Niklas Balbon
@balnik.bsky.social
Research Fellow @GPPi | PhD’ing @FUBerlin | passionate for researching gender, conflict and development | 🇺🇦 and the Balkans | he/they
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Niklas Balbon
@balnik.bsky.social
· Dec 3
https://gppi.net/2024/08/07/international-support-for-people-with-disabilities-in-ukraine
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🧵Did you know there's no system to warn people with hearing impairments in 🇺🇦 about incoming missiles, drones, or artillery?
This shows: people with disabilities experience the war differently and deserve better support.
A 🧵on what must change (1/7)
gppi.net/2024/08/07/i...
This shows: people with disabilities experience the war differently and deserve better support.
A 🧵on what must change (1/7)
gppi.net/2024/08/07/i...
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📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
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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...
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
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📖 #OpenAccess
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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
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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...
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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...
Eine äußerst hörenswerte Folge! @annewill.bsky.social und Cornelis Adebahr in Topform und mit vielschichtigen Reflexionen über das aktuelle Geschehen und große Nuklearpolitik.
Neue #Folge. Früher als sonst. Mit dem exzellenten Auskenner Cornelius Adebahr von der @dgap.org zu #IsraeliranWar, #Trump|s Abreise vom #G7Summit, #Netanyahu, dem #Völkerrecht, #Gaza, der #Atombombe und und und … Lohnt sich sehr! open.spotify.com/episode/7y3H...
Lage im Nahen Osten: Wo führt das hin? Mit Cornelius Adebahr
Politik mit Anne Will · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Eine äußerst hörenswerte Folge! @annewill.bsky.social und Cornelis Adebahr in Topform und mit vielschichtigen Reflexionen über das aktuelle Geschehen und große Nuklearpolitik.
Deutschlands feministische Außenpolitik ist Geschichte – was nun?
Erster Schritt: eine kritische und umfassende Bilanzierung. @karolinefaerber.bsky.social und ich schreiben in unserem Beitrag für die @taz.de, warum es eine Evaluation braucht.
Erster Schritt: eine kritische und umfassende Bilanzierung. @karolinefaerber.bsky.social und ich schreiben in unserem Beitrag für die @taz.de, warum es eine Evaluation braucht.
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Deutschlands feministische Außenpolitik ist Geschichte – was nun?
Erster Schritt: eine kritische und umfassende Bilanzierung. @karolinefaerber.bsky.social und ich schreiben in unserem Beitrag für die @taz.de, warum es eine Evaluation braucht.
Erster Schritt: eine kritische und umfassende Bilanzierung. @karolinefaerber.bsky.social und ich schreiben in unserem Beitrag für die @taz.de, warum es eine Evaluation braucht.
In Germany, every single day a man tries to murder his wife or girlfriend. Every third day, he “succeeds”.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, so much gender-based violence remains unseen. And it will continue to get worse.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, so much gender-based violence remains unseen. And it will continue to get worse.
In an age where rapists like Donald Trump, Conor McGregor, and Andrew Tate are being celebrated as models of masculinity, we are going to see more domestic abuse, more violence against women and girls, and more violence against children, and more sexual assault.
If you are female, brace, brace.
If you are female, brace, brace.
When rapist Conor McGregor's bid for presidential nomination is universally rejected by Ireland's local authority councillors, can we expect a "freedom of speech" Trump tirade and Vance, Musk, Waltz, Hegseth, Leavitt assault against Ireland's democracy and values? Probably.
March 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Germany, every single day a man tries to murder his wife or girlfriend. Every third day, he “succeeds”.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, so much gender-based violence remains unseen. And it will continue to get worse.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, so much gender-based violence remains unseen. And it will continue to get worse.
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🎶🤓🎻 Next week, catch GPPi's @balnik.bsky.social at the Philharmonic State Orchestra of Hamburg! As part of a Science Slam, he’ll discuss “War and Post-War Societies from a Feminist Perspective,” accompanied by live performances.
🎟️ Get your ticket: www.staatsorchester-hamburg.de/de/spielplan...
🎟️ Get your ticket: www.staatsorchester-hamburg.de/de/spielplan...
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg - Stück
www.staatsorchester-hamburg.de
March 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🎶🤓🎻 Next week, catch GPPi's @balnik.bsky.social at the Philharmonic State Orchestra of Hamburg! As part of a Science Slam, he’ll discuss “War and Post-War Societies from a Feminist Perspective,” accompanied by live performances.
🎟️ Get your ticket: www.staatsorchester-hamburg.de/de/spielplan...
🎟️ Get your ticket: www.staatsorchester-hamburg.de/de/spielplan...
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15. März 2025
Belgrad
Serbien
Belgrad
Serbien
March 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
15. März 2025
Belgrad
Serbien
Belgrad
Serbien
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On this March 8, the Georgian feminist movement is under immense pressure. But resistance is strong and the fight for gender equality and justice continues 💪 . Here's a short history of the Georgian feminist movement by the great writer Tamta Melashvili 💜 feminism-boell.org/en/2023/05/0...
March 8: A Decade of Feminist Resistance in Georgia | Feminism and Gender Democracy
This blog briefly overviews how feminist groups in Georgia have celebrated March 8 over the past decade. It also seeks to contextualize these activities within the broader political landscape, drawing...
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March 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On this March 8, the Georgian feminist movement is under immense pressure. But resistance is strong and the fight for gender equality and justice continues 💪 . Here's a short history of the Georgian feminist movement by the great writer Tamta Melashvili 💜 feminism-boell.org/en/2023/05/0...
Fantastic new video by @simonoxfphys.com and a great example for thoughtful science communication.
The video left me feeling worried and empowered at the same time. I wish we had more communicators like Simon in the conflict studies crowd.
youtu.be/h1jOqyjcO4g?...
The video left me feeling worried and empowered at the same time. I wish we had more communicators like Simon in the conflict studies crowd.
youtu.be/h1jOqyjcO4g?...
How much progress have we made on climate change?
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fantastic new video by @simonoxfphys.com and a great example for thoughtful science communication.
The video left me feeling worried and empowered at the same time. I wish we had more communicators like Simon in the conflict studies crowd.
youtu.be/h1jOqyjcO4g?...
The video left me feeling worried and empowered at the same time. I wish we had more communicators like Simon in the conflict studies crowd.
youtu.be/h1jOqyjcO4g?...
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Selenskyj könne wiederkommen, wenn er für Frieden bereit sei, postet Trump auf x. Während er und Vance für Putin vor der Weltpresse die Drecksarbeit machen, greift Russland Ukrainische Städte an. In #Odesa, wo wir im Hilfseinsatz sind, wurde letzte Nacht bei einem Drohnenangriff ein Mensch getötet.
March 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Selenskyj könne wiederkommen, wenn er für Frieden bereit sei, postet Trump auf x. Während er und Vance für Putin vor der Weltpresse die Drecksarbeit machen, greift Russland Ukrainische Städte an. In #Odesa, wo wir im Hilfseinsatz sind, wurde letzte Nacht bei einem Drohnenangriff ein Mensch getötet.
Next summer semester, I will teach my first university seminar at Freie Universität Berlin called “War and Gender: Feminist Perspectives on Violence, Power and Resistance”.
February 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Next summer semester, I will teach my first university seminar at Freie Universität Berlin called “War and Gender: Feminist Perspectives on Violence, Power and Resistance”.
Unsere Nachrichten sind voll von Kriegen, Krisen und "starken Männern", die sie verursachen und/oder zu lösen versprechen. Viele Menschen behaupten, feministische Ansätze seien angesichts solcher Realitäten naiv. Wirklich naiv ist jedoch, wer nicht feministisch fragt. Ein Blick in die Ukraine: (1/4)
February 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Unsere Nachrichten sind voll von Kriegen, Krisen und "starken Männern", die sie verursachen und/oder zu lösen versprechen. Viele Menschen behaupten, feministische Ansätze seien angesichts solcher Realitäten naiv. Wirklich naiv ist jedoch, wer nicht feministisch fragt. Ein Blick in die Ukraine: (1/4)
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Die neuen #Ukraine Analysen widmen sich #Sicherheit & #Außenpolitik: J. Kazdobina analysiert die bilateralen Sicherheitsabkommen, M. Malek den #Siegesplan von #Selenskyj und @balnik.bsky.social blickt aus der Perspektive feministischer Außenpolitik auf den Krieg: laender-analysen.de/ukraine-anal...
February 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Die neuen #Ukraine Analysen widmen sich #Sicherheit & #Außenpolitik: J. Kazdobina analysiert die bilateralen Sicherheitsabkommen, M. Malek den #Siegesplan von #Selenskyj und @balnik.bsky.social blickt aus der Perspektive feministischer Außenpolitik auf den Krieg: laender-analysen.de/ukraine-anal...
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Es war abzusehen, dass die AfD die CDU bei der nächsten Gelegenheit umklammern und nicht mehr loslassen wird, um die demokratische Mitte zu zerreißen. Nicht abzusehen war, dass die CDU-Führung ihr diese Möglichkeit so schnell und so großzügig einräumt.
January 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Es war abzusehen, dass die AfD die CDU bei der nächsten Gelegenheit umklammern und nicht mehr loslassen wird, um die demokratische Mitte zu zerreißen. Nicht abzusehen war, dass die CDU-Führung ihr diese Möglichkeit so schnell und so großzügig einräumt.
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#Occupation: #Russian Rule in South-Eastern #Ukraine by David Lewis is out now! 🔊
'Brilliant [...] compulsory reading for anyone who talks easily about Ukraine’s ceding of land to Russia as a solution to end the war.’ — @sabfis3.bsky.social
Get 25% off w/code OCCUPATION25➡️ tinyurl.com/a9fwmwde
'Brilliant [...] compulsory reading for anyone who talks easily about Ukraine’s ceding of land to Russia as a solution to end the war.’ — @sabfis3.bsky.social
Get 25% off w/code OCCUPATION25➡️ tinyurl.com/a9fwmwde
January 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#Occupation: #Russian Rule in South-Eastern #Ukraine by David Lewis is out now! 🔊
'Brilliant [...] compulsory reading for anyone who talks easily about Ukraine’s ceding of land to Russia as a solution to end the war.’ — @sabfis3.bsky.social
Get 25% off w/code OCCUPATION25➡️ tinyurl.com/a9fwmwde
'Brilliant [...] compulsory reading for anyone who talks easily about Ukraine’s ceding of land to Russia as a solution to end the war.’ — @sabfis3.bsky.social
Get 25% off w/code OCCUPATION25➡️ tinyurl.com/a9fwmwde
I had the great pleasure of reviewing Maryna Shevtsova's "Feminist Perspective on Russia's War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices".
It's an impressive collection of feminist analyses of Russia's war against Ukraine, written by Ukrainian and CEE scholars. Full review 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's an impressive collection of feminist analyses of Russia's war against Ukraine, written by Ukrainian and CEE scholars. Full review 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Feminist Perspective on Russia’s War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices
Published in International Feminist Journal of Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I had the great pleasure of reviewing Maryna Shevtsova's "Feminist Perspective on Russia's War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices".
It's an impressive collection of feminist analyses of Russia's war against Ukraine, written by Ukrainian and CEE scholars. Full review 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's an impressive collection of feminist analyses of Russia's war against Ukraine, written by Ukrainian and CEE scholars. Full review 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....