Indigenous ethnic federal subjects as strategic liability? This brings back shadows from the past - fears vs hopes which, imo, did not amount to anything close to a "strategic value". Beijing has little to win by expansion in this direction, although some hawkish utterances transpire occasionally.

Happy to see that this critically important book is about to be published in English. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Absolutely thrilled about the publication of the new edition of GLOBALE MONARCHIE by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung). Very affordable! The English translation of the book is in progress...: www.bpb.de/shop/buecher... @lsehy.bsky.social @bpb.de

"Given the nature of your comments on the previous version of this article..." Eh, well, what did I write in January? Fortunately, I can go back to it. Reviewing a revised version feels a bit like reviewing one´s own observations first. #Academic #Publishing

I´ve just read an article in @risjnl.bsky.social where repeated references to a TV show were made. Nothing wrong about that but hey, audio-visual material should be referenced too. Episodes & time stamps are just like chapters & pages. What if I wanted to check out those scenes? #AcademicWriting

🇬🇪The persistence of the Georgian public and the unified opposition is starting to pay off. Domestic non-recognition and international isolation are driving Georgian Dream crazy and weakening the regime.

It is really happening...

Melania Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting. I'm not joking. The US currently holds the presidency of the council and that's who Trump chose as chair.

The world is a rockier place than usual and there are still conflicts that may flight below the radar.

It's official. The illegitimate Georgian Dream government will now be able to jail people for up to three years for publicly calling it illegitimate.

This is how we should advertise! Am I not right, @martindbbrown.bsky.social, @karenskjoldager.bsky.social?

The last recorded voyage between Norway and #Greenland occurred in 1410. Some of the last news out of the colonies described a witch burning around 1406 and a wedding in 1408. What these mundane dispatches don’t mention is any kind of world-ending calamity—no plague, no slaughter, no starvation.”

Not only you can´t swipe, you can´t touch it (so a situation like this looks pretty surreal to me). The pic makes me recall how me and my sister, an arts student, used to inspect paintings for paint layers but it´s never crossed our minds to touch anything, not even by accident.

Why is Greenland suddenly at the center of a global power struggle? What motivates Trump's interest? And could this spark a transatlantic showdown? I thoroughly enjoyed being on DW's 'To the Point' to discuss these and other questions with a knowledgeable panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUL6...

I´m not sure whether Dugin is "the Kremlin´s chief ideologue". But what he refers to here goes beyond post-Soviet nostalgia. To reclaim what one has lost despite one´s holy right to own is a potent, easy-to-internalise collective belief. May he have omitted the #Baltic #NATO countries by accident?

Regarding #Lousiana Gov´s remarks: what arcane histories did they teach there in the ´90s? #USA established their presence on #Greenland by agreement with #Denmark´s (somewhat rogue) minister in Washington during #WW2. #Greenland wasn´t sovereign in ´45, #Denmark couldn´t occupy its own territory.

Yesterday I had the pleasure to share & discuss my views on #WW2 governments-in-exile with colleagues at @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social. An inspiring conversation with bright minds who explore (mostly) different rooms in the mansion of international history & politics. Grateful for this opportunity.

90 hrs of lecture are many, many hundred hrs of work. Doing whatever you want as long as it publishes is tons of work (which you cannot fully control).

#GeorgiaProtests 📷 @protest24.bsky.social

Covert Action in Chile: The Significance of the Church Committee Report 50 Years Later nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

SHADES OF BLUE by Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt offers a fresh perspective on Europe’s evolving identity. Through discourse analysis, this book explores how #Europe oscillates between integration & disintegration. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Access to #Tibet’s recent history is restricted by China. Comparing newspapers from either side of the Himalayas may provide access to the past. 🔒 Robert Barnett’s article from the December issue is now in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Fresh arrivals @vubcore.bsky.social 📚

Dear historians of #Germany, #Weimar 🇩🇪, #German #Diplomacy, #ForeignAffairs, #Bavaria, a collection of published documents re: #Bavarian #ForeignAffairs, anything between 1815 and 1933? #Bayern #Diplomatie #Geschichte @ghilondon.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @germanhistorydocs.bsky.social

Redd Norgeskunnskap i utlandet/save the Scheme for Norwegian Studies Abroad - Sign the Petition! c.org/h24x8TLCyd So, after 🇩🇰, 🇳🇴 is also cutting off the instruction of its language and culture abroad. A bad idea, 🇳🇴will loose scores of informal ambassadors (although one can always conclude that

In secret Senate testimony from October 1975, Gottlieb said the CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, saying “it was probably not a high pay-off program.” nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

PhD opportunity in Prague: www.universitas.cz/nabidka-prac...

As I´ve just discovered #skystorians, I dare re-post this: Can sb kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @hellenicsociety.bsky.social?

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?

Academia edu has been a rather troublesome knowledge-visibility platform for quite some time now. Their new steps to monetise research to which they´ve not contributed prompt me to leave. I´m still on RG which, as far as I can tell, has a different business model.

1,000 reads is not 100 citations. Not even 10. Still, not a bad attention score for an article discussing what some might consider, quite unjustly, a niche topic.

Earlier this month, a German historian who, although from a distance, had a great influence on my research on Second World War governments-in-exile, passed away. Requiescat in pacem. www.collegium-carolinum.de/institut/akt...

In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British. ⌛️ Last chance to read this History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

Happy to see a special issue dedicated to the #scholarship of Adam Watson. His works have profoundly influenced my take on #International #History and #Politics. link.springer.com/journal/4131...

Do I know anyone who reads #Korean? I would love to know who cited one of my articles over there.

If you happen to be in Brussels on 16–17 September, join us at the ULB for the international conference “Influence and Propaganda: New Historiographical Perspectives” repine.hypotheses.org/1216

Historians: tailoring a practical micro-course in #diplomatic #history for undergrads that extends beyond my period of expertise, I need help. Is there a compendium of key 19C diplomatic documents (treaties etc.) where these are rendered in English, not French?

In the offing for quite some time now. If anything drives POTUS, it´s a childish preoccupation with his lasting legacy, which is currently in the making. There may be none greater accolade for a statesman in office than the #NobelPeacePrize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

50 years of the Helsinki Final Act 1975. Having worked with “old guard” activists [a.k.a dissidents] in 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰🇨🇱🇦🇷🇧🇷 - I know personally how important the Helsinki Human Rights Declaration was to their work in the 1970s and 1980s. That’s right the effect went beyond Europe and Canada and US.

A short piece on Norwegian security policy: upnorth.eu/from-hygge-t...

I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Lying Abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter from @manchesterup.bsky.social I very much recommend it. Here are my comments… #lyingabroad #diplomacy #tudor #stuartdynasty #ambassador

Bizarre! An MEP leaves her position after just 1 year (out of 5!), gives no real reason, and people hail her “legacy”. Why run if you are not interested in the job? Or, if you were, why not explain what changed?

The European papers of Prof. Geremek have been made available at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. It was accompanied by a seminar that discussed research paths of East-West collaborations before 1989 and 2004/07 enlargements @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social More 👉 shorturl.at/iP49A

Echoing recent PM #Fico´s praise for regimes getting things done bc they don't get disturbed by elections, 25% of voters declare a preference for a single party regime, a #poll from #Slovakia shows. Are there #polls asking about this from other #EuropeanUnion member states?

It’s here!