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Alida

@Alidav978

Directress of @TTPopulari , Chevening, SWP, GMF, ECFR, Europe's Futures Fellow. SEE and global affairs, politics, women, people and power, behavioral science.

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NEW: 🇺🇸, the identitarian superpower. How we know, what it means. Also for Europe. Full video in comments: ⁦@RoryStewartUK⁩ ⁦@campbellclaret⁩ ⁦@alainjuppe⁩ ⁦@JosepBorrellF⁩ ⁦@fromTGA⁩ ⁦@Billbrowder⁩ ⁦⁦#Trump #miller #massexpulsions
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What does Elon know about Europe?

What does Elon know about Europe?

In the midst of a tense moment between the United States and the EU...

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Montag in München, 19 Uhr! @LithausMUC @piperverlag 👇 Über Krieg, Demokratie und das Plastikflaschendeckelproblem. Über Helden, Heilige und “Europa für 15jährige” erklärt. @MerkurStadt @SZ_Muenchen @Abendzeitung @BR_quer @HSSde @csu_lt @CSU @BayernSPD @Gruene_Bayern @sudosteuropa
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🇪🇺🇩🇪 Buchmesse! @FrancescaKnaus über das europäische Wunder und seine Feinde. Morgen in Frankfurt, 13 Uhr! Mit @RBingener @Deutschlandrad2 @piperverlag @elenagorgis @Andric1961 @ReinhardVeser @Book_Fair @faznet
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Video: youtu.be/QIAuED6VRU8?feature… @POLITICOEurope
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Yesterday, a 19-year-old boy died in the minefield in Bosnia. Another victim of the war that ended 30 years ago. I wrote for @inkstickmedia with @connellyandrew and @maryam_ashrafi about the danger of minefields in Bosnia and "migration management" inkstickmedia.com/mines-memo…
Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border

Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border

Refugees and migrants have to navigate terrain laden with leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance on Bosnia's border with Croatia.

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Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world… via @NYTimes
Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It (Published 2025)

Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It (Published 2025)

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size.

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“It's about a cultural revolution and a paradigm shift” In our latest #DemographicResilience expert series, @Alidav978 looks at how supporting mothers in the workforce can “unlock a hidden superpower.” Learn how @UNFPA is responding to population changes 👉 unf.pa/462dCBl @TTPopulari
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In the latest episode of Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow @IVejvoda speaks with Alida Vračić of Populari about demographic decline, migration, labor shortages, and the Western Balkans’ path to EU integration. Listen here: iwm.at/europes-futures/publi…
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There will be many unexpected consequences of climate change. But one of them will be that it becomes harder to find submarines stalking beneath some parts of the oceans. That matters. I explain how here: nytimes.com/2025/06/12/clima…
Submarines Are Hard to Detect. Climate Change Might Make It Even Harder. (Published 2025)

Submarines Are Hard to Detect. Climate Change Might Make It Even Harder. (Published 2025)

Sound is the primary means of tracking subs in vast ocean expanses, and research shows that it’s behaving differently as the seas warm.

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SCOOP: We got hold of a classified Russian counterintelligence report on China. It reveals an intensifying intel battle. The FSB worry China is spying on the Arctic, recruiting experts, studying Ukraine, and could even covet land in the Far East. nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world…
Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China (Published 2025)

Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China (Published 2025)

Russia’s spy hunters are increasingly worried about China’s espionage, even as the two countries grow closer.

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@IWM_Vienna5 Jun 2025
In the latest episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, @IVejvoda talks with Alida Vračić about demographic megatrends shaping Europe and the Western Balkans. Listen in now: iwm.at/news/new-vienna-coffe…
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thank you, maya
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@IWM_Vienna4 May 2025
Listen to IWM Permanent Fellow @Ivejvoda and journalist and policy analyst Teresa Reiter discussing democratic backsliding, political volatility, and the persistence of ethnic divisions in the Balkans and broader geopolitical contexts. iwm.at/europes-futures/publi…
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🚨 NEW SPEAKER ALERT! 🚨 | #WoWFEST25 🎭 Juliet Stevenson joins Democracy: Rights on the Line Juliet joins the panel to discuss how our freedom and democracy is under attack and how we can fight back 📅19th May  🎟 writingonthewall.org.uk/myev…
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Informative piece on Central Asian labour migration to the Balkans. "The Uzbek Migration Agency lists Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro as the leading regional destinations for Uzbek migrant workers." balkaninsight.com/2025/04/24…
Labourers and Couriers: Uzbeks in the Balkans at Risk of Exploitation

Labourers and Couriers: Uzbeks in the Balkans at Risk of Exploitation

In search of better-paid employment, a growing number of workers from Uzbekistan in Central Asia are arriving in Serbia and other Balkan states. Many are vulnerable to exploitation.

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Listen in now! Political theorist @NiccoloMilanese discusses Europe’s democratic challenges, from Ukraine's struggle for freedom to the rise of populism and economic inequality. He also explores grassroots movements, EU foreign policy, and more: iwm.at/europes-futures/publi…
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On this day in 1992, the siege of Sarajevo started. It lasted 1425 days. A neverending line, with one pair of shoes for each killed citizen of Sarajevo. Forbidden to forget, excruciating to remember.
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There are new 🇺🇸 tariffs on everyone - and the Heard and Macdonald islands aren’t excluded. It’s bizarre - but I doubt that the penguins care. They aren’t big traders.
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Where are the over the millions of Ukrainian refugees?
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