Ainoa Cabada
@ainoacabada.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in International Security at the University of Adelaide.
Political theorist researching the UN Charter, R2P, Refugee Migration and Blacklisting.
Mostly interested in UN stuff 🇺🇳 Philosophy 🧐 and Metal🤘🏽
Political theorist researching the UN Charter, R2P, Refugee Migration and Blacklisting.
Mostly interested in UN stuff 🇺🇳 Philosophy 🧐 and Metal🤘🏽
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Ainoa Cabada
@ainoacabada.bsky.social
· Oct 1
The UN Charter, the Refugee Convention and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: Towards a Preventative Protection Regime
This book investigates three key frameworks applicable to the protection of asylum seekers and refugees: the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the R...
www.routledge.com
I'm delighted to share that my book will be published by Routledge @tandfresearch.bsky.social in early 2026. Pre-order available on 13 January.
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
I'm delighted to share that my book will be published by Routledge @tandfresearch.bsky.social in early 2026. Pre-order available on 13 January.
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
The UN Charter, the Refugee Convention and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: Towards a Preventative Protection Regime
This book investigates three key frameworks applicable to the protection of asylum seekers and refugees: the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the R...
www.routledge.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm delighted to share that my book will be published by Routledge @tandfresearch.bsky.social in early 2026. Pre-order available on 13 January.
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
Please add it to your wish list and ask your university library to order it.
Check it out and share it widely!
www.routledge.com/The-UN-Chart...
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The announcement by President Emmanuel Macron comes as world leaders meet to revive the long-stalled two-state solution.
France recognises Palestinian state ahead of UNGA meeting
The announcement by President Emmanuel Macron comes as world leaders meet to revive the long-stalled two-state solution.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The announcement by President Emmanuel Macron comes as world leaders meet to revive the long-stalled two-state solution.
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Jean Monnet Fellowships – European University Institute, Italy
Fully funded one-year residential fellowship at Robert Schuman Centre
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 22 Oct 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/jean-monnet-...
#PostdocJobs #ItalyJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Fellowship @eui-eu.bsky.social
Fully funded one-year residential fellowship at Robert Schuman Centre
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 22 Oct 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/jean-monnet-...
#PostdocJobs #ItalyJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Fellowship @eui-eu.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Fellowships at European University Institute | HigherJobz
Apply for Jean Monnet Fellowships 2026 at the Robert Schuman Centre, EUI, Florence. Mid-career scholars with PhD before 2021 eligible.
higherjobz.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Jean Monnet Fellowships – European University Institute, Italy
Fully funded one-year residential fellowship at Robert Schuman Centre
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 22 Oct 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/jean-monnet-...
#PostdocJobs #ItalyJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Fellowship @eui-eu.bsky.social
Fully funded one-year residential fellowship at Robert Schuman Centre
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 22 Oct 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/jean-monnet-...
#PostdocJobs #ItalyJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Fellowship @eui-eu.bsky.social
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The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to back the "New York Declaration," a resolution which seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine -- without the involvement of Hamas ➡️ u.afp.com/SPSV
September 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to back the "New York Declaration," a resolution which seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine -- without the involvement of Hamas ➡️ u.afp.com/SPSV
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Un grupo de senadores ha exigido explicaciones oficiales en una carta remitida al presidente Trump, mientras defensores de los derechos humanos denuncian que “esta Administración está normalizando las ejecuciones extrajudiciales”
Las dudas sobre la legalidad del ataque mortal de EE UU en el Caribe se multiplican
Un grupo de senadores exige a la Casa Blanca explicaciones sobre el porqué y el cómo de la ofensiva, que dejó 11 fallecidos. Lo habitual en estos casos es interceptar la embarcación, no destruirla
elpais.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Un grupo de senadores ha exigido explicaciones oficiales en una carta remitida al presidente Trump, mientras defensores de los derechos humanos denuncian que “esta Administración está normalizando las ejecuciones extrajudiciales”
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Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.
Brazil top court panel votes to convict Bolsonaro of coup plot
Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.
Fantastic piece by Prof Alan Reid and very proud to be a part of the DEM36 project - Check it out!
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
Why does South Australian democracy need to evolve? - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
If democracy is to survive and flourish, it needs to evolve to meet the new circumstances we face, writes Alan Reid.
www.indailysa.com.au
September 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Fantastic piece by Prof Alan Reid and very proud to be a part of the DEM36 project - Check it out!
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
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The Trump administration has not yet offered a legal rationale for murdering 11 people in a strike on a Venezuelan boat, which begs the question — was there even an attempt to concoct one for the attack?
I filed a FOIA request with the Pentagon and the Office of Legal Counsel to find out.
I filed a FOIA request with the Pentagon and the Office of Legal Counsel to find out.
Administration kills 11, provides no legal rationale
FPF FOIA request seeks legal justification for Venezuelan boat strike
freedom.press
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Trump administration has not yet offered a legal rationale for murdering 11 people in a strike on a Venezuelan boat, which begs the question — was there even an attempt to concoct one for the attack?
I filed a FOIA request with the Pentagon and the Office of Legal Counsel to find out.
I filed a FOIA request with the Pentagon and the Office of Legal Counsel to find out.
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The former president is charged with five counts, including plotting the assassination of senior officials.
Trial of Brazil’s Bolsonaro enters verdict phase over alleged coup plot
The former president is charged with five counts, including plotting the assassination of senior officials.
bit.ly
September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The former president is charged with five counts, including plotting the assassination of senior officials.
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📹 VÍDEO | Así anunció Trump el ataque de EE UU a un barco procedente de Venezuela social.elpais.com/oqs6z46
September 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
📹 VÍDEO | Así anunció Trump el ataque de EE UU a un barco procedente de Venezuela social.elpais.com/oqs6z46
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📹 VÍDEO | Donald Trump ha compartido en sus redes sociales un vídeo del momento en el que EE UU dispara contra una embarcación procedente de Venezuela. El ataque ha causado 11 muertos social.elpais.com/oqs6z51
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
📹 VÍDEO | Donald Trump ha compartido en sus redes sociales un vídeo del momento en el que EE UU dispara contra una embarcación procedente de Venezuela. El ataque ha causado 11 muertos social.elpais.com/oqs6z51
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'The challenge is not to water down the definition to match a changing threat, but to keep it sharp enough to distinguish terrorism from other forms of violence, precise enough to preserve democratic space and robust enough to underpin the entire counterterrorism system,' writes Susan Thomson.
Think you know terrorism when you see it? A new inquiry says think again | The Strategist
Amid global conflict, rising extremism and a heightened national terror threat level, re-defining ‘terrorism’ in Australian law looks set to be a national security and political challenge for the gove...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
September 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
'The challenge is not to water down the definition to match a changing threat, but to keep it sharp enough to distinguish terrorism from other forms of violence, precise enough to preserve democratic space and robust enough to underpin the entire counterterrorism system,' writes Susan Thomson.
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Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...
Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship | Christs College Cambridge
www.christs.cam.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...
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🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself.
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right
Prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson are increasingly using social media to unite far-right groups and causes around the world.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself.
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
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How the Trump administration instrumentalised a 1798 relic of wartime legislation to facilitate the removal of over 200 Venezuelans ⬇️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How the Trump administration instrumentalised a 1798 relic of wartime legislation to facilitate the removal of over 200 Venezuelans ⬇️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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The pro-democracy playbook might look a lot like labor organizing — navigating and overcoming an asymmetry of power between a large diffuse, less-powerful group of individuals and one central authority. NEW: Lessons from labor ⬇️ https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/to-fight-an-authoritarian-think-like
To fight an authoritarian, think like a labor union
Lessons from the global history of labor movements
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
August 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The pro-democracy playbook might look a lot like labor organizing — navigating and overcoming an asymmetry of power between a large diffuse, less-powerful group of individuals and one central authority. NEW: Lessons from labor ⬇️ https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/to-fight-an-authoritarian-think-like
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Just posted—my in-depth convo with @Ruth Ben-Ghiat about how authoritarians co-opt the language of religion. And how Trump is intentionally using these tactics today.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
How Authoritarians Co-opt the Language of Religion: My Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Tune in to my second in-depth conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and Christian nationalism.
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just posted—my in-depth convo with @Ruth Ben-Ghiat about how authoritarians co-opt the language of religion. And how Trump is intentionally using these tactics today.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
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A core aspect of #R2P is the need to recognise and prevent atrocities before they occur. Check out our latest article by @ainoacabada.bsky.social where she explores strategies to advance R2P as an early warning doctrine and puts forward an R2P Preventative Assesssment Tool. lnkd.in/g8cawyJA
July 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A core aspect of #R2P is the need to recognise and prevent atrocities before they occur. Check out our latest article by @ainoacabada.bsky.social where she explores strategies to advance R2P as an early warning doctrine and puts forward an R2P Preventative Assesssment Tool. lnkd.in/g8cawyJA
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Intercultural Studies & Language Studies have important histories of studying discursive effects of propaganda in the service of genocide, not least how it begins - with the discourse of othering - @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and I documented some of the later effects
www.tandfonline.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Intercultural Studies & Language Studies have important histories of studying discursive effects of propaganda in the service of genocide, not least how it begins - with the discourse of othering - @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and I documented some of the later effects
The past four days at #IPSA2025 have been brilliant! From presentations to keynote speeches, the organisation and location was all so well done!
Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙
A brief summary in pictures!
Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙
A brief summary in pictures!
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The past four days at #IPSA2025 have been brilliant! From presentations to keynote speeches, the organisation and location was all so well done!
Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙
A brief summary in pictures!
Thanks for having me and the opportunity to present my research at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 💙
A brief summary in pictures!
Thrilled to share my publication with @globalr2p.bsky.social x @degruyterbrill.bsky.social!
To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments.
#EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P
doi.org/10.1163/1875...
To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments.
#EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P
doi.org/10.1163/1875...
r2p as an Early Warning Doctrine: Building a Case for the Establishment of an r2p Preventative Assessment Tool
Abstract The Responsibility to Protect’s (r2p) paragraph 138 denotes the importance of prevention through early warning, yet this crucial aspect remains unfulfilled. This article presents an r2p Preve...
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Thrilled to share my publication with @globalr2p.bsky.social x @degruyterbrill.bsky.social!
To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments.
#EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P
doi.org/10.1163/1875...
To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments.
#EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P
doi.org/10.1163/1875...
“It begins with three simple principles:
• Show up as a neighbour, not an expert.
• Listen longer than you speak.
• If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
• Show up as a neighbour, not an expert.
• Listen longer than you speak.
• If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
Rights, not rations: How human relationships can reshape refugee policy
Donors must go beyond funding refugee services – threadbare as they are – and support genuine refugee integration.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“It begins with three simple principles:
• Show up as a neighbour, not an expert.
• Listen longer than you speak.
• If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
• Show up as a neighbour, not an expert.
• Listen longer than you speak.
• If you're far from the problem, let those closest to it lead, and trust and back their agency.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
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The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.
Next EU budget seen as funding migration crackdown
The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.
euobserver.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The next EU budget may end up imposing tougher development aid conditions to force foreign states into complying on migration, warn some in civil society.
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New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM