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AR Laurent
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Law LLB & LLM International Law
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I write about int relations and diplomacy. Check out my blog here: https://statetalk1.wordpress.com/
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celticqueen13.bsky.social
#books are awesome.
August 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Do you ever just get sad about how many people have fully embraced anti-intellectualism?
July 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to protest against Donald Trump
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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In my latest article, I discuss the current condition of NATO and whether it’s becoming more of a European alliance 👇🏼

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There’s no I in NATO: Pondering the future of the alliance
Defence is an important topic right now, but can Western countries still rely upon NATO if the US appears to be losing interest? The NATO treaty was signed in 1949, with the main aim of collective …
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May 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts
The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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ec.europa.eu
🇪🇺 75 Years of the Schuman Declaration 🇪🇺

On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
Photo of Robert Schuman, standing in the centre, was taken on 20 June 1950, at the opening of the intergovernmental negotiations for the implementation of the Schuman Plan. It is generally used to illustrate the declaration of 9 May 1950 as no photographer was present at the original press conference. Photo of Robert Schuman.
May 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
arlaurent.bsky.social
In my latest article, I discuss the current condition of NATO and whether it’s becoming more of a European alliance 👇🏼

statetalk1.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/t...
There’s no I in NATO: Pondering the future of the alliance
Defence is an important topic right now, but can Western countries still rely upon NATO if the US appears to be losing interest? The NATO treaty was signed in 1949, with the main aim of collective …
statetalk1.wordpress.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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newyorker.com
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
nyer.cm
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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In my latest article for State Talk One, I discuss whether justice via international law is in danger and why we should be concerned
Read here 👩‍⚖️👇
statetalk1.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/n...
Not Courting the Courts: Does International Criminal Justice Still Exist?
Even though there’s no global police body to go around putting states into handcuffs for breaking international law, there are various international courts to keep states in check. The most famous …
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April 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
arlaurent.bsky.social
My friend Lizzie is taking an in-depth look at disability in media, in her new series In Sickness.
Check out her article on A Different Man here 👇🏼
whothehellislizzie.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/i...
In Sickness: A Different Man
There’s a role you were born to play.
whothehellislizzie.wordpress.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Her name was Olena. A Russian missile killed her today in 🇺🇦 Sumy.

One of 34 dead (so far).

#StandWithUkraine
April 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
arlaurent.bsky.social
In my latest article for State Talk One, I discuss whether justice via international law is in danger and why we should be concerned
Read here 👩‍⚖️👇
statetalk1.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/n...
Not Courting the Courts: Does International Criminal Justice Still Exist?
Even though there’s no global police body to go around putting states into handcuffs for breaking international law, there are various international courts to keep states in check. The most famous …
statetalk1.wordpress.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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paulisci.bsky.social
I just want to be liberated one day from having to hear anymore about US politics.
April 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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left.eu
The #ICC exists to hold war criminals accountable and to ensure that no one is above justice.

If #Hungary rejects core principles of international law, the EU must respond.

Silence would mean complicity.
April 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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ec.europa.eu
Today is International Fact-Checking Day ✔️

Independent fact-checking is more important than ever.

Before you share:
✅ Is it from a reliable source?
🔍 Can it be verified elsewhere?
📢 Is it informing or manipulating?
A graphic with a blue background featuring the words 'FAKE' repeated twice in a progressively less blurred font, followed by 'FACT' in clear, bold letters. In the bottom right corner, there is a small European Union flag.
April 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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theguardian.com
Marine Le Pen found guilty of misappropriating EU funds by French court – Europe live
Marine Le Pen found guilty of misappropriating EU funds by French court – Europe live
French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty in embezzlement case
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
arlaurent.bsky.social
My colleague Nathan’s new article on our blog State Talk One
statetalk1.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/t...
Trump and the new “manifest destiny”, will America invade the world?
On the 21st of January 2025, newly elected 47th President of the US Donald J Trump said America will “[increase] our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and c…
statetalk1.wordpress.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
arlaurent.bsky.social
If anyone is interested, I’ve recently started a blog about diplomacy snd international relations.
You can read my first article on Europe here: statetalk1.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/2...
2025: The year of renewed European unity?
We’ve found ourselves in a new era of global politics where the landscape is changing fast. In response to an increasingly unstable US, is Europe stepping up? Defence is looking to be a big priorit…
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March 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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evacide.bsky.social
The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.
March 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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yonahfreemark.com
Paris voted 66% in support of 500 new garden streets.
yonahfreemark.com Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · Mar 23
Paris residents vote today on whether they support creating 500 new landscaped and pedestrianized “garden streets” and replace 10,000 street parking spaces. The city has already created 220 such streets. leparisien.fr/paris-75/500...
Pour ou contre 500 nouvelles rues piétonnes à Paris ? Les clés de la votation citoyenne ce dimanche
Les Parisiens sont invités à se rendre dans les bureaux de vote ouverts ce dimanche 23 mars pour se prononcer sur la piétonnisation et la vé
leparisien.fr
March 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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mcuban.bsky.social
All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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iandunt.bsky.social
Musk did not buy X to protect free speech. He bought it to promote the far-right. It is now being used to silence dissenters against authoritarian government.

www.politico.eu/article/musk...
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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reshetz.bsky.social
Props to the Norwegian parliament for dropping this photo
March 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM