Giulia Piccolino
@giuliapiccolino.bsky.social
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
It is not @theonion.com: British landlady that writes for the Telegraph discovers that to live in Italy, you need to speak Italian. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
I moved to Italy for a better life. Six months on, here’s why I’m giving up
Three years ago I left Britain with my growing family in search of a better life.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It is not @theonion.com: British landlady that writes for the Telegraph discovers that to live in Italy, you need to speak Italian. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Finally some good news from the US! 🎉
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Finally some good news from the US! 🎉
Why am I finding out only now that #ZohranMamdani is the son of Mahmood Mamdani?? Anyway, go Zohran!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_...
Zohran Mamdani - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why am I finding out only now that #ZohranMamdani is the son of Mahmood Mamdani?? Anyway, go Zohran!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_...
Currently trying to put a panel together on West African security for #BISA2026. We have 3 panelists and need at least another. If interested could you please inbox or email me? conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @mybisa.bsky.social @samjarvis.bsky.social @drswhite.bsky.social
Call for papers
The call for papers for the BISA 2026 conference taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
conference.bisa.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Currently trying to put a panel together on West African security for #BISA2026. We have 3 panelists and need at least another. If interested could you please inbox or email me? conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @mybisa.bsky.social @samjarvis.bsky.social @drswhite.bsky.social
The situation in #Sudan is tragic and, compared to 2005, when there was a Save #Darfur campaign, is receiving very little attention. Jan Pospisil and Ibrahim Magara are doing important work on Sudan at Coventry University. Here is Jan speaking for @france24.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hn...
Fears of ethnic cleansing after Sudan's El-Fasher falls to paramilitaries • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The situation in #Sudan is tragic and, compared to 2005, when there was a Save #Darfur campaign, is receiving very little attention. Jan Pospisil and Ibrahim Magara are doing important work on Sudan at Coventry University. Here is Jan speaking for @france24.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hn...
#CotedIvoire is holding elections. I have not written this @theconversation.com piece - @sebastianvanbaalen.se did - but I could have said similar things. From the perspective of someone who was there in 2010-2012, the attitude of the "international community" is particularly disheartening 1/5
Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Ouattara will win and democracy will lose
Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.
theconversation.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#CotedIvoire is holding elections. I have not written this @theconversation.com piece - @sebastianvanbaalen.se did - but I could have said similar things. From the perspective of someone who was there in 2010-2012, the attitude of the "international community" is particularly disheartening 1/5
Imagine what happens when you are planning to renovate your toilet and browse internet ads accordingly... 🫢
Look, I am warning you. Do not click on an advert for frying pans on Instagram. It doesn't matter how curious you are. It doesn't matter how knackered you current pans are. All you will see for months are ads for pans. They will follow you everywhere. They will never stop.
October 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Imagine what happens when you are planning to renovate your toilet and browse internet ads accordingly... 🫢
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Trump slashed USAID so that children die for want of $2 mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day medicines--but he now is backing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will also pour money into the pockets of billionaire hedge fund investors. My take: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump slashed USAID so that children die for want of $2 mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day medicines--but he now is backing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will also pour money into the pockets of billionaire hedge fund investors. My take: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
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Excellent reporting here on the situation in northern Côte d'Ivoire, a precarious sitation, but no major jihadist attack has been registered since 2021
information.tv5monde.com/afrique/dans...
information.tv5monde.com/afrique/dans...
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Excellent reporting here on the situation in northern Côte d'Ivoire, a precarious sitation, but no major jihadist attack has been registered since 2021
information.tv5monde.com/afrique/dans...
information.tv5monde.com/afrique/dans...
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The EU was complicit in the war in Gaza. Trump's plan can't be an excuse to dodge responsibility now | Nathalie Tocci
The EU was complicit in the war in Gaza. Trump's plan can't be an excuse to dodge responsibility now | Nathalie Tocci
Tiptoeing around Israel has cost Europe its credibility. It must exert meaningful pressure to ensure the horrors we have seen never happen again, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The EU was complicit in the war in Gaza. Trump's plan can't be an excuse to dodge responsibility now | Nathalie Tocci
#Israel and #Hamas representatives do not even appear in this video. The supposedly epochal #ceasefire for #Gaza is signed by Trump and Al Sisi. A striking contrast with many famous peace accords, whose signing celebrated the reconciliation of former enemies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZoa...
World leaders sign Gaza ceasefire deal
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#Israel and #Hamas representatives do not even appear in this video. The supposedly epochal #ceasefire for #Gaza is signed by Trump and Al Sisi. A striking contrast with many famous peace accords, whose signing celebrated the reconciliation of former enemies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZoa...
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The @ucu.org.uk "We are the University" ballots will be posted to members on Monday. Look out for a pink envelope at your registered address arriving next week. We encourage all members to vote and make their voice heard. #WeAreTheUniversity #LboroUCU
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The @ucu.org.uk "We are the University" ballots will be posted to members on Monday. Look out for a pink envelope at your registered address arriving next week. We encourage all members to vote and make their voice heard. #WeAreTheUniversity #LboroUCU
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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
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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
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Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international
@isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#BISAISA2025
@isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#BISAISA2025
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international
@isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#BISAISA2025
@isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#BISAISA2025
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan in full
The US president says Israel and Hamas have
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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.
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
on.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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.
Terrible news from Belgium, where a Trumpian-style Flemish government want to close the Institute for Development Policy @uantwerpen.be. Please support and share!
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
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
September 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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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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
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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...
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
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
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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
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
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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
September 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
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“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
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“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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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
August 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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-...
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 😀.
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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 😀.
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.
www.rfi.fr
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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...