Madhur
@madhurdhupar.bsky.social
Junior Lecturer at PolSci UvA!!
Cosplaying as a chef in my spare time 👩🏽🍳
Cosplaying as a chef in my spare time 👩🏽🍳
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I wish I could believe that even this admin couldn't be this dumb
Fiona Hill's testimony during Trump's 2019 impeachment hearing: “the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine"
Fiona Hill's testimony during Trump's 2019 impeachment hearing: “the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine"
![Page 59 of Fiona Hill's deposition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence joint with the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, US House of Representatives. Available at: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/469624-read-transcript-of-testimony-by-former-trump-russia-adviser-fiona-hill/
Includes the text (starting with Hill):
“And I was asked to go out to Russia 'in this timeframe to basically tell the Russians to knock this off. I was given a special assignment by the National Security Council with the agreement with the State Department to get the Russians to back off.
So, in the course of my discussions with my colleagues [redacted], I also found out that there were Ukrainian energy interests that had been in the mix in Venezuelan energy sectors as well as the names again of Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, and this gentleman Harry Sargeant came up. And my colleagues [redacted] said these guys were notorious in Florida and that they were bad news.
Q: And you understood that they were working with Rudy Giuliani at that point?
A: I did at this point.
Q: You mentioned Ambassador Sondland, who I thjnk in June told you that he had been assigned by the President to cover Ukraine. You said that was somewhat of an unusual development. What did you mean by that?
A: WeIl, it was very unusual because we were given no instructions. There wasn't a directive. Ambassador Bolton didn't know about this. Nobody at the State Department seemed to know about this either.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cd7kzsqed5cucxfgfyqxhqq4/bafkreie5iigd72amx2ry44iuzyvzje563rswagdi6by4gqpo4hx237eomq@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I wish I could believe that even this admin couldn't be this dumb
Fiona Hill's testimony during Trump's 2019 impeachment hearing: “the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine"
Fiona Hill's testimony during Trump's 2019 impeachment hearing: “the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine"
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A map like this is why I wrote Free the Map (www.nai010.com/en/product/f...). Used in the Dutch election debate, it turns asylum seekers into thick invasion arrows. Invisiblized: how the own visa rules and pushbacks turn migration into a dangerous, deadly zigzag. Humanise cartography. Free the Map.
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A map like this is why I wrote Free the Map (www.nai010.com/en/product/f...). Used in the Dutch election debate, it turns asylum seekers into thick invasion arrows. Invisiblized: how the own visa rules and pushbacks turn migration into a dangerous, deadly zigzag. Humanise cartography. Free the Map.
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📣 New Special Issue! 📣
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
October 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📣 New Special Issue! 📣
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
Our new special issue on Political Violence in Democracies is now out! 📖
This very timely special issue has been guest edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social.
Check out the complete issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/5
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🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Mark (Marco) van Rennes is a Dutch citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Marco safe!
X : @DutchMFA
IG : @minbz
FB : @ministeriebz
#AllEyesonMadleen
Mark (Marco) van Rennes is a Dutch citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Marco safe!
X : @DutchMFA
IG : @minbz
FB : @ministeriebz
#AllEyesonMadleen
June 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Mark (Marco) van Rennes is a Dutch citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Marco safe!
X : @DutchMFA
IG : @minbz
FB : @ministeriebz
#AllEyesonMadleen
Mark (Marco) van Rennes is a Dutch citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Marco safe!
X : @DutchMFA
IG : @minbz
FB : @ministeriebz
#AllEyesonMadleen
the political science department @fmg-uva.bsky.social is looking for new junior lecturers!!
deadline is may 25th!! join us!! ✨
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
deadline is may 25th!! join us!! ✨
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Junior Lecturer in Political Science
The Department of Political Science is looking for junior lecturers to teach tutorials and assess student work in our bilingual Bachelor's programme.
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
the political science department @fmg-uva.bsky.social is looking for new junior lecturers!!
deadline is may 25th!! join us!! ✨
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
deadline is may 25th!! join us!! ✨
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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New fash symbol just dropped
April 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New fash symbol just dropped
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My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
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For researchers / #polisky folks: if you’re dealing with online harassment because of your research, here is a useful set of resources (potentially relevant to others too):
Researchers
Visit the post for more.
researchersupport.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For researchers / #polisky folks: if you’re dealing with online harassment because of your research, here is a useful set of resources (potentially relevant to others too):
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Strike day at UvA Amsterdam, to save Dutch higher education from blinkered nativism and anti-intellectualism. No, the minister cannot decide who gets to study what and where.
March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Strike day at UvA Amsterdam, to save Dutch higher education from blinkered nativism and anti-intellectualism. No, the minister cannot decide who gets to study what and where.
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On strike today 🟥
Against cuts in higher education and science.
Against damaging future generations and stifling innovation.
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social
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Against cuts in higher education and science.
Against damaging future generations and stifling innovation.
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
On strike today 🟥
Against cuts in higher education and science.
Against damaging future generations and stifling innovation.
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social
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Against cuts in higher education and science.
Against damaging future generations and stifling innovation.
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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A well-paid, four-year PhD position in political theory/philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, to work primarily with my wonderful colleagues Lillian Cicerchia and Paul Raekstad, and also a bit with yours truly. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Position in Political Theory
A fully-funded, four-year PhD position in political theory at the University of Amsterdam. We are open to research proposals in any area of political theory. We are particularly interested in candidat...
werkenbij.uva.nl
March 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A well-paid, four-year PhD position in political theory/philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, to work primarily with my wonderful colleagues Lillian Cicerchia and Paul Raekstad, and also a bit with yours truly. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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With Trump’s America slashing funding for basic research and crippling the institutions that conduct it, the Netherlands has a generational opportunity to recruit top-of-field scientists and grow its research economy. Cutting funding right now is a bizarre choice
Day 1 of the national strikes against cuts in higher education and research 🟥
First op Leiden 💪🏽
@woinactie.bsky.social
Students and parents: now is the time to fight for your, your kids’ and future generations’ education.
First op Leiden 💪🏽
@woinactie.bsky.social
Students and parents: now is the time to fight for your, your kids’ and future generations’ education.
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With Trump’s America slashing funding for basic research and crippling the institutions that conduct it, the Netherlands has a generational opportunity to recruit top-of-field scientists and grow its research economy. Cutting funding right now is a bizarre choice
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Solidarity with colleagues in Leiden who are the first to strike against the severe budget cuts to our universities. Other universities to follow in the coming days, UvA next Monday 👊🟥
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Solidarity with colleagues in Leiden who are the first to strike against the severe budget cuts to our universities. Other universities to follow in the coming days, UvA next Monday 👊🟥
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The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
February 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
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it’s a crime against humanity, Peter
“Audacious.” What the fuck are these people doing.
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
it’s a crime against humanity, Peter
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Day two of the strike!
December 10, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Day two of the strike!
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When we talk of 'cash handout' schemes in Indian politics, mustn't miss the actual cash handouts at election time.
From 'The Oligarchisation of India’s Democracy' by @wardb.bsky.social, Sarthak Bagchi and Vignesh Karthik KR in EPW.
www.epw.in/journal/2024...
From 'The Oligarchisation of India’s Democracy' by @wardb.bsky.social, Sarthak Bagchi and Vignesh Karthik KR in EPW.
www.epw.in/journal/2024...
December 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM
When we talk of 'cash handout' schemes in Indian politics, mustn't miss the actual cash handouts at election time.
From 'The Oligarchisation of India’s Democracy' by @wardb.bsky.social, Sarthak Bagchi and Vignesh Karthik KR in EPW.
www.epw.in/journal/2024...
From 'The Oligarchisation of India’s Democracy' by @wardb.bsky.social, Sarthak Bagchi and Vignesh Karthik KR in EPW.
www.epw.in/journal/2024...
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Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...
OESO waarschuwt Nederland voor onderfinanciering van hoger onderwijs - ScienceGuide
Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25 procent afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast. Vooral STEM-opleidingen he...
www.scienceguide.nl
December 2, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...