Aishwarya Verma
@averma.bsky.social
👩🏻🎓IR @LSE. Jazz dancer. Cat mama. Researching (counter)terrorism. Decolonising IR, one day at a time.
Looking to speak to experts on counterinsurgency movements + the militancy in the Af-Pak region + the TTP and the Afghan Taliban for primary research purposes. Pls reach out if you know someone or are someone who works on these areas. Pls amplify. Thank you!
October 2, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Looking to speak to experts on counterinsurgency movements + the militancy in the Af-Pak region + the TTP and the Afghan Taliban for primary research purposes. Pls reach out if you know someone or are someone who works on these areas. Pls amplify. Thank you!
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The ad for our junior line is MENA politics is (finally) out. See: apply.interfolio.com/152474
Please share widely #polisky #PSJMInfo
Please share widely #polisky #PSJMInfo
August 22, 2024 at 7:52 PM
The ad for our junior line is MENA politics is (finally) out. See: apply.interfolio.com/152474
Please share widely #polisky #PSJMInfo
Please share widely #polisky #PSJMInfo
Not academia related but do cats adjust well to moving cities and homes? I moved and my cat is back home and I’m really missing him :( Any notes will help.
August 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Not academia related but do cats adjust well to moving cities and homes? I moved and my cat is back home and I’m really missing him :( Any notes will help.
I guess I’m back after a bit of a hiatus.
August 20, 2024 at 4:46 AM
I guess I’m back after a bit of a hiatus.
Ofc Pak supports the Taliban enterprise (if I may) - the TTP problem is one of their own making. And there is enough evidence that shows the intertwined and interdependent relationship b/w the TTP and the Afghan Taliban. It’s interesting to see Pak’s double standards.
August 20, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Ofc Pak supports the Taliban enterprise (if I may) - the TTP problem is one of their own making. And there is enough evidence that shows the intertwined and interdependent relationship b/w the TTP and the Afghan Taliban. It’s interesting to see Pak’s double standards.
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If you've taught undergraduate courses on IOs or global governance, and are open to sharing a syllabus, I would be very much incredibly thankful 😃 [polisky]
December 11, 2023 at 9:43 PM
If you've taught undergraduate courses on IOs or global governance, and are open to sharing a syllabus, I would be very much incredibly thankful 😃 [polisky]
Beautiful Delhi is made for the winter season
December 10, 2023 at 3:51 AM
Beautiful Delhi is made for the winter season
Does anybody ever have researcher’s block? How do you overcome it? Asking for a friend (read: I’m that friend duh)
December 5, 2023 at 4:44 AM
Does anybody ever have researcher’s block? How do you overcome it? Asking for a friend (read: I’m that friend duh)
V Woolf puts into words what I sometimes fail to.
December 5, 2023 at 4:42 AM
V Woolf puts into words what I sometimes fail to.
Joyland is finally out on Mubi. Pls watch it. Such a good movie!
December 1, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Joyland is finally out on Mubi. Pls watch it. Such a good movie!
If you want to apply for a PhD, how soon should you start applying if you also need a proper hefty scholarship to get in?
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
November 30, 2023 at 11:14 AM
If you want to apply for a PhD, how soon should you start applying if you also need a proper hefty scholarship to get in?
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
I’m writing the final draft of my paper that focuses on the ‘Rise and Resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in the context of the Afghan Taliban of Kabul in 2021’ and I’d be grateful if you connect me to field experts in Pak/ Afg to carry out my primary research. Thanks!
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
November 29, 2023 at 4:33 AM
I’m writing the final draft of my paper that focuses on the ‘Rise and Resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in the context of the Afghan Taliban of Kabul in 2021’ and I’d be grateful if you connect me to field experts in Pak/ Afg to carry out my primary research. Thanks!
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
Reposted by Aishwarya Verma
#OpenAccess from our Symposium on Global IR -
The United Nations of IR: power, knowledge, and empire in Global IR debates - cup.org/3MHMNtV
- Tarak Barkawi, Christopher Murray & Ayse Zarakol
The United Nations of IR: power, knowledge, and empire in Global IR debates - cup.org/3MHMNtV
- Tarak Barkawi, Christopher Murray & Ayse Zarakol
November 27, 2023 at 5:51 PM
#OpenAccess from our Symposium on Global IR -
The United Nations of IR: power, knowledge, and empire in Global IR debates - cup.org/3MHMNtV
- Tarak Barkawi, Christopher Murray & Ayse Zarakol
The United Nations of IR: power, knowledge, and empire in Global IR debates - cup.org/3MHMNtV
- Tarak Barkawi, Christopher Murray & Ayse Zarakol
Reposted by Aishwarya Verma
Between the holiday break and coping with Shingles, I was able to get a lot of reading done. I highly recommend these two excellent books on Palestine and Palestinian politics. A lot of food for thought in these books, and helpful for understanding what we're seeing today
November 26, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Between the holiday break and coping with Shingles, I was able to get a lot of reading done. I highly recommend these two excellent books on Palestine and Palestinian politics. A lot of food for thought in these books, and helpful for understanding what we're seeing today
“While an evangelism of fear has been cardinal to the constitution of many states’ the apocalyptic mode – in which a discourse of danger functions as providence and foretells a threat that prompts renewal – has been conspicuous in the catalog of American statecraft.” 1/4
November 22, 2023 at 8:15 AM
“While an evangelism of fear has been cardinal to the constitution of many states’ the apocalyptic mode – in which a discourse of danger functions as providence and foretells a threat that prompts renewal – has been conspicuous in the catalog of American statecraft.” 1/4
The cost of academic/ intellectual authenticity is that when your views start feeling inconvenient to your peers/ community, they’re quick to shun you. Stand up for things you believe in anyway. I remind myself of this everyday.
November 21, 2023 at 7:08 AM
The cost of academic/ intellectual authenticity is that when your views start feeling inconvenient to your peers/ community, they’re quick to shun you. Stand up for things you believe in anyway. I remind myself of this everyday.
Is empire-esque thinking dead or is it just coming up in new mutations and combinations? I think it’s the latter. They can look like democrats and still be colonising pricks.
November 20, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Is empire-esque thinking dead or is it just coming up in new mutations and combinations? I think it’s the latter. They can look like democrats and still be colonising pricks.
Got the opportunity to present my research on the Rise and Resurgence of the TTP in the context of the Afghan Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 under the mentorship of Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa. Defended my findings and engaged with academic and diplomatic experts on the same.
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
November 6, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Got the opportunity to present my research on the Rise and Resurgence of the TTP in the context of the Afghan Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 under the mentorship of Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa. Defended my findings and engaged with academic and diplomatic experts on the same.
Polisky Southasiasky
Polisky Southasiasky
Interesting that Ukraine is consistently called a victim while Palestine is portrayed as a perpetrator. I spy double standards.
November 2, 2023 at 12:50 AM
Interesting that Ukraine is consistently called a victim while Palestine is portrayed as a perpetrator. I spy double standards.
Reading Said’s ‘Orientalism’ changed my academic trajectory and for that I will always be grateful. Circumstances today have made his works and those of other postcolonial theorists of utmost importance. Theory and action is all we have. May we let our courage and intent guide us
November 1, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Reading Said’s ‘Orientalism’ changed my academic trajectory and for that I will always be grateful. Circumstances today have made his works and those of other postcolonial theorists of utmost importance. Theory and action is all we have. May we let our courage and intent guide us
The Nakba of 1948 and what’s happening now are painful experiences of displacement and erasure of identity for the Palestinian people. The Palestinian people are not Hamas.
November 1, 2023 at 3:21 AM
The Nakba of 1948 and what’s happening now are painful experiences of displacement and erasure of identity for the Palestinian people. The Palestinian people are not Hamas.
Another one. Don’t mean to populate this with screenshots but I don’t think the activism is impactless. Dr. Ian did say activism (and terrorism). The terrorism is a said to be a byproduct of a Hamas-Israeli establishment nexus plus years of occupation. I am not an expert on that. The activism is imp
November 1, 2023 at 3:20 AM
Another one. Don’t mean to populate this with screenshots but I don’t think the activism is impactless. Dr. Ian did say activism (and terrorism). The terrorism is a said to be a byproduct of a Hamas-Israeli establishment nexus plus years of occupation. I am not an expert on that. The activism is imp
If intellectual inquiry is not backed by genuine intent then it is not worth putting forward your big ideas. The courage to walk the talk is key to the pursuit of academic excellence.
November 1, 2023 at 1:32 AM
If intellectual inquiry is not backed by genuine intent then it is not worth putting forward your big ideas. The courage to walk the talk is key to the pursuit of academic excellence.