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Cesare Figari Barberis

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Postdoctoral researcher at ISGA, Leiden University. My research focuses on Emotions, Stigma and Ideology in the Caucasus and in the European Union

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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · May 28

La mia intervista (abbastanza lunga) con @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social di Meridiano 13, che ringrazio molto

Parliamo della crescente #repressione in Azerbaigian 🇦🇿, che ha portato all’arresto del mio co-autore Ahmad Mammadli…

…e delle motivazioni dietro al sostegno di 🇪🇺 e 🇮🇹 al regime di Aliyev

Aleksej Tilman @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social · May 28

Oggi l’Azerbaigian celebra la sua indipendenza. La festività segue l’ennesima ondata di arresti contro le poche voci indipendenti al regime Aliyev.

Ho parlato di quanto sta avvenendo con @cesarebarberis.bsky.social.

Vi raccomando la lettura e di seguire il lavoro sull’Azerbaigian di Cesare.

La repressione in Azerbaigian. Intervista a Cesare Figari Barberis • Meridiano 13

La repressione delle poche voci indipendenti al regime del presidente Ilham Aliyev prosegue in Azerbaigian. Intervista a Cesare Figari Barberis

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 9h

📣 Are you interested in editing the European Journal of International Relations? @ejir.bsky.social

The Joint Management Committee is looking for a new editorial team to take over in late 2026.

🔗 Visit our website for more information:

Call for Editors | EISA

The Joint Management Committee (JMC) of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) and the European International Studies Association (EISA) are looking for a new editorial team to…

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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · 2d

Dear friends, I have launched a website for @ulviyyaali.bsky.social where you will be able to read her letters from prison and relevant news about her case: ulviyyaali.com

Ulviyya Ali

Official website of the independent journalist, human rights defender, and political prisoner Ulviyya Ali.

ulviyyaali.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

Ursula von der Leyen can’t get too comfortable.

When she appears today before the European Parliament to defend her reputation (again), it’s known that even if her centrist opponents are keeping her in post, there’s always a next time.

Von der Leyen will face endless challenges to her position

As the European Commission president braces for another no-confidence vote debate on Monday, she knows the tests will keep coming.

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 10d

📣 The call for workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 in Izmir is now open!

🗓️ Deadline: 24 November 2025

🔗 More info here: buff.ly/HG9Jyqu

1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.

EWIS 2026 local hosts. 1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. Serhun Al. Izmir University of Economics. Local Organizer. Umut Can Adisönmez. Izmir University of Economics. Programme Co-Chair.

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P. Anh Nguyen @anhphnguyen.bsky.social · 23d

My new article is out now in @millennjournal.bsky.social !
Not the first paper I wrote during the PhD—but the first one to make it into the world 🌍
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Engaging With Temporal Others: Memory, Trauma and (In)security Across Time - Phuong Anh Nguyen, 2025

This paper examines how traumatic memory traverses temporal boundaries and shapes ontological (in)security across the past, present and future. Drawing on illus...

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 24d

📌 Can Azerbaijan really seek peace while it continues to repress its own people?

Opinion by Vafa Naghiyeva

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Opinion | Can Azerbaijan really seek peace while it continues to repress its own people?

For true peace to happen, Azerbaijan must go beyond external agreements and look within to create change.

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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · Sep 4

Message from @smdov.bsky.social:

"My trials were conducted very unfairly. No one was allowed into my hearings. They could not prove my guilt in any way.

I ask all honest people to share that I am innocent and that I was imprisoned for wanting peace and justice."

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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · Sep 3

Italian media published an article about @ulviyyaali.bsky.social with my, @cesarebarberis.bsky.social and Ulviyya's mother's comments included.

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Il silenzio europeo sulla feroce repressione in Azerbaigian

Il presidente Aliyev ha imposto un’ulteriore stretta sulle libertà. Giornalisti, attivisti e oppositori vengono arrestati e torturati. A un anno dalla Cop29 l’Ue continua a non battere ciglio, così co...

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · Aug 27

While the peace pledge between Azerbaijan and Armenia exists on paper, Azerbaijani activists and scholars argue that putting it into practice and undoing decades of institutionalised anti-Armenian sentiment is something different altogether.

oc-media.org/azerbaijans-...

Azerbaijan’s peace pledge to fight hate speech faces skepticism from activists and legal scholars

Despite a peace deal clause banning hate speech, critics say entrenched anti-Armenian propaganda could hinder real change.

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Ramesh Ganohariti @rameshg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Finally got the physical copy of my first book!
#DeFactoStates #Recognition #Diplomacy
@gezimvisoka.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · Aug 23

🅾️ Opinion: Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.

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Opinion | My friend Bahruz is in prison for advocating peace — now that’s state policy

Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace — free Bahruz Samadov now.

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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · Aug 23

oc-media.org/opinion-my-f... Gulnara Mehdiyeva hits the nail on the head: "If Armenia & Azerbaijan have initialled a text that condemns intolerance & racial hatred, then jailing a researcher whose work has been about refusing hatred is an error that must be corrected." Bahruz Samadov must be freed.

https://oc-media.org/opinion-my-friend-bahruz-is-in-prison-for-advocating-peace-now-thats-state-policy/"If

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · Aug 21

🅾️ OPINION: One year after OC Media contributor Bahruz Samadov was arrested, Azerbaijani activist Gulnara Mehdiyeva argues that his release is necessary to make the new Azerbaijani state policy of peace believable.

➡️ Read more: oc-media.org/opinion-my-f...

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Benjamin de Carvalho @bdecarvalho.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thrilled that my article on treason and political community is (finally) out with International Political Sociology!

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Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Really fascinating article, especially relevant for contemporary times!

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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · Aug 13

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/08/us-i... My latest, on the Washington peace summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

US intervention opens new page in Armenia–Azerbaijan peace talks but challenges remain

Regional powers and domestic politics threaten the persuasive optics of the White House summit.

www.chathamhouse.org

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Aug 14

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

The ties that bind: on affective ties, power, nationalism, and competition over the global distribution of feeling - cup.org/4iM0Wnw

- Todd H. Hall & Patrick James

International Theory abstract about emotional phenomena in international politics, discussing the role of affective ties, nationalism, and identity in global systems.

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 12

Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEW -

How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD

"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"

- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamics of mainstream and radical political rhetoric regarding anti-immigrant policies, highlighting differences in societal responses and enforcement norms based on the source of the rhetoric.

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Ramesh Ganohariti @rameshg.bsky.social · Aug 12

My first book, which discusses Sub-State Recognition, & co-authored with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social, is out now!
#DeFactoStates
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · Aug 12

So far, once while being held at the State Security Service and once in Temporary Detention Center, he attempted suicide, and both times someone saved him at the last moment. He said that on the third attempt he will kill himself and end his life.

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Cavid Ağa @cavid.info · Aug 12

News from Bahruz Samadov:
He met his grandmother today. He told her that since the peace treaty was signed, being unjustly kept in prison hurts him even more now. He said he cannot find peace for himself in the cell.

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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · Aug 12

Without robust democratic debate, any peace deal risks long-term instability.

Western actors, often blind to nuance, may tolerate democratic erosion when geopolitics demand it.

(20/20)

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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · Aug 12

Recent euphoria over the DC peace summit between Trump, Aliyev, and Pashinyan is premature.

No treaty was signed—only initialed. Symbolic, yes, but far from conclusive in a conflict that has resisted resolution for decades. (1/20)

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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · Aug 12

My thoughts on the recent 'peace summit' between Aliyev, Pashinyan and Trump in Washington DC: a short summary of my blogpost (link below) in this thread. 🧵 (0/20)

chaotic2000s.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-fe...

A Few Words about that 'Peace Summit' in DC

The past few days have seen a considerable amount of (somewhat premature) euphoria regarding a 'peace summit' in Washington DC between Donal...

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