Michal Smetana
@MichalSmetana3
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Associate Professor @CharlesUniPRG @imsfsvuk | Director @prcprague & @eliss_lab | Affil @StanfordCISAC | PI @ERC_Research | international security & politics
Prague, Czech Republic
Joined March 2013
1/3 I'm happy to announce that I was awarded a five-year @ERC_Research grant! A new adventure awaits. Big thanks especially to my @eliss_lab team and my colleagues at the @prcprague and @imsfsvuk for their continued support 🙏
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FilantropĹŻm hledajĂcĂm jak pomoci ÄŤeskĂ© vÄ›dÄ› doporuÄŤuji podpoĹ™it ÄŤeskĂ© drĹľitele ERC grantĹŻ po konci grantu. VĂ˝hody: 1 evaluace ĹľadatelĹŻ delegovaná mimo ÄŚR. 2 zvýšená stabilita financovánĂ dobrĂ© vÄ›dy. KrátkodobĂ© financovánĂ je velkĂ˝ neduh CZ vÄ›dy. 3 zvýšená motivace žádat o ERC.
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“For the first time during [Trump’s tenure] Washington has decided to impose full blocking sanctions against Russian energy companies,” said @StefanishynaO. She said the move was “consistent” with Kyiv’s position “that peace is only possible through strength and by exerting
The US is imposing sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, saying it wanted to 'degrade' Vladimir Putin’s war chest and support Donald Trump’s effort to end the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/Xj4Ti5PxEt
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The first panel of the day is now underway, featuring Barry Buzan (@LSEnews), Erik Lin-Greenberg (@eriklg, @MITPoliSci), Heidi Hardt (@UCIrvine), and Mariya Grinberg (@MITPoliSci), moderated by @MichalSmetana3 from @prcprague. The discussion explores whether the world has truly
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What several people familiar with the White House meeting on Friday told us @FT: The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in
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US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine front line in volatile White House meeting
Q: Did you tell Zelenskyy he needed to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia? TRUMP: No, we never discussed it. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are. Q: What do you think should happen with the Donbas region? TRUMP: I think 78% of the
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"Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree... They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the
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"[...] Putin in a phone call this past week with President Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war, said two senior officials familiar with the conversation."
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"PĹ™ešlapy Donalda Trumpa nenĂ moĹľnĂ© odĹŻvodnit žádnou geopolitickou logikou," Ĺ™Ăká @MichalSmetana3, odbornĂk na mezinárodnĂ bezpeÄŤnost, jadernĂ© zbranÄ› a politickou psychologii. Mluvili jsme nejen o Americe, ale takĂ© o roli Ruska a ÄŚĂny v novĂ©m rozloĹľenĂ moci ve svÄ›tÄ› i fenomĂ©nu
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Huge congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate @zakirzazad for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @European_Sec Full paper: https://t.co/Gj5ego99iq
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀NEW: In a tough meeting on Friday President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he doesn't intend to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles in order not to undermine his diplomatic efforts to end the war. My story on @axios
https://t.co/D2lj8QeCJt
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One source said the meeting "was not easy." Another simply said "it was bad."
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In Alaska, Putin delivered a rambling historical discursion spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky — figures he often cites to support his claim Ukraine and Russia are one nation.
New: Trump warmly greeted Putin in Alaska. But behind closed doors, the summit quickly went south. Putin flatly rejected Trump’s ceasefire offer and went on a rambling digression about history. Trump raised his voice several times and nearly stormed out: https://t.co/6fVxM0oUSR
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Po dalšĂm telefonátu s Putinem se dnes Trump potká v BĂlĂ©m domÄ› s ukrajinskĂ˝m prezidentem. Na @CT24zive si o tom budeme odpoledne povĂdat s @MichaelRomancov a Petrou Procházkovou.
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This to me is the most revealing sentence in this article. Outside observers often assume that senior military commanders in the rear and political decision-makers possess a clear understanding of the battlefield situation and the relative status of their forces. As I noted in
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Trump says he is going to meet Putin in Budapest. Looks like we are back to where we were before Alaska – the US is backing down from attempts to get tougher on Russia and back Ukraine more in favor of a so far illusory peace deal
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A fascinating new paper by @josh_byun & @carsonaust! (And I'm happy to see our recent experimental work w/ @ProfOnderco cited in APSR once again!)
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Excited to share that my first academic article has been published in @European_Sec 🚀 It explores expert and media views on the implications of drone warfare and the "revolution" narrative, drawing on an original survey study. You can access the paper via https://t.co/9sOYgwIv1y
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NEWS: President Trump plans to welcome President Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday, three people familiar with the plans tell me. This comes after two phone calls between the presidents over last weekend during which they discussed Tomahawk missile sales and how to end Russia's
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Foreign interference has become an inseparable part of today’s geopolitical competition, and recent reports suggesting that even Czech parliamentary elections may have been influenced by Russian bots – in a way similar to incidents previously observed in Romania – remind us how
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Didn't have that on my bingo card. Trump helping Ukraine to attack oil refineries deep inside Russia. "The US has for months been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities"
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Trump administration has supported Kyiv’s operations since summer in co-ordinated push to weaken Moscow
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