Bernardo Venturi
@bervent.bsky.social
Global politics • Peacebuilding • EU Foreign Policy • Africa-EU • Sahel • Moldova Co-founder & Head of Research&Policy Agency for Peacebuilding (AP) https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardoventuri/
🤖#AI advances faster than our ability to understand it. Left unchecked, it can undermine human development and democracy Read this 🆕 dossier w/ articles from @paulnemitz.bsky.social, Aida Bikic, @leevisaari.eurosky.social, @bervent.bsky.social & Emiliano Alessandri 📂 feps-europe.eu/dossier/the-...
This is the worst draft agreement I've ever seen Annotated: the full text of Donald Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan www.ft.com/content/44d1...
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"The erosion of diplomatic instinct is showing up not just in rhetoric but in budgets. The industrialized West is rapidly scaling back investment in soft power — slashing foreign aid and shrinking diplomatic networks — even as it diverts resources to defense." www.politico.eu/article/arms...
The West’s new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
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Mali is JNIM on the verge of taking over Bamako, what is the objective of the blocade & how did the UAE free two of its citizen abducted on the outskirts of the Malian capital youtu.be/_3HLYgbKinU
Mali: UAE hostages freed amid JNIM threat to Bamako • FRANCE 24 English
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🇬🇧 The #UnitedKingdom now advises against all travel to 🇲🇱 #Mali, including Bamako. 🚩 The new advisory makes direct reference to JNIM's ongoing blockade on "key routes throughout Southern and Western Mali, including the capital city of Bamako".
Tanzania Presidential Elections: easy coronation for CCM as for President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s rivals are out of picture. www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/eas...
Tanzania polls: Easy pickings for CCM as Samia’s rivals out of picture
Pundits predict an easy win for President Samia after a ruthless crackdown on opposition and dissent.
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Diarra will comply. This is the power of embargoes: not just an instrument of warfare but also a massively effective instrument of governance. We have a major bus company accepting the ruling of a jihadist group, making wonder who governs Mali
A full house at our Geneva Peace Week workshop with @cmioffice & @CyberpeaceInst We explored how #AI can both risk and reinforce #peacebuilding: from echo chambers & bias to early warning & conflict analysis @gpplatform.ch
Geneva Peace Week is coming! 🗓️ We’re hosting a session on responsible AI in peacebuilding: 🤖 Opportunities & boundaries ⚖️ Ethics & inclusion 🌍 Co-creating a practical Code of Conduct 📅 15 Oct | 13:00–14:30 | C2, Pétale 5 More info: www.genevapeaceweek.ch/en/programme... @gpplatform.ch
#NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina #Machado a courageous defender of freedom by peaceful means, who truly deserves this prize! This year, the #NobelPeacePrize sheds light on the opposition in Venezuela, highlighting a politician who stands against the militarisation of society.
Who will win the #NobelPeacePrize 2025? The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate will be announced on Friday, 10 October at 11 CET. There is a high number of candidates nominated this year: 338. My prediction? A grassroots name far from the wars in Palestine and Ukraine.
Join us in Geneva next week!
Agency for Peacebuilding (AP)@peaceagency.bsky.social · 10mo agoGeneva Peace Week is coming! 🗓️ We’re hosting a session on responsible AI in peacebuilding: 🤖 Opportunities & boundaries ⚖️ Ethics & inclusion 🌍 Co-creating a practical Code of Conduct 📅 15 Oct | 13:00–14:30 | C2, Pétale 5 More info: www.genevapeaceweek.ch/en/programme... @gpplatform.ch
On Sept 21, at Cinema Modernissimo in Bologna, we gathered for a screening of Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić, a powerful, Oscar-nominated film on the #Srebrenica tragedy, 30 years on. A night of remembrance, dialogue & the start of our 10th anniversary journey
Il peace-washing svuota di ogni significato il termine pace, lo riduce a slogan, a dichiarazioni o imposizioni invece che mediazione. www.huffingtonpost.it/blog/2025/09... @peaceagency.bsky.social
Trump all'Onu, un esempio lampante di peace-washing (di B. Venturi)
Il big man o meglio, il bullo, secondo cui basta essere potenti per fermare le guerre. La realtà degli ultimi mesi racconta invece che le guerre proseguono, co…
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🎬 Il 21 settembre, Giornata della Pace, vi invitiamo alla proiezione di “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, alla Cineteca di Bologna, per ricorddare i 30 anni da Srebrenica. Una serata di memoria e riflessione che apre le celebrazioni dei 10 anni di @peaceagency.bsky.social 🎟️ Biglietti: shorturl.at/5tfR5
A timely and insightful report from the Timbuktu Institute on the security situation in #Mali. In #Kayes and in other areas, JNIM adopts an "economic jihad" through blockades. The road Dakar-Bamako through Kayes accounts for 30% of Mali's imports by land. timbuktu-institute.org/index.php/to...
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Mia analisi per Affari Internazionali @iaionline.bsky.social sull'avanzata dei gruppi jihadisti e la crescita dell'autoritarismo nel #Sahel www.affarinternazionali.it/il-sahel-nel...
Il Sahel nella stretta tra violenza jihadista e autoritarismo - Affarinternazionali
La situazione securitaria nel Sahel è in continuo deterioramento. Nell’ultimo decennio, ogni anno è segnato da maggiori episodi di violenza ad opera di gruppi
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Bombing a mediation meeting in a sovereign country is a signal of the will to elevate total war as a one-fit-all solution.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 11mo agoMultiple explosions were heard in Qatar’s capital Doha, in an attack targeting Hamas leaders including Khalil al-Hayya.
At #EISAPEC25 @europeanisa.bsky.social, Annalisa Boni @comune.bologna.it explains how City Diplomacy must be part of the international relations ecosystem through international cooperation, partnerships, participation, etc.
Con @stefano-m.bsky.social riflettiamo sull'evoluzione nella percezione della guerra e sul ritorno delle aggressioni armate come opzione accettabile, se non normale e inevitabile. www.pandorarivista.it/articoli/il-...
Il ritorno alla normalità della guerra - Pandora Rivista
Una riflessione sul ritorno della guerra come opzione accettabile, se non normale e inevitabile, nel discorso pubblico occidentale.
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"When the Portuguese captain Vasco da Gama first encountered the coast in 1498, he was astounded to find well-developed urban centres with buildings of 'stone and mortar, with windows and terraces like those of Spain.'”
Isaac Samuel@rhaplord.bsky.social · 12mo agoOrigins and Development of Swahili Architecture (ca. 500-1900 CE) www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/origins-an...
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Le Niger crée une milice patriotique pour combattre les groupes djihadistes
Sur le modèle burkinabé des Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie, Niamey a lancé le programme « Garkuwar Kassa », qui vise à recruter et former des jeunes pour prêter main-forte aux forces armées.
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“we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’
On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
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