John H.S. Åberg
@sage4age.bsky.social
I am very much an “IR guy”, whatever that means. But one thing it does mean is that I love the discipline of International Relations (IR). Senior Lecturer at Malmö University, Sweden
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De mest trovärdiga siffrorna vi har tillgängliga anger att mellan 150-180 000 palestinier nu har dött i Gaza. Bekräftade dödssiffror för direkt våld är ca 66 000, men troligen kraftigt underrapporterade. Det närmar sig att 10% av befolkningen är utplånad. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting Gaza mortality estimates: adjusted for non-sampling zero-survivor households
Current Gaza mortality estimates systematically undercount deaths by failing to account for zero-survivor households. We argue that adjusting for this factor and multi-family cohabitation yields signi...
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September 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
De mest trovärdiga siffrorna vi har tillgängliga anger att mellan 150-180 000 palestinier nu har dött i Gaza. Bekräftade dödssiffror för direkt våld är ca 66 000, men troligen kraftigt underrapporterade. Det närmar sig att 10% av befolkningen är utplånad. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Assata Shakurs självbiografi påminner oss om att USA:s demokrati aldrig fungerat särskilt bra för en stor del av landets invånare.
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Assata Shakurs självbiografi påminner oss om att USA:s demokrati aldrig fungerat särskilt bra för en stor del av landets invånare.
Publication alert! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
China–Ethiopia Relations and Industrial Development: A Brief Evaluation | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
China–Ethiopia Relations and Industrial Development: A Brief Evaluation - Volume 58 Issue 3
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September 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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That was probably one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen!
All you need is a hip-hop beat underneath that and you’ll get the record for fastest rapper in the world!
I have so much respect for you now it’s not even quantifiable!
All you need is a hip-hop beat underneath that and you’ll get the record for fastest rapper in the world!
I have so much respect for you now it’s not even quantifiable!
April 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
That was probably one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen!
All you need is a hip-hop beat underneath that and you’ll get the record for fastest rapper in the world!
I have so much respect for you now it’s not even quantifiable!
All you need is a hip-hop beat underneath that and you’ll get the record for fastest rapper in the world!
I have so much respect for you now it’s not even quantifiable!
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The American Empire is Committing Suicide @thunen.bsky.social #empiresuicidewatch youtu.be/LOrI4Ai8evM?...
The American Empire is Committing Suicide
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April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The American Empire is Committing Suicide @thunen.bsky.social #empiresuicidewatch youtu.be/LOrI4Ai8evM?...
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
The American Empire is Committing Suicide @thunen.bsky.social #empiresuicidewatch youtu.be/LOrI4Ai8evM?...
The American Empire is Committing Suicide
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April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The American Empire is Committing Suicide @thunen.bsky.social #empiresuicidewatch youtu.be/LOrI4Ai8evM?...
Signs of the Times #7 - On Empire, US dollar, Trump, and American decay, with Herman Mark Schwartz. @thunen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVm...
Signs of the Times #7 - On Empire, US dollar, Trump, and American decay, with Herman Mark Schwartz
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April 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Signs of the Times #7 - On Empire, US dollar, Trump, and American decay, with Herman Mark Schwartz. @thunen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVm...
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SD har lagt ett förslag på EU-nivå som går ut på att flytta palestinierna från Gaza och som är inspirerat av Trumps idé att göra det. Även om SD inte vill göra om Gaza till Levantens riviera så bryter SD:s förslag mot både folkrätten och FN:s folkmordskonvention.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bm...
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SD:s Trumpflirt: Flytta palestinierna från Gaza
SD:s EU-toppar har inspirerats av Donald Trump. Nu vill de flytta palestinierna från det krigshärjade Gaza. – Jag blev alldeles kall inombords, säger Jonas Sjös
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March 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
SD har lagt ett förslag på EU-nivå som går ut på att flytta palestinierna från Gaza och som är inspirerat av Trumps idé att göra det. Även om SD inte vill göra om Gaza till Levantens riviera så bryter SD:s förslag mot både folkrätten och FN:s folkmordskonvention.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bm...
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"America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education. That must change," write @ryanenos.bsky.social and Steven Levitsky.
They're right that Harvard's in position to lead that change, or to set the opposite tone.
They're right that Harvard's in position to lead that change, or to set the opposite tone.
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education. That must change," write @ryanenos.bsky.social and Steven Levitsky.
They're right that Harvard's in position to lead that change, or to set the opposite tone.
They're right that Harvard's in position to lead that change, or to set the opposite tone.
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Trump and Musk are a living monument to the worst excesses of human nature—an exhausting blend of arrogance, ignorance, greed, selfishness, narcissism, and the kind of misplaced confidence that has already fueled a thousand horrible decisions that will ultimately hurt millions of everyday Americans.
February 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Trump and Musk are a living monument to the worst excesses of human nature—an exhausting blend of arrogance, ignorance, greed, selfishness, narcissism, and the kind of misplaced confidence that has already fueled a thousand horrible decisions that will ultimately hurt millions of everyday Americans.
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From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power.
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s…
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February 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power.
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
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Last week, JD Vance gave Europe an ultimatum: it can align with the Trump administration, or face its wrath.
To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.
To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.
JD Vance champions tech imperialism in Europe
The European Union needs to defend its sovereignty and end its dependence on US tech monopolies
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February 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Last week, JD Vance gave Europe an ultimatum: it can align with the Trump administration, or face its wrath.
To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.
To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.
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The Spanish Socialists have been caught with their proverbial pants down. Having proclaimed an embargo on arms sales/transfers to Israel, a new investigation revealed non-stop cargo flights replete with weapons from Zaragoza to Tel Aviv. Till this day! www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
Más de 60.000 piezas de armamento han salido en aviones desde España a Israel en una ruta que continúa en 2025
Una investigación a la que ha tenido acceso elDiario.es descubre vuelos con material militar desde Zaragoza a Tel Aviv desde enero de 2024 hasta la actualidad, a pesar de la suspensión anunciada por e...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Spanish Socialists have been caught with their proverbial pants down. Having proclaimed an embargo on arms sales/transfers to Israel, a new investigation revealed non-stop cargo flights replete with weapons from Zaragoza to Tel Aviv. Till this day! www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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CALL TO ACTION: Germany is going full authoritarian against DiEM25's event on Palestine with
@FranceskAlbs, Amnesty International and other humanitarian organisations. The police is likely to violently disband the event. ALL EYES ON THE LIVESTREAM TODAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oxi...
@FranceskAlbs, Amnesty International and other humanitarian organisations. The police is likely to violently disband the event. ALL EYES ON THE LIVESTREAM TODAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oxi...
LIVE FROM BERLIN: Palestine, Justice and the Power of Truth with Francesca Albanese and more
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February 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
CALL TO ACTION: Germany is going full authoritarian against DiEM25's event on Palestine with
@FranceskAlbs, Amnesty International and other humanitarian organisations. The police is likely to violently disband the event. ALL EYES ON THE LIVESTREAM TODAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oxi...
@FranceskAlbs, Amnesty International and other humanitarian organisations. The police is likely to violently disband the event. ALL EYES ON THE LIVESTREAM TODAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oxi...
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There is a fundamental issue we need to recognise. A serious Euro force in Ukraine needs US enablement, air defence, air cover & ISR. Those things - enablers, air def, air power & intel - are exactly what many in the Trump admin want to shift from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
In an interview on Friday with the Financial Times, Macron said that the idea of deploying a huge force is “far-fetched.” “We have to do things that are appropriate, realistic, well thought, measured and negotiated,” he said.
apnews.com/article/euro...
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Europe quietly works on a plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security
Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Ru...
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February 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There is a fundamental issue we need to recognise. A serious Euro force in Ukraine needs US enablement, air defence, air cover & ISR. Those things - enablers, air def, air power & intel - are exactly what many in the Trump admin want to shift from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
Schweller disagrees youtube.com/shorts/beaDy...
February 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Schweller disagrees youtube.com/shorts/beaDy...
It sure is! And the irony: at the "FREE" University
Insanity! Free University Berlin (FU) cancels lecture by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, after critique from "pro-Israel" actors.
Umstrittener Vortrag zu „Gaza-Genozid“: Francesca Albanese darf nicht an die Freie Universität Berlin kommen
Die umstrittene UN-Berichterstatterin Francesca Albanese darf nicht an die Freie Universität Berlin kommen. Das hat die Unileitung nun entschieden. Online darf die Veranstaltung jedoch stattfinden.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It sure is! And the irony: at the "FREE" University