Laura Vansina

PhD Researcher @CSDS_Brussels & @PAISWarwick Memory politics║Russia & Eastern Europe║Foreign Policy & Security

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

👇Check it out👇
Drawing upon the insights of an @EgmontInstitute working group, @ATJMattelaer & I are proud to present the #EgmontPaper advocating for a coherent #BE policy towards #Russia. Presenting 6 recommendations nurturing the upcoming #NSS debate.

https://t.co/M09LdolXvV

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

@ATJMattelaer @VansinaL @W_Verstraete @CSDS_Brussels 🧵4/5
Key challenge: win the narrative battle.
Governments must:
• Invest in strategic literacy
• Defend factual positions
• Engage globally — beyond like-minded partners
Leaving the information space uncontested is not an option.
🔗 https://t.co/jyEtlvaEjc

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

@ATJMattelaer @VansinaL @W_Verstraete @CSDS_Brussels 🧵3/5
Prospects for a breakthrough on disarmament? Limited.
But the NPT still matters.
A minimal agenda is within reach:
✔️ non-proliferation
✔️ risk reduction
✔️ transparency
✔️ peaceful nuclear use

🔗 https://t.co/jyEtlvaEjc

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

📄 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

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The 2026 NPT Review Conference won’t be about disarmament — it will be a fight over who controls the narrative of the nuclear order.

New analysis by @ATJMattelaer @VansinaL @W_Verstraete @CSDS_Brussels @EgmontInstitute

🔗 https://t.co/etseMbbaNt

[Alexander Mattelaer @ATJMattelaer]

Proud to see this remarkable PhD journey come to its conclusion! Raising the collective IQ on Russia and other international challenges is key to reinvigorating the foreign policy debate - and ultimately keeping our societies safe & prosperous. Congrats dr @VansinaL!

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

@carldecraene Dankjewel! En nu het volgende hoofdstuk 😊

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

@LuisSimn Thank you! It has been great to pursue this PhD in the BSOG community.

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

@ATJMattelaer Very grateful to have had such amazing support along the way!

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

@M__Verbruggen Thank you! ♥️

[Belgium at NATO @BelgiumNATO]

Our colleague @VansinaL successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday, Putin' the past to work: historical narratives in Russia's policy making (2000-2022). Congratulations, Dr. Vansina! 🎉👏

[Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) @Brussels_School]

Don't miss the public PhD defence of @VansinaL: 'Putin’ the Past to Work: Historical Narratives in Russia’s Policy Making (2000-2022)'. 📖 Join us in person or online on 30th September at 3pm CET. Register today: https://t.co/NW3bEJcmFE
#BSoG #PhD #BrusselsSchool #Russia

[Belgium at NATO @BelgiumNATO]

Today is the Ukrainian Independence Day 🇺🇦and to show our support we #MakeNoiseForUkraine

[🇧🇪 Belgium MFA @BelgiumMFA]

📍 Brussels, Belgium

In honour of #Ukraine's Independence Day today, several buildings in Belgium, including on Brussels' #GrandPlace, are illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

🇧🇪🇺🇦 Belgium continues to #StandWithUkraine. #SlavaUkraini

[Sam Greene @samagreene]

Increasing chatter that we may see a large prisoner exchange--perhaps as early as today--involving a number of the Russian political prisoners who have gone missing in recent days, plus Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others.

The question is, why now?

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[Pjotr Sauer @PjotrSauer]

“I made a decision a long time ago that I want to live and die in Russia, it’s my country,” Orlov told us in March 2022. “Even though it’s never been so bad.”
The authorities have just jailed one of Russia's most respected human rights campaigners
https://t.co/71mNqteh7b

[Matthew Luxmoore @mjluxmoore]

The last time we saw Navalny alive just yesterday he was making jokes from his colony with a state judge - laughing and making light of his dire situation the way he always did, all the way until his death. Even the Kremlin-appointed officials couldn’t help cracking a smile.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

I am sometimes asked what lessons the early Cold War holds for the present. Since I've written I big book on the Cold War that's about to hit the shelves, let me distill a few lessons with full awareness, of course, that history never repeats though often rhymes. https://t.co/aICHy9MYnR

[Jade McGlynn @DrJadeMcGlynn]

My report on Rus propaganda tactics in wartime Ukraine for @RussiaProgram @IERES_GWU

It covers how Ru builds media infrastructure in occupied UA, adapts messages, attracts collabos. there & how Ru propaganda to free UA is evolving to inflame tensions

https://t.co/I1DLpVjtaW

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

“War and peace side by side.” I gauge the mood in a small town sixty miles from Moscow. #2024 @BBCNews

[Laura Vansina @VansinaL]

‘Assuming the Kremlin means what we mean is a mistake’ @samagreene

[Sam Greene @samagreene]

Does Vladimir Putin want negotiations? Almost certainly yes.

Does Putin want to negotiate? Almost certainly not.

The difference is not semantic.

(A long-ish 🧵)

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[Balliauw @Balliauw]

Topman Belgische leger waarschuwt voor oorlog met Rusland: "Europa moet zich dringend voorbereiden"
https://t.co/H2eeJz6hUP