Anna Jarstad
@ajars.bsky.social
Prof at the Dep of Government, Uppsala University. Lead the Varieties of Peace research network: varietiesofpeace.com. My research focuses on powersharing, Relational Peace, and the dilemmas emerging when democracy and peace is promoted simultaneously.
Participating in exciting conference on Building Peace and Democracy in Ukraine: Civil Society, Institutions, and Economic Reconstruction with National Uni of Kyiv and Linneaus Uni
Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward! With M Åkebo and A Jarstad Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl issforum.org/roundtables/...
The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University Press…
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
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When, who and how can the Russian invasion of Ukraine end?
UppsalaPeaceConflict@uupeace.bsky.social · 2y agoA new article by Isabel Bramsen from Lund University and Isak Svensson from our department explores the designs and dynamics of past, present, and potential mediation and negotiation efforts to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The article is available open access 👉 brill.com/view/journal...
Read @ccaryl.bsky.social on how the rise of the Georgian Dream party has contributed to Georgia’s authoritarian turn—and what Moscow stands to gain if Tbilisi pivots decisively away from the West:
Georgia’s Authoritarian Drift
The West should not let Tbilisi slip back into Russia’s orbit.
foreignaffairs.com
In 2024, a few remarkable events offered a glimmer of hope, proving that democracy, while vulnerable, has an inherent capacity for resilience. Nowhere was this resilience more evident than in Senegal, South Korea, and India. #MyPiece National Herald, 29 December 2024.
The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime is likely to provide Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with freer rein in Syria—but it will also heighten the risk of instability and extremism that could spill over into Turkey, writes @gonultol.bsky.social.
How Turkey Won the Syrian Civil War
Assad’s downfall is a boon for Erdogan—at least for now.
foreignaffairs.com
In Swedish. About the future of Ukraine.
UppsalaPeaceConflict@uupeace.bsky.social · 2y agoOur Prof. Isak Svensson discusses the preconditions for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in an article for Svenska Yle (the Finnish Public Service Media Company's branch for content in Swedish.) yle.fi/a/7-10067602
Less than 1 week left to apply for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop 2025. 📢 Get your abstracts in by 8 December here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2... We look forward to seeing you in February in London 🙂 Feel free to share in your networks as well!
PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change
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Potentially quite dangerous development. This water supply is fundamental for Kosovo. kossev.info/explosion-at...
Explosion at Ibar-Lepenac Canal: Kosovo Authorities Label Attack a ‘Criminal Terrorist Act,’ Blame Serbia; Serbian Officials Point to Kurti’s Regime - KoSSev
In the evening hours of November 29, an explosive device detonated at the Ibar-Lepenac water canal in the village of Donje Varage, Zubin Potok municipality, causing severe damage to this critical infr...
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Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now! www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Getting ready for PRIS conference. I love travelling by train. Much more civilized than travelling by airplane. In so many ways.
Listen to this (in Swedish) about Sudan with excellent Johan Broche! sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/det-...
Det bortglömda kriget i Sudan - Förmiddag med
Bland alla konflikter i världen finns det en som paradoxalt nog är en av de värsta, och samtidigt en av de mest underbevakade. I Sudan slåss nu två krigsherrar ...
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Important op-ed on keeping our eyes on more than one or two armed conflicts. Conflictsky
Patricia Justino@apvjustino.bsky.social · 2y agoNew opinion piece with Laura Saavedra-Lux and Samira Diebire. We are experiencing the most violent period since the end of the Cold War. Yet, only a few conflicts grab our attention. We reflect on the consequences of ignoring these ongoing conflicts: theconversation.com/beyond-ukrai...
A sign of a strong democracy is that conflict can exist and does lead to neither physical violence nor a collapse of the entire political system. In Aoteroa/New Zealand about 30000 to 45000 Maori marched against a draft bill undermining Maori rights www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Maori march against indigenous rights bill in one of New Zealand’s largest-ever protests
People take to streets of Wellington in their thousands in anger at proposed legislation to ‘re-interpret’ country’s founding treaty
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