Leon Kukkuk
@leonkukkuk.bsky.social
. . . the days are gone in which political scientists could study while relaxing in an easy chair. We must now study our discipline while sitting at a desk . .
What are we to think or do when a seemingly straightforward administrative process becomes so farcical that it is impossible to decide if it is an amateurish cover-up or an example of incompetence not expected from adults?
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Cover-up or Amateur Hour? Part 5 of 3
Or How an Ad-Hoc Committee, investigating retaliation reached a conclusion based on zero documents and even not talking to me based on labour law and university procedures.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What are we to think or do when a seemingly straightforward administrative process becomes so farcical that it is impossible to decide if it is an amateurish cover-up or an example of incompetence not expected from adults?
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Dignity at work, and after the work has been terminated, isn’t optional. It’s foundational.
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On Gaslighting and Projecting
Bullying, intimidation and dismissal as part of an abusive workplace culture.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dignity at work, and after the work has been terminated, isn’t optional. It’s foundational.
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. . . no institution has created more Nobel Peace Prize winners than the CIA . . .
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
. . . no institution has created more Nobel Peace Prize winners than the CIA . . .
It is all very nice and so on. But has a company yet been contracted to construct a gallows?
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is all very nice and so on. But has a company yet been contracted to construct a gallows?
Listen carefully. The "Grito de Dolores," Mexico's cry for independence had the words hereos replaced by heroines and heros. The sub-titles say: heroes and heroines. The word "people" is replaced by women and men. The sub-titles say: men and women.
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Mexico celebrates Independence Day with first female president
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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September 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Listen carefully. The "Grito de Dolores," Mexico's cry for independence had the words hereos replaced by heroines and heros. The sub-titles say: heroes and heroines. The word "people" is replaced by women and men. The sub-titles say: men and women.
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There are very undramatic ways to kill millions of people. Here is the first experiment in one of them.
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Why 11 September is important
A small, but telling, part of 20th-century economic and political history.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are very undramatic ways to kill millions of people. Here is the first experiment in one of them.
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"The UN80 Review confirms . . . whisper[s] in backrooms for years: the system isn’t just bloated—it’s addicted to its bureaucracy."
And devoted to grandiose promises of reform and increased efficiency that are thinly disguised efforts at keeping things as they are.
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And devoted to grandiose promises of reform and increased efficiency that are thinly disguised efforts at keeping things as they are.
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Mandates Without Meaning: Why UN Reform Must Begin with a Mandate Cull
By Stephanie Hodge* NEW YORK | 1 August 2025 (IDN) — The UN has never been short on words. It’s drowning in them. Every year, thousands of meetings convene, resolutions multiply like rabbits, and the ...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"The UN80 Review confirms . . . whisper[s] in backrooms for years: the system isn’t just bloated—it’s addicted to its bureaucracy."
And devoted to grandiose promises of reform and increased efficiency that are thinly disguised efforts at keeping things as they are.
indepthnews.net/mandates-wit...
And devoted to grandiose promises of reform and increased efficiency that are thinly disguised efforts at keeping things as they are.
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A spontaneous photo essay of men in particular circumstances. A nostalgic trip to place that no longer exists.
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Men at War (1990s) First Part
A random collection of portraits and snapshots of some men in particular circumstances
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August 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A spontaneous photo essay of men in particular circumstances. A nostalgic trip to place that no longer exists.
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First Let Me Break Your Knees
“How much does ten million Dollars weigh?”
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August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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“The real measure of effectiveness is whether the UN can help the world solve long problems before they become irreversible catastrophes.”
Can United States clean up the UN alone?
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Can United States clean up the UN alone?
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UNDP WATCH: Can United States clean up the UN alone?
The Secretary-General’s initiative to streamline and restructure the UN system is necessary and overdue. But the obsession seems to limited…
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July 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“The real measure of effectiveness is whether the UN can help the world solve long problems before they become irreversible catastrophes.”
Can United States clean up the UN alone?
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Can United States clean up the UN alone?
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"UNDP: Rose Tint my World"
Another reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade. This synthetic walk down memory lane is reflective of how things, requiring urgent change at the time, has remained the same for two decades.
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Another reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade. This synthetic walk down memory lane is reflective of how things, requiring urgent change at the time, has remained the same for two decades.
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July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"UNDP: Rose Tint my World"
Another reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade. This synthetic walk down memory lane is reflective of how things, requiring urgent change at the time, has remained the same for two decades.
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Another reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade. This synthetic walk down memory lane is reflective of how things, requiring urgent change at the time, has remained the same for two decades.
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Read “The Ultimate Insult — Development, the UN, Assorted Hangers-on and the Dilemma of Dominance“ by Leon Kukkuk on Medium: medium.com/@leonkukkuk/...
The Ultimate Insult — Development, the UN, Assorted Hangers-on and the Dilemma of Dominance
A reflection, written in 2006, after my experience with the UN system over the previous decade, followed by a farcical, brief…
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July 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Read “The Ultimate Insult — Development, the UN, Assorted Hangers-on and the Dilemma of Dominance“ by Leon Kukkuk on Medium: medium.com/@leonkukkuk/...
A rant from 2005:
It is forgotten that the UN has no intrinsic value; there is no space for it under international law. It was created purely on the basis of a moral argument and its only legitimacy could ever come from the quality of its work
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It is forgotten that the UN has no intrinsic value; there is no space for it under international law. It was created purely on the basis of a moral argument and its only legitimacy could ever come from the quality of its work
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June 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A rant from 2005:
It is forgotten that the UN has no intrinsic value; there is no space for it under international law. It was created purely on the basis of a moral argument and its only legitimacy could ever come from the quality of its work
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It is forgotten that the UN has no intrinsic value; there is no space for it under international law. It was created purely on the basis of a moral argument and its only legitimacy could ever come from the quality of its work
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Killing for the Nobel Peace Prize is no longer the standard.
Helping your genocidal friend committing war crimes is the new benchmark
Helping your genocidal friend committing war crimes is the new benchmark
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Killing for the Nobel Peace Prize is no longer the standard.
Helping your genocidal friend committing war crimes is the new benchmark
Helping your genocidal friend committing war crimes is the new benchmark
Proof #5439: Fascism without warmaking does not exist.
June 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Proof #5439: Fascism without warmaking does not exist.
"We do not have a plane to give you." Deserves a place in the English lexicon.
May 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"We do not have a plane to give you." Deserves a place in the English lexicon.
We can and must become aware of the symptoms of prejudicial tendencies in the teams or organisations where we are members or leaders and put in place processes where experience can be safely processed
So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . .
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So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . .
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So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . . (Part 1)
Or, The Value Of “I Instructed Him Not To Talk To Her” As a Dispute Resolution Mechanism And a Means To Create a Productive, Motivated Team That Feels Safe
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May 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We can and must become aware of the symptoms of prejudicial tendencies in the teams or organisations where we are members or leaders and put in place processes where experience can be safely processed
So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . .
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So Long, and Thanks for the Spade . . .
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