National archives: Blair was advised to work with militants in Kosovo.
'We have to reckon on the KLA becoming vastly more popular after what has happened and recognise that they are the only party with an army of sorts'.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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'We have to reckon on the KLA becoming vastly more popular after what has happened and recognise that they are the only party with an army of sorts'.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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National archives: Tony Blair was advised to work with militants in Kosovo
Former prime minister had concerns about being seen to be too close to the Kosovo Liberation Army
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2023 at 8:19 AM
National archives: Blair was advised to work with militants in Kosovo.
'We have to reckon on the KLA becoming vastly more popular after what has happened and recognise that they are the only party with an army of sorts'.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Conflictsky
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'We have to reckon on the KLA becoming vastly more popular after what has happened and recognise that they are the only party with an army of sorts'.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"if policy-makers insist on some form of lessons, historians should ... encourage policy-makers to view lessons in cautious, probabilistic terms that always account for contextual differences."
warontherocks.com/2024/02/hist...
🗃️ #skystorians #conflictsky
warontherocks.com/2024/02/hist...
🗃️ #skystorians #conflictsky
History Has No Lessons for You: A Warning for Policymakers - War on the Rocks
As a historian working in professional military education, I find myself in the awkward position of warning strategists and students alike against drawing
warontherocks.com
February 7, 2024 at 8:42 AM
"if policy-makers insist on some form of lessons, historians should ... encourage policy-makers to view lessons in cautious, probabilistic terms that always account for contextual differences."
warontherocks.com/2024/02/hist...
🗃️ #skystorians #conflictsky
warontherocks.com/2024/02/hist...
🗃️ #skystorians #conflictsky
Afripolsky Conflictsky
You haven't read this elsewhere. Here's a unique testimony and analysis of IS-Sahel's changing mode of governance in the Menaka region, Mali afriquexxi.info/Dans-le-nord...
Dans le nord-est du Mali, l'État islamique en voie de « normalisation » ? - Analyse
Ces derniers mois, dans la zone de Ménaka, l’État islamique au Sahel (EI-Sahel) a entrepris de normaliser ses relations avec les populations locales après leur avoir infligé de terribles violenc...
afriquexxi.info
November 13, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Afripolsky Conflictsky
Job ad: Junior professorship "Security Policy and Peace" (W1) at Leuphana (Lüneburg, Germany)
www.leuphana.de/universitaet... #CivMilSky #Polisky #Conflictsky
www.leuphana.de/universitaet... #CivMilSky #Polisky #Conflictsky
Junior professorship "Security Policy and Peace" (W1)
THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY LÜNEBURG AND THE GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP:
www.leuphana.de
December 22, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Job ad: Junior professorship "Security Policy and Peace" (W1) at Leuphana (Lüneburg, Germany)
www.leuphana.de/universitaet... #CivMilSky #Polisky #Conflictsky
www.leuphana.de/universitaet... #CivMilSky #Polisky #Conflictsky
Finally got round reading these excellent Kosovo 2.0 series of articles on 90s Kosovo.
The piece by Besnik Pula is particularly interesting for Kosovo's statehood efforts before the 2008 declaration of independence.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/foundatio... #conflictsky
The piece by Besnik Pula is particularly interesting for Kosovo's statehood efforts before the 2008 declaration of independence.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/foundatio... #conflictsky
Foundations of Kosovo’s parallel state - Besnik Pula
Personal and economic context for Yugoslavia’s collapse.
kosovotwopointzero.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Finally got round reading these excellent Kosovo 2.0 series of articles on 90s Kosovo.
The piece by Besnik Pula is particularly interesting for Kosovo's statehood efforts before the 2008 declaration of independence.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/foundatio... #conflictsky
The piece by Besnik Pula is particularly interesting for Kosovo's statehood efforts before the 2008 declaration of independence.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/foundatio... #conflictsky
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Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
Conflictsky
Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
November 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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Conflictsky
Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
Conflictsky
Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
What are cool outlets for blogposts for political scientists/conflict researchers nowadays? Good Authority does not accept submissions at the moment and Political Violence at a Glance is no longer active. conflictsky menasky polisky
November 28, 2023 at 11:21 AM
What are cool outlets for blogposts for political scientists/conflict researchers nowadays? Good Authority does not accept submissions at the moment and Political Violence at a Glance is no longer active. conflictsky menasky polisky
Dear friends: The ESOC (Empirical Studies of Conflict) is coming to Taipei next June! Renard and I are helping organize the conference this time around, and there will be “lots of” cool people (no spoilers!) attending it and presenting their newest research on conflict.
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University is hiring in Middle East Politics and Security Studies with a strong preference for Arabic and/or Farsi speakers. Deadline for applications is 30 November. See more info in attached image.
Polisky | menasky | intsec | conflictsky
Polisky | menasky | intsec | conflictsky
October 30, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University is hiring in Middle East Politics and Security Studies with a strong preference for Arabic and/or Farsi speakers. Deadline for applications is 30 November. See more info in attached image.
Polisky | menasky | intsec | conflictsky
Polisky | menasky | intsec | conflictsky
Important new article by Tsukasa Watanabe and Andrew Enterline on how the origination of interstate territorial disputes influences downstream dispute militarization.
Introduces new data on territorial dispute origination in Asia and Oceania from 1816-2001.
#polisky #conflictsky #intsec #IR
Introduces new data on territorial dispute origination in Asia and Oceania from 1816-2001.
#polisky #conflictsky #intsec #IR
The die is cast? The origins of territorial claims & their escalation to military hostilities - Tsukasa Watanabe, Andrew J Enterline, 2024
Under what conditions do territorial claims originate and how do such processes affect military hostility thereafter? We theorize about the impact of four claim...
journals.sagepub.com
September 26, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Important new article by Tsukasa Watanabe and Andrew Enterline on how the origination of interstate territorial disputes influences downstream dispute militarization.
Introduces new data on territorial dispute origination in Asia and Oceania from 1816-2001.
#polisky #conflictsky #intsec #IR
Introduces new data on territorial dispute origination in Asia and Oceania from 1816-2001.
#polisky #conflictsky #intsec #IR
December 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has joined Bluesky. Follow @ucdp.bsky.social for updates from the world’s main provider of data on organized violence in the world.
Polisky
Conflictsky
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October 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has joined Bluesky. Follow @ucdp.bsky.social for updates from the world’s main provider of data on organized violence in the world.
Polisky
Conflictsky
Polisky
Conflictsky
New article exploring the spatial legacies and transformations of violence in postwar cities, specifically focusing on Belfast, by Brendan Murtagh, @ivangusic.bsky.social, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social and myself (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #conflictsky
Urban restructuring and the reproduction of spaces of violence in Belfast
This paper maps the distribution of post-conflict violence in Belfast and how it has restructured socially, economically and spatially. An end to hostilities and stable transition produces and is p...
www.tandfonline.com
November 20, 2023 at 3:59 PM
New article exploring the spatial legacies and transformations of violence in postwar cities, specifically focusing on Belfast, by Brendan Murtagh, @ivangusic.bsky.social, @marietheresemeye.bsky.social and myself (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #conflictsky
September 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Conflictsky might have some suggestions
What's a good feed for following the HTS offensive in Syria?
November 27, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Conflictsky might have some suggestions
There are people in the conflictsky feed that are SM people (it also includes international conflicts)
November 17, 2024 at 11:30 PM
There are people in the conflictsky feed that are SM people (it also includes international conflicts)
Our Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict network invites section proposals for the ECPR Conference in Thessaloniki.
Check what a section entails: ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
And 📩steercomsscrn@gmail.com w/ a 500-word abstract for the section by 29/10.
Proposals by >1 co-chairs welcome.
🙏Repost.
Check what a section entails: ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
And 📩steercomsscrn@gmail.com w/ a 500-word abstract for the section by 29/10.
Proposals by >1 co-chairs welcome.
🙏Repost.
ECPR General Conference 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 26 – 29 August 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
October 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM
New blogpost for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social with @cwiehler.bsky.social on why conflict researchers need to view communal conflict as a wartime phenomenon and how such a perspective can help prevent, curb, and resolve communal violence ⤵️
theloop.ecpr.eu/why-communal...
#polisky #conflictsky
theloop.ecpr.eu/why-communal...
#polisky #conflictsky
Why communal conflict should be viewed as a wartime phenomenon
Violent local conflicts over land and resources are taking place almost exclusively in civil war-affected societies. Claudia Wiehler and Sebastian van Baalen argue that analysts and peacebuilding prac...
theloop.ecpr.eu
May 14, 2024 at 5:15 PM
New blogpost for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social with @cwiehler.bsky.social on why conflict researchers need to view communal conflict as a wartime phenomenon and how such a perspective can help prevent, curb, and resolve communal violence ⤵️
theloop.ecpr.eu/why-communal...
#polisky #conflictsky
theloop.ecpr.eu/why-communal...
#polisky #conflictsky
Do you want to do a PhD in peace and conflict research? Then come be my new colleague @uupeace.bsky.social and apply to our PhD programme. We offer full-time pay, collegial and supportive environment, and a vibrant intellectual community ⤵️
www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
conflictsky polisky
www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
conflictsky polisky
1 Doctoral candidate in peace and conflict research - Uppsala University, Sweden
1 Doctoral candidate in peace and conflict research, Uppsala universitet, , Uppsala University
www.jobb.uu.se
May 3, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Do you want to do a PhD in peace and conflict research? Then come be my new colleague @uupeace.bsky.social and apply to our PhD programme. We offer full-time pay, collegial and supportive environment, and a vibrant intellectual community ⤵️
www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
conflictsky polisky
www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...
conflictsky polisky
Kicking off the SASP-SPSSI 2025 “Peacebuilding through Conflict Transformation” conference
in Nonh Chock, Bangkok, Thailand.
sasp.org.au/events/sasp-...
@lindatropp.bsky.social
@shelleymckeown.bsky.social
@spssi.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc ConflictSky #AcademicSky
in Nonh Chock, Bangkok, Thailand.
sasp.org.au/events/sasp-...
@lindatropp.bsky.social
@shelleymckeown.bsky.social
@spssi.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc ConflictSky #AcademicSky
June 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
#UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit #Palestine as member
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
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UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit Palestine as member
Passing the resolution is seen as symbolic, as the US is likely to use its veto in the Security Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2024 at 6:32 AM
#UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit #Palestine as member
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
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As I move towards wrapping up my dissertation dataset on civilian involvement in military coups, I'm going to be really excited to share it with you all. Lots of cool and relevant details for the study of political violence, dictatorships, and democratization
ConflictSky, CivMilSky, Polisky
ConflictSky, CivMilSky, Polisky
November 14, 2023 at 9:09 PM
As I move towards wrapping up my dissertation dataset on civilian involvement in military coups, I'm going to be really excited to share it with you all. Lots of cool and relevant details for the study of political violence, dictatorships, and democratization
ConflictSky, CivMilSky, Polisky
ConflictSky, CivMilSky, Polisky
𝐏𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧’s rocket creed from '𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒘' meets hypersonic deterrence: from V-2 superstition to today’s Mach-11 theatre, speed compresses our moral horizon.
My new PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/gravitys-rai...
#longread #Pynchon #Hypersonics #ArmsControl #booksky conflictsky
My new PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/gravitys-rai...
#longread #Pynchon #Hypersonics #ArmsControl #booksky conflictsky
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
𝐏𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧’s rocket creed from '𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒘' meets hypersonic deterrence: from V-2 superstition to today’s Mach-11 theatre, speed compresses our moral horizon.
My new PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/gravitys-rai...
#longread #Pynchon #Hypersonics #ArmsControl #booksky conflictsky
My new PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/gravitys-rai...
#longread #Pynchon #Hypersonics #ArmsControl #booksky conflictsky
European Parliament condemns Azerbaijan and EU over Nagorno Karabakh attack.
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www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European Parliament condemns Azerbaijan and EU over Nagorno-Karabakh attack
Lawmakers say gas and oil imports into EU should be blocked if Baku moves against Armenia.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2023 at 7:39 AM
European Parliament condemns Azerbaijan and EU over Nagorno Karabakh attack.
Conflictsky
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www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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www.politico.eu/article/euro...