I was on BBC News America again, talking about Russia’s war in Ukraine: wetransfer.com/previews/f3b...

Come join my fabulous department at Barnard College! We are searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations. #polisky The link is here: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Politica...

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My new article is out in @europe-asia.bsky.social! Using #Russia #Nornickel, I show that the lure of profitable European investment can cause even highly polluting firms in authoritarian states to change their policies. #polisky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Could European Business Norms Have Led to the Greening of Russia? The Example of Nornickel

In this article I analyse Russia’s Nornickel conglomerate and its relationship with the German BASF firm and the Global Battery Alliance, testing whether potential EU business partnerships can conv...

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Russia’s recent losses of status and reputation in the Middle East are likely to make it more aggressive closer to home, I argue in this new @ponarseurasia.bsky.social policy memo: www.ponarseurasia.org/russias-loss...

Russia’s Loss of Reputation and Status in the Middle East: Potential Consequences for Putin at Home and Abroad - PONARS Eurasia

Image credit/license PONARS EURASIA POLICY MEMO NO. 955 (PDF) Throughout 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin remained active in the Middle East, expanding trade relations with Arab countries and str...

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Come join me and my colleagues in our terrific department at Barnard College! We’re hiring a lecturer in American Politics and Political Theory: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Lecturer of Political Science

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Lecturer of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Political Science a...

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Just learned that Swarovski, the conglomerate that makes crystal jewelry and ornaments, has another division that sends high-quality sniper scopes to Russia, evading sanctions: meduza.io/en/feature/2...

How Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia, despite Austria’s policy of ‘permanent neutrality’ — Meduza

Despite Austria’s declared neutrality and its refusal to send weapons to Kyiv, the country’s Swarovski Optik has continued supplying high-end rifle scopes to Russia throughout the full-scale war, acco...

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It gets worse. After he and his family checked in for their flight, got their boarding passes, and cleared security, somebody cancelled their reservations before they could board. Expert hackers now involved? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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Fellow academics: they’re coming for us, for real: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

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Terrific new @meduza.io “Naked Pravda” podcast from @olyaoliker.bsky.social does the best job I’ve seen of laying out the strategic interaction implications of Russia’s airspace incursions and NATO’s possible responses: meduza.io/en/episodes/...

Here’s what you do when Russia won’t stay out of your airspace — Meduza

In recent weeks, Estonia, Poland, and Romania have reported breaches of their airspace by Russian aircraft. Just this week, Norway revealed that Russian aircraft have violated its airspace three times...

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For anybody who wasn’t already boycotting Woody Allen movies: meduza.io/en/news/2025...

Woody Allen headlines Moscow International Film Week — Meduza

American film director Woody Allen was a headline speaker at the Moscow city government’s International Film Week over the weekend.

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Terrific new article by Mariya Omelicheva @warontherocks.bsky.social on the role of a huge number of semi-state forces in Russia’s war against Ukraine: warontherocks.com/2025/08/insi...

Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War - War on the Rocks

“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out

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We archive 94 Ukrainian and 162 Russian Telegram channels. A permanent record of war, propaganda, and truth. Dive into the archive:

Far from facing a migrant invasion, the US has recently seen the lowest levels of border crossings in decades. Violent crime is also falling rapidly, including in LA. The only emergency is the one the Trump administration is creating by mandating that ICE make 3,000 arrests a day. bit.ly/4jGDpnS

Opinion | Trump is playing with fire by deploying troops to Los Angeles

The history of using the U.S. military domestically is not good. Using restraint in L.A. is essential.

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🧵 Friends, a thread speaking just for myself. I joined Columbia in Jan 2024. A lot I still don't know, but some is crystal clear. Most important is what's not in the news: Columbia students and faculty show great capacity for respectfully and thoughtfully engaging difficult topics every day. 1/

Kevin Carey@kevincarey1.bsky.social · last yr.

Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.

And for a more eloquent and thorough statement, please read this excellent article, grounded in social science as well as moral decency, from @ryanenos.bsky.social & @stevelevitsky.bsky.social 7/7 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

“The new [US] administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, state television reported Sunday. “This largely aligns with our vision.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says

Tension between the United States and Ukraine, laid bare in the Oval Office meeting of Trump and Zelensky, is seen in Moscow as a “gift.”

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week! youtu.be/5LOSDbB3GUo

How Did This Happen???

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In a memo released Thursday, the Federal Highway Administration ordered states to halt a $5 billion program to build fast EV chargers on highways nationwide — an initiative that President Donald Trump cited as an example of the “Green New Deal.”

Trump administration orders states to halt EV charging programs

Trump officials are targeting a $5 billion program to build EV chargers along highways.

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The underlying problem with US national security at this point is actually really simple. If the entire US-led world order can be undone because ~120,000 people in a few states are unhappy about burger prices then there is very little stability for any coherent natsec policy

After all that Marko Elez was the first taker on the resignation program.

For those who may not know: the biggest recipient of USAID funds is Catholic Relief Services, which is now in crisis mode: www.ncronline.org/news/exclusi...

Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup

An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official ...

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Bravo to @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social and @profsaunders.bsky.social for this necessary and brilliant article! www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?

Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.

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A major new lawsuit asks a federal court to halt the Trump/Musk shutdown of USAID, reopen the building, reactivate the website, restore all grants and funding, and recall furlough notices to workers: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

Reminder - shuttering USAID may cause millions of people to die throughout the developing world in the next few weeks. Whatever else he thinks he’s doing madman Musk may about to become a mass murderer. open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...

"The U.S. President Is Quietly Killing So Many Lives" - Holding Trump To Account For The Chaos, Disruptions, Recklessness And Malevolence

We need to keep fighting The Unacceptable 4 - Gabbard, Kennedy, Patel, Vought

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NEW: USAID source says staff are scrambling to save archived copies of US regulations before they're gone & are being actively locked out of systems, including a publicly available database of USAID documents. WIRED has built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains.

US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time

A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

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Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions. "About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...

Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup

Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washingt...

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USAID being unlawfully dismantled. DOGE member has closed HQ. New tranche of workers cut off email. Staff tell me, "It is frightening being inside USAID right now. Our checks and balances failed. Congress has abdicated its responsibilities.” And Sec. Rubio has abdicated his.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

New — USAID staff received an email just a few minutes ago letting them know HQ would be closed to all personnel Monday. It’s likely some employees will miss the overnight email, show up and be turned away. It was sent by Gavin Kliger, one of the young guys at DOGE doing Musk’s bidding.

Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?

Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.