Jan Yasin Sunca
@jansun.bsky.social
Political Sociology & IR @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
#TheStateless #DemocraticConfederalism #DecolonialPolitics
#TheStateless #DemocraticConfederalism #DecolonialPolitics
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"The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
New article out by Jan Yasin Sunca, chargé de recherche FNRS à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), in Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
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"The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
New article out by Jan Yasin Sunca, chargé de recherche FNRS à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), in Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power
Emergent Conversation 24 This essay is part of the series Kurdistan(s): Repression, Resistance, and the Fight for Survival, PoLAR Online Emergent Conversation 24 By Jan Yasin Sunca This essay is de…
polarjournal.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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"The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
New article out by Jan Yasin Sunca, chargé de recherche FNRS à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), in Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
"The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
New article out by Jan Yasin Sunca, chargé de recherche FNRS à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), in Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
New peiece: "The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind.
Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind.
Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power
Emergent Conversation 24 This essay is part of the series Kurdistan(s): Repression, Resistance, and the Fight for Survival, PoLAR Online Emergent Conversation 24 By Jan Yasin Sunca This essay is de…
polarjournal.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New peiece: "The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"
I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind.
Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind.
Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/
polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...
L’État belge a retiré la protection internationale de Mohammed Khatib. Génocide en Palestine, politicide en dehors de la Palestine.
Alors, quelle option reste-t-il pour les Palestinien·nes ?
www.lesoir.be/691887/artic...
Alors, quelle option reste-t-il pour les Palestinien·nes ?
www.lesoir.be/691887/artic...
Le leader de l’organisation pro-palestinienne Samidoun déchu de son statut de réfugié
Mohammed Khatib était sous le coup d’une procédure de révision de sa protection internationale. Ce Palestinien arrivé en Belgique il y a quinze ans est la figure de Samidoun, une association dans le v...
www.lesoir.be
August 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
L’État belge a retiré la protection internationale de Mohammed Khatib. Génocide en Palestine, politicide en dehors de la Palestine.
Alors, quelle option reste-t-il pour les Palestinien·nes ?
www.lesoir.be/691887/artic...
Alors, quelle option reste-t-il pour les Palestinien·nes ?
www.lesoir.be/691887/artic...
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At the InnPeace Roundtable, @jansun.bsky.social used South (Iraqi) Kurdistan and Rojava to show how modern nation-states map the world as a battlefield shaped by colonial violence, urging peace beyond the state through plural, autonomy-based coexistence free from domination.
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At the InnPeace Roundtable, @jansun.bsky.social used South (Iraqi) Kurdistan and Rojava to show how modern nation-states map the world as a battlefield shaped by colonial violence, urging peace beyond the state through plural, autonomy-based coexistence free from domination.
A chapter that I wrote on anti-colonial struggles and the Universtiy of Rojava: Decolonizing university is not merely a discursive rhetoric but a fundamental component of an overall anti-colonial struggle.
If you need a copy, let me know.
Link: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
If you need a copy, let me know.
Link: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
May 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A chapter that I wrote on anti-colonial struggles and the Universtiy of Rojava: Decolonizing university is not merely a discursive rhetoric but a fundamental component of an overall anti-colonial struggle.
If you need a copy, let me know.
Link: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
If you need a copy, let me know.
Link: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
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El viernes a las 12:00 h (hora mexicana) voy a hablar sobre el auge de la tecno-oligarquía y los debates sobre la soberanía digital. La presentación se podrá ver por Zoom.
agenda.colmex.mx/Actividad/45...
agenda.colmex.mx/Actividad/45...
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
El viernes a las 12:00 h (hora mexicana) voy a hablar sobre el auge de la tecno-oligarquía y los debates sobre la soberanía digital. La presentación se podrá ver por Zoom.
agenda.colmex.mx/Actividad/45...
agenda.colmex.mx/Actividad/45...
Je me demande si la Belgique, comme une bonne partie des pays européens, n’est pas contrôlée par un « troisième pays » — en l’occurrence, la Turquie — en matière de droits fondamentaux.
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Droit de séjour menacé pour l'activiste féministe Marie Gilow : des personnalités, dont les frères Dardenne, se mobilisent
C’est en septembre 2024, lors d’une convocation à la police, que la vie de Marie Gilow bascule. Selon ses...
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March 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Je me demande si la Belgique, comme une bonne partie des pays européens, n’est pas contrôlée par un « troisième pays » — en l’occurrence, la Turquie — en matière de droits fondamentaux.
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Student mobilisation strongly shakes the political Outlook in turkey, once again. And it has almost nothing to do with the organised “opposition”, apart from Imamoglu’s imprisonment being trigger.
March 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Student mobilisation strongly shakes the political Outlook in turkey, once again. And it has almost nothing to do with the organised “opposition”, apart from Imamoglu’s imprisonment being trigger.
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Excited to host @hochstet.bsky.social in Bogotá on Fri 21 March as part of our ECO-DEM project on energy transitions and democracy in the Global South.
@globalforum.bsky.social Prof Hochstetler (LSE) will discuss energy transitions in Amazonian countries 🌴🔋
Hybrid format. Message for details!
@globalforum.bsky.social Prof Hochstetler (LSE) will discuss energy transitions in Amazonian countries 🌴🔋
Hybrid format. Message for details!
March 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Excited to host @hochstet.bsky.social in Bogotá on Fri 21 March as part of our ECO-DEM project on energy transitions and democracy in the Global South.
@globalforum.bsky.social Prof Hochstetler (LSE) will discuss energy transitions in Amazonian countries 🌴🔋
Hybrid format. Message for details!
@globalforum.bsky.social Prof Hochstetler (LSE) will discuss energy transitions in Amazonian countries 🌴🔋
Hybrid format. Message for details!
Cevap aradığım sorular:
- Ne oldu da “kardeşlik” şimdi pratiğe döküldü?
- Bunun Kürt sorununun tarihsel bölgesel dinamikleriyle ne alakası var?
- PKK nasıl ikna oldu?
- Devlet (ve Bahçeli) neden söylemsel makasını değiştirdi?
Buyrun…
- Ne oldu da “kardeşlik” şimdi pratiğe döküldü?
- Bunun Kürt sorununun tarihsel bölgesel dinamikleriyle ne alakası var?
- PKK nasıl ikna oldu?
- Devlet (ve Bahçeli) neden söylemsel makasını değiştirdi?
Buyrun…
Ortadoğu’nun Kürt çıkmazı aşılırken
Suriye ve İran’daki gelişmeleri göz önüne aldığımızda bile, Türkiye’nin neden bu aşamada Öcalan ile bir diyalog geliştirip, onun ideolojik ve politik önderliğini kabul eden tüm yapılarla ilişki kurmak istediği daha anlaşılır hale gelmektedir.
Suriye ve İran’daki gelişmeleri göz önüne aldığımızda bile, Türkiye’nin neden bu aşamada Öcalan ile bir diyalog geliştirip, onun ideolojik ve politik önderliğini kabul eden tüm yapılarla ilişki kurmak istediği daha anlaşılır hale gelmektedir.
Ortadoğu’nun Kürt çıkmazı aşılırken
Suriye ve İran’daki gelişmeleri göz önüne aldığımızda bile, Türkiye’nin neden bu aşamada Öcalan ile bir diyalog geliştirip, onun ideolojik ve politik önderliğini kabul eden tüm yapılarla ilişki kurmak...
artigercek.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Cevap aradığım sorular:
- Ne oldu da “kardeşlik” şimdi pratiğe döküldü?
- Bunun Kürt sorununun tarihsel bölgesel dinamikleriyle ne alakası var?
- PKK nasıl ikna oldu?
- Devlet (ve Bahçeli) neden söylemsel makasını değiştirdi?
Buyrun…
- Ne oldu da “kardeşlik” şimdi pratiğe döküldü?
- Bunun Kürt sorununun tarihsel bölgesel dinamikleriyle ne alakası var?
- PKK nasıl ikna oldu?
- Devlet (ve Bahçeli) neden söylemsel makasını değiştirdi?
Buyrun…
Many make similar points, without considering the process how we've come here. There was a year long process during which letters have been exchanged, meetings held and positions clarified among actors, resulting in this call. It should've beeen public, but it doesn't mean there is no pre-set agenda
He says the Turkish parliament should now take steps, but what steps? Nothing specific has been publicly promised
KONGRA-GEL Eş Başkanı Remzi Kartal, PKK lideri Abdullah Öcalan'ın açıklamasını bianet'e değerlendirdi:
"Önümüzdeki günlerde Önder Apo’nun umut hakkı süreci tartışılmaya başlanmalı, parlamentoda gereken adımlar atılmalıdır."
"Önümüzdeki günlerde Önder Apo’nun umut hakkı süreci tartışılmaya başlanmalı, parlamentoda gereken adımlar atılmalıdır."
February 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Many make similar points, without considering the process how we've come here. There was a year long process during which letters have been exchanged, meetings held and positions clarified among actors, resulting in this call. It should've beeen public, but it doesn't mean there is no pre-set agenda
A Historic Declaration and Call by Abdullah Öcalan
Here are some contextual and extra-textual details:
Here are some contextual and extra-textual details:
February 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A Historic Declaration and Call by Abdullah Öcalan
Here are some contextual and extra-textual details:
Here are some contextual and extra-textual details:
well, better avoid this kind of hyperbols, and ignore their authors, particularly the "Guardianised" versions of it that obscures the historical responsabilities and silences the victims...
That is, there is potential but basically it is a continuation of what was put off 10 years ago by Turkey.
That is, there is potential but basically it is a continuation of what was put off 10 years ago by Turkey.
Ocalan asks for the PKK to be dissolved and disarmed, in move that could reshape the entire region. Another seismic shift we never expected to see in our lifetimes. #Turkey #PKK
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for group to disarm, in major shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East
Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
well, better avoid this kind of hyperbols, and ignore their authors, particularly the "Guardianised" versions of it that obscures the historical responsabilities and silences the victims...
That is, there is potential but basically it is a continuation of what was put off 10 years ago by Turkey.
That is, there is potential but basically it is a continuation of what was put off 10 years ago by Turkey.
First thing is first: This call is not the first of its kind and what comes afterwards will be decisive of its implications as well as implementation.
Öcalan calls for laying down the arms, calls on the PKK to orgainse its congress and to dissolve itself.
February 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
First thing is first: This call is not the first of its kind and what comes afterwards will be decisive of its implications as well as implementation.
Öcalan calls for laying down the arms, calls on the PKK to orgainse its congress and to dissolve itself.
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Öcalan calls for laying down the arms, calls on the PKK to orgainse its congress and to dissolve itself.
the image of a historic moment....
February 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
the image of a historic moment....
Reminder: happening in a couple of hours.
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
zoom link :
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
zoom link :
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reminder: happening in a couple of hours.
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
zoom link :
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
zoom link :
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
LECTURE:
@aysezarakol.bsky.social is visiting us in Brussels, to give a lecture on a topic that is probably the most widely debated yet less successfully explained issue of contemporary international relations: the crisis of liberal international order.
@aysezarakol.bsky.social is visiting us in Brussels, to give a lecture on a topic that is probably the most widely debated yet less successfully explained issue of contemporary international relations: the crisis of liberal international order.
[Event]
The REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale welcomes you to the seminar:
'Is the disorder of our times unprecedented?'.
With Ayşe Zarakol (University of Cambridge)
Friday, March the 14th at 12:00
Spaak Room
Av. Fr. Roosevelt, 39
1050 Brussels
The REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale welcomes you to the seminar:
'Is the disorder of our times unprecedented?'.
With Ayşe Zarakol (University of Cambridge)
Friday, March the 14th at 12:00
Spaak Room
Av. Fr. Roosevelt, 39
1050 Brussels
February 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
LECTURE:
@aysezarakol.bsky.social is visiting us in Brussels, to give a lecture on a topic that is probably the most widely debated yet less successfully explained issue of contemporary international relations: the crisis of liberal international order.
@aysezarakol.bsky.social is visiting us in Brussels, to give a lecture on a topic that is probably the most widely debated yet less successfully explained issue of contemporary international relations: the crisis of liberal international order.
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Speakers:
Nazan Üstündağ & Jan Yasin Sunca
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
@globalforum.bsky.social
link:
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
Speakers:
Nazan Üstündağ & Jan Yasin Sunca
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
@globalforum.bsky.social
link:
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
February 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kobane, a Decade Later: Women’s Revolution in North-East Syria and the Global War Regime.
Speakers:
Nazan Üstündağ & Jan Yasin Sunca
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
@globalforum.bsky.social
link:
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
Speakers:
Nazan Üstündağ & Jan Yasin Sunca
Tuesday February 25th
8:00am Bogota time
2 pm CET
6:30 in Colombo
@globalforum.bsky.social
link:
ulaval.zoom.us/j/6224697211...
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“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” — Audre Lorde
February 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” — Audre Lorde
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The University of Sheffield was so proud of its role in creating F-35s that it chose to cite the project as a case study in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). This is what 'impact' looks like in our morally bankrupt academy.
source: sheffield-coalition.co.uk
source: sheffield-coalition.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The University of Sheffield was so proud of its role in creating F-35s that it chose to cite the project as a case study in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). This is what 'impact' looks like in our morally bankrupt academy.
source: sheffield-coalition.co.uk
source: sheffield-coalition.co.uk
“Authoritarianism” is the limit of understanding the situation. Naming it correctly would open up new ways of seeing it. One would otherwise continue wishing for “the business as usual” which is the primary cause of so-called “authoritarianism”
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“Authoritarianism” is the limit of understanding the situation. Naming it correctly would open up new ways of seeing it. One would otherwise continue wishing for “the business as usual” which is the primary cause of so-called “authoritarianism”
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Javier Milei advertised a new cryptocurrency called $Libra in a social media post. Prices shot up and then crashed a few hours later. He is being investigated for links to the token and being accused of fraud.
@veronicagago.bsky.social and Luci Cavallero on the "Ponzi President":
@veronicagago.bsky.social and Luci Cavallero on the "Ponzi President":
Un presidente Ponzi
¿Qué significa que son los mandatarios quienes devienen influencers para “crear” confianza para invertir en un activo digital? ¿Qué tiene que ver esta estafa especulativa con un modo de masculinidad q...
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February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Javier Milei advertised a new cryptocurrency called $Libra in a social media post. Prices shot up and then crashed a few hours later. He is being investigated for links to the token and being accused of fraud.
@veronicagago.bsky.social and Luci Cavallero on the "Ponzi President":
@veronicagago.bsky.social and Luci Cavallero on the "Ponzi President":
Reposted by Jan Yasin Sunca
💵 Ending US #dollar dominance alone will not end monetary imperialism. Only appropriate multilateral arrangements to clear international payments can meet Global South aspirations for sustainable development.
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Ndongo Samba Sylla, @ipsnews.net
👉 www.cetri.be/An-Exorbitan...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Ndongo Samba Sylla, @ipsnews.net
👉 www.cetri.be/An-Exorbitan...
www.cetri.be
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
💵 Ending US #dollar dominance alone will not end monetary imperialism. Only appropriate multilateral arrangements to clear international payments can meet Global South aspirations for sustainable development.
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Ndongo Samba Sylla, @ipsnews.net
👉 www.cetri.be/An-Exorbitan...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Ndongo Samba Sylla, @ipsnews.net
👉 www.cetri.be/An-Exorbitan...
Skybridged those I follow on Twitter once again. I think we need to do that regularly....
January 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Skybridged those I follow on Twitter once again. I think we need to do that regularly....