Anne Likuski
@annelikuski.bsky.social
Formerly Anne Stenersen. Historian specializing in militant Islamism. Author of Al-Qaida in Afghanistan (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
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We’re hiring! JS is seeking a full-time Editorial Assistant to support our democracy and rule of law initiatives and help advance our broader work and mission.
Application deadline is September 15. Early applications are highly encouraged. Apply here: www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...
Application deadline is September 15. Early applications are highly encouraged. Apply here: www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...
Just Security Is Hiring: Editorial Assistant - Democracy and Rule of Law
Just Security is seeking strongly qualified candidates to fill a full-time Executive Assistant/Editorial Assistant (EA) role.
www.justsecurity.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re hiring! JS is seeking a full-time Editorial Assistant to support our democracy and rule of law initiatives and help advance our broader work and mission.
Application deadline is September 15. Early applications are highly encouraged. Apply here: www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...
Application deadline is September 15. Early applications are highly encouraged. Apply here: www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...
Job in Oslo: Senior researcher Middle East at NUPI www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Senior Researcher - Middle East (281512) | Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Job title: Senior Researcher - Middle East (281512), Employer: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Deadline: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Job in Oslo: Senior researcher Middle East at NUPI www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Job opening: Ombudsperson, Security Council ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
UN Careers
United Nations
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June 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Job opening: Ombudsperson, Security Council ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
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** JOB ALERT **
Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...
Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...
May 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
** JOB ALERT **
Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...
Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...
New article by @jeromed.bsky.social et al., The end of Jihadi Salafism? The religious governance of HTS, the Post-Jihadi rebel ruler in Northern Syria www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The end of Jihadi Salafism? The religious governance of HTS, the Post-Jihadi rebel ruler in Northern Syria
Jihadis differentiate themselves from other Muslims by their demand for an Islamic state based on their interpretation of Islamic law as well as their legitimization of violence against Muslim dome...
www.tandfonline.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New article by @jeromed.bsky.social et al., The end of Jihadi Salafism? The religious governance of HTS, the Post-Jihadi rebel ruler in Northern Syria www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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There are many academic hiring freezes right now, but not everywhere! The Nunn Schoool at Georgia Tech is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in intelligence and international security, starting in Fall 25.
careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/...
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careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There are many academic hiring freezes right now, but not everywhere! The Nunn Schoool at Georgia Tech is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in intelligence and international security, starting in Fall 25.
careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/...
careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/...
On intelligence and peace processes open.substack.com/pub/intellig...
The dog that didn't bark: Strategic intelligence in Northern Ireland
Saturday’s Belfast Telegraph has an interesting piece from Sam McBride about archival releases on the Northern Ireland peace process. It’s an opportunity too good to pass up to return to the subject t...
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On intelligence and peace processes open.substack.com/pub/intellig...
New Vacancy: Editor in Chief for journal Perspectives on Terrorism pt.icct.nl/announcement...
New Vacancy: Editor in Chief for journal Perspectives on Terrorism | Perspectives on Terrorism
James Forest will be transitioning out of the Editor-in-Chief position for Perspectives on Terrorism during the second half of 2025.The Chief Editor is responsible for the overall editorial process an...
pt.icct.nl
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
New Vacancy: Editor in Chief for journal Perspectives on Terrorism pt.icct.nl/announcement...
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📢Job Opening: @icrc.org Adviser on Digital Tech of Warfare (in Kyiv).
Help us analyze and monitor the digitalization of warfare, understand its impact on people, and engage with state and non-state actors.
Unique and important role – do apply
careers.icrc.org/job/Kyiv-%28...
Help us analyze and monitor the digitalization of warfare, understand its impact on people, and engage with state and non-state actors.
Unique and important role – do apply
careers.icrc.org/job/Kyiv-%28...
Digital Technologies of Warfare Adviser
Digital Technologies of Warfare Adviser
careers.icrc.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📢Job Opening: @icrc.org Adviser on Digital Tech of Warfare (in Kyiv).
Help us analyze and monitor the digitalization of warfare, understand its impact on people, and engage with state and non-state actors.
Unique and important role – do apply
careers.icrc.org/job/Kyiv-%28...
Help us analyze and monitor the digitalization of warfare, understand its impact on people, and engage with state and non-state actors.
Unique and important role – do apply
careers.icrc.org/job/Kyiv-%28...
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Five years in the making, based on dozens of travel to Idlib under HTS control, multiple interviews with Ahmad al-Sharaa, his closest associates, other factions, ministers, dissidents, opponents, civil society, diplomats, and more
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...
February 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Five years in the making, based on dozens of travel to Idlib under HTS control, multiple interviews with Ahmad al-Sharaa, his closest associates, other factions, ministers, dissidents, opponents, civil society, diplomats, and more
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...
Syria’s al-Qaida affiliate dissolves itself - from Aymenn al-Tamimi at Substack - open.substack.com/pub/aymennal...
Syria's al-Qa'ida Affiliate Dissolves Itself
Translation of Statement and Overview
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Syria’s al-Qaida affiliate dissolves itself - from Aymenn al-Tamimi at Substack - open.substack.com/pub/aymennal...
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I am told that this story is now open for comments.
Based on my inbox, some of you have a lot to say.
Based on my inbox, some of you have a lot to say.
Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo Bay (Gift Article)
The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I am told that this story is now open for comments.
Based on my inbox, some of you have a lot to say.
Based on my inbox, some of you have a lot to say.
Some useful historical context - Guantanamo’s other history (2021), by @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gua...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gua...
Guantánamo’s Other History - Boston Review
For decades Haitian migrants have been subjected to brutal mistreatment by the U.S. government, much of it at Cuban detention facilities.
www.bostonreview.net
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some useful historical context - Guantanamo’s other history (2021), by @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gua...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gua...
NYT: «Mr. Trump also said he plans to quickly release the classified files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.»
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...
January 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
NYT: «Mr. Trump also said he plans to quickly release the classified files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.»
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...
Taliban and Hamas - by @thomasruttig.bsky.social www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/r...
Birds of a Feather, in Ideology: What is the relationship between the Islamic Emirate and Hamas?
Before the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel and Israel’s continuing war in Gaza, the relationship of the Islamic Emirate towards Hamas could be described as cordial, but not actively supporti...
www.afghanistan-analysts.org
January 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Taliban and Hamas - by @thomasruttig.bsky.social www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/r...
Some good book recommendations on Afghanistan- by AAN @aanafgh.bsky.social - www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/c...
Recommended Reads from AAN Writers: The poetry of peace, magical realism in Logar, class in Nuristan, Sufis
We thought we would start 2025 by asking AAN writers and friends to recommend books about Afghanistan. Their choices are eclectic, ranging across the academic and journalistic, memoirs and fiction, bo...
www.afghanistan-analysts.org
January 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Some good book recommendations on Afghanistan- by AAN @aanafgh.bsky.social - www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/c...
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An important warning!
The International Criminal Court at Risk of Collapse – PRIO Blogs
As many are by now acutely aware, the International Criminal Court (ICC) relies on state cooperation to investigate and arrest individuals charged with international crimes. This is not new. What is n...
blogs.prio.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
An important warning!
Interesting from Tam Hussein, about HTS and the future of the jihadism (Dec 2024) open.substack.com/pub/tamhusse...
For the Archives: Into the heart of Jihadism
a milestone for the jihadi project
open.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Interesting from Tam Hussein, about HTS and the future of the jihadism (Dec 2024) open.substack.com/pub/tamhusse...
Guantánamo Bay Explained www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Guantánamo Bay Explained: The Costs, the Captives and Why It’s Still Open
Just 15 men remain at the prison, down from hundreds when it opened 23 years ago. But the costly operation could go on for years.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Guantánamo Bay Explained www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
More on hybrid threats - against the High North and Baltic Sea regions - by @nupinytt.bsky.social www.nupi.no/publikasjone...
Differentiating Hybrid Threats against the High North and Baltic Sea regions | NUPI
Russlands fysiske og digitale gråsonetrusler og -angrep er en stor bekymring for nabolandene. Denne policybriefen ser nærmere på hvordan slike hybride trusler påvirker land i Nordområdene og Østersjø-...
www.nupi.no
January 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
More on hybrid threats - against the High North and Baltic Sea regions - by @nupinytt.bsky.social www.nupi.no/publikasjone...
NYT on hybrid warfare in Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/w...
How Hybrid Tactics Targeted NATO Allies in 2024: Drones, Exploding Parcels, Sabotage
Russia and other hostile states have become increasingly brazen in adopting “gray zone” attacks against Europe and the United States, leaving defense officials with a dilemma: How to respond?
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
NYT on hybrid warfare in Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/w...
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In 2022 I issued this UN communication on Nashwan al-Tamir, Ref, AL USA 26/2022.
He was frail and
vulnerable then - all the more so now.
This is Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
He was frail and
vulnerable then - all the more so now.
This is Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq
A court filing said the prisoner was at risk for abuse and might not be able to get adequate health care if transferred.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In 2022 I issued this UN communication on Nashwan al-Tamir, Ref, AL USA 26/2022.
He was frail and
vulnerable then - all the more so now.
This is Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
He was frail and
vulnerable then - all the more so now.
This is Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
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Understanding the “who,” & the “why,” of this crime is necessary to prevent further violence but also to calibrate threats accurately, avoid hyperbole in defining it & the perpetrator, & prevent useless and ill-conceived inflation of terrorism risks in the US.”
www.justsecurity.org/106066/refle...
www.justsecurity.org/106066/refle...
A Reflection on Terrorism, New Orleans and the Dangers of Overreach
Understanding the "who" and "why" of the New Orleans attack is necessary to prevent hyperbole from framing the discussion on terrorism risks.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Understanding the “who,” & the “why,” of this crime is necessary to prevent further violence but also to calibrate threats accurately, avoid hyperbole in defining it & the perpetrator, & prevent useless and ill-conceived inflation of terrorism risks in the US.”
www.justsecurity.org/106066/refle...
www.justsecurity.org/106066/refle...