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Giulia
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and IR at Lboro University studying conflict, security and development, mum, would-be runner. Belatedly joining the Great Escape from X. https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/staff/giulia-piccolino
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
My article "Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire",
co-authored with best writing mates Phil Martin (@georgemasonu.bsky.social) and
Jeremy Speight (@uafairbanks.bsky.social)
is finally out Open Access with #SecurityStudies!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/6
Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire
How do political rulers in post-conflict states manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups? Ex-rebel leaders often retain access to material resources and informal arme...
www.tandfonline.com
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Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 1d
More than 12K jobs going across UK universities so far this year, with more to come, says @ucu.org.uk www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq... via @helenpacker.bsky.social
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU
Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 1d
(Here just one of the hundreds of studies showing that international administration is difficult to get it right even when it starts with the right foot...) simonchesterman.com/2004/03/18/y...
You, The People: The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building
Transitional administrations represent the most complex operations attempted by the United Nations. The missions in Kosovo (1999-) and East Timor (1999-2002) are commonly seen as unique in the history...
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 1d
Any peace for Gaza is a good new at this point, but as someone who has studied international statebuilding, I can't but be sceptical about a Board of Peace chaired by Trump and Blair, and economic reconstructions plans inspired by Trump's megalomaniac capitalism
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan in full
The US president says Israel and Hamas have
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 9d
Fundamentally, if you were designing a refugee policy that annoyed everyone, then I'm not sure you could do much worse than still accepting refugees but turning them into a permanently precarious underclass.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 9d
But I was told that Keir Starmer’s conference speech marked a pivot away from imitating Reform and towards a bold new liberal something! I WAS PROMISED!

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UK to scrap right of refugees to seek permanent residency after 5 years
Policy comes as Keir Starmer seeks to toughen stance on immigration and fend off Reform UK
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 17d
Terrible news from Belgium, where a Trumpian-style Flemish government want to close the Institute for Development Policy @uantwerpen.be. Please support and share!
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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 17d
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 19d
Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
Sign the Petition: Free Joseph Figueira Martin! Humanitarian arbitrarily detained and tortured in the Central African Republic
Sign the petition to protect those who risk their lives to save others.
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
[email protected] @lboroor.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @thecrs.bsky.social 6/6
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
The case of #CôtedIvoire shows that, somewhat ironically, post-conflict leaders sometimes achieve the subordination of security forces to civilian rule in contexts marked by the consolidation of authoritarian regimes. 5/6
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
We show that ex-rebels’ political power is not only dependent on past legacies, but also on the deliberate strategies and actions of the postwar state. We also contribute to the growing literature on non-liberal strategies of #peacebuilding. 4/6
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
Using #CôtedIvoire as a theory-building case, we develop a typology of regime strategies based on whether ex-rebel leaders’ wartime networks are preserved or destroyed and whether political elites integrate ex-rebel leaders into the core of the regime. 3/6
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
In this article, we aim to bridge the gap between the literature on #postconflict politics and #authoritarian consolidation and to explain how rulers manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups. 2/6
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · 19d
My article "Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire",
co-authored with best writing mates Phil Martin (@georgemasonu.bsky.social) and
Jeremy Speight (@uafairbanks.bsky.social)
is finally out Open Access with #SecurityStudies!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/6
Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival in Côte d’Ivoire
How do political rulers in post-conflict states manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups? Ex-rebel leaders often retain access to material resources and informal arme...
www.tandfonline.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d
The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’
www.theguardian.com
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 29d
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 19
Thanks, I am going to give it a try, I see that I can even pay for a single week :)
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Aug 19
There was an unprecedented meeting at the White House yesterday. Why? Because America’s allies don’t trust our president anymore. Why? Well the fact he is nuts, loyal to Russia, a liar, and an incompetent surrounded by incompetents has something to do with it. www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...
Is Peace in Ukraine So Crazy? Maybe Not, But Donald Trump Certainly Is
When ordinary people lose their minds, they disappear from view. When powerful men go insane, they can make the entire world crazy.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 19
Advice needed please :). I'll probably sound old fashioned, but I have never used AI for transcribing interview recordings so far. Any suggestion of a software/tool that can do the job and does not cost too much would be very welcome 😀.
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 12
Massive demonstrations in #CôtedIvoire #IvoryCoast, where opposition supporters have gathered to protest #AlassaneOuattara's fourth mandate and the exclusion of prominent candidates (former president #LaurentGbagbo and #PDCI #TidjaneThiam) from the next elections. www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
Thousands in Côte d'Ivoire protest exclusion of opposition leaders from election
Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the main city of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election.
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 8
Bah and Emmanuel's book reminds us that, although the path from civil war to peace is never straightforward and linear, UN #peacekeeping, #regionalorganizations and donors can contribute positively to peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery. Hopefully this lesson is not lost for the future! 5/5
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 8
While these countries have the means to recover more quickly from a crisis, the ' #peacebuilding contract' favours national actors, who can easily resist international demands regarding peace and democratization. 4/5
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 8
The book also shows that, paradoxically, the job of international statebuilders can be more difficult in middle-income countries that have experienced a low intensity conflict like Côte d'Ivoire. 3/5
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 8
Looking at these cases together allows to draw some interesting insights. First, the negotiated peace vs military victory dichotomy that pervades many studies of #civilwars does not work here. In all three cases, peace was achieved through BOTH military action and negotiations. 2/5
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Giulia @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social · Aug 8
I am pleased to share free pre-prints of this book review that I wrote for the journal of #developmentstudies. Abu Bah and Nikolas Emmanuel's book about #SierraLeone, #Liberia and #CôtedIvoire #IvoryCoast provides a sympathetic account of international #statebuilding in an era of disillusion. 1/5
International State building in West Africa: Civil Wars and New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Aug 8
The Israeli cabinet ordered the expulsion of Gaza City residents by the 7th October 25. The IDF will then occupy the city.

If this goes ahead in the manner of IDF operations in Rafah, it would entail the physical destruction of Gaza City - one of the oldest cities in the Middle East.

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