Luis Cabrera
@luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social
Institutional Cosmopolitan. Grounded normative theorist studying regional/global organizations and democracy, human rights, Ambedkar. Prof. of Poli Sci at Griffith University, Brisbane. Publications: https://griffith.academia.edu/LuisCabrera
Very interesting proposal from two expert observers/commentators on the UN system and international law.
The UN is frozen in time because UN Charter reform is considered impossible. But is it? An international study group has come up with a radical and innovative approach to circumvent possible vetoes.
www.democracywithoutborders.org/39791/how-to...
www.democracywithoutborders.org/39791/how-to...
How to circumvent the veto and establish a Second UN Charter
The permanent members of the UN Security Council can veto any change of the UN Charter. A way to circumvent a veto is to reconstitute the UN as a new legal entity.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Very interesting proposal from two expert observers/commentators on the UN system and international law.
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The UN's human rights work is under disproportionate budget pressure, 40 states warned in Geneva, and human rights groups urge no further cuts should be made www.democracywithoutborders.org/39807/uns-hu...
UN's human rights work under massive pressure, forty states warn
A group of forty states led by Chile and the International Service for Human Rights warned at a meeting in Geneva that proposed budget cuts will disproportionately affect the UN's human rights pillar.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The UN's human rights work is under disproportionate budget pressure, 40 states warned in Geneva, and human rights groups urge no further cuts should be made www.democracywithoutborders.org/39807/uns-hu...
Leading global scholar of right-wing populism sounds alarm on Trump admin security strategy -- Constitutional liberal democracy squarely in its sights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Leading global scholar of right-wing populism sounds alarm on Trump admin security strategy -- Constitutional liberal democracy squarely in its sights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
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ICE unlawfully removed this student from the US and separated her from her family and her school, Babson College. Her interview with @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social captures the cruelty and impunity of Trump 2.0. Babson and the Massachusetts state government should join the court case to bring her back.
'Shackled' and 'Handcuffed': Deported college student in tears SPEAKING OUT on ICE encounter
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ICE unlawfully removed this student from the US and separated her from her family and her school, Babson College. Her interview with @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social captures the cruelty and impunity of Trump 2.0. Babson and the Massachusetts state government should join the court case to bring her back.
Looks really good, Matt. Stands to be an extremely useful book about the utility of normative concepts for actually improving our lives and communities.
It's Publication Day for The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts! 🥳 Thanks to the friends and mentors who helped make this happen, and to my editor Lucy Randall for her encouragement and input throughout the project.
Oxford University Press and Oxford Scholarship Online links in the comments.
Oxford University Press and Oxford Scholarship Online links in the comments.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Looks really good, Matt. Stands to be an extremely useful book about the utility of normative concepts for actually improving our lives and communities.
Reposted by Luis Cabrera
At an international round table in Berlin hosted by Democracy Without Borders, experts and activists warned that autocratic governments are weakening the UN’s ability to promote human rights and democracy. There was broad support for greater civil society and citizen participation at the UN.
Berlin: experts debate UN's role in view of "authoritarian influence"
Experts convened to assess whether the UN can uphold democracy amid rising authoritarian influence, endorsing stronger citizen participation at the UN and democratic coordination.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
At an international round table in Berlin hosted by Democracy Without Borders, experts and activists warned that autocratic governments are weakening the UN’s ability to promote human rights and democracy. There was broad support for greater civil society and citizen participation at the UN.
First bluesky post. Will use it to tout amazing book I recently reviewed, by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi. Uses an array of sophisticated methods, incl machine learning, to explore feasibility of global democracy. Can't recommend highly enough: academic.oup.com/book/57306
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The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia?
Abstract. Can humanity achieve collective self-government in a highly interdependent world? Catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war
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December 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
First bluesky post. Will use it to tout amazing book I recently reviewed, by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi. Uses an array of sophisticated methods, incl machine learning, to explore feasibility of global democracy. Can't recommend highly enough: academic.oup.com/book/57306
@democracywithoutborders.org
@democracywithoutborders.org