francesco strazzari
@zaz.bsky.social
professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
looks like in the latest issue of Civiltà Cattolica the Gesuits give a 15 page answer to JD Vance's ideas about the ordo amoris
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
looks like in the latest issue of Civiltà Cattolica the Gesuits give a 15 page answer to JD Vance's ideas about the ordo amoris
I'm happy to embark on a new semester teaching a new course on African agency in IR at SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, and a module on Africa in IR at ITAM in Mexico City.
Exploring new ways of making sense of change in the international order (or what remains of it)
Exploring new ways of making sense of change in the international order (or what remains of it)
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'm happy to embark on a new semester teaching a new course on African agency in IR at SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, and a module on Africa in IR at ITAM in Mexico City.
Exploring new ways of making sense of change in the international order (or what remains of it)
Exploring new ways of making sense of change in the international order (or what remains of it)
Bologna, Piazza Maggiore. Solidarity gathering by the trade unions against repression in Iran
January 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Bologna, Piazza Maggiore. Solidarity gathering by the trade unions against repression in Iran
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Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
eyes on perception of the US in Europe
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
eyes on perception of the US in Europe
Deutsche Bank boss stirs up Germany by calling it “logical” to finance European defence with joint debt
www.lesechos.fr/finance-marc...
www.lesechos.fr/finance-marc...
www.lesechos.fr
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Deutsche Bank boss stirs up Germany by calling it “logical” to finance European defence with joint debt
www.lesechos.fr/finance-marc...
www.lesechos.fr/finance-marc...
The Manifacturing of the Pahlavi popularity - a detailed analysis exposing how large part of the repressive traits of today’s Iran (Evin prison included) have unmistakable roots in the Shah era.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/1...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/1...
Iran : qui est Reza Pahlavi, le fils du shah qui se prépare à devenir vice-roi?
Alors que les manifestations s’intensifient en Iran dans la répression sanglante du régime, Trump parle de regime change — et le fils du dernier shah d’Iran, Reza Pahlavi, s'active en coulisse. Qui e...
legrandcontinent.eu
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The Manifacturing of the Pahlavi popularity - a detailed analysis exposing how large part of the repressive traits of today’s Iran (Evin prison included) have unmistakable roots in the Shah era.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/1...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/1...
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1/ Russian convicts are refusing en masse to join the army, even to serve as officers, according to Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He says that nobody believes the Russian Ministry of Defence's promises any more and recruiters are unable to persuade men to go to their deaths. ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
1/ Russian convicts are refusing en masse to join the army, even to serve as officers, according to Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He says that nobody believes the Russian Ministry of Defence's promises any more and recruiters are unable to persuade men to go to their deaths. ⬇️
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to legally challenge US terror designation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-legally-challenge-us-terror-designation
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to legally challenge US terror designation
Egyptian branch says the decision 'politicises counterterrorism tools, conflates peaceful Islamic civic engagement with extremism, and reinforces narratives that marginalise Muslims'
www.middleeasteye.net
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to legally challenge US terror designation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-legally-challenge-us-terror-designation
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Russia offers to help the U.S. Military sink NATO ships
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Russia offers to help the U.S. Military sink NATO ships
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
Oggi su ilManifesto scrivo dei massacri in #Iran e della necessità di leggere le mobilitazioni non attraverso il ridotto geopolitico che compone lo screenplay dell’internazionale reazionaria
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t.co/KUlEB9nhh9
https://ilmanifesto.it/la-speranza-rivoluzionaria-e-chi-la-mortifica
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January 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Oggi su ilManifesto scrivo dei massacri in #Iran e della necessità di leggere le mobilitazioni non attraverso il ridotto geopolitico che compone lo screenplay dell’internazionale reazionaria
t.co/KUlEB9nhh9
t.co/KUlEB9nhh9
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“This is a military occupation, and it feels like a military occupation,” said Elliott Payne, president of the Minneapolis City Council.
Federal agents scream obscenities at residents and repeatedly holster and unholster their weapons. “It’s like living in a war zone.”
Federal agents scream obscenities at residents and repeatedly holster and unholster their weapons. “It’s like living in a war zone.”
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
“This is a military occupation, and it feels like a military occupation,” said Elliott Payne, president of the Minneapolis City Council.
Federal agents scream obscenities at residents and repeatedly holster and unholster their weapons. “It’s like living in a war zone.”
Federal agents scream obscenities at residents and repeatedly holster and unholster their weapons. “It’s like living in a war zone.”
With the Reactionary International backing the Shah, threatening imperial blows, the worse would be a left that hesitates to fully support Iranian youth for fear of “legitimizing intervention.” A betrayal of 'Woman, Life, Freedom', a political abdication, the child of geopolitical reductionism.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
With the Reactionary International backing the Shah, threatening imperial blows, the worse would be a left that hesitates to fully support Iranian youth for fear of “legitimizing intervention.” A betrayal of 'Woman, Life, Freedom', a political abdication, the child of geopolitical reductionism.
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IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
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I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
the world as we know it is ending.
In the near future Adam Tooze sees multipolar disorder lavishly powered with cheap energy: a polycrisis with drones and heavy crude.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the near future Adam Tooze sees multipolar disorder lavishly powered with cheap energy: a polycrisis with drones and heavy crude.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What?
With the president’s actions in Venezuela, we’re entering a new era. Here’s what it could look like.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
the world as we know it is ending.
In the near future Adam Tooze sees multipolar disorder lavishly powered with cheap energy: a polycrisis with drones and heavy crude.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the near future Adam Tooze sees multipolar disorder lavishly powered with cheap energy: a polycrisis with drones and heavy crude.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Musk calls the UK government "fascist" because it has said the Twitter platform shouldn't break the laws that apply to all platforms. It is important for the government to get across how extreme the unlawful content that X keeps protecting & even coproducing is
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Elon Musk calls UK government ‘fascist’ over touted X ban
The tech billionaire hits back at calls to boycott the platform because its Grok AI tool allows users to digitally undress women and girls
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Musk calls the UK government "fascist" because it has said the Twitter platform shouldn't break the laws that apply to all platforms. It is important for the government to get across how extreme the unlawful content that X keeps protecting & even coproducing is
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A “quick and dirty job”, seizing the control tower and strategic sites, might have been possible in 2025, he said, but Denmark has ramped up its presence.
“I hope the Europeans can convince the US that we will indeed shoot back,” he said. “US soldiers would come back to the US in body bags.”
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“I hope the Europeans can convince the US that we will indeed shoot back,” he said. “US soldiers would come back to the US in body bags.”
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What are Trump’s real options for gaining control of Greenland? | Greenland | The Guardian
The White House has said using the US military is always an option, but few analysts believe it a likely one
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
A “quick and dirty job”, seizing the control tower and strategic sites, might have been possible in 2025, he said, but Denmark has ramped up its presence.
“I hope the Europeans can convince the US that we will indeed shoot back,” he said. “US soldiers would come back to the US in body bags.”
🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺✊
“I hope the Europeans can convince the US that we will indeed shoot back,” he said. “US soldiers would come back to the US in body bags.”
🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺✊
two days ago Trump told the oil giants operating in Venezuela that will be completely safe: ‘I think the people in Venezuela will give you excellent security.’ Then urged US citizens to flee amid reports of paramilitaries 'searching vehicles for Americans'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 AM
two days ago Trump told the oil giants operating in Venezuela that will be completely safe: ‘I think the people in Venezuela will give you excellent security.’ Then urged US citizens to flee amid reports of paramilitaries 'searching vehicles for Americans'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"Victims don’t have the luxury of separating themselves from the crime. When it comes to online threats, 'one person is feeling the reality of the Internet very viscerally: the person who is being threatened,' says [social media sociologist Nathan] Jurgenson."- Amanda Hess psmag.com/social-justi...
Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet
"Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day." That's what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women's careers, their ps...
psmag.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
"Victims don’t have the luxury of separating themselves from the crime. When it comes to online threats, 'one person is feeling the reality of the Internet very viscerally: the person who is being threatened,' says [social media sociologist Nathan] Jurgenson."- Amanda Hess psmag.com/social-justi...
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A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
At this point I wonder if Italy’s Meloni government, that is increasingly in line with Trump along with Hungary & co, is ready to dig the grave of the European Union and an irreversible crack in Nato by considering “legitimate” even a US grab of Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
At this point I wonder if Italy’s Meloni government, that is increasingly in line with Trump along with Hungary & co, is ready to dig the grave of the European Union and an irreversible crack in Nato by considering “legitimate” even a US grab of Greenland.