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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · 15d

Enjoyed delivering this morning’s session on Lit Reviews and Theoretical Frameworks in journal articles with @jamesworrall.bsky.social in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social contribution to the “International Writing Workshop Mindanao," supporting emerging scholars from Mindanao:

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · 17d

Rounding off a busy #CRS2025 @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social also held its second Roundtable at CRS with some great discussions about epistemology and methodology, thanks to the very engaged audience and panelists. Check out the write up of our ISA Roundtable here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Civil Wars ISA Roundtable 2025 Civil War and Intrastate Conflict: Reimagining a Field of Study

Published in Civil Wars (Vol. 27, No. 2, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · 17d

#CRS2025 also saw the launch of our latest @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social Special Issue on the Legacies of Rebel and Paramilitary Governance.
Check out the SI here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fciv20/c... with @nielsterpstra.bsky.social

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · 17d

A great #CRS2025 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Here are some photos from our @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social annual CRS drinks reception. It was great to catch up with friends old and new!

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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · 22d

Attending the Conflict Research Society @thecrs.bsky.social conference in Canterbury this week? Come along to our drinks reception tomorrow (see conference programme for details)! Interested in pitching work to us? Get in touch with @jamesworrall.bsky.social to fix a coffee meeting!

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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

Is there a “field” of civil wars research? How is the field evolving, and what challenges is it likely to face in future years? We discussed these questions and more in a fascinating roundtable discussion at @isanet.bsky.social in March, written up here:
doi.org/10.1080/1369...

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · May 27

Pleased to see the second article from our Gerda Henkel Stiftung funded research project on counterinsurgency doctrine published online, plenty more to come. I’ll let @alexwaterman.bsky.social explain this one in his detailed thread!

Alex Waterman @alexwaterman.bsky.social · May 27

In this open-access article with @jamesworrall.bsky.social in the Journal of Strategic Studies, we theorise how specific elements of knowledge - in this case knowledge of insurgencies - are integrated, negotiated and codified into doctrine doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Apr 5

Welcome to Bsky Luiza!

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Mar 9

My new article got a bit lost in the excitement of #ISA2025 this week, such that I only noticed when trying to get through my inbox yesterday!

Anyway, if you’re interested in #Oman #Israel the #AbrahamAccords or #SmallStates diplomacy, check it out:

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

Dissenting from the Inevitable? Understanding Omani Approaches to Israel and the Abraham Accords

In the months following the signature of the Abraham Accords in September 2020 there was considerable speculation about which countries would be next to join, Oman was a frequent subject of this sp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thank you to our stellar roundtable panel for a fascinating discussion on the present and future of the field of civil wars research today! Lots of ideas and food for thought for both journal and field more broadly #ISA2025

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Mar 3

Setting up the @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social drinks reception, starting in half an hour @isanet.bsky.social #ISA2025

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Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social · Mar 1

Great start to the day in our workshop on Rebel Financing and Rebels’ Use of Economic Instruments for Rebel Governance! @ilyssa.bsky.social @jamesworrall.bsky.social @alexwaterman.bsky.social

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thankfully my Wednesday is looking quieter so if you fancy catching up, then I would love to see you!

James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Then immediately after we’re reprising our roundtable on the important role of book reviewing. Civil Wars is doing a lot in this area thanks to our fantastic reviews team, neither of whom can make it to Chicago so looking forward to showcasing their work!

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us bright and early on Tuesday for the really exciting panel I organised on #rebelgovernance where I’m also presenting a piece that (finally) builds on my 2017 article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Monday sees Mona and I testing a paper that builds on our 2023 article: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Followed by our exciting @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social roundtable on Sunday, with all of these cool people!

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

I’ve got a bit of a packed #ISA2025 ahead! (Also have free wifi on an eight hour flight, so a mini thread). Starting with a workshop all day on Saturday…

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Feb 27

Civil Wars is at #ISA2025 @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social do join us!

🧩Workshop on Rebel Finance and the Financialisation of Rebel Governance, Saturday @ 8am

🪁Roundtable on Reimagining the Field, Sunday @ 1.45pm

🥂Drinks Reception, Sunday @ 7.45pm

Feel free to DM or email us to discuss projects!

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 31

To round out another busy year the final issue of Civil Wars in this volume (26,4) is now available. Check out our Editorial Introduction for a sneak peek at some of the exciting things we have planned for 2025!
Happy New Year all!
@civilwarsjournal.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fciv20/2...

Civil Wars

Volume 26, Issue 4 of Civil Wars

www.tandfonline.com

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 9

As well as the work of many Syrians who have documented the many, many crimes of the regime e.g. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... / www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... / www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... / www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... الشعب يريد

Violence against health care in Syria: patterns, meanings, implications

Violence against health care has been a defining feature of the Syrian conflict. Over the course of the conflict, Physicians for Human Rights has documented and corroborated nearly 600 attacks on ...

www.tandfonline.com

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 9

the free and fair trials that were denied to their many victims as a symbol of that better future and that the world can help the Syrian people build a state that cares for its citizens and protects them from harm. While you’re here do check out this important book www.bloomsbury.com/uk/syrian-gu...

Syrian Gulag

Shortlisted for the 2024 British-Kuwait Friendship Society PrizeAn estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising…

www.bloomsbury.com

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 9

I had hoped that better days would come for Syria, this article was born of my belief that eventually this would happen, there’s still a long way to go but now there is the likelihood that prosecutions can happen within Syria and in international courts. Let us hope that the perpetrators receive/

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 9

Trying to write all three of these pieces as the pandemic hit was harrowing and I may never finish the other two but I’m glad one is done and I hope it has some utility in both spreading awareness and in helping in some small way to hold the many thousands of perpetrators of these crimes to account/

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James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social · Dec 9

of a trilogy of articles which documented the use of torture by the Asad regime during the #SyrianCivilWar with the second article focusing on torture on the frontlines and the third a deeper dive into the use of torture as a control mechanism when coupled with other parts of the bureaucracy./

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