Pedro Seabra
@pseabra.bsky.social
Deputy Director at @cei-iscte.bsky.social • Assistant Professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon • Rising powers, international security, Africa & the Atlantic
🌿Após o sucesso da I edição, o @cei-iscte.bsky.social e o Instituto da Defesa Nacional abrem inscrições para o II Curso de Especialização em Segurança, Defesa e Alterações Climáticas, de janeiro a março de 2026! Programa de topo, inscrições até 9 de janeiro aqui 👉https://shorturl.at/k87Lz Mais info👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌿Após o sucesso da I edição, o @cei-iscte.bsky.social e o Instituto da Defesa Nacional abrem inscrições para o II Curso de Especialização em Segurança, Defesa e Alterações Climáticas, de janeiro a março de 2026! Programa de topo, inscrições até 9 de janeiro aqui 👉https://shorturl.at/k87Lz Mais info👇
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25 Years of Partnership between the #AU and #EU:
How can we strengthen peace and security?
@julianbergmann.bsky.social calls for closer cooperation in conflict prevention, peace mediation, and cyber resilience ahead of the #AUEU25 summit.
🔍 Read more in his spotlight: t1p.de/f0bsl
How can we strengthen peace and security?
@julianbergmann.bsky.social calls for closer cooperation in conflict prevention, peace mediation, and cyber resilience ahead of the #AUEU25 summit.
🔍 Read more in his spotlight: t1p.de/f0bsl
Assessing 25 Years of Partnership between Africa and Europe: Closer Cooperation in Peace and Security
At the seventh AU-EU summit, the focus in the area of peace and security should be on crisis prevention and mediation, cybersecurity, the...
www.megatrends-afrika.de
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
25 Years of Partnership between the #AU and #EU:
How can we strengthen peace and security?
@julianbergmann.bsky.social calls for closer cooperation in conflict prevention, peace mediation, and cyber resilience ahead of the #AUEU25 summit.
🔍 Read more in his spotlight: t1p.de/f0bsl
How can we strengthen peace and security?
@julianbergmann.bsky.social calls for closer cooperation in conflict prevention, peace mediation, and cyber resilience ahead of the #AUEU25 summit.
🔍 Read more in his spotlight: t1p.de/f0bsl
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📣 Reminder: make sure to submit your workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 and section proposals for #EISAPEC26 soon!
✅ PEC section chair deadline: 17 November 2025
✅ EWIS workshop proposal deadline: 24 November 2025
✅ PEC section chair deadline: 17 November 2025
✅ EWIS workshop proposal deadline: 24 November 2025
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣 Reminder: make sure to submit your workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 and section proposals for #EISAPEC26 soon!
✅ PEC section chair deadline: 17 November 2025
✅ EWIS workshop proposal deadline: 24 November 2025
✅ PEC section chair deadline: 17 November 2025
✅ EWIS workshop proposal deadline: 24 November 2025
U.S. Military Draws Up Nigeria Plans, With Limited Options to Quell Violence www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
U.S. Military Draws Up Nigeria Plans, With Limited Options to Quell Violence
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
U.S. Military Draws Up Nigeria Plans, With Limited Options to Quell Violence www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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📢 New study alert!
Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New #Multipolarity explores how #Africa navigates a new world order.
18 authors, 8 chapters, and 1 deep dive into security, democracy, trade, infrastructure, minerals, digital policy and urban development. 🧵
Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New #Multipolarity explores how #Africa navigates a new world order.
18 authors, 8 chapters, and 1 deep dive into security, democracy, trade, infrastructure, minerals, digital policy and urban development. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
📢 New study alert!
Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New #Multipolarity explores how #Africa navigates a new world order.
18 authors, 8 chapters, and 1 deep dive into security, democracy, trade, infrastructure, minerals, digital policy and urban development. 🧵
Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New #Multipolarity explores how #Africa navigates a new world order.
18 authors, 8 chapters, and 1 deep dive into security, democracy, trade, infrastructure, minerals, digital policy and urban development. 🧵
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📢 Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence - check out our policy advice. 🖥️⛔ @ecfr.eu
1️⃣ Follow Africa's way
2️⃣ Develop a compelling narrative
3️⃣ Boost funding for independent media
More here 👉 buff.ly/y6VuG2a
1️⃣ Follow Africa's way
2️⃣ Develop a compelling narrative
3️⃣ Boost funding for independent media
More here 👉 buff.ly/y6VuG2a
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📢 Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence - check out our policy advice. 🖥️⛔ @ecfr.eu
1️⃣ Follow Africa's way
2️⃣ Develop a compelling narrative
3️⃣ Boost funding for independent media
More here 👉 buff.ly/y6VuG2a
1️⃣ Follow Africa's way
2️⃣ Develop a compelling narrative
3️⃣ Boost funding for independent media
More here 👉 buff.ly/y6VuG2a
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📢 Amanhã decorre a abertura do Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa.
A oradora convidada é Raquel Beleza da Silva (investigadora CEI-Iscte) com a comunicação "Narrativa, Memória e Resistência: Repensando a segurança em tempos de violência do Estado."
A entrada é livre 👇
A oradora convidada é Raquel Beleza da Silva (investigadora CEI-Iscte) com a comunicação "Narrativa, Memória e Resistência: Repensando a segurança em tempos de violência do Estado."
A entrada é livre 👇
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📢 Amanhã decorre a abertura do Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa.
A oradora convidada é Raquel Beleza da Silva (investigadora CEI-Iscte) com a comunicação "Narrativa, Memória e Resistência: Repensando a segurança em tempos de violência do Estado."
A entrada é livre 👇
A oradora convidada é Raquel Beleza da Silva (investigadora CEI-Iscte) com a comunicação "Narrativa, Memória e Resistência: Repensando a segurança em tempos de violência do Estado."
A entrada é livre 👇
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Review of International Studies #freetoread articles for the UN's 80th anniversary! 🎉
Exploring all aspects of the UN from its creation to it's failures to measure up to its ideals and values 📚
Read here: https://ow.ly/P2FJ50X7NPZ
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR Jonas Tallberg
Exploring all aspects of the UN from its creation to it's failures to measure up to its ideals and values 📚
Read here: https://ow.ly/P2FJ50X7NPZ
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR Jonas Tallberg
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Review of International Studies #freetoread articles for the UN's 80th anniversary! 🎉
Exploring all aspects of the UN from its creation to it's failures to measure up to its ideals and values 📚
Read here: https://ow.ly/P2FJ50X7NPZ
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR Jonas Tallberg
Exploring all aspects of the UN from its creation to it's failures to measure up to its ideals and values 📚
Read here: https://ow.ly/P2FJ50X7NPZ
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR Jonas Tallberg
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A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic.
Read more ⤵️
Read more ⤵️
Two Cables and the Hidden Subsea Battle Between US and China
A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic.
bloom.bg
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic.
Read more ⤵️
Read more ⤵️
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“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
A Rogue Nation on the High Seas
Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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📣 We are very excited to share that the 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations will take place in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026!
⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R
🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025
⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R
🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025
September 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📣 We are very excited to share that the 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations will take place in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026!
⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R
🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025
⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R
🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025
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After Ukraine, Moscow may turn its attention south. Africa Corps is already paving the way.
Russia Is Shrewdly Playing the Long Game in Africa
What if Moscow’s most dangerous moves right now aren’t in Europe, but along the Gulf of Guinea? With its resources sunk deep into Ukraine, the Russian
warontherocks.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
After Ukraine, Moscow may turn its attention south. Africa Corps is already paving the way.
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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy”
#Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy”
#Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy”
#Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy”
#Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2
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The UN80 Initiative, a plan to restructure the United Nations, aims to make it more agile in responding to global challenges—but its proposed budget cuts and agency consolidations have drawn scrutiny.
Here’s a rundown ⬇️
Here’s a rundown ⬇️
The UN80 Initiative: What to Know About the United Nations’ Reform Plan
As the UN General Assembly convenes for its eightieth session, one major topic of debate is the secretary-general’s internal reform plan, which proposes significant budget cuts and agency consolidati…
www.cfr.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The UN80 Initiative, a plan to restructure the United Nations, aims to make it more agile in responding to global challenges—but its proposed budget cuts and agency consolidations have drawn scrutiny.
Here’s a rundown ⬇️
Here’s a rundown ⬇️
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According to the new War.gov site, we have a lot more military bases in China and Russia than I realized. www.war.gov/About/
September 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
According to the new War.gov site, we have a lot more military bases in China and Russia than I realized. www.war.gov/About/
📢 🌍 It's official: following Bologna’s turn last week, the next 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations from @europeanisa.bsky.social will be taking place in Lisbon, between 1 and 4 September 2026, with @cei-iscte.bsky.social as the local organizer! Start sharpening those abstracts!
📢 Lisboa vai receber a 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations!
O CEI-Iscte será o organizador local do evento, entre 1-4 setembro 2026, no Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
cei.iscte-iul.pt/2025/09/lisb...
#CEI #EISA2026 #InternationalRelations #Lisbon
O CEI-Iscte será o organizador local do evento, entre 1-4 setembro 2026, no Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
cei.iscte-iul.pt/2025/09/lisb...
#CEI #EISA2026 #InternationalRelations #Lisbon
Lisboa acolhe em 2026 a 19.ª Pan-European Conference on International Relations - CEI-Iscte
O CEI-Iscte assumirá o papel de organizador local da 19.ª edição da Pan-European Conference on International Relations, que terá lugar em Lisboa, no campus do Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa...
cei.iscte-iul.pt
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 🌍 It's official: following Bologna’s turn last week, the next 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations from @europeanisa.bsky.social will be taking place in Lisbon, between 1 and 4 September 2026, with @cei-iscte.bsky.social as the local organizer! Start sharpening those abstracts!
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✈️ Russia's charm offensive in Africa
Africa has become one of the most visited regions by Putin & Lavrov since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, alongside the Middle East & South Asia.
More in #UnpowerRussia: ow.ly/MgPL50VWxzx
Africa has become one of the most visited regions by Putin & Lavrov since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, alongside the Middle East & South Asia.
More in #UnpowerRussia: ow.ly/MgPL50VWxzx
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
✈️ Russia's charm offensive in Africa
Africa has become one of the most visited regions by Putin & Lavrov since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, alongside the Middle East & South Asia.
More in #UnpowerRussia: ow.ly/MgPL50VWxzx
Africa has become one of the most visited regions by Putin & Lavrov since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, alongside the Middle East & South Asia.
More in #UnpowerRussia: ow.ly/MgPL50VWxzx
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Renewed insurgent activity in the Palma district of Mozambique during the first two weeks of August has forced subcontractors working for TotalEnergies in the region to suspend some activities. www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-la...
Attacks by Islamic State-backed insurgents stall TotalEnergies subcontractors in Palma - defenceWeb
Renewed insurgent activity in the Palma district of Mozambique during the first two weeks of August has forced subcontractors working for TotalEnergies in the
www.defenceweb.co.za
August 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Renewed insurgent activity in the Palma district of Mozambique during the first two weeks of August has forced subcontractors working for TotalEnergies in the region to suspend some activities. www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-la...
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For a fleeting moment last year, Nairobi was Washington’s darling, and Kenya was designated a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA), the first in sub-Saharan Africa. Just over a year later, that all lies in tatters. Why?
Why is Washington's relationship with Kenya suddenly in tatters?
A Senate push to revisit Nairobi's status as 'Major Non-NATO Ally' signals wider American discomfort with the traditional African stalwart
responsiblestatecraft.org
August 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For a fleeting moment last year, Nairobi was Washington’s darling, and Kenya was designated a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA), the first in sub-Saharan Africa. Just over a year later, that all lies in tatters. Why?
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📢 Call for Applications: 1 Assistant Researcher in Social Sciences (International Relations, International Studies or related areas) at CEI-Iscte.
📌 Permanent contract under private law (3-year trial)
🔗 Details & apply: recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs/652
#ceiiscte #AcademicJob
📌 Permanent contract under private law (3-year trial)
🔗 Details & apply: recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs/652
#ceiiscte #AcademicJob
Concursos
recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt
July 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📢 Call for Applications: 1 Assistant Researcher in Social Sciences (International Relations, International Studies or related areas) at CEI-Iscte.
📌 Permanent contract under private law (3-year trial)
🔗 Details & apply: recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs/652
#ceiiscte #AcademicJob
📌 Permanent contract under private law (3-year trial)
🔗 Details & apply: recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs/652
#ceiiscte #AcademicJob
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🎓 6ª Fase de Candidaturas Aberta
Encontra-se aberta, até 27 de agosto, a 6ª fase de candidaturas ao Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa, um programa em parceria com a Academia Militar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Ez...
Encontra-se aberta, até 27 de agosto, a 6ª fase de candidaturas ao Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa, um programa em parceria com a Academia Militar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Ez...
Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa
YouTube video by Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎓 6ª Fase de Candidaturas Aberta
Encontra-se aberta, até 27 de agosto, a 6ª fase de candidaturas ao Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa, um programa em parceria com a Academia Militar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Ez...
Encontra-se aberta, até 27 de agosto, a 6ª fase de candidaturas ao Doutoramento em História, Estudos de Segurança e Defesa, um programa em parceria com a Academia Militar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Ez...
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🎓 Candidaturas abertas às bolsas de doutoramento do Iscte
🗓️ Até 17 de setembro, pode candidatar-se a duas modalidades de bolsas de doutoramento. Bolsas destinadas a estudantes que:
🔹Se inscrevam pela 1.ª vez num doutoramento da ESPP
🔹 Frequentem o 1.º ano em 24/25
ℹ️ recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs
🗓️ Até 17 de setembro, pode candidatar-se a duas modalidades de bolsas de doutoramento. Bolsas destinadas a estudantes que:
🔹Se inscrevam pela 1.ª vez num doutoramento da ESPP
🔹 Frequentem o 1.º ano em 24/25
ℹ️ recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs
July 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎓 Candidaturas abertas às bolsas de doutoramento do Iscte
🗓️ Até 17 de setembro, pode candidatar-se a duas modalidades de bolsas de doutoramento. Bolsas destinadas a estudantes que:
🔹Se inscrevam pela 1.ª vez num doutoramento da ESPP
🔹 Frequentem o 1.º ano em 24/25
ℹ️ recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs
🗓️ Até 17 de setembro, pode candidatar-se a duas modalidades de bolsas de doutoramento. Bolsas destinadas a estudantes que:
🔹Se inscrevam pela 1.ª vez num doutoramento da ESPP
🔹 Frequentem o 1.º ano em 24/25
ℹ️ recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs