Delighted to present our book co-authored with #Bernhard_Reinsberg #IMF Lending Partisanship Punishment & Protest at #UEValencia @universitypress.cambridge.org @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Available Open Access cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Fear of being sent to a notorious El Salvador prison, where inmates never see the light of day, plays into that goal, said @rodabouharb.bsky.social, an associate professor of international relations who researches forced disappearances at the University College London.

An important story by @brittanywong.huffpost.com on #EnforcedDisappearances now also taking place in the #US under the #Trump administration.

Delighted to be presenting work at #IMEBESS conference with #BernhardReinsberg on #Scapegoating the #IMF

Delighted to be invited to #CRAM tinyurl.com/CRAM2025 workshop to present work with #BernhardReinsberg on #IMF programs and the Distributional Politics of Economic and Social Rights #ESCR #DistributionalPolitics #Politics

This is one I didn’t see coming: Under Putin, there will never be a real Ukraine peace-deal - The i Paper apple.news/Algbp9OGzS0C...

This is an indication of the kind of political consensus that can be built if Labour makes the right case for breaking its red lines: Uniting right wing concerns about defence & patriotism, left-wing demands for investment & independence from the US, and widely-shared commitments to Ukraine.

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.

Well researched and evidenced article by Jonathan Chait in the Atlantic apple.news/AXohAuShTRXS...

When Super Typhoon Yagi devastated Vietnam, UN Volunteers Dang Bao Chau, Bui Thi Hai Anh, and Vu Le Hoang stepped up. As part of @unicef.org emergency response, they delivered life-saving aid to those in need. Read their powerfull story 🔗 unvolunteers.exposure.co/un-volunteer...

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

What kind of sick world are we living? These guys are wanted in the UK, about to stand trial in Romania and are now partying in Florida? Does anyone seriously believe they will ever face justice? Andrew Tate and brother Tristan leave Romania on private jet to US - The Times and The Sunday Times

I’m so angry; my Alma mater where I began studying political science is cutting jobs. Useless #Labour #government does nothing. Stop the drop in international students, allow them to bring their families! UCU - Brunel University staff back strike action over job cuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1390...

We are pleased to announce UCL's first Replication games! UCL colleagues, grab your opportunity to be part of a team and join this one-day event that brings together researchers to collaborate on reproducing and replicating papers! Its a great opportunity. More info: https://buff.ly/3ECE4bo

Londoners love to expland their mental horizons. Dinner #RaviShankar, #DrummondStreet with @ucl.ac.uk Asst. Professor @rodabouharb.bsky.social discussing new British Society i.e. rid ourselves of an absract concept: Money! Replace it with shared community #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

The latest litany of President #Trump’s misdeeds reported on by the @apnews.com

New @iojournal.bsky.social is a must read for those studying threats, conflict, etc. It epitomizes how we can learn from other fields to enhance our understanding of political science. Congratulations @mlandauwells.bsky.social on an impressive contribution. doi.org/10.1017/S002...

New paper in @iojournal.bsky.social uses data from numerous countries to examine public perceptions of IO’s ideology and how those perceptions moderate the legitimacy of IOs. Congrats to @lisadellmuth.bsky.social, Tallberg, and Ecker-Ehrhardt on a great article. doi.org/10.1017/S002...

New article alert: "The Wrong Winners: Anti-Corporate Animus and Attitudes Towards Trade" by @armenon.bsky.social and Iain Osgood is now published in @bjpols.bsky.social Link to article: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

New article alert!

Serving on this year's "Best Dissertation Award" committee for @apsa.bsky.social @intlcollaboration.bsky.social Section. Send your students' best dissertation work to our section chair @danieladonno.bsky.social by 3 March! Self-nominations welcome! Details here: apsanet.org/membership/o...

This is a deeply disturbing situation for higher education in the #UK. The #Labour government could simply reverse the restrictions on international students bringing their dependents with them. This simple change could have an enormous impact easing finances for #UKHE qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

What do the governments of the United Kingdom and Afghanistan have in common? Neither of them have signed or ratified the Convention on #EnforcedDisappearances #WCED #CED www.edworldcongress.org

I am looking forward to attending the World Congress on #EnforcedDisappearances Scholars and activists are doing amazing work to end the impunity for these crimes, bring them to public attention, and have governments ratify the Convention on Enforced Disappearances #WGED www.edworldcongress.org

🔴Kemi Badenoch’s Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About Why you won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/l...

This is going to be a tough one: maybe rejoin the single largest free market on your doorstep step? #Starmer throws down gauntlet to watchdogs with growth edict - Sky News #EU #growth

The murder of more than 180 elderly people in Wharf Jérémie, fueled by accusations of witchcraft, exposes the brutality of gangs, the historical persecution of voodoo and the desperation of a people caught between violence and state neglect english.elpais.com/internationa...

Poland: "A 28-year-old Somali woman said...she & 11 others were taken to a border station where they asked for asylum, but were required to sign papers they did not understand & were subsequently taken to the border & pushed thru the fence." @lydsg.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

The rebel alliance that overthrew the Assad government in Syria vowed on Tuesday to hunt down and punish senior officials of the previous regime who are implicated in torture and other abuses, but said that rank-and-file conscripted soldiers would receive amnesty.

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said rebels have a wanted list of regime officials. abcnews.go.com/Internationa... via ABC News App

Syrian rebels have put out this statement saying that they won’t impose any religious dress on women and promised to guarantee personal freedoms for everyone. So far, a very positive development

Hopefully the rebel groups will agree to a democratic transition that respects the will of the Syrian people. Otherwise this moment of hope will slip into violence as groups compete for control of the state. apple.news/A19-cJ_nxRHi...

Day 6 of our @HistoryPolicy Advent Calendar, and as Keir Starmer promises to make progress in easing the housing crisis, we present this 2018 policy paper by Brian Lund arguing that an expansion in local authority housing could be part of the solution. www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

Deeply troubling article by #michellegoldberg on the potential impact of an #FBI led by #KashPatel persecuting opponents of #Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...

Started another one! If you'd like to be a part of it - up to 150 people - just repost. Probably won't make another, so get in while you can! #Resist #Democracy #BlueCrew #NoDemsUnder1K go.bsky.app/CYkSrHM

So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.

Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.

So six years ago, this was the satirical opening of #DonaldTrump on #SNL, it could be the same in January youtu.be/1iCm8tYX-Vw?... via @YouTube