#ISASAWP2026 starts tomorrow in the beautiful city of Colombo! I look forward to the many fascinating panels & the opening keynote from the Honorable Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka! @isanet.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Polsci Leiden. Associate Editor at International Studies Review. Trained at Indiana University and Sciences-Po. IR, FPA, security, migration politics, India. https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/nicolas-blarel#tab-1
In our new article in @govandopp.bsky.social @tomlouwerse.nl and I examine whether concerns about the "blurring" or "waning" of opposition are supported by empirical evidence. We analyse 75 years of parliamentary behaviour in 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 👇
Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis - Volume 61
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A recent report from Amnesty International alleges India sent 2,596 shipments of military equipment & components to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war. Sumit Ganguly & I write about the domestic & international implications for India for @indianexpress.com indianexpress.com/article/opin...
Should India reconsider its defence ties with Israel?
India has become more than just a customer; it has also emerged as a contributor to Israel’s defence supply chain during one of its most controversial military campaigns in recent history
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We are hiring! The Department of Political Science the Swedish Defence University is recruiting a scholarship-funded PhD student with a focus on Japanese security policy. Deadline: 31 August. Help us spread the word to suitable candidates or consider applying! web103.reachmee.com/ext/I012/256...
Announcement of a scholarship-funded PhD student opportunity in political science specialising in crisis management and security (with a particular focus on Japanese security policy)
Find out more about political science at the Swedish Defence University here. Announcement of a scholarship-funded
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This by @jamesrdennison.bsky.social and @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social looks brilliant - and very timely! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
As @janeijking.com argues in this Essay, technocracy lies at the heart of the legitimacy crisis that international organisations face today. The problem is not expertise, but the technocratic use of expert advice
Are we witnessing the end of the technocratic international? | Aeon Essays
Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them
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Five more days for #ISASAWP2026 the first @isanet.bsky.social in South Asia. Looking forward to three days of paper presentations, productive discussions, & catching up with and meeting colleagues. Follow this space for highlights of the conference!
Cited in this @newarab.com.web.brid.gy piece on the latest Amnesty International report statinng that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since October 2023 www.newarab.com/news/why-ind...
Why India won’t walk away from its arms partnership with Israel
Research by Amnesty International found that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza genocide two years ago.
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Cited in this @newarab.com.web.brid.gy piece on the latest Amnesty International report statinng that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since October 2023 www.newarab.com/news/why-ind...
Why India won’t walk away from its arms partnership with Israel
Research by Amnesty International found that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza genocide two years ago.
newarab.com
My latest article on the Algerian War, insurgent normativity, and international norms for armed conflict
International Organization@iojournal.bsky.social · 2w agoWho gets to shape the global normative order? @boydvandijk.bsky.social draws on Algerian and Southern African archives to show how the FLN challenged it through South-South legal politics, establishing a model of insurgent legal activism that persists today. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Just stating the fact. I rarely about read US walking out of UNSC when the Russian delegate goes on anti-Europe rants
François Heisbourg@fheisbourg.bsky.social · last wk.US walkout at UN Security Council: When the US votes with North Korea and Nicaragua, the US UN ambassador can't bear to hear the French PermRep making remarks on that realty
Mais c’est en Angleterre qu’on décroche la timbale de la dissonance cognitive…
J’ai fait une petite compilation. N’hésitez pas à ajouter les vôtres…
The Middle East is about to explode. Bahrain and Kuwait secretly hit Iran’s drone and missile sites, their first direct retaliation,with the UAE providing intel and air cover, the WSJ reports. Saudi Arabia is weighing its next move. 1/2
In some places, views of China are now at or near historic highs. In Italy, for example, 51% of adults today have a positive view of China, a rise of 20 percentage points since 2022.
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
SCMP: EU waters down Russia sanctions over fears China could seize key LNG assets – ‘concluding that banning Greek companies from transporting Russian gas to third countries could hand strategically important shipping assets to China.’
EU waters down Russia sanctions over fears China could seize key LNG assets
Bloc concludes banning Greek companies from transporting Russian gas to third countries may hand strategic shipping advantages to Beijing.
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"Defense Department officials say they are bound by law to report troop deaths, but not injuries." Great work, DoD. Really inspiring confidence here.
Just out! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘜 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 #openaccess in Democratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Attila Mráz and I study the legitimacy of individual actors like MEPs taking militant (prima facile anti-democratic)actions to respond to anti-democratic threats.
Individual militant democracy in EU institutions
The literature on whether militant democracy can be used to justify EU sanctions against Member States due to their democratic backsliding has so far focused on EU institutions and Member States as...
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“documentary infrastructure needed to prove parentage & parental citizenship simply does not exist for a population historically navigating daily life w/o formal documentation, migrating extensively for work & often born in circumstances that left no administrative trace” scroll.in/article/1094...
Anand Teltumbde: India’s citizenship riddle demands documents that prove nothing
The state does not recognise its own documents as proof of citizenship. Yet citizens are losing their rights if they cannot produce this unattainable evidence.
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A predictable (and reversible) outcome of trump’s foreign policy but holy fucking shit he has shredded global goodwill toward the u.s. into smithereens. And for nothing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
[Out] "Ideological polarization on anthropogenic climate change is stronger among politicians than among citizens across eight countries" New paper by Nathalie Brack, Professor at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol),... 1/2 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ideological polarization on anthropogenic climate change is stronger among politicians than among citizens across eight countries - Communications Sustainability
Right-leaning politicians are even less convinced of anthropogenic climate change than their own voters, and ideological divides reflect policy support for climate mitigation policies, according to cr...
nature.com
"How did NATO end, daddy?" "Well, you see, Belgium beat the USA in the World Cup..."
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in EU Law and Politics at @delorsberlin.bsky.social! You will be working closely with Mark Dawson in the DFG research group Reconfiguring Europe. Deadline for application is 14 August. More info here: hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
Postdoctoral Researcher – European Union Law and Politics (gn) full-time (40 hours/week)
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'The Kremlin orchestrated a concerted surveillance campaign using drones launched from shadow fleet vessels over an 18-month period which targeted nuclear sites in the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, researchers have said.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Volkel
Russia ‘mounted drone surveillance of European nuclear sites over 18 months’
Researchers say Moscow acted with ‘substantial impunity’ in 144 incidents, including over RAF Lakenheath
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Globally, 84% of the heatwave days people were exposed to in 2020-24 would not have occurred without climate change. The rate of deaths associated with heat exposure increased by 23% from the 1990s, reaching 546,000 deaths annually. Look where people are dying. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My department at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social is advertising 3 Tenure-Track AP positions in Political Science and 2 Teaching positions. The department is nice, non-toxic, and in good financial shape (which is not a given these days, in the UK or elsewhere): warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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If you disaggregate this further, the Paris region is probably the birthplace of most of these 98 WC players
Liberty Chee@libertychee.bsky.social · last mo.And the NL has players for Curacao, Morocco, Ghana, Qatar, Turkey, New Zealand, the US.