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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 6h

Publication day: @abuaardvark.bsky.social's timely and incisive America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region is out now.

‘No one is better equipped than Lynch to tell this tragic story ... essential reading.’ — David D. Kirkpatrick

25% off w/code LYNCH25➡️ tinyurl.com/yvxua6u8

A copy of America's Middle East held up in the stairwell of Somerset House. The cover of the book has a photo of an orange, fiery sunset with a helicopter silhouetted in front of the moon. There is white, orange and red writing that reads 'America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region. Marc Lynch.'

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Dr. Ilyas Saliba @isaliba.bsky.social · 22h

Sounds like an interesting new dataset on legislatives in authoritarian regimes 🤓

Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 23h

New Working Paper 🚨

I am introducing the new dataset on Parliamentary Elites in Authoritarian Regimes (PEAR). It includes information on the composition of parliaments in 819 legislative terms in 130 autocracies from 1945 - based on over 200k individual-level observations.

tinyurl.com/48h68hmh

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · 23h

New Working Paper 🚨

I am introducing the new dataset on Parliamentary Elites in Authoritarian Regimes (PEAR). It includes information on the composition of parliaments in 819 legislative terms in 130 autocracies from 1945 - based on over 200k individual-level observations.

tinyurl.com/48h68hmh

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 1d

“I hope the Trump deal.. ends the active horrors. I fear that it could be another Camp David, a "last chance" based on deeply flawed assumptions and conceived in the absence of one of the ostensible negotiating partners which blows up in everyone's face.”

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/gazas-tomorr...

Gaza's Tomorrow is Yesterday

Plus the latest from the MENA Academy Last week, the Trump White House announced a somewhat odd 20 point peace plan for Gaza; the language was so casual and the key points so vague that I at first as...

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io

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Gemma Bird @gemmabird.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to share our new article in which we critically engage with the role that the “categories of migration” play in determining who does and does not “belong” in Europe and how they are changing.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 1d

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -

Who is Disposable? The Making and Re-Making of the “Bad” Migrant at Europe’s Borders - https://cup.org/473YrJ8

- @gemmabird.bsky.social & @davideschmid.bsky.social

#FirstView #JREP10

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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 2d

Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Sharon Lifschitz, whose parents were kidnapped on Oct 7 and only her mother returned alive, writes on the two year anniversary to the massacres.
"We know that hate and revenge cannot bring even a momentary relief from the pain."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

www.theguardian.com

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 3d

💥New: Academic careers have become a professional sport

✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers

Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences

Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 3d

Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social

Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations

International organisations (IOs) collect and disseminate a wide array of statistics. In many cases, the phenomena these statistics seek to quantify defy precise measurement. Hard-to-measure statis...

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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · 6d

... not that swap lines weren't "political" before, but the authors of the FT piece detect a change in the quality of this politicisation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

International monetary hierarchy through emergency US-dollar liquidity: A key currency approach - Steffen Murau, Fabian Pape, Tobias Pforr, 2023

The notion that the international monetary system is hierarchical has become increasingly common, but the nature, causes, and shape of international monetary hi...

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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · 6d

"The Treasury’s decision to offer a “swap” in Argentina is really a signal that Washington is willing to wield its financial tools for political purposes in ways that depart from past norms. If that approach extends to the Fed...consequences for global stability could be profound." on.ft.com/4pPdCOz

Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity

The time to act is now

on.ft.com

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Middle East Policy Council @mideastpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

The authors provide clear visualization of their data as they trace the connections between firms within states and across states, and they identify the directors who serve as nodes in the growing pan-Arab corporatism.

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Middle East Policy Council @mideastpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

New open-access analysis in a sneak peek of our fall issue: @hannesbaumann.bsky.social and Alice Hooper trace the development of a pan-Arab corporate elite shifting demands on regimes toward “further neoliberal restructuring and regional economic integration.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Development and Political Effects Of a Pan‐Arab Corporate Elite

Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed since the 2000s. Such activity not only links corporate entities but also weaves new connections between business leaders. We take a birds-eye v...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

Police say they are responding to an incident in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police said a suspect has been shot and four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall north of the city. The force said: Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed. GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15d

In a new report, HRW, Syrians for Truth and Justice, and Syrian Archive document widespread abuses by government forces, government-aligned armed groups, and armed volunteers, including summary executions, deliberate destruction of property, and abuse of detainees.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 8d

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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Dr. Ilyas Saliba @isaliba.bsky.social · 8d

Spannende Vortragsreihe an meiner Alma Mater der @uni-hamburg.de koordiniert u.a. von @janwilkens.bsky.social

Israel, Palästina und Deutschland – zwischen Menschenrechten und "Staatsräson"

www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de

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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · 12d

"When radical-right words come from Labour mouths, the nativist and illiberal values attached to these words become increasingly normalised, shifting the boundaries of what is politically acceptable... It’s time for Labour to engage in some self-reflection about the type of party it wants to be."

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 15d

they're ringing that UNGA bell SO hard to try and get people to sit down again for the next speech but they should just let these people run around the chamber and scream like toddlers for a few minutes and get it out of their system before making them sit back down

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 18d

“The more the German industry continues to focus on phasing out niche technologies […] the easier it becomes for Chinese companies to expand their lead in batteries and new electronic vehicle architectures.”

Remarkable op-ed by former VW boss Herbert Diess.

www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...

WirtschaftsWoche

www.wiwo.de

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 19d

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 19d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote for @theguardian.com about the “Unite the Kingdom” rally.

High time to pull head out of the sand and learn from other countries — if only on what NOT to do!

After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde

This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde

www.theguardian.com

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 20d

Mariam is one of tens of thousands of people in Gaza who have been injured & disfigured by Israeli military attacks.

As well as losing her arm, she has severe abdominal and pelvic injuries. She is stranded in Egypt & cannot get a visa to be treated in the US.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo

Mariam, Nasser and Ahmed were evacuated from the warzone but are now stranded in an Egyptian hospital that cannot treat their life-threatening injuries after Trump’s sudden ban on Palestinians enterin...

www.theguardian.com

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Elham Fakhro @elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 21d

Wow- "Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence"
www.ft.com/content/50a4...

Saudi Arabia signs ‘strategic mutual defence’ pact with Pakistan

Deal with nuclear-armed Islamabad comes after Gulf states alarmed by Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

www.ft.com

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