Very honored & happy to have joined #NATO Defense College as a Senior Eisenhower Fellow focusing on 🇷🇺🇰🇵cooperation.

Look forward to working with @florencegaub.bsky.social, Olesya Vinhas de Souza, Roderick Parkes &other amazing colleagues.

Rome sun in October isn’t too bad either!

🇨🇿☀️🇮🇹

#WeAreNATO

Happy to be back to my favorite Greek 🇬🇷🏛️ city of #Thessaloniki, this time for @ecpr.bsky.social #ecpr25 conference hosted by Aristotle University. After having already presented today on #NATO #ROK relations, lovely to see old friends and meet new ones. Look forward to three more days of #ecprgc25!

Very happy to be back to Korea 🇰🇷, this time for #IPSA2025 conference. Off to a good start, with my paper together with @silviamenegazzi.bsky.social on NATO-ROK like-minded alignment already presented & now listening to powerful and pretty honest words by Ban Ki-moon. Way to go, @ipsa.org!

Very nice to see again @cesarluena.bsky.social, @europarl.europa.eu Chair of DKOR Delegation, to discuss latest developments on the Korean Peninsula. Very pleased how active & involved the Chair and Delegation is. Look forward to bringing 🇪🇺🇰🇷 relationship to next level after the 3June elections!

🇪🇺🤝🇰🇷Reunión con @terezaanovotna.bsky.social , experta en asuntos coreanos de la FU Berlin, para conversar sobre la situación en la República de Corea y las elecciones presidenciales que tendrán lugar el próximo martes 3 de junio.

Thanks to #AsiaTimes @robtpennname.bsky.social for publishing, and to my communities @9DashLine.com, @EUROPEUM, and @rjamesyork.bsky.social #PacificForum for inspiration and support!

If same formula applies to Russia
🎭 Expect theatrics
📜 Expect hollow deals
🇺🇦 Don’t expect real security for Ukraine

In North Korea talks, South Korea was sidelined.  

In a Trump-Putin deal, Europe could be left out unless it learns from 🇰🇷 mistakes.

That’s why 🇪🇺 leaders must "man up, not Moon up”

✍️ I explain how Trump’s “love letter” diplomacy with Kim may shape his approach to Putin.

What happened between Trump and Kim from 2017 to 2019?
– Flamboyant summits and lots of "firsts"
– Vague promises
– No denuclearization

Kim got legitimacy, Trump got headlines

New article in Asia Times 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇰🇵🇪🇺

Trump says he wants to end the war in Ukraine. But what would that actually look like?

To understand it, I examine his record with North Korea: dramatic summits, vague promises, no enforcement—and a sidelined ally (South Korea).

🔗 asiatimes.com/2025/04/what...

Thank you to @chinaobservers.bsky.social for the opportunity to share my views on Trump‘s tariffs & South Korea‘s 🇰🇷 pragmatic reaction to them. You can read here 👉 : chinaobservers.eu/caught-in-th...

7️⃣ Got you hooked? Read the full article at the China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe website!
chinaobservers.eu/caught-in-th...

5️⃣ @terezaanovotna.bsky.social : 🇰🇷 South Korea's addition to the US Dept of Energy’s “Sensitive Countries List” usually reserved for nations seen as security risks is even more surprising than the tariffs. Now, 🇰🇷 has been placed in the same category as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

He just wants to prevent others - especially those who do a lot - from helping Ukraine

👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/

Squid Game-like K-drama live, season 1 finale - Yoon survives, PPP’s decency dies. What’s coming up in season two? #SouthKoreaProtests #southkoreacoup 🇰🇷

"Zpackaný puč" v Jižní Koreji. „Ukázalo se, že korejské obyvatelstvo je ochotno za demokracii bojovat (...) Předpokládám, že prezident Jun ve funkci už dlouho nebude,“ říká v @zaminutusest.bsky.social @terezaanovotna.bsky.social z @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/audio...

Jižní Korea v testu síly své demokracie obstála a z dlouhodobého hlediska jí extempore s šestihodinovým stanným právem může i pomoct, zato prezident Jun poškodil své politické dědictví, říká v @zaminutusest.bsky.social
politoložka @terezaanovotna.bsky.social. #Korea
seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/265782

Would have never expected that my first post on this platform will be about a blundered coup by the president in #SouthKorea but here we are! My views here in German www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v... & Czech zahranicni.hn.cz/c1-67503880-.... More to come! (Unfortunately, I hastened to add)

@pearswick.press hi - I still don’t seem to understand how the starter packs and tweetdecks work, but could you please add me to your NK list / pack? Thanks! And thanks for organizing this, too 🙏

Yes, please!