they're ringing that UNGA bell SO hard to try and get people to sit down again for the next speech but they should just let these people run around the chamber and scream like toddlers for a few minutes and get it out of their system before making them sit back down

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“The more the German industry continues to focus on phasing out niche technologies […] the easier it becomes for Chinese companies to expand their lead in batteries and new electronic vehicle architectures.” Remarkable op-ed by former VW boss Herbert Diess. www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...

Why is this horrible for Universities? Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card. This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

I wrote for @theguardian.com about the “Unite the Kingdom” rally. High time to pull head out of the sand and learn from other countries — if only on what NOT to do!

Mariam is one of tens of thousands of people in Gaza who have been injured & disfigured by Israeli military attacks. As well as losing her arm, she has severe abdominal and pelvic injuries. She is stranded in Egypt & cannot get a visa to be treated in the US. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wow- "Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence" www.ft.com/content/50a4...

One of the houses was a glass house.

Early View of Fall 2025 issue examines dehumanization in Gaza, what’s next after the US-Israel war on Iran, pan-Arab corporate elite, regional trade and conflict. Analyses by Yagil Levy, @banafshkeynoush.bsky.social, @hannesbaumann.bsky.social, many others. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754967...

Seit heute ist unsere @interactfu.bsky.social Studie zu Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Selbstzensur unter Nahostforschenden online. Für @tagesspiegel.de hat @jmwiarda.bsky.social die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst: share.google/PwlicDCFD2o4... Zur Studie: www.interact.fu-berlin.de/News/Grimm-D...

See the latest research on civil society organizations from our Senior Lecturer ‪Özge Zihnioğlu‬ @ozihnioglu.bsky.social here ‬📚✏️

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

🎉After the @ipegbisa.bsky.social AGM we have now moved on to our final panel of the day! 🌎We hear from Paolo Stohlman global financial regulation and @hannesbaumann.bsky.social on the changing role of Gulf states in reproducing US dollar dominance.

Now open: BGSMCS PhD Call 2026. 2 Gerda Henkel scholarships for historically focused projects plus 8 places with support to secure external funding. Deadline 1 Nov 2025 Q&A 23 Sep, 14:00 CET www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/announcement... Please share with interested students!

The yuan faces a defining moment

WSJ with more details on the Israeli attack on Qatar - 10 missiles fired from long range to avoid Saudi/UAE airspace, only vague warning to US in advance www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Assassination with no limits - me on Israel’s shocking bombing of Qatar. I’m old enough to remember Israel trying to assassinate Khaled Mishal in Amman a few years after signing a peace treaty with Jordan so I’m not THAT shocked. But this is big, and bad. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/assassinatio...

JOB: parental leave cover, September 2025-April 2026, Middle East and Ottoman history: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ256/l...

Agree with Michael. The GCC as a whole has been unsettled with some recalibration on regional policy since the Iran attack on Al Udeid, but has largely felt despite the ceiling of Iranian rapprochement being met ,it can contain spillover from Gaza. This, completely changes their threat perception.

Assassinating senior Hamas leadership at a moment when they were contemplating a purported ceasefire offer is revealing. Lays bare the lack of good faith that has characterized those discussions throughout.

The Snitch State This is the nightmare of many faculty at public institutions in GOP-controlled states… being ratted out by students to hostile administrators.

A great opportunity for Middle East scholars looking to workshop their first book.

I’m seeing a lot of inaccurate info about the Anthropic settlement being passed around as fact, so here’s a good basic explainer from the Author’s Guild that I highly recommend reading so you understand it better if you’re potentially part of the class: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Das Westdeutschland der 90er Jahre als die beste aller Welten, die nunmehr bis zur Entzauberung verkrempelt ist. Und was uns das über den Fortschritt lehrt. Hörenswert.

Lea Ypi on how to think about dignity in the 20th century as a way to face the 21st. on.ft.com/4n9jnVX

What’s the connection between these 2 headlines: • Saudi Arabia is spending trillions on Neom • Jerome Powell says US neutral interest rate is now higher (picture) Answer: the more Gulf states invest at home, the higher US borrowing costs get 1/5

Wrote about Tom Barrack's proposal for an 'economic zone' in southern Lebanon and why it's a silly idea www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

"A leading organisation of genocide experts has passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s conduct during its almost two-year war in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide" www.ft.com/content/470b...

Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵

What it’s like to be a Middle East Studies Professor in fall 2025 - my new post surveys the field, and my colleagues. Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...

An excellent article by @mcopelov.bsky.social, and I would say so even if it didn't include a nice shout-out for my book! www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Five forthcoming books to start your week with @stanfordpress.bsky.social A thousand congratulations to Hannah Scott Deuchar, Randa Tawil, Alex Boodrookas, Orçun Can Okan, and Ziad Abu-Rish! #MiddleEastStudies

"the kingdom has struggled to attract foreign investment outside the energy sector as it seeks to diversify the economy away from dependence on oil revenues. Inbound FDI overall was down 19 per cent year on year to $20.7bn last year, the lowest since 2020." on.ft.com/45OAwga

"Professor, why did you give my automated essay a D when the mark-dispensing vending machine gave it an A?"

Book workshop opportunity for pre-tenure MENA scholars from POMEPS. I’ve participated as discussant in a couple of these and the feedback has consistently been super useful for first book authors. Plus it’s a great way to network with people in your field. Deadline is Sept. 15

Hard to know how much weight to put on this single observational study but it is suggestive of keeping a close eye on the impact of using AI assistants on human ability on.ft.com/3Jdskyj

Two broadly defined area studies academic #jobs at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague): "The ideal candidate will employ comparative methodologies and actively engage in disciplinary debates within area studies on critical current events from a comparative perspective" 1/3

Heute in der FAZ: Mein Text zur Mythenbildung rund um die Kufiya, die in Deutschland seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 Aufschwung erhalten hat. www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

the FT read Miran (Trump's appointee to the FED) so i didn't have to, and i read the FT so you don't have to. Miran's proposals for FED "independence" substantively: www.ft.com/content/cc45... free link with registration.

“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvH...

I love to go to Chat GPT 5 with its alleged “PhD level expertise” and an ask it about my MA thesis work and see that it really cannot do that level of academic work whatever. It can do a SIMULACRUM of that work, which might fool you if you did not have any expertise.

Unfortunately, my policy on AI has grown by quite a few sources over the last year. Here it is for anyone who wants to adopt or adapt it for their courses. And if you have ideas, I'm all ears.

In unserem heutigen Gastbeitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social schreiben @janwilkens.bsky.social und ich warum die Luftbrücke ein Ablenkungsmanöver ist und warum Merz & Wadephul die Forderungen aus der @spdfraktion.de umsetzten sollten. #ceasefirenow #stoparmingisrael

New article with Alice Hooper in @mideastpolicy.bsky.social: Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed. Did this create a transnational pan-Arab corporate elite? We analyse board interlocks to find out & consider possible political effects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New article with Alice Hooper in @mideastpolicy.bsky.social: Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed. Did this create a transnational pan-Arab corporate elite? We analyse board interlocks to find out & consider possible political effects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements. The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"B’Tselem warns that Israel is already replicating its patterns of destruction and annihilation, currently being implemented in Gaza, in the West Bank as well – albeit on a smaller scale – and that there is a real risk the genocide will spread beyond the Gaza Strip." www.btselem.org/press_releas...

📢 Do you have experience in office/financial admin, event planning, and knowledge of #MiddleEast studies? We're hiring a Centre Administrator to run our events, support visiting appointments and coordinate a range of research activities. Apply by 24 August: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Saudi Arabia pledges to invest more than $6 billion in Syria. This pledge follows a $7 billion electricity sector deal signed by the govt w/Qatar in May. Both Saudi & Qatar also jointly repaid Syria's $15.5 million debt to the WB, enabling it to qualify for loans needed for reconstruction. menasky