Moderatus Potentia

Moderatus Potentia is a platform for young people to cover topics in the world of EU diplomacy and foreign relations.

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How could we better engage citizens of the European Union in the #CoFoE ?

It is a chance to market the EU as approachable, ready to listen to its citizens' needs and reflect upon them in legislative processes.

More in an op-ed 👉 https://t.co/7HekOb8F8l

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Why is western ‘universalism’ detrimental to local communities? 🌍🌎🌏

Charlotte Reinders argues that we should redo our thinking to break from a tendency of ‘imperial reason’, and we have to decolonise IR.

More at 👉 https://t.co/dvFGvH2xBZ

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Regarding #Ukraine🇺🇦, are we moving from Cold to Hot War?

Emilia Plowiecki argues that neither Russia's nor the West's rhetoric and interests have changed. Their conflicting relations have just come to a climax.

Read more in her timely op-ed 👉 https://t.co/WROTLjyLKC

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The #Russian- #UkrainianCrisis : How should the West respond to Vladimir #Putin? 🇺🇦🇷🇺

"We should reason beyond our own perspective in order to prevent being a victim of Putin’s power play."

More in Charlotte Reinders' op-ed 👉https://t.co/oMELQ5t5er

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How will Germany's nuclear phase-out impact #climatechange and the Russian threat to European #security?

Read more in Matthew Mealin-Howlett's op-ed 👉 https://t.co/QVAxamrThk

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Why the Council of Europe felt the need to launch a campaign to promote #inclusiveness and an anti-discriminatory atmosphere across #Europe towards hijab?

Read more in Saher Ali's op-ed 👉 https://t.co/RGxQ8gIfmf

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How does Michel Barnier evaluate #Brexit negations? 🇪🇺🇬🇧

The book offers an in-depth analysis of the daily negation process and contains valuable lessons regarding reasons for the EU’s success.

Read more in a #BookReview at 👉 https://t.co/Sn2f3LIerz

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Why must the #EU and #China collaborate to foster the environment as global public good? 🇪🇺🇨🇳

We only have to look back at history to understand the damage hegemonic powers have on the #environment.

Read more in Jack Boreham's op-ed 👉 https://t.co/GYwkht4HUo #GlobalWarming

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What can the EU best deal with the two crises on its Eastern Frontier?

Europe must address questions on the identity of what ‘Europe’ is regarding its attitudes toward #migration and the place of #Ukraine.

Read more in Matthew Mealin-Howlett's op-ed 👉 https://t.co/qGFYkCPcL7

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What does the issue of the Balkan enlargement tell us about the EU?

🔸What is the right balance between inclusion and internal cohesion?
🔸Does the EU really want to be a global power with the responsibilities it entails?

More in Alix Aureau's op-ed 👉 https://t.co/TB6vjNhYur

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What is the economic, social and political impact of the Meta on the EU? 🇪🇺

Meta, alongside other #Metaverse(s), will change how the EU acts and conducts itself domestically and internationally.

Read more in Jack Boreham’s opinion article 👉 https://t.co/DnhE2y7ErC

#Facebook

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📖 Can the study of the External Action of the EU overcome Eurocentrism, and can it contribute to genuinely global politics?

A new book entitled 'The External Action of the European Union: Concepts, Approaches, Theories' explores in-depth this question 👉 https://t.co/IKCcTJj9Gt

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Recently, we celebrated the first #MediterraneanDay. What significance holds the #Mediterranean in terms of the #EU foreign policy?

The Mediterranean has become a border between two worlds separated by economic and social differences.

Read more at 👉https://t.co/DrgLqeiEAd

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The EU stands for a defender of a multilateral and rules-based global system. Multilateral summits are hallmarks of this diplomacy. Has the current pandemic influenced the importance of in-person multilateral #summits?

Read more at 👉 https://t.co/VacwDqYGNQ

#globalgovernance

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In her political commentary, Aleksandra Kuczynska writes about Josep Borrell's recent visit to #Brazil 🇪🇺 & 🇧🇷 https://t.co/5wHeoYA12V

Read more at 👉 https://t.co/5wHeoYA12V

#COP26 #carbonneutrality #ClimateJustice #TogetherForOurPlanet

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Saher Ali comments on the transatlantic ties between the #EU and the #US.

It is not just the possible decline in economic growth that raise flags for global #security, but also considering the rising global #terrorism and #Covid pandemic.

Read more at 👉 https://t.co/YM5DglK7lt

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Matthew Mealin-Howlett analyses lessons to be learnt for the #EuropeanUnion from abandoning #Afghanistan🇦🇫

Europe must emerge from under the US security umbrella as an independent and autonomous security actor: becoming its own security guarantor.

More👉https://t.co/vnvFwpjOo6

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High Representative Josep Borrell presented the first draft of an entire security policy document for the EU, known as the Strategic Compass.

Read more in a commentary on the new EU's security strategy at 👉 https://t.co/zC26M7fsHw

#EUDefence #StrategicCompass

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In her op-ed, @vaynaavee focuses on the intricacies of Euronationalism🇪🇺

This union of 27 countries, in the addressal of issues beyond the Political, has systemically inched towards the Personal.

More at 👉https://t.co/0yp6lI4grJ

#europeanunion #nationalism #euroscepticism

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#Brexit has created a favourable political momentum for #ScottishIndependence, but the Northern Irish case highlights that the practicalities might not be so easy to handle without great political will.

Read more in Alix Aureau's op-ed 👉https://t.co/yRAo7JQhJN