Anna Stavrianakis
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social
Arms trade, militarism, global insecurities and global (dis)order @ Uni Sussex and Shadow World Investigations
Two postdocs and a graduate research assistant position at Sussex with @lindsaycclark.bsky.social on "Technology and the (future) Human in War"! Postdoc: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/36e1adc2...; RA: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/b62df692... - apply by 11 Feb!
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Two postdocs and a graduate research assistant position at Sussex with @lindsaycclark.bsky.social on "Technology and the (future) Human in War"! Postdoc: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/36e1adc2...; RA: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/b62df692... - apply by 11 Feb!
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
👇 Come and do my job at Spotlight! It's a fantastic opportunity to work with brilliant people tackling an important issue that affects us all. #anticorruption @charitycomms.bsky.social
💥 Are you an experienced comms pro with a track record of crafting & delivering messages to achieve real change?
✊ Keen to join the fight against #corruption?
🫵 You might be the person we need! We’re looking for a comms adviser to join the friendly Spotlight team.
Apply below 👇. Deadline: 14 Feb.
✊ Keen to join the fight against #corruption?
🫵 You might be the person we need! We’re looking for a comms adviser to join the friendly Spotlight team.
Apply below 👇. Deadline: 14 Feb.
Spotlight is recruiting! We are looking for a Senior Communications Adviser - Spotlight on Corruption
We are looking for a highly motivated and gifted communicator to craft Spotlight’s messages and help us achieve real change.
www.spotlightcorruption.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👇 Come and do my job at Spotlight! It's a fantastic opportunity to work with brilliant people tackling an important issue that affects us all. #anticorruption @charitycomms.bsky.social
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
Colleagues overseas, check this out:
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Colleagues overseas, check this out:
@tkbarnes.bsky.social is a superb journalist: and I love this latest post of revealing tidbits. I agree that "every day is a day to report on and read about the people and places tied up in the $1 trillion Pentagon budget"! inkstick.substack.com/p/the-reveal...
The Revealing Tidbits Buried in Defense Contractors' Local Records
Here’s some gems about Northrop Grumman's fire equipment, RTX's ethics and Anduril's wildlife challenges I discovered in public records last year.
inkstick.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
@tkbarnes.bsky.social is a superb journalist: and I love this latest post of revealing tidbits. I agree that "every day is a day to report on and read about the people and places tied up in the $1 trillion Pentagon budget"! inkstick.substack.com/p/the-reveal...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle indicated that the government could resume arms sales with Israel and restart trade talks if it enters the second phase of the ceasefire 👇
Rights groups slam UK pledge to resume Israel arms sales
Business Secretary Peter Kyle indicated that the government could resume arms sales and restart trade talks if it enters the second phase of the ceasefire.
www.newarab.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle indicated that the government could resume arms sales with Israel and restart trade talks if it enters the second phase of the ceasefire 👇
Brilliant research from Open Secrets in South Africa: UAE selling armoured vehicles to Sudan, DRC, as 'made in the UAE' but actually South African-designed, built by South African engineers using South African parts, in Emirati free zones - www.opensecrets.org.za/how-an-sa-ar...
Fake it ’till you make it: How an SA arms company built UAE armoured vehicles
The UAE is selling well-equipped armoured vehicles to African states under a ‘Made in Emirates’ label. But documents from a whistleblower show that these are South African-designed vehicles built by t...
www.opensecrets.org.za
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Brilliant research from Open Secrets in South Africa: UAE selling armoured vehicles to Sudan, DRC, as 'made in the UAE' but actually South African-designed, built by South African engineers using South African parts, in Emirati free zones - www.opensecrets.org.za/how-an-sa-ar...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
British-made weapons were used by the US to attack Venezuela on 3rd January.
Starmer, instead of condemning these violations of international law, cheered it on.
Shameful.
Starmer, instead of condemning these violations of international law, cheered it on.
Shameful.
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
British-made weapons were used by the US to attack Venezuela on 3rd January.
Starmer, instead of condemning these violations of international law, cheered it on.
Shameful.
Starmer, instead of condemning these violations of international law, cheered it on.
Shameful.
Thanks to @pollypw.bsky.social and Judith Koch for this conversation! Great to talk all things arms trade for an hour.
What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices episode of 2026, I talk to the indomitable @annastavrianakis.bsky.social to explore this question and much more…
voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/39-new-episode
voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/39-new-episode
What is...the Arms Trade?
What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first episode of 2026, we explore why scholars of international relations should pay closer attention to the arms trade, and what its dy...
voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Thanks to @pollypw.bsky.social and Judith Koch for this conversation! Great to talk all things arms trade for an hour.
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
How you manufacture consent.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How you manufacture consent.
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
📢 CAAT is hiring a Supporter Development Manager!
We're looking for a skilled communicator & natural relationship builder to join our team. You'll be responsible for the recruitment, retention & engagement of supporters, as well as fundraising.
➡️ Apply now: caat.org.uk/about-caat/j...
We're looking for a skilled communicator & natural relationship builder to join our team. You'll be responsible for the recruitment, retention & engagement of supporters, as well as fundraising.
➡️ Apply now: caat.org.uk/about-caat/j...
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
📢 CAAT is hiring a Supporter Development Manager!
We're looking for a skilled communicator & natural relationship builder to join our team. You'll be responsible for the recruitment, retention & engagement of supporters, as well as fundraising.
➡️ Apply now: caat.org.uk/about-caat/j...
We're looking for a skilled communicator & natural relationship builder to join our team. You'll be responsible for the recruitment, retention & engagement of supporters, as well as fundraising.
➡️ Apply now: caat.org.uk/about-caat/j...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
🧵Collection of concerns expressed about US actions in #Venezuela today (Jan 3, 2026) -- from Congress, civil society, and others.
Feel free to share and add on.
(The Forum does not take responsibility for these statements. It does share them for public awareness)
Feel free to share and add on.
(The Forum does not take responsibility for these statements. It does share them for public awareness)
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🧵Collection of concerns expressed about US actions in #Venezuela today (Jan 3, 2026) -- from Congress, civil society, and others.
Feel free to share and add on.
(The Forum does not take responsibility for these statements. It does share them for public awareness)
Feel free to share and add on.
(The Forum does not take responsibility for these statements. It does share them for public awareness)
It's terrifying that today might be the day a hunger striker dies - allowed to die by the state, for demanding a fair trial: www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
LIVE UPDATES: Zarah Sultana rushes to HMP Bronzefield for dying hunger striker
At 2am on Wednesday 17 December, Zarah Sultana went to HMP Bronzefield after it refused to call 999 for a dying hunger strike prisoner
www.thecanary.co
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It's terrifying that today might be the day a hunger striker dies - allowed to die by the state, for demanding a fair trial: www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
This, with Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah, looks amazing. Can’t wait to listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Inside the Campaign to Block Israel’s War Ships
Podcast Episode · Things That Go Boom · 01/12/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This, with Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah, looks amazing. Can’t wait to listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
🧪
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
🧪
Disciplining dissent: UK universities, the arms industry, and protest
Laura Shewan, SGR, describes the increasingly close relationship between the military-industrial complex and the academic sector in Britain. She also highlights the increasing antagonism of university...
www.sgr.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
🧪
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
🧪
Wanna figure out why the world is such a mess? Join us to study and find out! Online Sussex open day 29 November - www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wanna figure out why the world is such a mess? Join us to study and find out! Online Sussex open day 29 November - www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...
What better gift for the festive season for your loved ones than a comprehensive feminist analysis of the global war economy? Edited by the fabulous @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True and with a chapter by yours truly - www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions.
The book challen...
www.routledge.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What better gift for the festive season for your loved ones than a comprehensive feminist analysis of the global war economy? Edited by the fabulous @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True and with a chapter by yours truly - www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
A case was brought against UK arms exports to Israel by Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq & the Global Legal Action Network, but High Court judges refused their case.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social explains why the government was taken to court.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social explains why the government was taken to court.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
annastavrianakis.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A case was brought against UK arms exports to Israel by Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq & the Global Legal Action Network, but High Court judges refused their case.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social explains why the government was taken to court.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social explains why the government was taken to court.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
When peace and security mean arming genocide.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, explains why the UK government was taken to court over arms sales to Israel, and makes the case for a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, explains why the UK government was taken to court over arms sales to Israel, and makes the case for a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
Why the UK Government was Taken to Court Over Arms Sales to Israel
When peace and security mean arming genocide.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
When peace and security mean arming genocide.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, explains why the UK government was taken to court over arms sales to Israel, and makes the case for a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
@annastavrianakis.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, explains why the UK government was taken to court over arms sales to Israel, and makes the case for a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today! I am delighted to be a fellow of the TSP - tune in to hear what the project is all about!
🚨 ONLINE EVENT
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.
Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today! I am delighted to be a fellow of the TSP - tune in to hear what the project is all about!
Why we need a two-way arms embargo on Israel:
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
Why the UK Government was Taken to Court Over Arms Sales to Israel
When peace and security mean arming genocide.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Why we need a two-way arms embargo on Israel:
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/why-the...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
And for our Italian-speaking friends! www.vignarca.net/2025/09/lett...
September 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
And for our Italian-speaking friends! www.vignarca.net/2025/09/lett...
Reposted by Anna Stavrianakis
1/ 🧵
shadowworldinvestigations.org/statement-in...
This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes:
shadowworldinvestigations.org/statement-in...
This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes:
Statement in Support of Francesca Albanese - Shadow World Investigations
16 September 2025. Over twenty of the world’s leading arms trade experts have issued a statement in support of UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, and specifically her recent report to the Unit...
shadowworldinvestigations.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
1/ 🧵
shadowworldinvestigations.org/statement-in...
This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes:
shadowworldinvestigations.org/statement-in...
This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes: