Ok, last final call. We host these once a year. And working on/from the Middle East is tough now for lots of reasons. So I'm over-posting. @pomeps.bsky.social workshops are designed to support MENA scholars in turning working papers into published articles. Apply today, and please share!

This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...

Join us for a book talk with Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) @prif.org on July 1, 2025. She will present her book “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora”, moderated by @reginesonja.bsky.social. More information & registration: www.trace-center.de/veranstaltun...

Interested in Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations? 👉 This week, join our FREE #webinar unpacking current governance challenges, refugee return, and geopolitical dynamics in #Syria 🗣️ @reginesonja.bsky.social & Peter Seeberg 📅 Thursday 5 June 🕑 14:00–15:00 BST #MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky

🚨 NEW webinar🚨 Syria stands at a pivotal juncture after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad 💻 Join us to explore the challenges of governance, refugee return, and geopolitical dynamics 🗣️ @reginesonja.bsky.social & Peter Seeberg 📅 Thu 5 Jun, 14:00–15:00 BST #MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky @prif.org

مع السلامة، يا سوريا الجميلة، يا حزينة ويا فرِحة في آنٍ واحد. ما رأيتُ في العالم أكرم من ناسِك.

Fast eine Stunde Syrien bei: Der Tag. Ein Thema, viele Perspektiven. www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-... Mit meinem Beitrag ab ca. der 44. Minute

We just got an R&R 🎉🎉🎉 #AcademicSky

Mein Gastbeitrag in der FAZ zur Finanzierung von #HTS in #Syrien: www.faz.net/pro/weltwirt...

In #Syrien haben die Aufständischen das langjährige Assad-Regime besiegt. Doch welche Zukunft ist für das Land zu erwarten? @reginesonja.bsky.social und Thorsten Gromes ordnen die Aussichten durch einen Vergleich mit anderen Konflikten ein. Neu auf dem #PRIFblog ⬇️ blog.prif.org/2024/12/13/a...

Blitzoffensive der islamistischen Rebellenallianz stürzt Assad in Syrien – Was sind die Hintergründe? Was bedeutet das für die Zukunft des Landes? @reginesonja.bsky.social & Masood Al Hakari analysieren im #PRIFBlog die aktuellen Entwicklungen. blog.prif.org/2024/12/10/s...

Hier noch eine schelle Analyse zu den Hintergründen der dramatischen Ereignisse in Syrien von Masood al Hakari und mir: blog.prif.org/2024/12/10/s...

Meine 5 cent zu den Hintergründen der dramatischen Ereignisse in Syrien: www.radiodrei.de/content/rbb/... (kleine Versprecher inklusive 😅)

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الشعب السوري العظيم حر اخيرا !!!!! 💔

Neu erschienen! W&F 4/24 „Eskalationen im Nahen Osten“. Beiträge von @hannapfeifer.bsky.social (@ifshhamburg.bsky.social), Jari Bertolini et al. (#BICC Bonn), @ Mustafa Karahamad & @reginesonja.bsky.social (@prif.org) uva. zu komplexen Hintergründen der akuten #Konflikteskalationen im #NahenOsten.

Ok I know there are more important things in life but I finally have my own website: Klick it out!!! sites.google.com/view/regines...

Im Beitrag von @reginesonja.bsky.social wird der besorgniserregende Trend im Kriegsgeschehen der letzten Jahrzehnte diagnostiziert, dass verstärkt zivile Einrichtungen angegriffen werden & die Zahl indirekter Opfer militärischer Gewalt wächst. Mehr Infos zum Beitrag und Heft 3/24: shorturl.at/mIYQ3

Ausgehend von Reemtsmas "Vertrauen und Gewalt" argumentiere ich @mittelweg36.bsky.social, dass es Konflikte sind, in denen Vertrauen in das internationale Gewaltverbot verhandelt wird. Das lässt sich an Praktiken der Kriegslegitimation empirisch untersuchen. cc @prif.org

Im #Friedensgutachten 2024 analysieren u.a. @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social, Jonas J. Driedger und Thilo Marauhn die institutionelle Friedenssicherung in der Ukraine. Weitere spannende Beiträge aus dem #TraCe Netzwerk stammen von @cdaase.bsky.social, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social und @reginesonja.bsky.social.⬇️

Die jüngsten militär. Konflikte in der Ukraine & im Nahen Osten haben die Auseinandersetzung um die Bedeutung des Völkerrechts neu entfacht. Worin besteht seine Funktion in einer Welt, deren fragile Ordnung immer wieder durch Grenzüberschreitungen herausgefordert wird? Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/KkUlm

Alle Einschätzungen und Empfehlungen des #Friedensgutachten 2024 „Welt ohne Kompass“ können ab sofort über unsere Website abgerufen werden. friedensgutachten.de/2024/ausgabe

New article from me on civil war violence in Nicaragua, focusing on violence by FSLN govt forces in 1980s, the need to look at violence committed by more restrained groups, & need to consider different explanations at different levels of analysis. polisky conflictsky academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

Applications now open for the Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War's 2024-25 non-resident fellow program. A low-obligation way to build your network among conflict scholars, with events & opportunities for blog posts/presentations www.civilwarpaths.org/fellowship-s... polisky conflictsky

Rafah is a city of 170,000. 1.3 million people have tried to seek shelter there. It takes up this little corner of Gaza. All of Gaza is the size of Philadelphia.

Gaza’s internet has been shut down for the last week. For context, check out my new podcast and review essay with Anita Gohdes on her fantastic new book on digital repression and state violence. abuaardvark.substack.com/p/repression...

Based on great feedback by colleagues in the field, we posted an updated version of our working paper on the targeting of hospitals in Syria: hicn.org/working-pape... conflictsky menasky polisky

Are we measuring terrorism right? Neil Ketchley and I have a new article in the Journal of Conflict Resolution showing that you can get different answers to the question "what causes terrorism" depending on how you operationalize terrorist activity. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Still shaking my head over casualty counts in Gaza that explicitly assume that all adult males are Hamas fighters, which seems to really raise questions about the widely quoted percentages. More thoughts on my conversation with Sarah Parkinson. abuaardvark.substack.com/p/counting-c...

“Virtually everyone would agree the bombing of hospitals is uniquely barbaric (at least until Israel’s campaign against Gaza, at which point for many people it became complicated); this paper shows how it’s also counterproductive.” @reginesonja.bsky.social abuaardvark.substack.com/p/mena-acade...

My book “Repression in the Digital Age” is out tomorrow with OUP! ✨✨✨ You can order it here (and there is a lil' savings code in the picture they sent me 😊): global.oup.com/academic/pro...

New working paper with Werner Krause & Samer Massoud on the effects of targeting hospitals on violence dynamics in Northwest Syria hicn.org/working-pape... conflictsky polisky menasky

What are cool outlets for blogposts for political scientists/conflict researchers nowadays? Good Authority does not accept submissions at the moment and Political Violence at a Glance is no longer active. conflictsky menasky polisky

@nytimes.com's Lauren Leatherby does the math: Israel has been killing Gaza civilians at a rate without precedent this century: nytimes.com/2023/11/25/w... Experts say Israel's choice of armaments and the pace of its operations have made it impossible for its attacks to be discriminate.

Mein erster Post hier, für mich ein wichtiger. Irene Weipert-Fenner und ich haben die letzten Tage lange an diesem Text gefeilt. blog.prif.org/2023/11/21/i... Es ist eine Analyse eines deutschen Kriegsdiskurses, der in normativer, analytischer und strategischer Hinsicht problematisch ist.

My new working paper with @benckrick.bsky.social & @jonpetkun.bsky.social on the relationship between civilian harm and perceptions of military legitimacy after the battle of Mosul in Iraq based on survey, satellite, and interview data for the Households in Conflict Network: hicn.org/working-pape...

There is just no getting around this bit from the latest Chotiner interview. Doctors Without Borders has never seen this before: the number of civilian casualties, the inescapability of death, the fact that everyone knows what is happening BUT IT DOESN'T STOP.

🧵My heart keeps breaking over & over & over again. Vivian Silver is the woman whose son told the press "you can't cure killed babies with more dead babies." May her memory be a blessing, may her memory change us, may all their memories, on both sides of this horror, all of them, be a revolution.

Ja. Und die Tatsache, dass man das derzeit explizit sagen muss, zeigt, wie tief wir gesunken sind.

At the time of writing, our staff are witnessing people being shot at as they attempt to flee the Al-Shifa hospital. MSF urgently reiterates its calls to stop the attacks against hospitals, for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients.

What began as a piece detailing the combined anxieties of a Syria nerd (me) and a Yemen nerd (Pete Salisbury) was overtaken by world events and ended up as a highly depressing read about the lack of peace, or even aspiration for peace, in a world aflame: www.foreignaffairs.com/africa/world...

Brief aus Berlin: kritische Wissenschaftler*innen an deutsche Politik + Öffentlichkeit Es ist möglich, gegen antisemitische Anschläge und rassistische Polizeigewalt, gegen das Massaker der Hamas und die Kriegsverbrechen der israelischen Armee gleichzeitig zu sein. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It shouldn't have to be said, but here we go: civilians don't have to be "innocent" to be protected. New co-authored blog post based on our LJIL article is up here: lieber.westpoint.edu/conceptualiz... polisky intsec

Looking forward to speaking on this panel at the Duke Global Health Institute on "Human Rights, Health and Conflict: Counting Civilian Harm" with Catherine Admay and Debarati Guha-Sapir next Tuesday Oct. 24 @ 12-1 p.m. ET globalhealth.duke.edu/events/human... In-person @ Trent Hall or Zoom

3300 Palestinians have been killed but the destruction to Gaza’s health infrastructure (from this war and many others over the years) means many more are doomed to die even after a ceasefire is declared