Read my latest article where I make the case for peacekeeping as proxy intervention - open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

"China does not have to do much to gain more influence around the UN when the US is pulling back. Beijing gains credibility and influence by default." Me to @passblue.bsky.social. passblue.com/2026/05/04/h...

Read our latest policy brief: pure.diis.dk/ws/files/301...

You think there is a logic somewhere and when you find it you don’t want to know what it is.

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Sending love to the people of Hungary as they vote today to oust that asshole Orban.

While negotiations were going on in Pakistan over his war on Iran, the US president chose to spend his time here. Watching violence. Are we, the world, supposed to respect this? Fear and disbelief are more fitting.

The US: you are interfering illegitimately in the electoral processes of other countries! Also the US:

In what parallel universe does he not see that this is crazy and ill-informed, considering that he is absolutely interfering and Hungary is part of the EU? How can one US administration get it catastrophically wrong every time it makes a move?

"I think the administration has not really convinced most other UN members that it has a plan to make the UN deliver on conflict prevention and diplomacy again." www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/us-a...

Trump is the realization of what the US has always been.

The Iran war is not Africa’s first external shock this decade. It may, however, be the one that tips an already strained fiscal situation over the edge.

Regional mega-war? How renewed conflict in Ethiopia could pull in Sudan www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...

Fossil fuel stocks are exploding in response to the war on Iran. Who stands to benefit? The richest of the rich. Who stands to lose? All of us who have to pay higher prices for energy and a new round of sellers' inflation.

This introduction to forthcoming SI in Journal of interventions and statebuilding argue that violence is not incidental to liberal peacebuilding, but embedded within the very practices through which peace is pursued (open access) @diis.dk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It would be funny if it so much wasn’t.

In a nutshell @economist.com

Say that you don’t care about human suffering without saying that you don’t care about human suffering. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The multilayered travesty.

Over the last two weeks, @crisisgroup.org has been assessing global responses to the Iran war. Here is our survey of what the world thinks about the war. www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...

Yes, it’s funny. But is it really, though? Is it funny that people are being killed? Is it something the White House should make memes about? Something that The Daily Show should make skits about? No. No, it’s not. Imagine if the US understood that its actions have real world consequences.

‘From Religion to Kinship’ explores how Somali diaspora aid in Eastleigh moves between mosque networks and kinship ties, showing how giving shapes obligation, legitimacy and power across borders. By Abdirahman Edle, Peter Albrecht and Karuti Kanyinga. Read more: tinyurl.com/From-Religio...

I tell @bostonglobe.com that "it looks like the Trump administration deliberately uses diplomacy as a distraction and as a tool to keep people dangling while preparing for war." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/06/o...

🆕 @edle100.bsky.social, @peteralalbrecht.bsky.social & Karuti Kanyinga examine Somali diaspora humanitarianism in Nairobi's Eastleigh & Mogadishu. They argue 'altruistic' acts of giving reinforce hierarchies, reciprocal obligations & claims to legitimacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002... @giga-hamburg.de

Premiere på vores nye forestilling NABO næste uge hos Aaben Dans i Roskilde. Vi spiller også senere på foråret på Folketeatret. Vi glæder os

What a wonderful record💥😳. How to make so much noise by killing humans in the Middle East that the Epstein files may just get a little less attention (and make tons of money directly and indirectly).

All the things we learned about how not to force change in Iraq and Afghanistan have been unlearned💥

A great testament to the state of the world.

Indeed. Which.

Join our seminar this Friday in Copenhagen! www.diis.dk/en/event/un-...

Happy to see this online!🇸🇴🇰🇪 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Read it with our other article. They are a duo: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WYGQY...

There are 27 million Americans without healthcare at all, approximately 8% of the population living in the US.

❓ How can the situation in #Haiti be improved under current constraints? 📝 #NYUCIC’s Non-Resident Fellow Sophie Rutenbar’s new report outlines a minimum yet feasible pathway forward to achieve this. 🔗 Download the full report now: globalinitiative.net/analysis/pea...

America was always this condescending to Europe and the world around them. They just used to be more elegant about it.

“Member states in the African Union are divided. The peace and security landscape has become so complex, especially this last year. Multilateralism is weakening globally.” @lieslvaudran.bsky.social looks at the discussions looming ahead at the AU summit. www.crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b...

50 free copies: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WYGQY...

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Read our latest article: Beyond war and politics: Somali kinship and everyday service delivery - co-authored with Abdirahman Edle and Karuti Kanyinga🇸🇴🇰🇪🇩🇰 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out our article introducing this special issue in World Development and the 16 articles in total published so far (more to come): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

shorturl.at/Dr7nA Political will is a precondition for peace support operations to even materialize - but can it also be mobilized for the wrong reasons? This brief examines two decades of AU engagement in Somalia and what it reveals about the politics of sustaining AMISOM, ATMIS, and now AUSSOM.

🗨️“The situation with al-Shabaab on the ground is always determined by the overall political and security environment and that is quite bad at the moment,” @chathamhouse.org's Ahmed Soliman tells @theguardian.com Read the full article: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

På fredag har jeg premiere på PARKLIFE for børn. En dansksproget audiowalk præsenteret som en del af POP performancefestival. Læs mere her: publicperformance.dk/parklife-for...

"The reality is that the next generation of U.N. leaders will spend their time managing retreat, retrenchment and redundancies." I tell @columlynch.bsky.social @devex.com. www.devex.com/news/the-un-...

🤔 How do skepticism toward #multilateral organizations, funding cuts, and bilateral deals challenge the foundations of global and regional institutions? Join our Non-Resident Fellow @richardgowan1.bsky.social in this upcoming @diis.dk#multilateralevent to dive deeper into this topic 👇 #NYUCIC #Multilateralism

Join us for this #DIISevent on 20 May, 15.00-16.30, exploring how Trump's foreign policy challenges global institutions such as the UN through funding cuts and a shift toward bilateralism. Livestream available 👉 www.diis.dk/en/node/27635/

Public Performance presents a brand new audio performance by WAUHAUS arts collective as part of our Parklife series. Premiere may 15. Info: publicperformance.dk/en/parklife/

UN Resolution 2719, could be a watershed in how the #UN and the broader international community support African-led #peaceoperations. However, its implementation is faltering amid technical hurdles and US hostility toward global institutions 👉 www.diis.dk/en/node/27630 @peteralalbrecht.bsky.social

Read our latest working paper on the contending futures of UN peacekeeping: pure.diis.dk/ws/files/267...

DK skal bidrage til EU-mission i Somalia. Et land hvor EU siden 2007 har investeret knap 30 milliarder i sikkerhed. Den vigtigste mission ledes af Den afrikanske union, og står til at bryde sammen, fortæller forsker @peteralalbrecht.bsky.social, @diis.dk #dkaid #dkpol globalnyt.dk/danmark-skal...