Niklas Balbon
@balnik.bsky.social
Research Fellow @GPPi | PhD’ing @FUBerlin | passionate for researching conflict, development and gender| 🇺🇦 and the Balkans | he/they
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Ein Wettlauf um die Wärme
Die ukrainische Flugabwehr fängt nur noch 36 Prozent der russischen Raketen ab. Munitionsmangel und fehlende Reserven verschärfen die Energiekrise.
www.fr.de
Mein Beitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zur Flugabwehrkrise der Ukraine.
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
My op-ed on Europe’s failure to better support Ukraine ahead of a devastating winter is now available in English.
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1️⃣ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
1/3
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1️⃣ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
1/3
A Race for Warmth
Plunged into cold darkness following Russian airstrikes, Ukraine is experiencing its harshest wartime winter yet. Some of the human suffering was preventable – if only Ukraine's Western allies had inv...
gppi.net
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
My op-ed on Europe’s failure to better support Ukraine ahead of a devastating winter is now available in English.
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1️⃣ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
1/3
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1️⃣ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
1/3
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Aufklärungsdrohnen in der Gegend um Kyjiw sagen so ziemlich alles, was man von der sogenannten Energie-Waffenruhe halten soll, was auch immer diese begonnen haben/beendet werden soll. Neuer Beschuss kommt leider recht gleich. Heute Nacht ist es rund -22 in Kyjiw.
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Aufklärungsdrohnen in der Gegend um Kyjiw sagen so ziemlich alles, was man von der sogenannten Energie-Waffenruhe halten soll, was auch immer diese begonnen haben/beendet werden soll. Neuer Beschuss kommt leider recht gleich. Heute Nacht ist es rund -22 in Kyjiw.
Hörenswert!
Gestern durfte ich im Deutschland Funk ausführlich mit @dirkoheckmann.bsky.social über den Stand der Verhandlungen zwischen der Ukraine und Russland sprechen. www.deutschlandfunk.de/interview-mi...
Ukraine - Interview mit Dr. Simon Schlegel, Leiter Ukraine-Programm (Zentrum Liberale Moderne)
www.deutschlandfunk.de
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Hörenswert!
Warum nicht Prüfungsformate mit KI und solche ohne miteinander kombinieren? Dann lernen Studis kritisches Denken und selbstständiges Schreiben (wichtig) einerseits und kritische und effiziente Arbeit mit KI (näher an der späteren Arbeitsrealität der meisten) andererseits.
Wenn deutsche Unis so weiterschlafen, haben wir AGI bevor auch nur eine Prüfungsordnung im KI-Zeitalter angekommen ist.
@elvirarosert.bsky.social, Eva Herschinger und ich mit einem konstruktiven Vorschlag, wie man das Problem löst statt es nur zu bewundern.
Danke an @taz.de - keine Paywall.
@elvirarosert.bsky.social, Eva Herschinger und ich mit einem konstruktiven Vorschlag, wie man das Problem löst statt es nur zu bewundern.
Danke an @taz.de - keine Paywall.
Künstliche Intelligenz an Hochschulen: Universität radikal umdenken
Für den Umgang mit KI an Unis gibt nur einen Weg: Eine grundsätzliche Neugestaltung des universitären Lernens und Prüfens. Vier Ideen für eine Reform.
taz.de
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Warum nicht Prüfungsformate mit KI und solche ohne miteinander kombinieren? Dann lernen Studis kritisches Denken und selbstständiges Schreiben (wichtig) einerseits und kritische und effiziente Arbeit mit KI (näher an der späteren Arbeitsrealität der meisten) andererseits.
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Deutschland kann mehr tun als einfach nur zuschauen, wie die katastrophale Lage in Kyjiw und andernorts diesen Winter immer schlimmer wird. Mein Kollege @balnik.bsky.social hat konkrete Handlungsoptionen, die über Applaus für die mutigen Ukrainer:innen hinausgehen 👇
Mein Beitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zur Flugabwehrkrise der Ukraine.
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
Ein Wettlauf um die Wärme
Die ukrainische Flugabwehr fängt nur noch 36 Prozent der russischen Raketen ab. Munitionsmangel und fehlende Reserven verschärfen die Energiekrise.
www.fr.de
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Deutschland kann mehr tun als einfach nur zuschauen, wie die katastrophale Lage in Kyjiw und andernorts diesen Winter immer schlimmer wird. Mein Kollege @balnik.bsky.social hat konkrete Handlungsoptionen, die über Applaus für die mutigen Ukrainer:innen hinausgehen 👇
Mein Beitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zur Flugabwehrkrise der Ukraine.
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
Ein Wettlauf um die Wärme
Die ukrainische Flugabwehr fängt nur noch 36 Prozent der russischen Raketen ab. Munitionsmangel und fehlende Reserven verschärfen die Energiekrise.
www.fr.de
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Mein Beitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zur Flugabwehrkrise der Ukraine.
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
TL;DR: Europa könnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
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Es ist zum Verrücktwerden: Die #Ukraine steht in weiten Teilen ohne Munition für die Luftabwehr da und mit viel zu wenig Unterstützung für die Reparatur der Wärme- und Stromversorgung. Wieso helfen reiche Staaten nicht besser? Starker Beitrag von @balnik.bsky.social
www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
Ein Wettlauf um die Wärme
Die ukrainische Flugabwehr fängt nur noch 36 Prozent der russischen Raketen ab. Munitionsmangel und fehlende Reserven verschärfen die Energiekrise.
www.fr.de
January 31, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Es ist zum Verrücktwerden: Die #Ukraine steht in weiten Teilen ohne Munition für die Luftabwehr da und mit viel zu wenig Unterstützung für die Reparatur der Wärme- und Stromversorgung. Wieso helfen reiche Staaten nicht besser? Starker Beitrag von @balnik.bsky.social
www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
Very much worth reading.
In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience.
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?
The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Very much worth reading.
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I don't know what will happen in Iran, but these moments, when dictatorships are facing their own people in the streets, are all about breaking the other side first.
January 12, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I don't know what will happen in Iran, but these moments, when dictatorships are facing their own people in the streets, are all about breaking the other side first.
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I’ve taught State Failure & Statebuilding @warstudieskcl.bsky.social at King’s for the past 13 years.
There are MANY reasons why it’s a bad idea for the US to ‘run’ Venezuela.
An economy in crisis. Disintegrating infrastructure. Nonstate armed groups deeply embedded into the state.
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There are MANY reasons why it’s a bad idea for the US to ‘run’ Venezuela.
An economy in crisis. Disintegrating infrastructure. Nonstate armed groups deeply embedded into the state.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I’ve taught State Failure & Statebuilding @warstudieskcl.bsky.social at King’s for the past 13 years.
There are MANY reasons why it’s a bad idea for the US to ‘run’ Venezuela.
An economy in crisis. Disintegrating infrastructure. Nonstate armed groups deeply embedded into the state.
/1
There are MANY reasons why it’s a bad idea for the US to ‘run’ Venezuela.
An economy in crisis. Disintegrating infrastructure. Nonstate armed groups deeply embedded into the state.
/1
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📣Achtung Theorienerds: Die 6. überarbeitete Auflage von Gert Krell und Peter Schlotters Einführung in die Theorie der Internationalen Beziehungen, "Weltbilder und Weltordnung", ist offiziell erschienen. Neu in dieser Auflage: ein Kapitel zum #Postkolonialismus sowie
Weltbilder und Weltordnung
www.nomos-shop.de
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣Achtung Theorienerds: Die 6. überarbeitete Auflage von Gert Krell und Peter Schlotters Einführung in die Theorie der Internationalen Beziehungen, "Weltbilder und Weltordnung", ist offiziell erschienen. Neu in dieser Auflage: ein Kapitel zum #Postkolonialismus sowie
Friendly reminder that if you advocate for policies that actively risk more people living under Russian occupation, you are *not* actually anti-militarist.
Why is this so difficult to understand for some?
Why is this so difficult to understand for some?
A testimony for all the feminists who have advised to not militarise in response to a russian military occupation so that there could be ‘peace’
“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfill their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by russian soldiers
by Daria Nilova
⚠️ Sexual violence content 📎
theins.ru/en/confessio...
by Daria Nilova
⚠️ Sexual violence content 📎
theins.ru/en/confessio...
December 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Friendly reminder that if you advocate for policies that actively risk more people living under Russian occupation, you are *not* actually anti-militarist.
Why is this so difficult to understand for some?
Why is this so difficult to understand for some?
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'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
New text in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! How can FFPs transform peacebuilding? Currently open access!
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In their notes from the field, "Troubled Encounters", @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/XFbx7St
In their notes from the field, "Troubled Encounters", @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/XFbx7St
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New text in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! How can FFPs transform peacebuilding? Currently open access!
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📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding
www.cambridge.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social
Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines
www.cambridge.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social
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1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power
www.cambridge.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The show is over - at least for now. Trump and Putin got what they wanted: the biggest news event of the year. Just as the meeting started, I joined @zdfde.bsky.social Heute Live to discuss the negotiations. We talked about many things, but I would like to highlight the following points:
August 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The show is over - at least for now. Trump and Putin got what they wanted: the biggest news event of the year. Just as the meeting started, I joined @zdfde.bsky.social Heute Live to discuss the negotiations. We talked about many things, but I would like to highlight the following points:
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📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/lyvq1IQ
For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/lyvq1IQ
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/lyvq1IQ
For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/lyvq1IQ
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Coming soon (July 25): The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations, with contributions by many leading scholars in the field... and me
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations | Catherin
The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations is a comprehensive volume for contemporary scholarship on feminist international relations and
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Coming soon (July 25): The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations, with contributions by many leading scholars in the field... and me
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Super Einordnung der aktuellen Proteste von @ljudmylamelnyk.bsky.social!
Proteste in der Ukraine sind nicht – wie manche schreiben – ausschließlich gegen die Korruption gerichtet. Sie richten sich vor allem gegen die Willkür der politischen Elite und Versuche, die Demokratie einzuschränken. Was soll man wissen und worauf achten?🧵
July 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Super Einordnung der aktuellen Proteste von @ljudmylamelnyk.bsky.social!
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The first article and Notes from the Field from our Special Issue with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on #feministforeignpolicy is online now! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social
The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:
The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:
Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The first article and Notes from the Field from our Special Issue with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on #feministforeignpolicy is online now! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social
The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:
The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:
Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
doi.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.
📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Reposted by Niklas Balbon
My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...