by Dr Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués, inRESPONSE Principal Investigator 24 February 2025 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the United Nations, since the conflict began in 2022 more than 42,000 civilians have been wounded or killed – including 2,500 children, 6.9 million Ukrainians have registered as refugees and a further 3.7 million are…
inRESPONSE principal investigator Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués and researcher Francesca Leso have been featured in the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) Scholar Spotlight Series with their article titled “Geopolitical EU? The EU’s Wartime Assistance to Ukraine”. Their research examines whether recent claims by high-ranking EU officials about the “birth of the geopolitical EU” are substantiated by the actual…
by Laura Sparascio, inRESPONSE Researcher Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the world’s largest regional security organization, has faced an existential crisis. Deep geopolitical polarization has paralyzed its decision-making, with Moscow and its allies systematically using their veto power to stall core activities. Yet,…
The podcast features a conversation between the Jean Monnet Chair and IBEI Associate Professor Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués and IBEI researcher Adam Holesch on the various changes that are happening in the European Union as a consequence of the Ukraine war, both in terms of political fragmentation and the rise of right-wing populism, as well as the EU’s support for Ukraine…
by Raffaele Mastrorocco, Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Italy faced a fundamental question: how to navigate the changing European security context amid renewed military threats from the East? Traditionally, Rome’s security priorities focused on the Southern neighbourhoods of…
by Dr Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués, inRESPONSE Principal Investigator The return of Donald Trump to the White House, after his clear victory in the 2024 United States presidential election, has caused some trepidation in various European capitals. The strident campaign rhetoric by the President-elect gives an indication that Trump is set on picking up right where he left…
On 8th of November, IBEI Predoctoral Fellow Aitor Bonsoms defended with excellence his PhD Thesis ‘Counterterrorism discourses and practices in Western Europe: institutions, societies, and citizenship in the shadow of new security threats’, supervised by Dr. Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués (IBEI) within the PhD Programme in Politics, Policies & International Relations, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Elena Simanschi inRESPONSE Researcher discussed trends and narratives of (pro-)-Russian disinformation in Moldova prior to the presidential elections of 2024 and the referendum on EU membership. Find the interview here. #Moldova #elections #referendum #disinformation Image source: Maia Sandu’s Instagram Page.
Picture. Source: Flickr, NATO – Creative Commons.
Elena Simanschi recently participated in the research seminar titled “Disinformation in Enlargement Countries: Sowing Instability, Distorting EU’s Perception”, held at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). This seminar, organized by CIDOB with support from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Commission, aimed to identify the factors driving disinformation in the…