Simone Wisotzki
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Simone Wisotzki
@simonewisotzki.bsky.social
Peace/Conflict Research; Humanitarian Arms Control; Arms Export Control; Feminist Peace Research
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“Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza as Trump says 'people are starving'
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March and with a new ground offensive expected soon.
www.reuters.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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"Flooding on US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens, according to a new study — an alarming glimpse into the future as some scientists warn the current system could be just decades from collapse." @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/c...
A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US. | CNN
A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.
edition.cnn.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Excited to be at today’s Reimagining PEACE conference bringing together nearly 300 peace researchers from around the world! Grateful to be part of this global exchange of ideas and insights.

#ActionPEACE2025 | Organized by the Flemish Peace Institute
May 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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NEW I The Israeli government has threatened additional airstrikes if the Syria fails to stop violence against the Druze. Both airstrikes and the pressure campaign are unlikely to protect the Druze. 1/9

www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
May 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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US Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg recently reaffirmed that Ukrainian officials remain committed to resolving the war in Ukraine, despite ongoing Russian refusals to accept US President Donald Trump’s repeated proposals for a general ceasefire in pursuit of lasting peace in Ukraine.
May 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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An update from @stratcomcentre.bsky.social on the flight paths of the drones and missiles used against Ukraine in yesterday’s complex attack by Russia.
With Ukraine now bound by a ceasefire that Russia completely ignores, Russians escalate their attacks on Ukraine's civilian population - no military objectives in last night's missile barrage across Ukraine, merely terrorism.
April 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Keep posting
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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thank you Elon and DOGE! what the world definitely needs is unchecked drug resistant gonorrhea
Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
April 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel mines and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country's President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.
Finland will exit global land mine treaty as Russia fears grow
President Alexander Stubb also announces major ramp up of defense spending to 3 percent of GDP.
www.politico.eu
April 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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🇺🇸 Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, Reuters reports.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

#usa
Exclusive: Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, four sources familiar with the discussions said.
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Russian officials continue efforts to undermine the proposed US-Ukrainian mineral deal by promoting potential US-Russian rare earth mining projects. (1/3)
isw.pub/UkrWar033125
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🇷🇺 Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik surfaced in Moscow on Monday night, as authorities in Sarajevo demand an international arrest warrant following his conviction for defying the country’s Constitutional Court and advancing a separatist agenda.

www.politico.eu/article/milo...

#Russia
Bosnian Serb leader flees to Moscow as authorities step up pursuit
Bosnia’s most wanted man turns up in Russia after Sarajevo requested Interpol issue a red notice for his international arrest.
www.politico.eu
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"Insgesamt ist alles, wirklich alles, was ich hier jeden Tag sehe, es ist unfassbar. Also es ist unbeschreiblich, empörend und niederschmetternd - unbegreiflich."
Ein deutscher Arzt aus dem Gazastreifen berichtet. MONITOR
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
Monitor: Bruch der Waffenruhe: Was Ärzte aus Gaza berichten - hier anschauen
Der Krieg ist zurück im Gazastreifen. Nach einigen Wochen der Waffenruhe, gibt es nun wieder fast täglich neue Luftschläge des israelischen Militärs – mit hunderten Toten und Verletzten. Auch die wen...
www.ardmediathek.de
March 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Insanity.
Columbia is giving into President Trump’s demands in a battle over federal funding. School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Wie kann ein Blick in die Geschichte helfen, die regelbasierte Ordnung zu verteidigen? Auf dem #PRIFblog zeigt @chrismeth.bsky.social, wie das Völkerrecht besonders von kleineren Staaten aus Asien und Afrika verteidigt wurde – und was Europa jetzt daraus lernen kann.
blog.prif.org/2025/03/18/f...
Festhalten an der regelbasierten internationalen Ordnung: Wie Europa als Allianz kleiner Staaten gegenüber den Supermächten bestehen kann - PRIF BLOG
Wenn westliche Stimmen den russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 als Angriff auf die „regelbasierte“ oder „liberale“ internationale Ordnung beschrieben haben, schwang dabei stets mit, da...
blog.prif.org
March 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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ICYMI:Trump has put a 90day hold on most US foreign aid, with devastating effects on a system built over decades for preventing famine. Result may be more & deadlier famines, greater impunity for parties using starvation as weapon of war @crisisgroup.org (2/28/25)
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
U.S. Aid Cuts Make Famine More Likely and Easier to Hide | Crisis Group
The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famines, w...
www.crisisgroup.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Man kann Baerbocks Nominierung ja gern kritisieren.
Aber so?

Helga Schmid sei erfahrene Diplomatin - stimmt, und Baerbock ist Außenministerin.

Baerbock sei ein „Auslaufmodell“ - Schmid ist 64, bald endet für gewöhnlich eine diplomatische Karriere.

Kurzum: finde die Wortwahl ziemlich drüber.
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Gerade beginnt die zweit mündliche Verhandlung der Klimaklage #SaulvsRWE. Eine Entscheidung über die nächsten Schritte könnte schon heute fallen. Folgt @duycks.bsky.social für regelmäßige Updates aus der Verhandlung.
Dies Woche verhandelt das Oberlandesgericht Hamm die Klimaklage #SaulvsRWE. Kläger Saúl Luciano Lliuya kämpft dafür, dass große Emittenten wie der deutsche Konzern RWE Verantwortung für ihre Rolle in der Klimakrise übernehmen. Das Verfahren könnte zu einem weltweiten Präzedenzfall werden.
taz.de taz @taz.de · Mar 17
Der Kläger, Kleinbauer und Bergführer hat erlebt, wie dicke Eisschichten auf den Bergen tauten. Dem sieht er nicht tatenlos zu.
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Die #Koalitionsverhandlungen fokussieren sich auf Deutschlands militärische „Hard Power“- zur Lasten der #Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Darin sehen
nielskeijzer.bsky.social & Svea Koch einen strategischen Fehler der nächsten #Bundesregierung. 💡 Via @makronom.bsky.social: makronom.de/warum-die-na...
Warum die nächste Bundesregierung auch Deutschlands Soft Power stärken sollte
Die Koalitionsverhandlungen konzentrieren sich auf Deutschlands militärische „Hard Power“ – und das wohl zur Lasten der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Damit würde die nächste Regierung aber einen strateg...
makronom.de
March 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Die 100 Milliarden Euro für den Klima- und Transformationsfonds klingen gewaltig. Doch im Schnitt sind das nur 8,3 Mrd. Euro mehr pro Jahr. 2025 und 2026 langt das nicht mal, um die bestehende Deckungslücke („globale Minderausgabe“) im KTF zu schließen. Mehr Infos (€): table.media/climate/anal...
Klimafinanzierung: Warum die 100 KTF-Milliarden allein nicht reichen
Aus dem neuen Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur sollen 100 Milliarden für den Klimaschutz fließen. Was viel klingt, reicht dennoch nicht aus.
table.media
March 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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President Trump declared US broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among other government-funded broadcasters like Voice of America, “unnecessary” & ordered it “eliminated”

@ambdanfried.bsky.social says the demand belies these outlets’ history of success:
www.justsecurity.org/109219/us-go...
The US Government’s Self-Harm in Killing RFE/RL
RFE/RL's decades-long record of success demands something other than summary termination based on unsupported accusations.
www.justsecurity.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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On 16 March 2022, the Mariupol Drama Theater was attacked. It served as a shelter for civilians from the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine & was clearly marked with the sign ‘CHILDREN’. The research group CST for has compiled an archive showing the attack's extent theater.spatialtech.info/en
Mariupol Drama Theater. Spatial Archive
An archive dedicated to the study of the Russian air bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater. The Center for Spatial Technologies is collecting media materials about this crime and the history of the th...
theater.spatialtech.info
March 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Dies Woche verhandelt das Oberlandesgericht Hamm die Klimaklage #SaulvsRWE. Kläger Saúl Luciano Lliuya kämpft dafür, dass große Emittenten wie der deutsche Konzern RWE Verantwortung für ihre Rolle in der Klimakrise übernehmen. Das Verfahren könnte zu einem weltweiten Präzedenzfall werden.
taz.de taz @taz.de · Mar 17
Der Kläger, Kleinbauer und Bergführer hat erlebt, wie dicke Eisschichten auf den Bergen tauten. Dem sieht er nicht tatenlos zu.
Ein Bauer gegen RWE: Saúl Luciano Lliuya gibt nicht auf
taz.de
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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" ‘We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region."
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/ethi...
'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region
Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.
apnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM