I'm delighted to share that my book will be published by Routledge @tandfresearch.bsky.social in early 2026. Pre-order available on 13 January. Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it. Check it out and share it widely! www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...

The announcement by President Emmanuel Macron comes as world leaders meet to revive the long-stalled two-state solution.

Jean Monnet Fellowships – European University Institute, Italy Fully funded one-year residential fellowship at Robert Schuman Centre Eligibility: PhD Deadline: 22 Oct 2025 Details: higherjobz.com/jean-monnet-... #PostdocJobs #ItalyJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Fellowship @eui-eu.bsky.social

The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to back the "New York Declaration," a resolution which seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine -- without the involvement of Hamas ➡️ u.afp.com/SPSV

Un grupo de senadores ha exigido explicaciones oficiales en una carta remitida al presidente Trump, mientras defensores de los derechos humanos denuncian que “esta Administración está normalizando las ejecuciones extrajudiciales”

Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.

Fantastic piece by Prof Alan Reid and very proud to be a part of the DEM36 project - Check it out! www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...

The Trump administration has not yet offered a legal rationale for murdering 11 people in a strike on a Venezuelan boat, which begs the question — was there even an attempt to concoct one for the attack? I filed a FOIA request with the Pentagon and the Office of Legal Counsel to find out.

The former president is charged with five counts, including plotting the assassination of senior officials.

📹 VÍDEO | Así anunció Trump el ataque de EE UU a un barco procedente de Venezuela social.elpais.com/oqs6z46

📹 VÍDEO | Donald Trump ha compartido en sus redes sociales un vídeo del momento en el que EE UU dispara contra una embarcación procedente de Venezuela. El ataque ha causado 11 muertos social.elpais.com/oqs6z51

'The challenge is not to water down the definition to match a changing threat, but to keep it sharp enough to distinguish terrorism from other forms of violence, precise enough to preserve democratic space and robust enough to underpin the entire counterterrorism system,' writes Susan Thomson.

Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...

🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself. We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson theconversation.com/how-australi...

How the Trump administration instrumentalised a 1798 relic of wartime legislation to facilitate the removal of over 200 Venezuelans ⬇️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

The pro-democracy playbook might look a lot like labor organizing — navigating and overcoming an asymmetry of power between a large diffuse, less-powerful group of individuals and one central authority. NEW: Lessons from labor ⬇️ https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/to-fight-an-authoritarian-think-like

Just posted—my in-depth convo with @Ruth Ben-Ghiat about how authoritarians co-opt the language of religion. And how Trump is intentionally using these tactics today. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...

A core aspect of #R2P is the need to recognise and prevent atrocities before they occur. Check out our latest article by @ainoacabada.bsky.social where she explores strategies to advance R2P as an early warning doctrine and puts forward an R2P Preventative Assesssment Tool. lnkd.in/g8cawyJA

Intercultural Studies & Language Studies have important histories of studying discursive effects of propaganda in the service of genocide, not least how it begins - with the discourse of othering - @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and I documented some of the later effects

The past four days at #IPSA2025 have been brilliant! From presentations to keynote speeches, the organisation and location was all so well done! Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙 A brief summary in pictures!

Thrilled to share my publication with @globalr2p.bsky.social x @degruyterbrill.bsky.social! To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments. #EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P doi.org/10.1163/1875...

“It begins with three simple principles: • Show up as a neighbour, not an expert. • Listen longer than you speak. • If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.” www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“We need a new generation of thinkers” Got to see Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address at #IPSA2025 today!

Set and ready for tomorrow’s #IPSA2025 presentations! I will be presenting two papers one on R2P and early warning of mass atrocities and another on narratives of repression and blacklisting in Venezuela. Come see me at 11am (4F 402) and at 3:30pm (3F 304AB), if you’re around!

George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking. Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public. Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us. But clear communication is essential for democracy. So how do we do it? 🧵 New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...

This week’s pick since I’ll be travelling to Seoul next week to present at #IPSA2025!

Proofing this beauty that should come out in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

BREAKING: Seventy-eight people have been killed and over 320 injured in Israeli attacks, Iran's U.N. ambassador says. Follow live updates:

The UN General Assembly adopted a wide-ranging resolution on Gaza. 149 in favor 12 against 19 abstentions In addition to a ceasefire, hostage release, unhindered humanitarian access, it calls for accountability and endorses the Arab League reconstruction plan. Text below.

Last night’s conversation while cooking dinner with my husband was about how long it would take Trump to pull out of the AUKUS deal. This morning we woke up to this 🤭

Three lectureships in IR at Oxford - appointments are fixed for 5 years: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK960/d...

Sanctioning individual judges of an international court is an intolerable assault on the international rule of law. An attack on the Court is an attack on all States Parties. All States Parties must act now to resist this and protect the independence of the Court.

✍️ In May, #Venezuela's President Nicolás #Maduro visited Moscow to sign a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. John Chin & Justin Lee (@cmist-cmu.bsky.social) argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of rising sharp power 📈 in #LatinAmerica. ➡️ ow.ly/Srts50W3Sev

NUEVA PUBLICACIÓN | #Venezuela: ¿Agoniza la respuesta electoral al conflicto? El oficialismo arrasó en las recientes elecciones parlamentarias y regionales venezolanas. El experto de @crisisgroup.org @philgunson.bsky.social analiza el futuro de una oposición dividida.

Very pleased to see our article in the latest issue of Policy Studies, open access, by @ainoacabada.bsky.social & me. Challenges for academics as advocates for refugees, often in a hostile environment. The case of Australia. @psjeditor.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Amid calls for arms embargo, who supplies Israel's weapons?'—SIPRI's Zain Hussain spoke to DeutscheWelle about arms supplies to Israel: www.dw.com/en/amid-call...

El chavismo se adjudica el 82,6% de los votos y casi todos los gobernadores con una participación del 42,6%. María Corina Machado elogió a la población por “no atender el llamado del régimen” elpais.com/america/2025-05...

⚡️ Hungary's parliament passes bill on ICC withdrawal. The government-proposed bill, supported by 134 lawmakers, would see Hungary exit the international court that it co-founded in 2002.

The PKK’s disbandment and Ankara’s response to it have the potential not only to close the book on one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, which has seen tens of thousands of deaths, but also to contribute to broader regional peace and security. www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

“no amount of bloodshed by the Soviets to defeat the Nazis can excuse the Soviets’ own role as occupiers.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail

Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent

[New Blog 🖋️] Based on 30 geo-located testimonies, a new report by RRX exposes “State trafficking” in Tunisia: police & military captured and sold Black migrants using EU-funded infrastructure, handing them to state and non-state detention and kidnapping networks: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

New from Free Movement: Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton (RMNS) are recruiting an immigration Advice Worker, part-time (17.5 hours) | Free Movement

🚨 Call for Expressions of Interest – BrIAS x ULB Solidarity Fellowships 🚨 Are you a researcher at risk working on democratic governance? The new BrIAS program invites expressions of interest from early-career researchers who wish to apply for a ULB postdoctoral Solidarity Fellowship.

🎆JOB ALERT🎆 Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

"The Donald Trump regime is starting to have a chilling effect on what and how [people] communicate with each other. It is beginning to deter open dissent, which is exactly what the US president intends," writes Robert Reich.

🚨 BREAKING: Marine Le Pen and eight other former MEPs from the French far right were found guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds. Read the developing story: ow.ly/cNHN50VrmCw