Very good points which equally apply to Putinist Russia as to Trumpist US.

Woonde in mijn studententijd hier enkele jaren vlakbij. Icoon van de buurt, dat verder wordt bepaald door het Vondelpark en het vroegere Filmmuseum. Heel triest. Hoop dat deze monumentale kerk weer in volle glorie kan worden hersteld.

x.com/readswithrav... Fully agree.

Look what I found in a Dutch bookstore. @sabfis3.bsky.social now also in English for non-German speakers

Vanmiddag bij het Crossing Border Festival een indrukwekkend interview met Julia Navalnaja door @evahartog.bsky.social

www.haagschcollege.nl/chaos Zeer aan te bevelen: hoe redden we de democratie van een chaos waarin autoritaire leiders ( zoals wel vaker in de geschiedenis) zich als verlosser opwerpen? De try-out gisteravond in Den Haag was een inspirerend begin van deze collegetour.

Een boeiend optreden van @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social vanavond in Het Paard in Den Haag over de chaos, de ondermijning van de democratie en hoe die te bestrijden door mondige en betrokken burgers.

youtu.be/DpBXU64AgaE Whi is (not) a foreign agent?

www.interfax.ru/russia/1043563 More foreign agents, including political scientist Markov and Rev. Kordochkin. Stupity has no limits.

Great finale of a super interesting 5-day conference with a wonderful talk by Sergey Radchenko. Lot of inspirational ideas gathered. Holidays already over, next week I will be restarting my hard PhD work.

Very interesting podcast series

Brilliant book on how the Kremlin crafted an ideology which led to conflict and war.

Great overview of US and EU/UA proposals, showing the still enormous gaps between the two.

sg.tudelft.nl/event/war-an... Next week Tuesday 29 April 17-19.00 I will be participating in a discussion on war and rhetoric at the TU Delft, contributing my part on Russian narratives about the war.

sg.tudelft.nl/event/war-an... Next week Tuesday 29 April 17-19.00 I will be participating in a discussion on war and rhetoric at the TU Delft, contributing my part on Russian narratives about the war.

Great concert yesterday in Amsterdam by Russian rock group DDT.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... Verplicht leesvoer voor alle geïnteresseerden in Oost-Europa.

Yesterday evening we had a great discussion at D66 after a key note by Zaza ( Chavchavadze Center, Tbilisi), followed by contributions by Amy and myself. There is still hope for a European Georgia, but it also depends on our support in this critical moment.

My essay on Europe in the age of uncertainty for New Eastern Europe. Just out. neweasterneurope.eu/2024/11/22/i...

Talking about Georgia