Kim Beaulieu
@kimbeaulieu.bsky.social
PhD student at UBC PoliSci | United Nations, peace operations, and the WPS agenda
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Kim Beaulieu
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· Jun 9
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@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
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In Search of Legitimacy? Canada’s Strategic Adoption of Feminist Branding in its Foreign Policy - cup.org/4kALDiT
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June 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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In Search of Legitimacy? Canada’s Strategic Adoption of Feminist Branding in its Foreign Policy - cup.org/4kALDiT
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In Search of Legitimacy? Canada’s Strategic Adoption of Feminist Branding in its Foreign Policy - cup.org/4kALDiT
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Very excited to see this article published in
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
June 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Very excited to see this article published in
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social ! Looking at Canada’s feminist foreign policy, I argue that its feminist branding was adopted during a period of significant identity insecurity, in which gender equality emerged as a strategic area to enhance the country's role.
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Bahrain, Colombia, the DRC, Latvia, & Liberia were all elected to the Security Council today. They will replace Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, & Slovenia in January 2026, and join Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, & Somalia as the elected membership through December 2026
Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in Janu...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Bahrain, Colombia, the DRC, Latvia, & Liberia were all elected to the Security Council today. They will replace Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, & Slovenia in January 2026, and join Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, & Somalia as the elected membership through December 2026
A great episode on an issue that will only gain in importance in the years to come. It will certainly be interesting to follow whether the UN can adopt potential regulations on AI-controlled autonomous weapons.
Can The UN Ban AI-Powered “Killer Robots” Before It’s Too Late?
Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · Episode
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May 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A great episode on an issue that will only gain in importance in the years to come. It will certainly be interesting to follow whether the UN can adopt potential regulations on AI-controlled autonomous weapons.
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Thrilled to see this out!
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I dig into the radical flank effect, looking at why moderate organizations sometimes gain from being contrasted with radicals and other times get dragged down by the association. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WB67G...
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I dig into the radical flank effect, looking at why moderate organizations sometimes gain from being contrasted with radicals and other times get dragged down by the association. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WB67G...
Unraveling the Radical Flank Effect: The Role of Moderate Organizations in the Face of Radical Flank Violence
Why do moderate social movement organizations sometimes benefit from or avoid the negative effects of radical flank violence, while in other cases, they suffer strategic setbacks due to such extrem...
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May 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thrilled to see this out!
@polisciatnu.bsky.social
I dig into the radical flank effect, looking at why moderate organizations sometimes gain from being contrasted with radicals and other times get dragged down by the association. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WB67G...
@polisciatnu.bsky.social
I dig into the radical flank effect, looking at why moderate organizations sometimes gain from being contrasted with radicals and other times get dragged down by the association. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WB67G...
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Glad to see this collaboration with Jennifer Welsh out. Much thanks to our amazing contributors Dirk Druet, Emily Paddon-Rhoads, @johnkarlsrud.bsky.social and Victoria Holt
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What Future for Peace Operations? - cup.org/4kwG3y9
"Rising expectations of peacekeeping have led to disenchantment with what they can deliver..."
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What Future for Peace Operations? - cup.org/4kwG3y9
"Rising expectations of peacekeeping have led to disenchantment with what they can deliver..."
- Jennifer Welsh & @marie-joellez.bsky.social
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March 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Glad to see this collaboration with Jennifer Welsh out. Much thanks to our amazing contributors Dirk Druet, Emily Paddon-Rhoads, @johnkarlsrud.bsky.social and Victoria Holt
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The UN lacks a culture of planning, as planning is often discouraged by both leadership and Member States. Many existing capacities are prevented from doing actual planning b/c they are overwhelmed w/routine reporting reqs. The UN is therefore often unprepared for entirely predictable crises. [1/3]
I interviewed UNESCO officials who were involved at the time when the US stopped paying assessed contributions in 2011.
The biggest issue: Nobody was ready to prepare for a predictable situation, cause everone was afraid preparedness would encourage non-payment. 1/2
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The biggest issue: Nobody was ready to prepare for a predictable situation, cause everone was afraid preparedness would encourage non-payment. 1/2
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The funding cuts to the UN by Trump 2.0 have thus far mostly been felt in voluntary funding. But cuts—or even a pause—to assessed contributions are likely. In this new piece, I look at what this could entail, and measures that can be taken to mitigate the impact. [1/2]
cic.nyu.edu/resources/pr...
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February 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The UN lacks a culture of planning, as planning is often discouraged by both leadership and Member States. Many existing capacities are prevented from doing actual planning b/c they are overwhelmed w/routine reporting reqs. The UN is therefore often unprepared for entirely predictable crises. [1/3]
“The fact that 17 UN peacekeepers have died as a result of the latest Rwanda/M23 offensive has not, as of yet, affected Rwanda’s status as one of UN peacekeeping’s key contributors.”
Crimes against peacekeepers are a serious concern for the UN, and Rwanda’s involvement should not go unpunished.
Crimes against peacekeepers are a serious concern for the UN, and Rwanda’s involvement should not go unpunished.
Fall of Goma: Why Rwandan aggression in DR Congo must be stopped: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Rwandan aggression in DR Congo must be stopped
Kigali’s support for the M23 would not have been possible without outside complicity.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“The fact that 17 UN peacekeepers have died as a result of the latest Rwanda/M23 offensive has not, as of yet, affected Rwanda’s status as one of UN peacekeeping’s key contributors.”
Crimes against peacekeepers are a serious concern for the UN, and Rwanda’s involvement should not go unpunished.
Crimes against peacekeepers are a serious concern for the UN, and Rwanda’s involvement should not go unpunished.
Informative analysis of what is happening in Eastern DRC - and why Rwanda has so far avoided significant pressure from Western donors.
www.passblue.com/2025/02/02/g...
www.passblue.com/2025/02/02/g...
Goma, Congo: Understanding the M23 and RDF Attack
Goma, Congo: Understanding the M23 and RDF Attack - PassBlue
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February 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Informative analysis of what is happening in Eastern DRC - and why Rwanda has so far avoided significant pressure from Western donors.
www.passblue.com/2025/02/02/g...
www.passblue.com/2025/02/02/g...
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🚨 New @crisisgroup.org piece out now on the DRC 🇨🇩
We break down what is happening, and urge immediate action to prevent a regional war. ⤵️
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
We break down what is happening, and urge immediate action to prevent a regional war. ⤵️
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed to Avert a Regional War | Crisis Group
On the morning of 27 January, Rwandan-backed March 23 (M23) rebels swept into Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, seizing control of the city of one million. The development marks a dramatic escalation in the long-running crisis. The fighting has uprooted over two million from their homes, exposing thousands around Goma to predation by various militias. Rwanda and the M23 now control practically all of North Kivu province and by force of arms have forged a new reality in the region. Worse could well be on the way. Rebels are pushing deeper into the neighbouring South Kivu province and menacing its capital Bukavu, suggesting they have ambitions beyond Goma or at least are seeking to ramp up the pressure on a weakened Kinshasa. Left unchecked, the fighting could spread throughout the Great Lakes region, recalling the horrors of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when millions died amid a multi-country war in the Congo.
www.crisisgroup.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 New @crisisgroup.org piece out now on the DRC 🇨🇩
We break down what is happening, and urge immediate action to prevent a regional war. ⤵️
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
We break down what is happening, and urge immediate action to prevent a regional war. ⤵️
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...