Eva Michaels
@evamichaels.bsky.social
Asst Prof in Intelligence & Security Uni Leiden & Senior Fellow @ibei.org | European foreign & security policy | warning intelligence | realist constructivism | background in Political Science, International Relations, War Studies
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
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I've been waiting for the @warontherocks.bsky.social summer reading lists every year - and truly honoured that this year's list includes my recommendations as well: Mornings in Yenin (Susan Abulhawa) and The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan). warontherocks.com/2025/06/the-...
The 2025 War on the Rocks Summer Fiction Reading List - War on the Rocks
Forget the algorithm — this list was created by the humans who bring you War on the Rocks. Here, they share some of their favorite works of fiction. Kerry
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"In every longer term way, this appeasement of Trump solves nothing." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle
The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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I'm kinda relieved that my Intelligence & Policymaking course is over
Hayden Center@haydencenter.bsky.social · last yr.
OK, so maybe a Nobel Ceasefire Prize, after all? But a very gold and shiny one. And need to do it fast, before we have to bomb again the nuclear program that just got forever obliterated
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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS)@jcms-eu.bsky.social · last yr.Looking to publish your research on the #EuropeanUnion and comparative regionalism? 🌍 Join leading scholars from around the world in contributing to JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 📚 Learn more about how to submit your next article at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
"Haffner was 24 when he wrote Parting in just a few weeks in October and November 1932, just months before the Nazis came to power." And here it is, published first in German and soon in English more than nine decades later.. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Unknown novel by writer who charted Hitler’s rise becomes German bestseller
Sebastian Haffner’s love story set in final days of Weimar Republic published more than nine decades after it was written
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Correct. When Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018, he made it the policy of the United States that every country should have an active nuclear weapons program. Today he made it clear they need to develop functional nuclear weapons as soon as possible. Nothing else can prevent a U.S. attack.
David Faris@davidfaris.bsky.social · last yr.Among many other things this is a proliferation nightmare. The lesson learned will be never negotiate with the United States.
Come do a PhD at @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social. You could be supervised by some of my fantastic colleagues while working in a vibrant, pluralistic & highly engaged research environment. These positions are fully salaried & come with a research budget of 30k SEK a year fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD students in War Studies
The Department of War Studies conducts research and education in the subject of War Studies. The department consists of about 160 employees and has about 1000 students and participants in commissioned
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A take on what Trump might do on Iran! Get it while it's still hot! danieldrezner.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Iran, Israel, and Trump
Buckle up.
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In a Dutch university they would put three desks in there, perhaps four 😂
Dr Katie Twomey@k2mey.eurosky.social · last yr.This is a wellbeing room in my university.
This is so wholesome and made my day
Buckinghamshire Archives@bucksarchives.bsky.social · last yr.Welcome to the archives.
"The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities."
Is the AI Bubble About to Burst? | Verso Books
In the years since Automation and the Future of Work first appeared, a new wave of technological enthusiasm has swept across the popular imagination. The catalyst this time has been the rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence, spearheaded by companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta. Once again, a c
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US intelligence worker arrested for ‘trying to leak secrets to Germany’ www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
US intelligence worker arrested for ‘trying to leak secrets to Germany’
Nathan Laatsch has been accused of trying to leak state secrets prior to the meeting between President Trump and Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office
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"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Every Election Is Now Existential
A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.
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81 years ago in Normandy, the heroes of the Allied forces changed the course of global history. Their bravery, their sacrifice, their courage brought freedom. Europe is forever grateful. We remember them. We honour them. #DDay
Zelensky has promised to stop the war between Trump and Musk in 24 hours.
This year, D-Day resonates so heavily--that the US, Canada, the UK, and others sacrificed so much on that day to liberate the continent from fascism and now the US is embracing it.
U Amsterdam has compiled a list of experts on 🇳🇱 politics & upcoming elections ⬇️ some on 🦋 fx: @favstats.eu @markboukes.bsky.social @hakhverdian.bsky.social @bnbakker.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social www.uva.nl/en/news-even...
Fall of the Dutch cabinet and new elections
The Schoof cabinet has not even lasted a year. How should we interpret the fall of the cabinet and Geert Wilders' decision to withdraw the PVV’s support for it? What happens next? Put your question t...
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I read *a lot* of scientific abstracts that are missing key elements. Here are the 5 things an abstract needs: 1. Introduce the topic, 2. State the unknown, 3. Outline the method used to answer the question, 4. Preview the findings, and 5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
As the US shuts out global student talent, the EU must act boldly: expand Erasmus+, simplify access, invite Harvard and MIT to open EU campsuses, and make Europe the go-to destination for open minds and academic freedom, write MEPs from the S&D, EPP and Renew.
Harvard's international students — come to Europe instead
As the US shuts out global student talent, the EU must act boldly: expand Erasmus+, simplify access, invite Harvard and MIT to open EU campsuses, and make Europe the go-to destination for open minds and academic freedom, write MEPs from the S&D, EPP and Renew.
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