Wow, quite a populist speech from the Serbian President Vucic yesterday at the UN General Assembly, even by his standards. Everything was in there: shadow rulers and self-proclaimed elites who believe they are God-given to govern all of us without legitimacy and against the will of the people...

How democracies die and rise up again. Mass student-led anti-government protests yesterday in Belgrade. Officially 107,000 people gathered, in reality far more. Everything went peaceful with students even cleaning up the streets after the protests ended. Impressive! edition.cnn.com/2025/03/15/e...

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

We are inviting papers for an ECPR panel on the politics of conflicts between accelerated renewable energy deployment and nature protection! Please do get in touch with an abstract by Dec 18 if you broadly work on this topic! RT much appreciated! @ecpr.bsky.social #energypolicy #energy

Payments to Australian farmers for hosting wind and solar projects will hit a total of A$1 billion by 2030. reneweconomy.com.au/farmers-and-...

25 november. Den Haag, Malieveld. Be there or be square. woinactie.blogspot.com/2024/11/steu...

Great to see our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article (w/ @tomasmaltby.bsky.social @szulecki.bsky.social @stefancetkovic.bsky.social ) cited in the latest @financialtimes.com Europe Express newsletter: ( ep.ft.com/permalink/em... ) We explore the variation in populists' approach to climate change.