Ako razumijete hrvatski i zanimaju vas ove teme, evo mog predavanja na FPZG-u: #Ukrajina #Gaza #ICJ #ICC #MedjunarodnoPravo
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As expected, #EU leaders have postponed the decision on whether to use frozen Russian assets to support #Ukraine. But they agreed to financially support Ukraine via other means: bbc.com/news/article...

In my @goodauth.bsky.social piece below, I explain why seizing these assets is so challenging.

Politics is not like selling biscuits, where the task is to find out what people like & flog it to them.

It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".

Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is talking to Putin pointless? We have a new report out mapping the 2025 peace talks and highlighting how Ukraine has successfully utilised them to make progress on some of its own demands, especially in relation to captive held hostage by Russia /1 peacerep.org/publication/...

Alex de Waal in the NYT, drawing out the difference between the logistical complexity of abating other famines and this one: "If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel decided tonight that every Palestinian child in Gaza should have breakfast tomorrow, it could undoubtedly be done." (gift link)

Extraordinary scenes in Kyiv and Lviv tonight as young protestors defy martial law to protest against govt destruction of the independence of the country’s anti corruption agencies. First mass protest in Kyiv since martial law. This still from Ukraine Pravda video on X.

Beyond Borders Scotland, in partnership with Edinburgh Law School, is delighted to share that applications for the October 2025 Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship Programme are now open - see below for application form and more details.

Talk of 'boosting science' and 'widening participation' plans is all just pie in the sky BS given that Britain's university sector is dissolving into something that looks quite like chaos. Just look at all this. Whitehall and Westminster are not grounded in the real world. (1/2)

My @peacerep.bsky.social colleague Tomas Vancisin is part of the team organising a workshop on data visualisation in IR, and specifically peace and conflict studies, within the IEEE VIS Conference in Vienna in November. More details on applications at vis4dh.dbvis.de

Thirty years ago today, to slightly adapt Taylor Parkes, David McAlmont opened his mouth and a cathedral fell out.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyrn...

If Ukraine’s war economy is far more stable than that of Russia, why would it sign such a one sided minerals deal with the United States, with terms so obviously favouring the latter? My attempt at an answer is up on Guardian Opinion.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For anyone lucky enough to be in Rijeka today:

Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries.
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration

We are offering a course on Digital Content Analysis for Social Science with Steven Wilson, Brandeis University, 5-6 June on campus in Bergen, Norway. Registration deadline 15 April.
www.uib.no/en/sampol/17... ‬

My department at UW-Madison is hiring 2 asst profs in comparative politics! These are some great #PoliSciJobs.

Political violence position: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Political economy position: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...