Hans Kribbe

This week The Strongmen is officially out! Available at your nearest bookstore ;-) I owe a debt of gratitude to many, not least to the five formidable people who have given the book their endorsement. Couldn’t have wished for more.

The #EU faces geopolitical dilemmas which demand strategic vision. Writing in @Euractiv today, BIG's @HansKribbe argues for the formation of an EU #EconomicSecurity Council to create the silo-busting geoeconomic coordination the institutions need. ⬇️ 🔗 euractiv.com/opinion/how-to…

Delighted to present BIG’s ‘Green Realpolitik: Recasting Europe’s Climate and Energy Diplomacy’ by Thijs Van de Graaf. A clear-sighted look at what’s at stake as Europe attempts to carry forward its climate and energy agenda into a new geopolitical era. big-europe.eu/publications/b…

'We need not just the unpowerment of our rivals, but the empowerment of ourselves.' BIG’s @HansKribbe spoke at today’s @EU_ISS @POLAND25EU seminar on how the EU can limit Russia’s influence — urging a clearer, stronger European offer in a geopolitical world.

In this brilliant essay, ‘The EU’s Mackinder Moment’ BIG guest writer Professor Mark Gilbert at Bologna’s @SAISHopkins, re-visits the work of the ‘father of geopolitics’ to understand its significance to contemporary Europe. 📕 big-europe.eu/publications/2…

The Trump supernova that Europe didn’t see coming.  My editorial for @BIGEurope on how Europe was blindsided to structural shifts in US domestic and foreign policy – in the making since long before this MAGA-inspired conflagration. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

Trump will get his peace deal, one way or another, with meaningful security guarantees or without. But the broader and sobering strategic implications of Trump’s revolution are still poorly understood, as I argue in this @BIGEurope piece👇big-europe.eu/publications/2…

“Governments need to do the heavy lifting. Any qualitative leap [on defence] can only come from increasing national budgets and optimizing their use.” 📖Read the full interview with Claude-France Arnould 👇 big-europe.eu/publications/2…

20 January: as the Wheel of Fortune starts spinning faster, it's time to re-engage with history as a scholarly discipline. My essay for @BIGEurope. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

With one week until Inauguration Day, is Europe better prepared for Trump 2.0? Find out which European leaders cracked Trump’s code the first time around in this excerpt from @HansKribbe's book, The Strongmen: European Encounters with Sovereign Power. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

What do we mean by the Return of History to the Present? 🤔 Our Director, @LuukvMiddelaar breaks it down in this piece looking at how Europe can regain its sense of history from three perspectives and anchor itself in this new geopolitical era. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

📺Tune in tomorrow (28 November) at 15:30 CET to the Livestream with @JosepBorrellF in coversation with our Director, @LuukvMiddelaar. It will be Mr. Borrell’s last public appearance before bowing out. ➡️ Follow LIVE: youtube.com/live/IVlhS3nWQ…

The wait is over but is Europe ready for Trump 2.0? Resharing our editorial by @HansKribbe @dmarusic looking at what Europe got wrong during his first term and how it can do better. ⤵️ big-europe.eu/publications/2…

🇺🇸🗳️ As the world holds its breath, we present two essays on the next US president and Europe. @HansKribbe draws lessons from Trump's first term and @dmarusic decrypts Harris's potential direction. Discover the diptych here: big-europe.eu/publications/2…

If economic statecraft is the use of economic policy for security goals, then what are those goals for Europe? In this new @BIGEurope essay I explore some possibilities, drawing on the strategic narratives of W. Wilson, G. Bush and H. Kissinger. We learn from the best.

Acknowledging new economic security risks, the EU is drafting a toolbox of instruments. But we also need a strategic debate about the goals and reasons. Tomorrow, we will host a conversation between @HansKribbe, Amb. Michael Clauß, @MacaesBruno @ErrardN @CloosJim & @paolatamma.

The #Paris2024 Games kick off amid tense geopolitics, but sports have always intertwined with state power. Fábio Colombo & Matěj Prásǐl explore how the geopolitics of sports can serve to foster unity, project power, but also channel rivalries. 🌍🏅 big-europe.eu/publications/2…

Join our team at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics! 🌍 Are you passionate about Europe and geopolitics? 🗞️ Do you have a deep understanding of the news cycle and media dynamics? ✏️ Apply before 21 June 🗓️ ⤵️

📢📰Join our team! We're hiring a Head of Communications at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics. If you have top-notch media and communication skills, apply before 21 June 👉 big-europe.eu/2024-06-03-big…

We are honoured to announce the inauguration of BIG's 7-member Board today. Under the leadership of @BMF_Bund State Secretary Heiko Thoms (Chair) and president of @FLAD_PT Rita Faden (Vice-Chair), it will provide strategic guidance and formal oversight. big-europe.eu/2024-05-13-big…