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A decade after surviving #ISIS #genocide, #Yazidis who once found protection in Germany are now being deported back to #Iraq - including to the same IDP camps they once fled.
My new long-read for @uk.theconversation.com, based on fieldwork in Iraqi #Kurdistan.
My new long-read for @uk.theconversation.com, based on fieldwork in Iraqi #Kurdistan.
In January 2023, the German parliament formally recognised Yazidi genocide. Yet, the recognition remains largely symbolic and has no influence on asylum decisions.
‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps
In January 2023, the German parliament formally recognised Yazidi genocide. Yet, the recognition remains largely symbolic and has no influence on asylum decisions.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM
A decade after surviving #ISIS #genocide, #Yazidis who once found protection in Germany are now being deported back to #Iraq - including to the same IDP camps they once fled.
My new long-read for @uk.theconversation.com, based on fieldwork in Iraqi #Kurdistan.
My new long-read for @uk.theconversation.com, based on fieldwork in Iraqi #Kurdistan.
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✍️ Despite repression, censorship, legal manipulation, and disinformation, the regime in Bangladesh failed to contain a decentralized, student-led movement in July 2024 that ultimately forced its collapse, Muhammad Zahidul Islam Miaji writes. 🇧🇩🇧🇩
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January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
✍️ Despite repression, censorship, legal manipulation, and disinformation, the regime in Bangladesh failed to contain a decentralized, student-led movement in July 2024 that ultimately forced its collapse, Muhammad Zahidul Islam Miaji writes. 🇧🇩🇧🇩
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5frfn3h8
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5frfn3h8
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📽️ Have you missed our concluding conference mapping the illiberal challenge to liberal democracy in Europe held at the Central European University @weareceu.bsky.social earlier this month?
☝️ Worry not!
☝️ Worry not!
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
📽️ Have you missed our concluding conference mapping the illiberal challenge to liberal democracy in Europe held at the Central European University @weareceu.bsky.social earlier this month?
☝️ Worry not!
☝️ Worry not!
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🎙️ In our new podcast, our editors Adrian Matus and Anubha Anushree discuss the most important intellectual questions that might shape the year ahead.
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎧 Listen to it now:
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January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, our editors Adrian Matus and Anubha Anushree discuss the most important intellectual questions that might shape the year ahead.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xskvy33
🎧 Listen to it now:
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Korbel Prof @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @piroskadora.bsky.social find that European financial reform has spawned growing diversity in financial policies, with East Central Europe markets contributing significantly to EU fragmentation. What are the implications? Read more in @jcms-eu.bsky.social
Out of Many, Many: Variation in East Central Europe Financial Governance Despite the EU's Single Market
Following the global financial crisis, European financial authorities introduced a host of new initiatives intended to advance market integration, improve the quality of bank oversight and enhance bo...
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January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Korbel Prof @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @piroskadora.bsky.social find that European financial reform has spawned growing diversity in financial policies, with East Central Europe markets contributing significantly to EU fragmentation. What are the implications? Read more in @jcms-eu.bsky.social
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📢 AUTHLIB webinar
How do illiberals challenge democracy in Austria, Italy & France?
🗓️ Jan 26 |🕒 10:00 CET
🎙️Batuhan Eren (Scuola Normale Superiore), @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Vienna) & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
👉 t.ly/DdE4e
How do illiberals challenge democracy in Austria, Italy & France?
🗓️ Jan 26 |🕒 10:00 CET
🎙️Batuhan Eren (Scuola Normale Superiore), @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Vienna) & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
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The Rise of Illiberal Challengers in Western Europe: Austria, Italy, and France in Comparative Perspective
How do illiberal parties affect democracy in Western Europe? Join our discussion on January 26 (Monday) at 10:00 a.m. CET.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:03 AM
📢 AUTHLIB webinar
How do illiberals challenge democracy in Austria, Italy & France?
🗓️ Jan 26 |🕒 10:00 CET
🎙️Batuhan Eren (Scuola Normale Superiore), @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Vienna) & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
👉 t.ly/DdE4e
How do illiberals challenge democracy in Austria, Italy & France?
🗓️ Jan 26 |🕒 10:00 CET
🎙️Batuhan Eren (Scuola Normale Superiore), @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Vienna) & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
👉 t.ly/DdE4e
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🎙️ In our new podcast, Jeremy DeWaal talks about "Heimat," which is often translated as “home” or “homeland”, but it also points to a deeper sense of belonging, memory and emotional attachment to specific places. 🇩🇪🇩🇪
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/23kpsbhr
🎧 Listen to it now:
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January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, Jeremy DeWaal talks about "Heimat," which is often translated as “home” or “homeland”, but it also points to a deeper sense of belonging, memory and emotional attachment to specific places. 🇩🇪🇩🇪
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/23kpsbhr
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/23kpsbhr
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🏞️ @buzogany.bsky.social & Mihai Varga: Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🏞️ @buzogany.bsky.social & Mihai Varga: Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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✍️ Through moral panic, religious symbolism, and populist framing, a marginal political actor launched a powerful cultural counteroffensive in Greece, revealing how influence in populist politics often exceeds electoral weight, Stavroula Koskina writes. 🇬🇷🇬🇷
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4rj456j3
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January 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
✍️ Through moral panic, religious symbolism, and populist framing, a marginal political actor launched a powerful cultural counteroffensive in Greece, revealing how influence in populist politics often exceeds electoral weight, Stavroula Koskina writes. 🇬🇷🇬🇷
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4rj456j3
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4rj456j3
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🗣️ AUTHLIB has explored the discourse of illiberal actors and the role of emotions in political communication.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
🗣️ AUTHLIB has explored the discourse of illiberal actors and the role of emotions in political communication.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
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Tomorrow is the day - please join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. See you at 2pm in the Hesburgh Center!
Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Tomorrow is the day - please join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. See you at 2pm in the Hesburgh Center!
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🎙️ In this podcast, Omer Bartov analyzes Israel’s war in Gaza, launched after the October 7 terror attacks, and how Western countries responded to it.
🎧 Listen to it:
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🎧 Listen to it:
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January 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🎙️ In this podcast, Omer Bartov analyzes Israel’s war in Gaza, launched after the October 7 terror attacks, and how Western countries responded to it.
🎧 Listen to it:
👉 tinyurl.com/ypns8vxj
🎧 Listen to it:
👉 tinyurl.com/ypns8vxj
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Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
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The final @authlibeu.bsky.social conference organized by amazing colleagues in Budapest. A project that meant a lot to me - it enabled me to study radical and extremist groups in CEE, while also further developing our team's research agenda on democratic innovations.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The final @authlibeu.bsky.social conference organized by amazing colleagues in Budapest. A project that meant a lot to me - it enabled me to study radical and extremist groups in CEE, while also further developing our team's research agenda on democratic innovations.
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Je suis particulièrement heureux de la publication de cet entretien mené pour la revue Mondes arabes il y a déjà trois ans, mais qui sort enfin, avec Neil Ketchley, professeur de science politique à l'Université d'Oxford.
shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes...
shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes...
shs.cairn.info
January 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Je suis particulièrement heureux de la publication de cet entretien mené pour la revue Mondes arabes il y a déjà trois ans, mais qui sort enfin, avec Neil Ketchley, professeur de science politique à l'Université d'Oxford.
shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes...
shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes...
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It was a great pleasure to speak at the “Mapping the Illiberal Challenge” closing conference of @authlibeu.bsky.social at the CEU.
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It was a great pleasure to speak at the “Mapping the Illiberal Challenge” closing conference of @authlibeu.bsky.social at the CEU.
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
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❗ Illiberal forces impact policies and institutions. AUTHLIB studied their influence across various policy areas.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
❗ Illiberal forces impact policies and institutions. AUTHLIB studied their influence across various policy areas.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
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🔖 We kicked off the day with AUTHLIB's consortium head, Zsolt Enyedi @zsolt.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social introducing the research focus of the project & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social highlighting some of the main achivements of the past 3.5 years.
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
🔖 We kicked off the day with AUTHLIB's consortium head, Zsolt Enyedi @zsolt.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social introducing the research focus of the project & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social highlighting some of the main achivements of the past 3.5 years.
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🎙️ In our new podcast, Alla Myzelev discusses the stiliagi, a youth subculture in the late Stalinist and early post-Stalinist Soviet Union. The first part emphasizes how gender and sexuality complicate standard readings of youth subcultures as purely liberatory.
🎧 Listen now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3zv8k8p7
🎧 Listen now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3zv8k8p7
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, Alla Myzelev discusses the stiliagi, a youth subculture in the late Stalinist and early post-Stalinist Soviet Union. The first part emphasizes how gender and sexuality complicate standard readings of youth subcultures as purely liberatory.
🎧 Listen now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3zv8k8p7
🎧 Listen now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3zv8k8p7
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⚖️ Our second discussion explored liberal norms underpinning democracy, their defense, and the difficulties in re-establishing the rule of law.
💭 @profmarlenewind.bsky.social (Uni Copenhagen) discussed if we see a renaissance of political constitutionalism and drew attention to attacks on courts.
💭 @profmarlenewind.bsky.social (Uni Copenhagen) discussed if we see a renaissance of political constitutionalism and drew attention to attacks on courts.
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
⚖️ Our second discussion explored liberal norms underpinning democracy, their defense, and the difficulties in re-establishing the rule of law.
💭 @profmarlenewind.bsky.social (Uni Copenhagen) discussed if we see a renaissance of political constitutionalism and drew attention to attacks on courts.
💭 @profmarlenewind.bsky.social (Uni Copenhagen) discussed if we see a renaissance of political constitutionalism and drew attention to attacks on courts.
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💥Our panel on parties and illiberalism did not only showcase the variety of illiberalism in Europe but also the variety of methods used by the AUTHLIB team.
📊 @jrovny.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social showed the varieties of parties' illiberalism through the Chapel Hill Expert Survey.
📊 @jrovny.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social showed the varieties of parties' illiberalism through the Chapel Hill Expert Survey.
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
💥Our panel on parties and illiberalism did not only showcase the variety of illiberalism in Europe but also the variety of methods used by the AUTHLIB team.
📊 @jrovny.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social showed the varieties of parties' illiberalism through the Chapel Hill Expert Survey.
📊 @jrovny.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social showed the varieties of parties' illiberalism through the Chapel Hill Expert Survey.
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La traduction du livre de Mohamed Naeem par Victor Salama vient de paraitre. J'ai eu le plaisir d'écrire une courte préface qui essaie d'en restituer quelques enjeux.
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
La traduction du livre de Mohamed Naeem par Victor Salama vient de paraitre. J'ai eu le plaisir d'écrire une courte préface qui essaie d'en restituer quelques enjeux.
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✍️ In her op-ed, Mariana Paterlini explains how COP30 exposed the geopolitical trap of green extractivism and why Latin America must reclaim sovereignty and rights to shape a truly democratic climate future. ♻️♻️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mtjcmza5
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mtjcmza5
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
✍️ In her op-ed, Mariana Paterlini explains how COP30 exposed the geopolitical trap of green extractivism and why Latin America must reclaim sovereignty and rights to shape a truly democratic climate future. ♻️♻️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mtjcmza5
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mtjcmza5
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On #HumanRightsDay, we’re spotlighting the young people across the Global South who are demanding governance systems that deliver dignity, equity, justice, and real economic opportunity.
Their message is clear: human rights must be at the center of reimagining democracy.
Their message is clear: human rights must be at the center of reimagining democracy.
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On #HumanRightsDay, we’re spotlighting the young people across the Global South who are demanding governance systems that deliver dignity, equity, justice, and real economic opportunity.
Their message is clear: human rights must be at the center of reimagining democracy.
Their message is clear: human rights must be at the center of reimagining democracy.
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✍️ The #COP30 summit “exposed how populism has reshaped global climate governance, replacing cooperation with confrontation, facts with opinions, and urgency with delay,” Deborah Martinez writes in her op-ed. ♻️♻️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/348nw4k7
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/348nw4k7
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
✍️ The #COP30 summit “exposed how populism has reshaped global climate governance, replacing cooperation with confrontation, facts with opinions, and urgency with delay,” Deborah Martinez writes in her op-ed. ♻️♻️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/348nw4k7
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/348nw4k7