Sverke R. Saxegaard
@sverke.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science at University of Oslo, Norway. Working on conflict recurrence and multilateral peace operations.
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How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
Excited to share this article on the relationship between formal executive constraints and conflict recurrence!
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This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excited to share this article on the relationship between formal executive constraints and conflict recurrence!
📣New publication alert!📣
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
How do executive constraints influence the risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict regimes?
@sverke.bsky.social (@statsvitenskap.bsky.social/MF vitenskapelig høyskole) explores how executive constraints can act as promises of minority & individual-rights protection.
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Excited to share this article on the relationship between formal executive constraints and conflict recurrence!
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Someone ought to remind the new leader of Hamas that Chechen resistance ended with Chechnya being destroyed and subjugated, ex-rebels becoming Putin's henchmen and Chechen soldiers fighting for Russia. The case for minimal historical literacy has never been stronger
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
July 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Someone ought to remind the new leader of Hamas that Chechen resistance ended with Chechnya being destroyed and subjugated, ex-rebels becoming Putin's henchmen and Chechen soldiers fighting for Russia. The case for minimal historical literacy has never been stronger
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
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If you want something to distract you from all the horribleness happening [gestures everywhere wildly], might you consider briefly losing yourself in the wonderful world of Irving Finkel? www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-mirthf...
The Mirthful Assyriologist, the Real Noah's Ark, and the Oldest Writing in the World
Irving Finkel is a delightful, eccentric genius. Enter his world for a captivating glimpse of the secrets embedded within humanity's earliest writing.
www.forkingpaths.co
July 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you want something to distract you from all the horribleness happening [gestures everywhere wildly], might you consider briefly losing yourself in the wonderful world of Irving Finkel? www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-mirthf...
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The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for democratization
Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature
New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature
New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes: Evidence from Zambia
Elections are increasingly judicialized in many multiparty regimes. The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for democratization
Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature
New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature
New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
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"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
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Det som overrasker meg aller mest med Norgespris er hvem som står bak det.
At de såkalte sosialdemokratene i Ap og sosialistene i SV, ja selv kommunistene i Rødt, går for en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk der de som har og forbruker aller mest også skal få aller mest. De som har minst, skal få minst.
At de såkalte sosialdemokratene i Ap og sosialistene i SV, ja selv kommunistene i Rødt, går for en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk der de som har og forbruker aller mest også skal få aller mest. De som har minst, skal få minst.
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Det som overrasker meg aller mest med Norgespris er hvem som står bak det.
At de såkalte sosialdemokratene i Ap og sosialistene i SV, ja selv kommunistene i Rødt, går for en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk der de som har og forbruker aller mest også skal få aller mest. De som har minst, skal få minst.
At de såkalte sosialdemokratene i Ap og sosialistene i SV, ja selv kommunistene i Rødt, går for en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk der de som har og forbruker aller mest også skal få aller mest. De som har minst, skal få minst.
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Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!
June 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!
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1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
June 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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“The idea that taking walks, reading things unrelated to your research, and hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking, but might well meet with skepticism in practice.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The forgotten half of scientific thinking | PNAS
The forgotten half of scientific thinking
www.pnas.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“The idea that taking walks, reading things unrelated to your research, and hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking, but might well meet with skepticism in practice.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
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A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
June 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
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"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Pressen: Ååå, alle disse fæle alternativ-mediene og podkasterne som opptrer som mikrofonstativ og propaganda-formidlere for diktaturer!
Også pressen: Fronter en ett minutts video m enellerannen tilfeldig norsking som har vært i Nord-Korea på denne måten, og uten et eneste kritisk spørsmål i videoen.
Også pressen: Fronter en ett minutts video m enellerannen tilfeldig norsking som har vært i Nord-Korea på denne måten, og uten et eneste kritisk spørsmål i videoen.
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pressen: Ååå, alle disse fæle alternativ-mediene og podkasterne som opptrer som mikrofonstativ og propaganda-formidlere for diktaturer!
Også pressen: Fronter en ett minutts video m enellerannen tilfeldig norsking som har vært i Nord-Korea på denne måten, og uten et eneste kritisk spørsmål i videoen.
Også pressen: Fronter en ett minutts video m enellerannen tilfeldig norsking som har vært i Nord-Korea på denne måten, og uten et eneste kritisk spørsmål i videoen.
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Yes. This response looks almost exactly like the response to the killing of Soleimani, and is clearly an attempt by Iran to Do Something™️ without necessarily causing escalation. Now we wait and see how the US reacts.
Iran telegraphing its launch against a US base in Qatar—0 casualties—suggests Iran is more interested in saving face, and wants to avoid escalation.
US could take that as an offramp, as when Iran fired on a US base in Iraq in 2020 and killed 0.
But unlike 2020, Israel is actively bombing Iran now.
US could take that as an offramp, as when Iran fired on a US base in Iraq in 2020 and killed 0.
But unlike 2020, Israel is actively bombing Iran now.
June 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Yes. This response looks almost exactly like the response to the killing of Soleimani, and is clearly an attempt by Iran to Do Something™️ without necessarily causing escalation. Now we wait and see how the US reacts.
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Buried in the article: "OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to show product recommendations, which means beauty advice could become sales pitches."
Ahh, advertising. Twas always gonna end like this, wasn't it.
Ahh, advertising. Twas always gonna end like this, wasn't it.
June 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Buried in the article: "OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to show product recommendations, which means beauty advice could become sales pitches."
Ahh, advertising. Twas always gonna end like this, wasn't it.
Ahh, advertising. Twas always gonna end like this, wasn't it.
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If Trump runs for a third term, Bill Clinton can also run for a third term and be the younger candidate of the two
June 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If Trump runs for a third term, Bill Clinton can also run for a third term and be the younger candidate of the two
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Jeg husker jeg leste historiene om hvordan tyskere reiste Norge rundt på slutten av 30-tallet og kartla broer og veier samtidig som de kjøpte detaljerte kart over norske byer og bygder. Det forundret meg alltid hvor godtroende mange var i møte med totalitære makter.
Vel, helt urelatert:
Vel, helt urelatert:
Mens NSM og PST advarte mot kinesisk teknologi, inngikk Forsvaret en kontrakt som innebærer at kinesiske busser med avansert sensorteknologi får kjøre inn på norske militæranlegg.
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Vz7L...
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Vz7L...
Her kjører en kinesisk buss inn til E-tjenestens topphemmelige anlegg: – Spinnvilt
Busser leid inn av Forsvaret har fått kjøre inn på topphemmelige Lutvann leir. Bussene skal også brukes ved krise eller krig. – Spinnvilt, mener professor.
www.aftenposten.no
June 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Jeg husker jeg leste historiene om hvordan tyskere reiste Norge rundt på slutten av 30-tallet og kartla broer og veier samtidig som de kjøpte detaljerte kart over norske byer og bygder. Det forundret meg alltid hvor godtroende mange var i møte med totalitære makter.
Vel, helt urelatert:
Vel, helt urelatert:
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🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
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Peace is a very great good and war a terrible evil to be entered into at last resort. Given what we did to Libya, contrasting with North Korea, (and the unilateral cancelling of the first Iran deal for petty internal politics reasons) the Western world has defacto incentivised nuclear proliferation.
June 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Peace is a very great good and war a terrible evil to be entered into at last resort. Given what we did to Libya, contrasting with North Korea, (and the unilateral cancelling of the first Iran deal for petty internal politics reasons) the Western world has defacto incentivised nuclear proliferation.
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More research on the cognitive deficit of relying only on AI... you can't even remember the information you called up. That's how learning works! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
More research on the cognitive deficit of relying only on AI... you can't even remember the information you called up. That's how learning works! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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📢 New book chapter
👥 Tora Berge Naterstad & Helge Blakkisrud
🔎 The Path to ‘Healthy Conservativism’: Tracing Drivers and Legitimation in the Development of Putin’s New ‘Ideology’
📖 In Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, from Edinburgh University Press
🔗 In comments
👥 Tora Berge Naterstad & Helge Blakkisrud
🔎 The Path to ‘Healthy Conservativism’: Tracing Drivers and Legitimation in the Development of Putin’s New ‘Ideology’
📖 In Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, from Edinburgh University Press
🔗 In comments
May 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📢 New book chapter
👥 Tora Berge Naterstad & Helge Blakkisrud
🔎 The Path to ‘Healthy Conservativism’: Tracing Drivers and Legitimation in the Development of Putin’s New ‘Ideology’
📖 In Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, from Edinburgh University Press
🔗 In comments
👥 Tora Berge Naterstad & Helge Blakkisrud
🔎 The Path to ‘Healthy Conservativism’: Tracing Drivers and Legitimation in the Development of Putin’s New ‘Ideology’
📖 In Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, from Edinburgh University Press
🔗 In comments
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Fortunate Son! An anti-war song about rich kids dodging military service!
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Fortunate Son! An anti-war song about rich kids dodging military service!
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A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar
The Chinese-backed UWSA is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.
www.reuters.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
