops
- Several travel bursaries for scholars from CEE and GS

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Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.

🎊What a week at #BISA2025 in #Belfast! | CEEShub at Tallinn University

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 23

We have had a fantastic week at @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025 in #Belfast.

To explore what our team has been up to, see 👇

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🎊What a week at #BISA2025 in #Belfast! 🙌Members of IR department from Tallinn University presented on a variety of fascinating topics. We are very proud to have had strong representation in Belfast, ...

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👉While our team are attending #BISA2025, celebrating its 50th anniversary, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st. | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 20

👉While our team are attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone working in IR and on critical and relational security.

❗More here: shorturl.at/48IOy

👉While our team are attending #BISA2025, celebrating its 50th anniversary, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone worki...

🎊This past week has been intense, funny, and above all educational! | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 13

This has been an intense, funny, and above all educational week.

MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and how to maximize their value-added.

Thank you to the experts and our participants!

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🎊This past week has been intense, funny, and above all educational! Our MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and ...

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 10

⭐Our #MSCA workshop, preparing participants to successfully run for the European and/or Global Fellowships is running very well.

💡Today, a session by Professor Maria Mälksoo on Impact and Implementation sections.

Fantastic sessions ahead! 🙌

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 9

such as liberation or emancipation. Sachiho argues that the case of Japan, which considers itself to be a 'peace state,' complicates the concept of peace, surpassing the conventional understanding of peace as pacifism. [3/3]

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 9

The blog post argues that while there appears to be a consensus that peace is universally desired, the disproportionate use of ‘peace’ in the political discourse of the Global North has faced criticism for promoting a Western consensus over potentially more progressive concepts, [2/3]

Japan’s Contextual and Relational Peace - CEEShub - Central and Eastern… | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 9

📢In anticipation of our Call for Papers deadline (July 1st, see via the link), we have a fantastic new blog by SACHIHO FUNABASHI (船橋幸穂) on "Japan's Contextual and Relational Peace" that you should go read immediately. 👇

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📢In anticipation of our Call for Papers deadline (July 1st, see further 👇!), we have a fantastic new blog by SACHIHO FUNABASHI (船橋幸穂) on "Japan's Contextual and Relational Peace" that y...

Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub… | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 2

⭐And no registration fees!

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · Jun 2

📢We have an exciting offer for early-careers from CEE and scholars from the Global South.

👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference.

See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 27

👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come!

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❗It's the time of the week for us to remind you about this exciting Call for Papers! We are organizing a fantastic conference in January 2026 and want you to contribute. 📢Deadline for the CfP: Jul...

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 30

Fantastic thoughts about small states 👇

Anders Wivel @anderswivel.bsky.social · May 30

📢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.

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.

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 28

Congratulations, Élise! We are sure this will be an exciting step in your career and life.

Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub… | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 27

👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come!

www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...

❗It's the time of the week for us to remind you about this exciting Call for Papers! We are organizing a fantastic conference in January 2026 and want you to contribute. 📢Deadline for the CfP: Jul...

#cost #ceeshub | CEEShub at Tallinn University

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 26

📢Our Co-Director and Researcher @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social Poopuu has recently attended a conference 'Reimagining PEACE 2025,' held at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels 🇧🇪.

Birgit co-runs WG2 (Feminist Peace) #COST project 'Peace Research.' @eliseferon.bsky.social

More info: shorturl.at/R0Ll4

📢Our Co-Director and Researcher Dr Birgit Poopuu has recently attended a conference 'Reimagining PEACE 2025,' held at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels 🇧🇪. 🎊This was a kick-off confere...

Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · May 23

The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
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Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 23

Our very own @anderswivel.bsky.social published this fantastic article recently in Small States and Territories.

Go give it a read! 👇

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Why small states offer answers to important questions in international relations: Rethinking power and agency - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

Highlights Studying small states is important for answering big and important questions in international relations, such as ‘what is power?’ and ‘what is agency?’. Small state agency is best understoo...

Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 21

✨Reposting this wonderful announcement regarding the Call for Papers for our "Between Peripheries" conference.

❗Please share and apply.

Deadline: July 1st.

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 6

❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2

👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.

✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...

Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.

🙌We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson who just last… | CEEShub at Tallinn University

CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 16

We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson, who won a fantastic award last week at @eui-eu.bsky.social for his paper - 'Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia.'

For more info, please see the link 👇

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🙌We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson who just last week won the prestigious GLOBALCIT - Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship. The award was present...

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CEEShub @securityhub.ee · May 6

And indeed, if you are a PhD candidate or an early-career, please send in your paper abstract. For more information, check the link!