🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Countering the UN's marginalization in the Middle East, the next UN Secretary-General needs a ME strategy that consciously decides what the UN can realistically achieve across the region, where it still has an advantage, and where others are better placed to lead.

Strategy Before Structure: Rethinking the UN's Middle East Role | International Organization and United Nations Studies Specialization (IOUNS)

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Please share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🔗 www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... #IR

Please share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🔗 www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... #IR

CfP: first ACMRL Conference on Migration & Refugee Law, to be held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on 18-19 June 2026. Information: vu.nl/en/news/2025... @enmisa.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social @asn-org.bsky.social @darshanvv.bsky.social

In 𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, Ashutosh Upadhyay, recent @columbiasipa.bsky.social graduate+General Manager at the Reserve Bank of India recommends: UN should issue its own currency to generate direct revenue of $5 billion/year.

📢 We launched our report 𝗜𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 🇺🇳 🌎 🌍 🌏 @columbiaigp.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social @unatcolumbia.bsky.social Here is how you can engage: ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

In 𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, Ashutosh Upadhyay, recent @columbiasipa.bsky.social graduate+General Manager at the Reserve Bank of India recommends: UN should issue its own currency to generate direct revenue of $5 billion/year.

Join us for 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 & 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Deadline Extended to June 14 communicatingforabetterworld.com/call-for-pro... #communicatingforabetterworld

📢 We launched our report 𝗜𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 🇺🇳 🌎 🌍 🌏 @columbiaigp.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social @unatcolumbia.bsky.social Here is how you can engage: ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

🌎🔥✊🏾 I made a 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 that contains songs on migration+refugees from the US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Cabo Verde, Germany, Austria, France, Italy & other parts of the world. May it resonate with you. Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/35Z... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Daniel's Migration Playlist 🌎🔥✊🏾

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Graduation is one of my favorite days of the year. 🎓 🧑🏽‍🎓 🥂 👩🏾‍🎓 Celebrating our amazing students—uhm, graduates—meeting their families & imagining the great things they'll be doing. And it's always a treat to hang out with my fantastic colleagues @columbiasipa.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

🌎🔥✊🏾 I made a 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 that contains songs on migration+refugees from the US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Cabo Verde, Germany, Austria, France, Italy & other parts of the world. May it resonate with you. Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/35Z... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Daniel's Migration Playlist 🌎🔥✊🏾

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This paper with @j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social questions the extent to which deterrence policies have their intended or assumed effects. Preferred destinations are rarely identified solely, or even primarily, on the basis of migration policies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Deciding Where to go: Policies, People and Perceptions Shaping Destination Preferences

There is considerable interest among European politicians and policymakers in the factors influencing the destination preferences of refugees and other migrants. Drawing on in-depth qualitative inter....

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Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

This week, I'm afraid I must include a discussion on Trump's 'Board of Peace' in my class. At some point, I'll comment on the substance. For now: All processes need an appropriate acronym. To express the seriousness of the Board, we should only refer to it as 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗣𝗲𝗮 /𝑏𝑢ː𝑓 𝑝𝑖ː/ 😉 #BoardofPeace

Join us 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 at 12noon ET for this great hybrid panel on the Migration & Humanitatarian Dimensions of Venezuelan Displacement. Register here: lnkd.in/e2NjW2Kh

As observers of multilateralism in action we should pay close attention to how fieldworkers address transnational challenges as they play out in everyday life at the frontlines of global governance 🌐 @nkortendiek.bsky.social's full think-piece here: multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/migrati...

Based on her book 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑠𝑦𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 (Oxford UP, 2024) @nkortendiek.bsky.social stresses: while intern'l actors lack comprehensive official competence, they still shape global migration & asylum politics–through their practice in the field

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 In 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 @nkortendiek.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social &Goethe U shows how field staff of UN & regional agencies & NGOs address migration & displacement on the ground ⬇️

South Asia scholars in IR 👇

@nicoblar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

Columbia | SIPA@columbiasipa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

Check out @sanders.senate.gov's report on Trump's attacks on colleges, #highered & #academicfreedom #thanksbernie! www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

CfP: first ACMRL Conference on Migration & Refugee Law, to be held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on 18-19 June 2026. Information: vu.nl/en/news/2025... @enmisa.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social @asn-org.bsky.social @darshanvv.bsky.social

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

Columbia | SIPA@columbiasipa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video @columbiasipa.bsky.social I explain some of it bsky.app/profile/colu...

Columbia | SIPA@columbiasipa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

The US just withdrew it's support, funding & participation from 66 IOs, incl 31 UN organizations, treaties & processes, incl. UN Women, UNFPA, UNFCCC, UN-DESA, UNU, UNITAR, UN-Habitat, Peacebuilidng Commission... In this 90 sec video I explain some of it. bsky.app/profile/colu...

Columbia | SIPA@columbiasipa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

The US has withdrawn from a number of UN organizations this past year. Professor @danielnaujoks.bsky.social believes that could have grave impacts on the US's soft power.

Yesterday, the US declared its withdrawal from 66 UN "organizations, conventions & treaties" that "are contrary to the interests of the United States." The US will thus cease participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law. This includes: 1/7

Yesterday, the US declared its withdrawal from 66 UN "organizations, conventions & treaties" that "are contrary to the interests of the United States." The US will thus cease participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law. This includes: 1/7

We are excited to give a special shout out to BTG member Katie Whipkey, the lead author for the recently published report, 2025 Defining Feminist Foreign Policy. Read it here: lnkd.in/d3J6kwbr Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta