I shared some thoughts on the broader significance of Colombia’s presidential election - voters decide this Sunday

Michael Albertus@mikealbertus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With Colombians voting this weekend in a very polarized election, I turned to @oliverkaplan.bsky.social to explain what is at stake, and what comes next for Colombia's long-running conflict. My latest post at The Good Society 👇 michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/colombia-a...

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International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How can #IR #Scholars conduct policy & public engagement responsibly? Join @jordantama.bsky.social, @susannacampbell.bsky.social, @oliverkaplan.bsky.social for a virtual course on pursuing partnerships with #Practitioners to create & share #Academic #Research. Open to all. Register: buff.ly/iPPqhXb

Thanks to @rbreich.bsky.social for sharing our article/ interview in @us.theconversation.com 🙏 ... We offer some helpful lenses for making sense of the social movements taking shape in the U.S. theconversation.com/what-america...

What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes

The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 4mo ago

From time to time, I post here transcripts I’ve come across of particularly insightful conversations. Here’s one that’s particularly relevant to this past weekend's No Kings Day protests. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-americans-can-learn-from-other

My @wpr.bsky.social piece with @charlicarpenter.bsky.social centers the heroic civilian self-protection efforts in MN (which continue today), arguing not only are Minnesotans protecting each other, but global human rights norms as well:

From War Zones to Minneapolis, ‘Civilian Self-Protection’ Proves Its Value

Many tactics used in Minneapolis are akin to civilian efforts to protect each other from human rights violations in wars or highly repressive situations.

worldpoliticsreview.com

Join me in this 'Conversation' tomorrow hosted by... @us.theconversation.com !

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · 5mo ago

What can Americans learn from nonviolent civil protest movements in other parts of the world? Join us tomorrow for a timely look at the increase in civil activism through the perspective of those who have studied it globally. Free event, but RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

My article is currently open-access... Click away... We map out the creative ways people nonviolently use phones to protect themselves in war zones... Americans have now adopted some of these approaches too academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/8106131

Technology for civilian self-protection

The capacity of citizens to self-protect against armed conflict has been transformed by the development of information and communications technologies. Cas

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My article is currently open-access... Click away... We map out the creative ways people nonviolently use phones to protect themselves in war zones... Americans have now adopted some of these approaches too academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/8106131

Technology for civilian self-protection

The capacity of citizens to self-protect against armed conflict has been transformed by the development of information and communications technologies. Cas

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Early warnings. Safety in numbers. Cameras everywhere. Anti-ICE protests in the U.S. mirror the nonviolent survival strategies civilians use in war zones around the world.

Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities

Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.

buff.ly

I wrote something... Hope it’s helpful ☮️ I’ve studied Nonviolent protection movements in war zones for 2 decades. Here’s what I’m seeing in the U.S. theconversation.com/anti-ice-pro...

Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities

Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.

theconversation.com

Psyched + humbled to see our SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER recognized as #1 Top Book in IR per @iajournal.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org (reviewed by @mgmessmer.bsky.social) global.oup.com/academic/pro... @epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @siecenter.bsky.social @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social

International Affairs@iajournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Top 10 books: The International Affairs Christmas reading list 2025 📚🎄 Ahead of the holidays, Book Reviews Editor Mariana Vieira has curated a list of books that reflects our commitments to covering the whole of the International Relations discipline. Check them out 👇 medium.com/internationa...

So excited to hold my book! You can do so too in November! Leila Khoury's cover art captures the story of a contentious movement becoming something like a civil society in the depths of Syria's war. @cornellupress.bsky.social designed it beautifully. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

If you don’t think you need this book YES YOU DO. I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year… Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer! I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person... 🧪🔬📚 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

My new article on #PDET community development programs in #Colombia -- Can they boost trust in (post-)conflict conditions? ** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A new article by Korbel Prof @oliverkaplan.bsky.social analyzes Colombia's Program for Development with a Territorial Focus (PDET) by assessing its effects on sustainable peace, development, and confidence in state institutions. @journals.sagepub.com Read more here:

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail dpostel@newlinesmag.com 🙏

Grateful to Matthew Flinders for his thoughtful (+ constructively-critical) review of our new book @poppublicsphere.bsky.social --that it "should become core reading for all PhD students" @epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to share my new article in @iajournal.bsky.social on how civilians use TECHNOLOGY to protect themselves/ counter disinfo in conflict settings We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected! academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...

Technology for civilian self-protection

The capacity of citizens to self-protect against armed conflict has been transformed by the development of information and communications technologies. Cas

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Ok, can we stop calling it a tariff “strategy”?

Glad to be a part of this exciting new forum on Localization in development/ humanitarianism!

Emily K. M. Scott@emilykmscott.bsky.social · last yr.

In this new article 📖 ✍️, @adamkochanski.bsky.social, Jennifer Welsh, and I talk ALL about localization, and kick off the Localization in World Politics Special Forum! Dive in open access @gsqjournal.bsky.social #OxfordUniversityPress @isanet.bsky.social 1/ doi.org/10.1093/isag...

Oliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social & Emily Paddon Rhoads discuss “insider-led” localization and show information and communication technologies for civilian protection have facilitated rebalancing of relationships between global humanitarians and local actors in Colombia, Ecuador, & Syria. 16/

As scholars who study humanitarian aid, Korbel Prof @chenr.bsky.social and GW Prof @mzdeloffre.bsky.social, write that we are seeing not just a crisis of funding, but also one that jeopardizes the credibility of the entire global system that provides this lifesaving assistance.

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose

Humanitarian aid is based on empathy and the recognition that everyone has a right to live with dignity.

theconversation.com

Applications for the 2025 New Era Workshop (NEW) are now open! NEW is an annual three-day training program for PhD students in international affairs and related disciplines, held September 25-27, 2025 at the University of Denver! Applications and more info can be found on our website. Please share!

They’ve arrived! “The Mompos Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia.”

My new article on how TECHNOLOGY 📲⚡️🌎📡 contributes to LOCALIZATION of power to local actors, focusing on civilian protection Original interviews: INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia WHITE HELMETS #Syria **Open Access! @gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

How Insider-Led Processes Lead to Localization: The Case of Digital Technology and Humanitarian Protection

Abstract. The humanitarian sector has been increasingly concerned with localizing its activities—devolving capacity, power, and decision-making authority t

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This has been such useful survey data on LatinAm… I’ve been fortunate to publish with it myself…Tragic to see USAID’s core source of support come to an end

Center for Global Democracy@vu-cgd.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Important update on our partnership with USAID. Read our full announcement below. ⬇️

Standing up for Science!

Oliver Kaplan@oliverkaplan.bsky.social · last yr.

As editors of SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER @epsteinprof.bsky.social & I believe that the responsible use of SCIENCE contributes to the public good and makes the world better We stand in solidarity with @standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25

As editors of SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER @epsteinprof.bsky.social & I believe that the responsible use of SCIENCE contributes to the public good and makes the world better We stand in solidarity with @standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25

Timely talk at @isanet.bsky.social today: @epsteinprof.bsky.social and @oliverkaplan.bsky.social discussed their new book Speaking Science to Power: Responsible Researchers and Policymaking from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social, which explores policy-engaged research. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Glad my copy of “Surviving the Islamic State” by @austinknuppe.bsky.social made it to the Rockies ⛰️🏔️ … Per my praise it “shows how civilians weigh risks of retaliation as they decide whether to acquiesce, mount everyday resistance, or pursue more active opposition”…. Key insights for unstable times

A thought-provoking roundtable by @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @hilaryappel.bsky.social about Russia's war on Ukraine challenges conventional wisdom & uncovers biases in research & policy with @charlicarpenter.bsky.social @oxanashevel.bsky.social & Milada Vachudova @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2y ago

Introduction to the Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable: Russia's War against Ukraine: The Limits of Ethical Theorizing: Russia's War Against #Ukraine - cup.org/42p9rQw - Hilary Appel & Rachel A. Epstein