Stefan Wolff
@stefwolff.bsky.social
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Stefan Wolff is a German political scientist. He is a specialist in international security, particularly in the management, settlement and prevention of ethnic conflicts. He is currently Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Born in 1969, He studied as an undergraduate at the University of Leipzig and holds a Master's degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a PhD from the London School of Economics, where he studied under the supervision of Brendan O'Leary. His doctoral thesis, dated 2000, was titled Managing disputed territories, external minorities and the stability of conflict settlements: A comparative analysis of six cases. .. more

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If Trump wants to be a serious contender for the 2026 Nobel peace Prize, he needs to double down on his peace-making efforts and prevent his grandiose claims from being proven wrong: bit.ly/4q1ntkN

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BASEES Call for Papers deadline extended to 24 October 2025! Join us at the University of Birmingham, 10-12 April 2026: basees.org/news-1/2025/....
Call for Papers - BASEES 2026 Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, 10-12 April 2026 — Basees
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Despite spending millions on vote buying and disinformation, Russia has not been able to turn Moldova into a country in which a majority of the population would want to jeopardise their European future: bit.ly/4nzhP7S

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Time is running out for Europe to prevent Russia from broadening its war against Ukraine into a full-blown military confrontation with the west: my latest analysis with @rgwhitman.bsky.social: bit.ly/42e0qZB

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Putin senses opportunities for Russia to be the dominant power in Europe — and the west’s lacklustre response to his latest provocation is hardly a deterrent: bit.ly/4gnWICy

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If Trump doesn’t recognise the value of his country’s allies in managing the challenge that China clearly poses to the US, China’s sphere of influence may quickly extend far beyond Asia: bit.ly/4mJoLyt

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Likely statements at the upcoming SCO summit of how the spirit of Shanghai will shape a new international order rest on the false premise that a post-American international order will be a non-American order: my latest analysis for Navigating the Vortex: bit.ly/3UKuLuN

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Trump boldly claimed that he knew exactly what he was doing — but that may not be enough without knowing and understanding what his counterpart in the Kremlin is up to: bit.ly/3Jm1fZM

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Trump has left Alaska empty-handed and Putin with a big smile on his face: bit.ly/471jHRm

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For all his deal-making bluster, Trump, unlike Kyiv’s European allies has yet to commit unequivocally to a just peace for Ukraine: bit.ly/4fCjgik

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If he doesn't blink first, Trump can now strengthen Kyiv and weaken Moscow to achieve a just and sustainable peace agreement: bit.ly/3UeGHEP

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Trump is a long way off from being the “president of peace” but may inch closer to becoming the “president of ceasefires”: bit.ly/45gVZxF

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Lack of bandwidth in the White House is a self-inflicted opportunity lost — not only for the United States but also for the long-suffering people of Ukraine and the Middle East: bit.ly/3H4tk7c

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A Nato summit agreement in The Hague on increased defence spending will give the alliance another lease of life, but it might be a short one: bit.ly/4kaPm5D

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US policies have now become a major, and perhaps the decisive roadblock on the path to a just and sustainable peace because they enable both Moscow and Kyiv to dream of victory in a war that has become unwinnable: www.navigatingthevortex.com/p/talks-betw...

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If a reset with Russia at any cost really is Trump's strategy, it is bound to fail: bit.ly/3SQpd0x

#Trump #Putin #Ukraine

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Focusing on territorial compromises will not address the fundamental issue of how to deal with a vengeful and revisionist autocracy on Europe's doorsteps: www.navigatingthevortex.com/p/territoria...

#Russia #Ukraine #Negotiations

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Moscow’s close relationships with its three core allies — China, Iran and North Korea — signals that Russia has become a lot more dependent on them than would befit Putin’s dreams of restoring Russia’s great-power status: bit.ly/42VLHmU

#Russia #China #Iran #NorthKorea

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‘Lough Neagh is dying and it's dying in plain sight’.

Would a ‘rights of nature’ approach protect #LoughNeagh in #NorthernIreland, and aid the reversal of the damage to its ecology?

#Blog of an article by Laurence Cooley and Elliott Hill. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/are-the...

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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?
Would a ‘rights of nature’ approach protect Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, and aid the reversal of the damage to its ecology?
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