The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

Check out @sanders.senate.gov's report on Trump's attacks on colleges, #highered & #academicfreedom #thanksbernie! www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

CfP: first ACMRL Conference on Migration & Refugee Law, to be held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on 18-19 June 2026. Information: vu.nl/en/news/2025... @enmisa.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social @asn-org.bsky.social @darshanvv.bsky.social

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video @columbiasipa.bsky.social I explain some of it bsky.app/profile/colu...

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

Yesterday, the US declared its withdrawal from 66 UN "organizations, conventions & treaties" that "are contrary to the interests of the United States." The US will thus cease participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law. This includes: 1/7

Yesterday, the US declared its withdrawal from 66 UN "organizations, conventions & treaties" that "are contrary to the interests of the United States." The US will thus cease participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law. This includes: 1/7

We are excited to give a special shout out to BTG member Katie Whipkey, the lead author for the recently published report, 2025 Defining Feminist Foreign Policy. Read it here: lnkd.in/d3J6kwbr Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta

The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance. Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, 50M people live in modern slavery, incl. 27M in forced labor. In 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫, 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, Jill Huinder shows how @undp.org's Finance Against Slavery & Trafficking (FAST) Initiative addresses it ⬇️

Happy Kwanzaa to all who are celebrating! I guess we can all do with some umoja (unity) these days!

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, 50M people live in modern slavery, incl. 27M in forced labor. In 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫, 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, Jill Huinder shows how @undp.org's Finance Against Slavery & Trafficking (FAST) Initiative addresses it ⬇️

Register for the 6th @who.int Global School on Refugee & Migrant Health 📅 9–11 Dec 2025 | Hybrid | Geneva Leadership in health&migration, with high-level discussions, country case studies & global dialogue on building inclusive, resilient health systems Deadine: 5 Dec who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Register for the 6th @who.int Global School on Refugee & Migrant Health 📅 9–11 Dec 2025 | Hybrid | Geneva Leadership in health&migration, with high-level discussions, country case studies & global dialogue on building inclusive, resilient health systems Deadine: 5 Dec who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 📣 📣 CfP The Migration, Refugee & Diaspora programming committee of the 30th Annual World Convention of @asn-org.bsky.social is looking forward to your paper+panel proposals! ➡️New York City🗽 ➡️28-30 May 2026 ➡️Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 Please share! More info: www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...

👉🏽 @aaup.org's new report 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... #academicfreedom

👉🏽 @aaup.org's new report 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... #academicfreedom

Thank you, NYC! It wasn’t in your power to prevent the last sleazebag from winning in the last election but you made up for it today. Excited for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s clear win! Also because I already assigned a policy memo at SIPA in which my students advise him as the incoming mayor 😁

📣 📣 📣 CfP The Migration, Refugee & Diaspora programming committee of the 30th Annual World Convention of @asn-org.bsky.social is looking forward to your paper+panel proposals! ➡️New York City🗽 ➡️28-30 May 2026 ➡️Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 Please share! More info: www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...

Trumps anti-refugee policy. Shameful and infuriating—albeit not surprising www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trumps anti-refugee policy. Shameful and infuriating—albeit not surprising www.bbc.com/news/article...

In 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑵 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 80 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 @columbiasipa.bsky.social Prof & former UN USG José Antonio Ocampo highlights why the UN must get financial+political support it needs to foster peace, human rights & development 🔗 multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/united-...

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, the United Nations is turning 8️⃣0️⃣ 🎂🎈🇺🇳 What better ways to celebrate a milestone in multialteral cooperation than reading 2 new think-pieces on 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: A short 🧵

PSA: ISA people: remember that 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 is the deadline to register for the 2026 annual convention! @isanet.bsky.social @isanetexdir.bsky.social @enmisa.bsky.social

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, the United Nations is turning 8️⃣0️⃣ 🎂🎈🇺🇳 What better ways to celebrate a milestone in multialteral cooperation than reading 2 new think-pieces on 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: A short 🧵

Joel Camas is a 16 yr-old NYC high-school junior in the Bronx. He loves soccer & pepperoni pizza. Yesterday morning, his lawyer and I accompanied him to an ICE check-in. He has Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — it should have been fine. But it was not.💔 [thread]

Happening this Tuesday! Learn more & register: buff.ly/95exrLj

Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏

BREAKING: The ICJ has begun ruling on Israel’s responsibilities toward aid agencies helping Palestinians in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3htm6o

🧵A thread inspired by this new @goodauth.bsky.social piece from the Dean of Ceasefire Studies, @pagefortna.bsky.social. Also, I like to admit when I'm wrong. I was wrong to doubt there would be a ceasefire, and I have written that Trump destroyed US diplomacy. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/israel-...

Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Deadline: October 31, 2025 12-month appointments starting in fall 2026, with possible extension of up to 12 additional months More information: www.climate.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...

Everyone interested in Trump’s autocratic overreach to silence universities must read this great explainer of the new “deal” Trump offered to 9 universities. It’s nothing but unlawful extortion. It’s scary—but it’s vital we are all aware of what is happening. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

A highly recommended list of important prompts for academics ! 😉

Everyone interested in Trump’s autocratic overreach to silence universities must read this great explainer of the new “deal” Trump offered to 9 universities. It’s nothing but unlawful extortion. It’s scary—but it’s vital we are all aware of what is happening. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Interesting event: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹) 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📍Online 📅 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 9am ET 👭🏿 🛡️ 👭🏼 🛡️ 👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻 🛡️ 👭🏻 Featuring @catbriddick.bsky.social, Natasha Yacoub & Paula Banerjee www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-xmppekk #refugees #genderandmigration #displacement @asylos.bsky.social

Please join us if you are in Paris and are able. October 2 at 1800, registration below.

He is the antithesis of imposter syndrome. In a room full of heads of states from around the world, he rambled for 1 hour like you might imagine him talking casually at a high school reunion.

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world. Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly. A thread 🧵

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world. Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly. A thread 🧵

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 In 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, @columbiasipa.bsky.social Prof José Antonio Ocampo analyzes the outcome doc of the 4th UN Conference on Financing for Development, the 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎

Out today: UN Secretary-General’s report under Workstream 3 of the #UN80 Initiative on restructuring the UN. “Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver”contains suggestions for some agency mergers (UNDP+UNOPS, UN Women+UNFPA), but it’s far from a new UN architecture. 🔗 www.un.org/un80-initiat...

"Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Watch Professor @susanbanki.bsky.social's talk on her fascinating new book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 (Cornell UP, 2024). Banki explains how hubs of Bhutanese Nepali refugee activism interact to pressure the home country. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbX...

"Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Watch Professor @susanbanki.bsky.social's talk on her fascinating new book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 (Cornell UP, 2024). Banki explains how hubs of Bhutanese Nepali refugee activism interact to pressure the home country. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbX...

The witch hunt and intimidation of US academia continues—this time on the West Coast: UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move #academicfreedom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A short First Amendment 🧵: First, the professor was fired b/c he urged "revolutionary socialists" to organize: “Without organization, how can anyone expect to overthrow the most bloodthirsty, profit-driven, mad organization in the history of the world — that of the United States?”

The witch hunt and intimidation of US academia continues—this time on the West Coast: UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move #academicfreedom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...