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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 15d

Call for #climatesim expressions of interest open NOW! 🌟

We are looking for institutions to take part in our annual climate negotiation simulation event - once again partnering with @chathamhouse.org 🎉

Deadline to apply is 19 October #climatesim 🌳

Info 👉 buff.ly/zPti35m
@julietdryden.bsky.social

Students discussing at the 2024 climate summit simulation

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 7d

I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to be co-hosting Professor Owens today with the Centre for Political
Thought.

Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 15d

Southwest friends: tomorrow at 3pm, I'm speaking in Exeter on the Erased tour, followed by reception. Do come by. @exeter.ac.uk @profalexp.bsky.social

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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 22d

Want to stay updated on events at Exeter's Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (ECEEES)?

Add your name/e-mail to our mailing list at [email protected].

www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

Exeter Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (ECEEES) | Exeter Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies | University of Exeter

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · 29d

My comments on Xi Jinping’s (virtual) BRICS speech, the SCO, and the Global Governance Initiative for The Straits Times

@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

China doubles down on Brics to defend free trade, but grouping’s divisions remain

Brics leaders had to walk a tightrope between criticising US tariffs while avoiding a confrontation with Mr Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

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Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social · 26d

👇 New article in @govandopp.bsky.social where Alfonso Casani, @fcolin.bsky.social and I bring together our theoretical and empirical work on foreign policy, opposition and authoritarianism through the extreme case of Morocco and Israel's wars on Gaza, and with material from field research since 2007

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Catherine Owen @catherineowen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited to be offering our bespoke fieldwork methods course "Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Contexts" with @xiananj.bsky.social for @komex.bsky.social next February, alongside a truly fantastic line-up of courses - with something for every methodological persuasion!

Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops @komex.bsky.social · Aug 18

Registration is NOW OPEN for #KOMEX2026

✨ Excellence. Affordability. No flights.
In-person @uni-konstanz.de or online via #ekomex

Learn from top scholars in:
🧠 R, Python, NVivo, QCA, Process Tracing, ML, SNA & more

🗓️ Feb 2026

🔗 Join: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/komex/kon...

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · Aug 11

A cracker from my colleague John Heathershaw and his co-author
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira. #Capitalismisthecrisis

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‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption

Sensitive business is moving towards more permissive jurisdictions in response to tighter regulations and greater media attention.

theconversation.com

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Elena Gadjanova @elliegadjanova.bsky.social · Jul 19

So this is what I'm up to this year - news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Hugely grateful to @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this possible through an Innovation Fellowship award.

@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @cais-exeter.bsky.social

New research will analyse the spread of misinformation in Africa and the continent’s growing digital divides

Major new research will help experts to counter the spread of misinformation in Africa and understand the causes and consequences of the continent’s growing digital divides. The project, by researcher...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Brieg Powel @briegp.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Brieg Powel @briegp.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted that my chapter 'Historicizing the Global' in the weighty Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology is now out in both print & ebook!

Huge thanks to the editors Stacie Goddard, @georgelawson.bsky.social , & Ole Jacob Sending for the hard work
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

Historicizing the Global

AbstractThis chapter challenges the preoccupation (“chronofetishism”) of international–political–sociological scholarship with the present. The rare studie

doi.org

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jul 2

Will Iran get Chinese weapons? Never say never. However, two other experts and I are quite skeptical at the moment.

@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

www.rferl.org/a/iran-china...

Iran Pivots Toward China, But Is Beijing Ready To Play Ball?

After a devastating war with Israel exposed the weakness of its air force, Iran is reportedly turning to China for advanced military hardware. But Beijing’s reluctance -- and Moscow’s inaction -- high...

www.rferl.org

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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Congratulations, Andrea!

Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jun 26

After a long gestation, this @universitypress.cambridge.org Element on Sino-Middle Eastern relations finally has a page and a publication date!

This new work by Mohammed al-Sudairi and I will be in Open Access.

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Yazid Benhadda @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social · Jun 19

Happy to share that my first publication is out on IPS! 🥳 In this paper, I offer a new approach to securitization which aims to anchor contemporary securitization processes targeting postcolonial populations in colonial history. Check it out:
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

Constructing the “North African Problem” in France (1920–1956): A Colonial Genealogy of Migration Security Practices

Abstract. Despite its sophistication, most of the literature on the securitization of migration remains presentist in the sense that it has not yet truly i

academic.oup.com

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Brieg Powel @briegp.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congratulations to @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social from @cais-exeter.bsky.social
for passing his PhD viva yesterday. Yazid explored legacies of colonial policing & migration in Europe & N.Africa

Thanks to examiners @fionaadamson.bsky.social & Martin Thomas, and lead supervisor @irenefmolina.bsky.social

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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 24

Fantastic work all round!

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jun 14

My comments for the South China Morning Post on China’s possible reaction to the Iran-Israel clash

@exeter.ac.uk @cais-exeter.bsky.social

amp.scmp.com/news/china/d...

China warns of fallout from Israel’s strikes on Iran, eyes role in easing crisis

Beijing voices ‘grave concern’ over Israel’s attacks, while analysts say future of conflict depends on how the US and China intervene.

amp.scmp.com

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jun 10

I was quoted in this @thenewarab.bsky.social article on the presence of foreign fighters, especially Uyghurs, in the Syrian army, and China’s approach to them

@cais-exeter.bsky.social

www.newarab.com/analysis/reb...

From rebels to soldiers: Foreign fighters in Syria’s new army

Formally integrating foreign fighters into Syria’s new army is viewed as a pragmatic political move, but one which alarms many in Syrian society

www.newarab.com

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jun 18

My comments for Channel News Asia on China’s interests in and potential approach to the Israel-Iran conflict

@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ch...

China’s bid to mediate Israel-Iran conflict: How much sway does it really have?

Analysts say China's calls for de-escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict reflect not just diplomatic ambition, but concern over its own vulnerabilities - from oil routes and regional projects to tensi...

www.channelnewsasia.com

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · Jun 18

My comments on the mysterious cargo flights from China disappearing in Iran in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article

@exeter.ac.uk @cais-exeter.bsky.social

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

China sends mystery transport planes into Iran

Flight plans indicated a final destination of Luxembourg, but the aircraft appeared to have never flown near European skies

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · Jun 10

BISA, PSA and UACES Open letter to the UK Government: The future of International Studies and funding pressures in higher education

Open letter to the UK Government: The future of International Studies and funding pressures in higher education

BISA, PSA and UACES have written a letter to express concern about the funding challenges in UK HE.

www.bisa.ac.uk

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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted to report that our colleague Kevork Oskanian will be a permanent member of CAIS faculty from September! Congratulations, Kevork!

@drkevorko.bsky.social

experts.exeter.ac.uk/38375-kevork...

University of Exeter

experts.exeter.ac.uk

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Catherine Owen @catherineowen.bsky.social · May 22

An absolute honour to host @petoandrea.bsky.social at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social for the launch of Exeter’s new Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies and hear her compelling and urgent talk on how anti-liberal actors use “gender” as symbolic glue to coordinate politics of hate

@petoandrea @petoandrea.bsky.social · May 22

@catherineowen.bsky.social @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social #reimagining #areastudies

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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · May 22

Fabulous discussion of a new benchmark text in the theory and methods of causal inquiry. Quizzed by data scientists, IR theorists, comparativists and policy-facing colleagues, Adam had compelling answers for us all. 👏🏻

Adam Humphreys @adamhumphreys.bsky.social · May 22

It was a pleasure to speak to Exeter SSI and @cais-exeter.bsky.social yesterday about my new book Causal Inquiry in International Relations
(open access: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...). Thanks to @blagdendavid.bsky.social and @profalexp.bsky.social for organizing

fdslive.oup.com

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GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · May 20

Are you a Global Majority postgraduate researcher at a GW4 university?

Applications are now open for the second GW4 Connect Peer Support Programme — a 10-month initiative offering coaching, peer support and space to explore identity, race and research culture.

Apply by 9 July: lnkd.in/e5aAEugt

The image shows two female postgraduate researchers from the Global Majority sitting and discussing topics at a table.The text says:GW4 Connect - Peer Support Programme for Global Majority Postgraduate ResearchersApply by 9 July 2025

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Owen D Thomas @drowendthomas.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 New paper out in European Journal of IR 🚨 Faiz Sheikh and I draw on Ibn Khaldun’s political thought to rethink the crisis of liberal international order—not as a problem of technique, but as an unresolved and destructive tension between LIO’s claim to universalism and its entrenched whiteness.

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