Classified documents provided to Congress include an assessment by the U.S. intelligence community that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out the option of developing a nuclear weapons program, per U.S. officials www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Saudis have not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, U.S. intelligence assesses

The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program.

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El diálogo y la pluralidad enriquecen la educación global. 📚🌍 Te invitamos a profundizar en nuevas perspectivas con el Máster en Cultura y Pensamiento de los Pueblos Negros en la UCM. Súmate a una reflexión constructiva y rigurosa sobre las narrativas de la historiografía africana. ¡Inscríbete!👇

Máster Cultura y pensamiento de los pueblos negros@pueblosnegrosuc.bsky.social · last mo.

🧐 ¡¡Estamos en período de preinscripción!! ✨

🌍El mundo se está fragmentando. Desde la dinámica del BRICS+ hasta las nuevas estrategias entre EE.UU.y África,el viejo guion ya no sirve.¿Cómo afronta la región de África Austral esta nueva realidad?🇿🇦🇦🇴🇿🇼🇿🇲 Únete a la conversación. 🗓️4-6 de mayo 2026,de 10:00 a 18:30 horas. youtube.com/@ucmpolitica...

I feel like if the White House staff had included a medieval magician trained to look for bad omens, U.S. strategy would have been different

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Heavy rainfall on Hormuz Island washes iron oxide rich soil into the sea, turning the coastline blood red. Original post

Sunday reading - I wrote about the coherence fallacy: The MAGA regime will continue to escalate because they are ideologically, temperamentally, and psycho-politically incapable of anything else. But there is no strategic genius at work here.

Donald Trump Does Not Have a Plan

He has dictatorial desires. But not everything is a brilliant distraction or part of a cunning masterplan. Incompetent agents of malice are not omnipotent supervillains.

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I understood it at the time but I wish we hadn't loaned out Ethan.

A new statement from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula elevates China from a peripheral target to a declared enemy. Beijing’s global footprint could now carry sharper security consequences.

China Now Finds Itself in al-Qaeda’s Crosshairs

Could China replace the United States atop the target list of transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda? A recent statement released by Sheikh Saad bin

warontherocks.com

Isaías 60:22 ✨️💛

🧐Nueva entrada en nuestro blog🤩 ✍️Escrito por Sheila Semo. Estratega de marca y consultora de comunicación digital. culturaypensamientodelospueblosnegros.com/relaciones-d...

We need more positive folk on Bluesky and to get away from crappy X

"Faced with a choice between engaging in the slow, uncertain work of democratic restoration or using the well-oiled authoritarian machinery at their fingertips, many opposition-turned-incumbents find the latter path more tempting." —Donghyun Danny Choi, Fiona Shen-Bayh muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Royal Union St Gilloise host Newcastle as maybe the game's most overperforming club They are part-owned by Bloom and use Brighton's famous analytics, but owner Alex Muzio also explains how they're doing things their own way - from bonuses to injuries www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Meet the man behind Belgium’s Brighton plotting Champions League disruption

Alex Muzio has transformed Union Saint-Gilloise from second-tier strugglers to Champions League hopefuls. Miguel Delaney went to meet the protege of Brighton owner Tony Bloom to find out more

independent.co.uk

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

Madagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cuts

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

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A new web of partnerships is likely to have novel consequences for Pakistan’s security calculus.

What the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Pact Means for South Asia

The mutual defense agreement could make Islamabad even more risk-tolerant.

foreignpolicy.com

French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast

French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast

French authorities say the "remarkable seizure" was found on board a fishing boat following a tip-off.

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@pueblosnegrosuc.bsky.social realiza una labor excepcional educando a la sociedad sobre las complejas realidades de los pueblos africanos y las comunidades afrodescendientes. Para inscribirse en el máster,haga clic en el enlace: www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios... O escriba a📩 jicastie@ucm.es

I have been working for 2 years on the Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World. 30 contributions. It's finally done and submitted. Stay tuned for publication, open access. I hope it's a useful resource for students, scholars, and everyone interested in the topic of authoritarianism.

Just received the cover of the latest edited volume by Helder Fonseca, Lena Dallywater, and Chris Saunders. It was a privilege to co-author a chapter on Communist agency in Angola’s complex (and violent) transition to independence. The book will be available by the end of the year.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland are openly reconsidering their nuclear postures in light of eroding US security guarantees.

Eighty years on from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world should not forget the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons

The breakdown of nuclear diplomacy, misleading talk of ‘limited’ nuclear war and a lack of public awareness have produced a dangerously heightened risk.

chathamhouse.org

"In sum, the situation is unstable because it cannot be made stable. It produces opponents and enemies in abundance, without gaining new friends at home — all while barely standing on a single, unsteady leg." - Yassin Al Haj Saleh newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

The Ordeal of the Syrian Nation-State Today

The new Syrian government’s base is narrow and its politics sectarian. No “state” can unify a nation while aggressively alienating wide segments of its people, nor has it any right to demand patriotis...

newlinesmag.com

Descrita alguna vez como la mujer más peligrosa de África, el poderoso e inspirador legado de #AndréeMadeleineBlouin no debería de ninguna manera quedar relegado a las notas a pie de página de la historiografía africana. culturaypensamientodelospueblosnegros.com/los-legados-...

Los legados olvidados de las luchadoras por la libertad africana: Un estudio de caso de Andrée Madeleine Blouin

Escrito por Sheila Semo «Si la historia de África la hubieran escrito africanos y mujeres, creo que encontraríamos muchos héroes anónimos». Presidenta Sahle-Work Zewde (primera mujer presidenta de Eti...

culturaypensamientodelospueblosnegros.com

The Six Degrees of Tom Mboya

With Mamdani's win, all of politics is East African politics

Nick Brumfield@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 2y ago

Like Barack Obama Sr. got axed because he was too close to Tom Mboya and got on Jomo Kenyatta's bad side and Kamala's granddad was hanging out with Kenneth Kaunda. We're all living in Season 64 of anti-colonial nationalist East Africa Game of Thrones.

Este libro examina críticamente la interacción entre #religión, #diversidad y #gobernanza secular, cuestionando los enfoques convencionales para gestionar el pluralismo en contextos contemporáneos. Es una lectura realmente excelente: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Reports of a prisoner/hostage exchange deal under negotiation, which could free Elizabeth Tsurkov. www.naharnet.com/stories/en/3...

Hezbollah captives may be freed as part of deal involving Israeli-Russian researcher

There is an available chance to reactivate the file of the release of Lebanese captives held by Israel in conjunction with the expected release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was...

naharnet.com

Out now and open access in Aggression & Violent Behaviour, our latest paper examines the overlap between intimate partner abuse and susceptibility to violent extremism, available here - doi.org/10.1016/j.av...

Jornada #Geopolítica de los #hidrocarburos en el #África Atlántica Fecha: 21 de mayo, de 9:45 a 16:00 horas. Podrá verse en directo en el canal de Youtube de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología de la UCM. youtube.com/@ucmpolitica...