Happy to share that on the 21st of October at @fggaleiden.bsky.social Leiden University Den Haag, I will present on my new book on Sub-State Recognition, co-authored with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social
Sign-up via link:
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

& our book on Sub-State recognition is now accessible online via the #Leiden Library catalogue.
catalogue.leidenuniv.nl

@ubleiden.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social @gezimvisoka.bsky.social

Finally got the physical copy of my first book!
#DeFactoStates #Recognition #Diplomacy
@gezimvisoka.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

My first book, which discusses Sub-State Recognition, & co-authored with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social, is out now!
#DeFactoStates
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Happy to finally share the new @globalcit.bsky.social Report on the State of #Citizenship in #Ukraine (2014~2024) co-authored with @faburkhardt.bsky.social
#EUI #passportisation
hdl.handle.net/1814/92966

While the statement itself is being debunked, it none the less raises a number of interesting legal, policy, and academic questions.
Can a de facto state engage in derecognition? And why have we not seen more cases like this?

And my forthcoming book with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social explores how and why Sub-state entities engage in state recognition (e.g. California recognising Nagorno-Karabakh). But this case of Somaliland, brings another dimension to recognition studies.
link.springer.com/book/9783031...

So apparently #Somaliland has derecognised #Somalia.
While there are plenty of cases of derecognition of de facto states, this is one of the few (if not only?) cases where a de facto state has derecognised its claimant state in its entirety.

Citizens of #Abkhazia & #SouthOssetia can now apply for 🇷🇺 citizenship without fulfilling residency & language requirements. Though, based on the decree, it seems that individuals who turned 18 between 2008 & now, are still in limbo.
publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/000...

Excited to share that we finally got the cover sorted for my first monograph co-authored with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social!!!
#StateRecognition #DeFactoStates

Finally got my copy from the author himself. Thanks @gezimvisoka.bsky.social
#staterecognition #defactostates

NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Happy to finally get a copy of my chapter with @saschadueerkop.bsky.social on #SportsDiplomacy in Contested Territories in the Handbook on Public Diplomacy edited by Sean Aday.
@fggaleiden.bsky.social

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

My first book manuscript is ready for submission.

'Sub-State Recognition: The Politics of Recognition from Below' (w/ @gezimvisoka.bsky.social)

It builds on my broader research agenda on state recogntion looking at the supra, state, sub-state levels & reverse dynamics.

Just sent in the final proofs for our chapter, co-witten with @saschadueerkop.bsky.social, where we provide a new angle to Public Diplomacy by focusing on
"Sports diplomacy of non-politically sovereign territories".
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...