Iraqi feminist activist Yanar Mohammed was shot and killed outside her home in Baghdad by unidentified gunmen the day before Iraqi Women’s Day. For the blog, @alktaif.bsky.social & @haydersh.bsky.social remember Yanar blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2026/03/...

Yanar Mohammed and Iraq’s Struggle for Gender Equality and Accountability - Middle East Centre

On 2 March 2026, Iraqi feminist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed was shot and killed outside her home in Baghdad by unidentified gunmen. Her assassination came just one day before so-called Ir...

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Check out my new paper on oil extraction in Southern Iraq's marshlands & what this tells us about the carceral characteristics of toxicity at a time when pollution is the omnipresent condition of the Anthropocene: academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

Toxic Affects: Carceral Capitalism and Slow Violence in Iraq’s Marshlands

Abstract. In this paper, I draw on fieldwork in the Hewizah Marshes, Southern Iraq, and engage with Mel Chen’s notion of “toxic affects” along with literat

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Discriminatory language against the Israeli army Terrorism against transport planes Hurt feelings at the chemical weapons factory A safe space for the junta We train young men to drop fire won't let them write fuck on their helmets because it's obscene Self-care for the military-industrial complex

Two Iraqi security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said that more than 100 drones launched from Iran toward Israel were tracked crossing Iraqi airspace

Abby Sewell@sewella.bsky.social · last yr.

Iranian state television says the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is feared dead after an Israeli attack. The report offered few other details about what happened to Gen. Hossein Salami of the Guard. apnews.com/article/iran...

Genocidal maniacs on a mission to erase the Middle East — Israel has always been the region’s poison. There will be no peace until the occupation ends. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israel launches strikes on Iran: what we know so far

Israel has launched strikes on dozens of targets inside Iran, including nuclear sites. This is what we know s

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In my @phenomenalworld.bsky.social essay ‘Offshoring the Planet’, I explore how the offshore world is reshaping the global green transition (a 🧵1/7) t.co/8j7i8iXAIk

🗳️With 22 weeks to go until #IraqElections, here’s a summary of the most important headlines from the Arabic media over the past 7 days: *SCF (Al-Maliki) accuse Sudani of using public funds to buy voters *Assab say Al-Fayyed "black spot" who must go

“There is nothing left to bomb. The missiles are worth more than the buildings they’re hitting". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis

Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine

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apnews.com/article/isra... Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

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📣 Research Assistant Position! @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social and I are looking for support for a project on higher education and electoral politics in Turkey. Are you: ▪️Ideally, a PhD student ▪️Fluent in Turkish ▪️Familiar with quantitative data Then please apply here: gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨CRIA is soliciting special issue proposals that contribute to scholarly debate and which examine pertinent and topical theoretical, empirical and methodological questions ⬇️ Deadline: 11 June

🚨 My book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime, has a webpage! As Trump seeks to rename Veterans Day to Victory Day, the timing couldn’t be better. Out in December with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social as part of @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices in IR. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

wow, very excited to see my first publication out in the world... and in my dream journal no less! so thankful to my supervisor @laurenbwilcox.bsky.social and the editorial team @antipodeonline.bsky.social for helping this come into being onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Taking Settler Colonialism Seriously in Abolition Ecologies: Centring Indigenous Dispossession in Geographies of Carceral Power, Ecocide, and the Abolitionist Ecological Imagination

Scholarship increasingly examines international social movements advocating for the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. Within this landscape, Abolition Ecologies has emerged as a generative ...

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@uniofmanchester.bsky.social is hiring for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy! 🌟 link to apply - buff.ly/Do9nOVM There is also a Lectureship in Environmental Politics position open! - buff.ly/aorFjP2 @ipegbisa.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy:Oxford Road

To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio, the Department wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Global Political Economy (GPE). While we invite applications from applicants in all areas of…

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I’ll be presenting my research on logging tenures as carceral geographies tomorrow as part of "The Capitalist State in the 2020s" workshop @ucl.ac.uk, & excited to be presenting alongside @alktaif.bsky.social! come by for a panel on carceral infrastructures from 2:00 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

The Capitalist State in the 2020s: Borders and carceral infrastructure

This series of four collaborative workshops will examine the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and border...

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'Rather than ushering in a new era of sustainability for Iraq... it appears that carbon credits will only align with a national policy of delaying & obstructing meaningful action on climate change,' writes @alktaif.bsky.social in a new Iraq Initiative article. kalam.chathamhouse.org/articles/car...

Carbon credits: another way to delay meaningful action on climate change in Iraq - Kalam

In February 2025, Iraq’s Ministry of Environment announced the first project to be launched by the Carbon Economics Company, a collaboration with the World

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The details are so much worse. In her French op-ed, she explains that the issue raised was that she had a table that showed Gaza as having had the highest number of “humanitarian victims” of 2024. Her merely acknowledging the fact that Gazans are being mass murdered was a problem.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · last yr.

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

Postdoc Opportunity! Universität Tübingen Global Encounters Postdoctoral Fellowship Seeks researchers working on human-nature relationships and their transformation historically as well with regard to current conditions of crises in the Global North and South. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

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What poisoned Fallujah can tell us about toxic risks in Gaza and Lebanon

Toxic remnants of war adversely affect the health not just of those immediately exposed but also of future generations.

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ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.

The PhD position for my project with @somdeepsen.bsky.social - on diasporas and right-wing nationalism is currently being advertised --- please share far and wide! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD on Diasporas and Right-Wing Nationalism

The Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, invites applications for a PhD fellowship in International Studies from September 1st, 2025

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Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

Check out our latest research paper exploring the adaptability of the 'Axis of Resistance' by examining its historical evolution, current dynamics, and policy responses, while presenting alternative approaches for engagement.

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The setbacks faced by Iran's 'axis of resistance' in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria has led some policymakers to conclude that Iran and its allies are severely weakened. New research by @chmenap.bsky.social reveals Iran and its network is adapting to the new strategic landscape in the Middle East.

An investment firm headed by Jared Kushner and backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company, operating in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-st...

Exclusive: Gulf states linked to Israeli businesses on UN settlements blacklist

Backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, Jared Kushner's firm is now biggest shareholder in Israeli company with stakes in businesses operating in occupied territories

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On 28 May, CRIA is running an ECR workshop on 'The Global Politics of the Green Transition'! Abstract submissions close on 7 April.

The great danger with a government seemingly more pro-equality than the last one is that we'll get more announcements like this - "new role", "ongoing commitment", "accelerating action", "legend" - at the same time that funding and capacity is utterly eviscerated. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Women’s rights to be championed by appointment of new UK Special Envoy

Harriet Harman to champion gender equality worldwide as new UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.

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Quah Say Jye, "An Anatomy of Worldmaking: Sukarno and Anticolonialism from Post‐Bandung Indonesia," American Journal of Political Science (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article o...

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Thanks to everyone who joined our event on 'Trump's Second Term and the Middle East' with @meznaqato.bsky.social, Gilbert Achcar, Tom Bateman, Sharri Plonski & chair @jasminekgani.bsky.social. 🎧 If you missed it, you can listen to the recording on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeas...

REMINDER: Join us Monday at 1PM EST in person and on zoom to discuss the past, present, and future of Feminism in Middle East Studies with Mounira Charrad, Suad Joseph, Deniz Kandiyoti, Judith Tucker, Nadje Al-Ali and Maya Mikdashi.

Gender, Politics, and Scholarship: Feminist Interventions in MENA Studies - MERIP

Join Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) for a roundtable on the past, present and future of feminist…

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New article where I examine Gulf deposits to other Arab states' central banks as monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution @ripejournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution: Gulf monarchies’ deposits to Arab states’ central banks 1998–2022

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies have deposited several tens of billions of dollars in other Arab states’ central banks since 2011 to prop up recipients’ currencies. GCC currencies do not ...

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