https://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3meylfcxpic2jHow should we understand Trump's anti-multilateral policy? In the final contribution for the GIES Occasional Paper Collection on One Year Trump, @drieslesage.bsky.social introduces an analytical framework that integrates both structural factors and ideas. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/understanding-trumps-anti-multilateralism-and-chinas-reactions.htm16 Feb 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3meylfcxpic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3me6obyrzyk2rAnother GIES Occasional Papers on One Year Trump! In this paper, Simon Rogissart examines how Donald Trump’s “war on wind” affects Europe’s wind energy sector within an increasingly bipolar global energy order. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/donald-quixotes-war-on-wind.htm06 Feb 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6obyrzyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mdkh6flt5223Time for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. In this contribution, Dawid Walentek explores the the weaponisation of the US economy for political objectives. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/economic-means-political-goals.htm29 Jan 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkh6flt5223https://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mdhu3glji22vNext up in our GIES Occasional Papers on One Year Trump: a contribution by @ferdideville.bsky.social on the crucial topic of tariffs. "In the years ahead, Trump will undoubtedly test the EU’s resolve and unity to stand up when needed." Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/tariffs-trump-and-the-eu.htm28 Jan 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhu3glji22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mdfzo4gij22lTime for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. In this paper, Longtai Zhang examines the Visegrad Group’s practice of embedded hedging. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/central-and-eastern-europe-between-washington-beijing-and-brussels.htm27 Jan 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfzo4gij22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mddebhotgc2gNew week, new GIES Occasional Papers on One Year Trump! Ann Sophie Van Baeveghem examines how post-truth politics intensifies contestation over truth, authority, and legitimacy in public memory. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/museums-and-public-memory-under-post-truth-politics.htm26 Jan 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddebhotgc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mczqgowl3c2vTime for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. In this contribution, Laura Luciani explores what the Trump route for international peace and prosperity means for the South Caucasus. https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/what-the-trump-route-for-international-peace-and-prosperity-means-for-the-sauth-caucasus-and-for-the-people-living-there.htm22 Jan 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczqgowl3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mcjodhc7lc2iTime for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. In this contribution, @berkvindevogel.bsky.social explores how Trump has affected NATO, and how the Alliance must move forward. https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/this-is-trumps-nato-and-we-are-living-in-it.htm16 Jan 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjodhc7lc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mchp6sanjc2uTime for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. Sara Canali critically examines Trump’s 2025 Peace Plan for Gaza within the broader framework of his Middle East policy since coming into office in January 2025. https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/ceasefire-without-peace-a-critical-analysis-of-trumps-gaza-peace-plan.htm15 Jan 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchp6sanjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mcfbappty224Time for the next 2026 GIES Occasional Paper: a timely deep dive into one year Trump’s foreign policy. In this contribution, Servaas Taghon and Fabienne Bossuyt discuss the importance of treating any peace deal for Ukraine proposed by Trump with caution. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/it-takes-four-to-tango-why-trumps-disregard-for-ukraine-and-europe-forecloses-just-and-sustainable-peace-servaas-taghon-fabienne-bossuyt.htm14 Jan 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfbappty224https://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mccdruc4qs2vShould Europe respond to every hostile signal from Washington? Prof. Haesebrouck and @michellehaas.bsky.social argue that in the coming period, it will be vital for Europe to preserve the good, push back the bad, and ignore the ugly. https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/european-security-under-trump-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.htm13 Jan 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccdruc4qs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3mca4h6t65s2hToday we launch the 2026 GIES Occasional Paper collection: a timely deep dive into one year of Trump’s foreign policy. We start with a contribution by Alberto Maresca on US-Latin America relations. Over the coming weeks we will publish 20 papers, stay tuned! https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/gies_papers/2025-one-year-trump/the-impact-of-the-second-trump-administration-on-latin-american-foreign-policy12 Jan 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca4h6t65s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3m2o6fh5yj22d📢 Time to share the second GIES Honours Paper of the academic year! In this series, outstanding Master’s students have the opportunity to transform their theses into publishable articles. In this paper, Robbe Du Pont examines the politics of drone armament. Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/honours_paper/academic-year-2024-2025/the-politics-of-drone-armament08 Oct 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2o6fh5yj22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3m26ve5gdac2xJust as Ursula von der Leyen declared in her State of the Union that Europe is "on the path to energy independence," Trump has turned Europe’s energy lifeline into leverage. How can Europe avoid this energy trap? New essay by @thijsvandegraaf.bsky.social https://big-europe.eu/publications/2025-10-01-trump-s-energy-trap-for-europe02 Oct 2025 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m26ve5gdac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3m24nboipak2z📢 Time to share the first GIES Honours Paper of the academic year! In this first paper, Maya Ikene examines how Morocco leverages its position in EU migration policy to gain political support for its territorial claim over the Western Sahara. 👉 Read more: https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/research/publications/honours_paper/academic-year-2024-2025/migration-as-levarage01 Oct 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24nboipak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3lsjgh5jous22📢 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆: 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 🎓 Temporary appointment of 50% for a period of 1 year Check out the full job description here: lnkd.in/ekZCj6iT26 Jun 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjgh5jous22https://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3loxn7eskoc2tRegistrations are open for our upcoming event on European Integration in the South Caucasus: Prospects for Armenia and Georgia. https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/b232392c-7208-4d03-89fd-4d817d58de2612 May 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxn7eskoc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3lj7xdzyomk2eA new article by Katsiaryna Lozka has just been published in East European Politics "From street protests to everyday life: politicisation of the Belarusian society after the 2020–2021 National Awakening" Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2025.246232728 Feb 2025 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj7xdzyomk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3lj3phuttkk2tLecture of Eureast Platform knowledge centre CERISE: 'Occupation: Russian rule in South-Eastern Ukraine' by David Lewis, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, moderated by Katsiaryna Lozka 27 February from 18:30 to 20:30, Campus UFO Registration and info at: https://www.ugent.be/en/agenda/russian-rule?fbclid=IwY2xjawIigW9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHevvNQCetiCUrWSY8H-q5HrBkQrStGciBe3bx2_WK0KUpfBUWLpTOXH6Pg_aem_BpxNDPtgsYFH8VGgu8XdvQ26 Feb 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3phuttkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/giesugent.bsky.social/post/3lhgcfjpbi322GIES has built a research profile that encompasses six interrelated research themes, namely (1) climate, energy and environment, (2) global injustices, (3) geopolitics and strategy, (4) governance, (5) the EU and the world, and (6) international political economy. https://www.ugent.be/ps/politiekewetenschappen/gies/en/team05 Feb 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:yykxtb5xlf65cpdfppwf2dqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgcfjpbi322