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Underestimating an adversary’s capabilities is often more fatal than overestimating them.
#MilitaryStrategy #DefensePlanning #StrategicRisk #ConflictStudies
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Conflicted Calculations: When Strategic Decisions Aren’t Strategic at All - Stratheia
Why strategic failure stems from ideology, intelligence gaps, and unintended consequences rather than rational planning.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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One of the final publications of our chair 📘

The Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South is now fully open access.

Many thanks to all editors and contributing authors 🌍

#OpenAccess #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies #GlobalSouth #AcademicPublishing
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Save the date for the 24th Peace and Conflict Talk:
Scenarios for War Termination and Durable Peace in Sudan by Dr. Mohammed Gebrail (Univ. of Konstanz)

📅 29 Jan 2026
🕒 3:00–4:30 CET
🌍 Online | English
🔗 shorturl.at/3KiqX

#PeaceResearch #ConflictStudies #Sudan #PoliticalEconomy #PaCT
January 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Kashmir remains the unresolved fault line of South Asian security.
#Kashmir #SouthAsianSecurity #ConflictStudies
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Hegemonic Desperation and the Regional Peace Crisis in South Asia - Stratheia
India’s zero-sum regional strategy and politics have deepened South Asia’s instability, undermining trust, and prospects for peace.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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1/3 Terrorism in 2025 is no longer defined by large, centrally planned attacks. It has fragmented into lone actors, micro-cells and loosely connected networks that are harder to detect, attribute and deter.

#ConflictStudies #CounterTerrorism
BasisPointInsight.com - From Proxies to Lone Actors: The Changing Face of Terror in 2025 by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
As mass attacks fade, terror is fragmenting into lone actors, micro-cells and tech-enabled networks—harder to detect, harder to deter, and more dangerous. by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd), BasisPoint...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Noys)

University of Nicosia, Cyprus (May 18 - 19)

#socialsciences #sociologyoftechnology #digitalsociology #digitalpolitics #stsstudies #politicsoftechnology #conflictstudies #accelerationism
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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3/3 Read Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain’s (Retd) column for BasisPoint: Pakistan, Gaza, and the Strategic Burden of Unmandated Peacekeeping

#ConflictStudies #MilitaryEthics #Gaza #SouthAsia #StrategicThinking
BasisPointInsight.com - Pakistan, Gaza, and the Strategic Burden of Unmandated Peacekeeping by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
In 2003, following the US-led invasion of Iraq, New Delhi was approached to deploy an Indian Army brigade for stabilisation duties. One of the brigades under consideration was based in Ranchi. However...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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From Pakistan to Ukraine, conflicts persist because force treats borders as lines, not lived spaces shaped by identity, economy, and history.
#Geopolitics #ConflictStudies #BorderPolitics
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The Limits of Militarized Border Management - Stratheia
Why militarized borders fail to deliver lasting peace, and how connectivity and political inclusion shape sustainable stability.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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EUROPE FACING EAST IN THE AGE OF OTTOMAN POWER: War, Diplomacy, and the Composite State by James Tracy has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/47FQkT9

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#OpenAccess! MIGRATION AS ANCHORAGE: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London by Michelle Obeid has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/3KaYESJ

#MigrationStudies #Anthropology #ConflictStudies
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, and Henk te Velde has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/49BK15x

Review by @pseaward.bsky.social

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Een hoogleraar conflictstudies die nog steeds denkt dat Rusland Oekraïne is binnengevallen vanwege een dreigend NAVO lidmaatschap kan je gerust negeren.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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In the digital era, who do you become when war breaks out in your own country? Self-perception in digital spaces, with digital tools and digital minds during the Russo-Ukrainian war.

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7521-4/

#Ukraine #DigitalWar #ConflictStudies #InternationalRelations
Das Buch-Cover von »Digital Warfare« auf neongelbem Hintergrund.
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Spring 2026
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Fridays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Dec 5

Application below:

#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission
We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2026 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candi...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSITION: A Comparative and Transnational Approach to the History of a Political and Social Concept, edited by Pablo Sánchez León and Agustín Cosovschi @cosovschi.bsky.social has now been published!

Find out more: bit.ly/4o1QDyD

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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LURKING COLD WAR: Life Through Historical Communion by Stavroula Pipyrou has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/48rPQ5d

Review by @davidhenig.bsky.social

#PoliticalAnthropology #ConflictStudies #History #Anthropology
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🚀 The ASCL has just launched its new Research Programme for 2025-2029: 'African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions'. ➡️ Find out: ascleiden.nl/content/rese...
#research #AfricanStudies #conflictstudies #globalstudies #decolonisation #energytransition #environmentstudies
Research Programme | African Studies Centre Leiden
African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions (2025–2029) The African Studies Centre Leiden’s new Research Programme 'African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions' builds…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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💼 #JoinUs in beautiful #Regensburg as a #ResearchCoordinator (f/m/d, 75%, up to TV-L 13) for an Early Career Lab in Peace and #ConflictStudies in Eastern & Southeastern Europe. The lab is part of the research network #KonKoop.
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Job vacancy announcement: Research Coordinator (f/m/d) for KonKoop Early Career Lab at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. 75% position, TV-L E 13, focusing on Peace & Conflict Studies in East & Southeast Europe. Start date: April 1, 2026. Application deadline: November 9, 2025.
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🕊️ New release: The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication, part of the Global Handbooks in Media & Communications series, co-published by IAMCR & Wiley-Blackwell.

Edited by Sudeshna Roy @roysud.bsky.social

🔗 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...

#PeaceCommunication #ConflictStudies #MediaStudies
September 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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BRUNO KREISKY'S FOREIGN POLICY: A Reassessment, edited by Günter Bischof and Michael Burri has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/411vLxX

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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#ASHAWorkers #HealthPolicy #ConflictStudies #GenderAndTechnology #NationalGenderFellowship
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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CAMBODIAN JOURNEYS: Stories of Refugees Surviving the Khmer Rouge
by Stephen Mamula and Eva Sutton has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/4lUdvyG

#RefugeeStudies #Anthropology #ConflictStudies
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN: Insecurity in Central Africa, edited by Emmanuel Chauvin, Olivier Langlois, Christian Seignobos and Catherine Baroin has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/3U3o4nj

#Anthropology #ConflictStudies #Sociology
August 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM