Nick Barker
@nickbarker.bsky.social
Studies the causes and consequences of armed conflict. My book: https://www.routledge.com/States-Secessionists-and-De-Facto-Control-after-Separatist-Wars-Strategies-f
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Get serious, Europeans. You are your only hope.
"EU imports from Russia worth €124 billion have exceeded the amount of aid provided to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion." - stated Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Get serious, Europeans. You are your only hope.
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).
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"I've told the story of Akromiya for 20 years. I’m telling it again now, because today is No King’s Day, and I am afraid that 'Antifa' is the American Akromiya: a fabricated entity made by state propagandists to persecute anyone who opposes the government."
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Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"I've told the story of Akromiya for 20 years. I’m telling it again now, because today is No King’s Day, and I am afraid that 'Antifa' is the American Akromiya: a fabricated entity made by state propagandists to persecute anyone who opposes the government."
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To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, and to support emerging scholars, I'd like to buy and mail copies to ten graduate students.
If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Civilizing Contention by Rana B. Khoury | Paperback | Cornell University Press
In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help. When.....
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October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, and to support emerging scholars, I'd like to buy and mail copies to ten graduate students.
If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12
October 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12
"staff are being called back from redundancy".
Grade deflation, overcrowding and ‘chaos’ as colleges scramble for fees trib.al/Rl13Hxg
Grade deflation, overcrowding and ‘chaos’ as colleges scr...
Russell group hoovers up international students to stave off budget deficit fears
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October 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"staff are being called back from redundancy".
Finding inspiration from the brilliant @sarahkendzior.bsky.social: "If you are a student, a professor, or a self-taught intellectual — fight. Fight by refusing to abandon your humanity, your originality, and your will to explore."
New article! On the authoritarian attack on higher education and the exploitative practices that preceded it: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-ti...
The End Times of Academia
"It was the non-existent future that I was working toward that was the problem."
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September 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Finding inspiration from the brilliant @sarahkendzior.bsky.social: "If you are a student, a professor, or a self-taught intellectual — fight. Fight by refusing to abandon your humanity, your originality, and your will to explore."
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There has never been a better time to support Ukraine. Donate now u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
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August 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There has never been a better time to support Ukraine. Donate now u24.gov.ua
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Public Service Announcement: if what's happening in Alaska makes you sick, a donation to Ukraine would improve your health
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
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August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Public Service Announcement: if what's happening in Alaska makes you sick, a donation to Ukraine would improve your health
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Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
July 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
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George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
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New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Why Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic)
The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean
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July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking.
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public.
Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us.
But clear communication is essential for democracy.
So how do we do it?
🧵
New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...
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Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇
Year Four of Civil War Paths: Taking Stock - Civil War Paths
Professor Anastasia Shesterinina is Chair in Comparative Politics at the University of York. She currently holds a £1.2m UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship and direct the Centre for ...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇
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I guess that posts with war interest people more.
But I am determined to show you that Ukraine is more than the war:
rich history, art, culture and fantastic nature.
Porcelain Blossom. Opishnia, Poltava Oblast
But I am determined to show you that Ukraine is more than the war:
rich history, art, culture and fantastic nature.
Porcelain Blossom. Opishnia, Poltava Oblast
June 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I guess that posts with war interest people more.
But I am determined to show you that Ukraine is more than the war:
rich history, art, culture and fantastic nature.
Porcelain Blossom. Opishnia, Poltava Oblast
But I am determined to show you that Ukraine is more than the war:
rich history, art, culture and fantastic nature.
Porcelain Blossom. Opishnia, Poltava Oblast
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On 13 June, @theguardian.com published a collective letter concerning Russia’s war & attacking Dr #FionaHill, the chancellor of Durham University & one of the principal authors of the UK’s strategic defence review. As UK-based or British-educated experts in matters pertaining to Russia, we disagree.
There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin | Letter
Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain
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June 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On 13 June, @theguardian.com published a collective letter concerning Russia’s war & attacking Dr #FionaHill, the chancellor of Durham University & one of the principal authors of the UK’s strategic defence review. As UK-based or British-educated experts in matters pertaining to Russia, we disagree.
Very glad to see a number of good friends and colleagues signing the letter in support of Dr Hill
Dueling public letters in the UK battle over Fiona Hill’s recent “Russia is at war with us” declaration. Hill’s (more numerous) defenders end with a parting salvo at their opponents’ “once – and perhaps still – friendly contacts in Russian officialdom.”
June 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Very glad to see a number of good friends and colleagues signing the letter in support of Dr Hill
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Anyone who uses Chat GPT is insane
This is a hell of a thing to read.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
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June 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Anyone who uses Chat GPT is insane
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Delighted to share my new article. I explore the relationship between state recognition & state-building through a study of #UN & #EU involvement in #Kosovo to better grasp how states are built/recognised in conflict-affected areas.
Free to access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #conflictsky
Free to access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #conflictsky
State-building and the recognition of a right to statehood: international involvement in post-1999 Kosovo
Informed by a novel conceptualization of the recognition of a right to statehood and its relation to state-building, this study explores under what conditions international organizations contribute...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Delighted to share my new article. I explore the relationship between state recognition & state-building through a study of #UN & #EU involvement in #Kosovo to better grasp how states are built/recognised in conflict-affected areas.
Free to access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #conflictsky
Free to access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #conflictsky
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Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol.
BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol - BBC News
To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol.
BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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🚨New ep. out now! "Can you say that?"🎙️ @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social chats to @verenakbrandle.bsky.social about #socialmedia and politics: what kind of moderation do democratic societies want, and why do we seem to be getting further away from an ideal that satisfies anyone?
👇Audio links in thread👇
👇Audio links in thread👇
April 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🚨New ep. out now! "Can you say that?"🎙️ @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social chats to @verenakbrandle.bsky.social about #socialmedia and politics: what kind of moderation do democratic societies want, and why do we seem to be getting further away from an ideal that satisfies anyone?
👇Audio links in thread👇
👇Audio links in thread👇
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@harvard.edu fights back
Time for
1. Coordinated statement by all US top universities spelling out red lines of academic freedom.
2. Message of support for all threatened US universities from all world's leading universities.
@ox.ac.uk @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Time for
1. Coordinated statement by all US top universities spelling out red lines of academic freedom.
2. Message of support for all threatened US universities from all world's leading universities.
@ox.ac.uk @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration
Harvard University’s lawyers responded on Monday to the Trump Administration’s letter demanding a series of policy changes, saying the demands were unlawful and that Harvard would not comply.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@harvard.edu fights back
Time for
1. Coordinated statement by all US top universities spelling out red lines of academic freedom.
2. Message of support for all threatened US universities from all world's leading universities.
@ox.ac.uk @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Time for
1. Coordinated statement by all US top universities spelling out red lines of academic freedom.
2. Message of support for all threatened US universities from all world's leading universities.
@ox.ac.uk @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...